Ezekiel 36:14
in Ezekiel 36therefore you will no longer devour men or deprive your nation of its children, declares the Lord GOD.
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
therefore thou shalt devour men no more, neither bereave thy nation any more, saith the Lord Jehovah;
KJV
Therefore thou shalt devour men no more, neither bereave thy nations any more, saith the Lord God.
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This verse in Ezekiel 36
Commentary
8 notes on this verseTherefore thou shalt devour men no more,.... Or they shall be no more destroyed in thee by pestilence, famine, sword, or other means: neither bereave that nations any more, saith the Lord; or, "thou shalt not cause them to fall any more" (k), for so it is written, as in Eze 36:15, though the marginal reading is, "thou shalt not bereave", which we follow; and both are to be received, since miscarriages often come by falls. (k) לא תכשלי "non impingere facies", Montanus, Vatablus; "non offendere facies", Starckius.
This site's exposition
You devour men and deprive your nation
on Ezekiel 36:13-15
The land had been called one that devours men, a reproach the commentators trace to the plagues, famine and war that had emptied it. God promises the reproach will end together with the emptying, so the land will “no longer endure the reproach of the peoples”.
This site's exposition
you will no longer devour men
The written Hebrew text of this verse reads cause to stumble. The reading the scribes preserved in the margin reads deprive of children, which the Berean follows. The land will stop taking lives.
The record, by era
The Church Fathers1 voice
(Chapter XXXVI. — Verses 1 and following) \"But you, son of man, prophesy over the mountains of Israel and say, 'Mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord: Thus says the Lord God, because the enemy has said of you, 'Aha!
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
But the inhabitants shall live to a good old age, and not have the number of their months cut off in the midst. Compare this with that promise, Zech. viii. Note, God will take away the reproach of his people by taking away that which was the occasion of it.
Here is another that seems chiefly to concern their spiritual estate, wherein they are reminded of their former sins and God's judgments upon them, to humble them for their sins and under God's mighty hand,
The Nineteenth Century2 voices
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
bereave--so the Keri, or Hebrew Margin reads, to correspond to "bereave" in Eze 36:13; but "cause to fall" or "stumble," in the Hebrew text or Chetib, being the more difficult reading, is the one least likely to come from a corrector; also, it forms a good transition to the next subject, namely, the moral cause of the people's calamities, namely, their falls, or stumblings through sin.
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A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
proposed
Bereave - Or, as in the margin: i. e., the land shall not prove the ruin of its inhabitants by tempting them (as of old time) to the sin of idolatry.
How the passage was read
What the Jewish commentators add
On the verses either side of this one
You are a devourer of men This land is accustomed to destroying its inhabitants. The Amorites perished therein, and the Jews perished therein.
This section is reception history: how the passage was read and kept in the Jewish tradition. Where a reading parts from an essential of the Christian faith, the section says so at that point.
Texts and citation data: Sefaria; each excerpt follows its version’s licence. 6 further sources are cited on this chapter that carry no English text this site may quote or only restate the verse.
The words behind it
12 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| לָכֵ֗ן | lakhen | <to> therefore | H3651 → | 771 times |
| אָדָם֙ | ʾadam | human[s] | H120 → | 551 times |
| לֹא־ | lo'- | not | H3808 → | 5168 times |
| תֹ֣אכְלִי | tokhli | you will devour | H398 → | 810 times |
| ע֔וֹד | od | again | H5750 → | 490 times |
| וְגוֹיַ֖יִךְ | vegoyekh | and nations your | H1471 → | 561 times |
| לֹ֣א | lo' | not | H3808 → | 5168 times |
| תְשַׁכְּלִי | tekhasheli- | you will bereave | H7921 → | 23 times |
| ע֑וֹד | od | again | H5750 → | 490 times |
| נְאֻ֖ם | neum | [the] utterance of | H5002 → | 376 times |
| אֲדֹנָ֥י | ʾadonai | [the] Lord | H136 → | 440 times |
| יְהוִֽה׃ | yahweh | Yahweh | H3069 → | 306 times |
לָכֵ֗ן<to> therefore
lakhenH3651 →771 times
אָדָם֙human[s]
ʾadamH120 →551 times
לֹא־not
lo'-H3808 →5168 times
תֹ֣אכְלִיyou will devour
tokhliH398 →810 times
ע֔וֹדagain
odH5750 →490 times
וְגוֹיַ֖יִךְand nations your
vegoyekhH1471 →561 times
לֹ֣אnot
lo'H3808 →5168 times
תְשַׁכְּלִיyou will bereave
tekhasheli-H7921 →23 times
ע֑וֹדagain
odH5750 →490 times
נְאֻ֖ם[the] utterance of
neumH5002 →376 times
אֲדֹנָ֥י[the] Lord
ʾadonaiH136 →440 times
יְהוִֽה׃Yahweh
yahwehH3069 →306 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Amos 9:15I will firmly plant them in their own land, never again to be uprooted from the land that I have given them,” says the LORD your God.
it leads to
- Jeremiah 24:6
I will keep My eyes on them for good and will return them to this land. I will build them up and not tear them down; I will plant them and not uproot them.
- Ezekiel 37:25
They will live in the land that I gave to My servant Jacob, where your fathers lived. They will live there forever with their children and grandchildren, and My servant David will be their…
- Isaiah 60:21
Then all your people will be righteous; they will possess the land forever; they are the branch of My planting, the work of My hands, so that I may be glorified.
- Ezekiel 34:28
They will no longer be prey for the nations, and the beasts of the earth will not consume them. They will dwell securely, and no one will frighten them.
- Joel 3:20
But Judah will be inhabited forever, and Jerusalem from generation to generation.
- Jeremiah 24:6
Through
Isaiah 60:21Then all your people will be righteous; they will possess the land forever; they are the branch of My planting, the work of My hands, so that I may be glorified.
it leads to
- Matthew 15:13
But Jesus replied, “Every plant that My heavenly Father has not planted will be pulled up by its roots.
- Psalms 37:22
Surely those He blesses will inherit the land, but the cursed will be destroyed.
- Psalms 37:11
But the meek will inherit the land and delight in abundant prosperity.
- Matthew 15:13
Where this verse is studied
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About Ezekiel
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Carl Friedrich Keil, Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament: Ezekiel; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; Jerome, Commentary on Ezekiel; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.