Ezekiel 36:18
in Ezekiel 36So I poured out My wrath upon them because of the blood they had shed on the land, and because they had defiled it with their idols.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
Wherefore I poured out my wrath upon them for the blood which they had poured out upon the land, and because they had defiled it with their idols;
KJV
Wherefore I poured my fury upon them for the blood that they had shed upon the land, and for their idols wherewith they had polluted it:
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This verse in Ezekiel 36
Commentary
5 notes on this verseFor this God poured out his fury upon them, scattered them among the heathen. Their own land was sick of them, and they were sent into other lands. Herein God was righteous, and was justified in what he did; none could say that he did them any wrong, nay, he did justice to his own honour, for he judged them according to their way and according to their doings,
This site's exposition
the word of the LORD came to me
on Ezekiel 36:16-21
The word comes again, turning from land to people and tracing the cause of exile: Israel's defilement, the blood shed, and the idols. Their saying, “These are the people of the LORD, yet they had to leave His land”, profaned the name the judgment was meant to vindicate.
This site's exposition
because of the blood they had shed
Blood and idols are the two charges Ezekiel lays against Jerusalem throughout, set side by side at 22:3 to 4. Numbers 35:33 taught that bloodshed pollutes a land. Wrath poured out pictures a full cup emptied.
The record, by era
The Church Fathers1 voice
(Verse 16 and following) And the word of the Lord came to me, saying: Son of man, the house of Israel have dwelt (or dwells) in their own land, and they have defiled it with their ways and their idols: according to the uncleanness of a woman in her menstrual impurity, their way has become before me.
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
Wherefore I poured my fury on them,....
The words behind it
11 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וָאֶשְׁפֹּ֤ךְ | vaeshpokh | and I poured out | H8210 → | 114 times |
| חֲמָתִי֙ | chamati | rage my | H2534 → | 125 times |
| עֲלֵיהֶ֔ם | ʾaleihem | on them | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| עַל־ | ʾal- | on | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| הַדָּ֖ם | hadam | the blood | H1818 → | 360 times |
| אֲשֶׁר־ | ʾasher- | which | H834 → | 5497 times |
| שָׁפְכ֣וּ | shafekhu | they had poured out | H8210 → | 114 times |
| עַל־ | ʾal- | on | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| הָאָ֑רֶץ | haaretz | the land | H776 → | 2504 times |
| וּבְגִלּוּלֵיהֶ֖ם | uvegiluleihem | and by idols their | H1544 → | 48 times |
| טִמְּאֽוּהָ׃ | timeuha | they made unclean it | H2930 → | 162 times |
וָאֶשְׁפֹּ֤ךְand I poured out
vaeshpokhH8210 →114 times
חֲמָתִי֙rage my
chamatiH2534 →125 times
עֲלֵיהֶ֔םon them
ʾaleihemH5921 →5755 times
עַל־on
ʾal-H5921 →5755 times
הַדָּ֖םthe blood
hadamH1818 →360 times
אֲשֶׁר־which
ʾasher-H834 →5497 times
שָׁפְכ֣וּthey had poured out
shafekhuH8210 →114 times
עַל־on
ʾal-H5921 →5755 times
הָאָ֑רֶץthe land
haaretzH776 →2504 times
וּבְגִלּוּלֵיהֶ֖םand by idols their
uvegiluleihemH1544 →48 times
טִמְּאֽוּהָ׃they made unclean it
timeuhaH2930 →162 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
Lamentations 4:11The LORD has exhausted His wrath; He has poured out His fierce anger; He has kindled a fire in Zion, and it has consumed her foundations.
it leads to
- Jeremiah 7:20
Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: Behold, My anger and My fury will be poured out on this place, on man and beast, on the trees of the field and the produce…
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Jeremiah 7:20
Through
Ezekiel 7:8Very soon I will pour out My wrath upon you and vent My anger against you; I will judge you according to your ways and repay you for all your abominations.
it leads to
- Isaiah 42:25
So He poured out on them His furious anger and the fierceness of battle. It enveloped them in flames, but they did not understand; it consumed them, but they did not take it to…
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Nahum 1:6
Who can withstand His indignation? Who can endure His burning anger? His wrath is poured out like fire; even rocks are shattered before Him.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Ezekiel 9:8
While they were killing, I was left alone. And I fell facedown and cried out, “Oh, Lord GOD, when You pour out Your wrath on Jerusalem, will You destroy the entire remnant of Israel?”
- Ezekiel 14:19
Or if I send a plague into that land and pour out My wrath upon it through bloodshed, cutting off from it both man and beast,
- Ezekiel 20:21
But the children rebelled against Me. They did not walk in My statutes or carefully observe My ordinances—though the man who does these things will live by them—and they profaned My Sabbaths. So I…
- Isaiah 42:25
Through
Lamentations 2:4He has bent His bow like an enemy; His right hand is positioned. Like a foe He has killed all who were pleasing to the eye; He has poured out His wrath like fire…
it leads to
- Job 6:4
For the arrows of the Almighty have pierced me; my spirit drinks in their poison; the terrors of God are arrayed against me.
- Job 6:4
Through
Ezekiel 21:31I will pour out My anger upon you; I will breathe the fire of My fury against you; I will hand you over to brutal men, skilled in destruction.
it leads to
- Isaiah 30:33
For Topheth has long been prepared; it has been made ready for the king. Its funeral pyre is deep and wide, with plenty of fire and wood. The breath of the LORD, like a…
- Isaiah 30:33
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About Ezekiel

This page draws on Carl Friedrich Keil, Biblical Commentary on the Prophecies of Ezekiel; Carl Friedrich Keil, Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament: Ezekiel; Jerome, Commentary on Ezekiel; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.
