Ezekiel 36:3
in Ezekiel 36therefore prophesy and declare that this is what the Lord GOD says: Because they have made you desolate and have trampled you on every side, so that you became a possession of the rest of the nations and were taken up in slander by the lips of their talkers,
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ASV
therefore prophesy, and say, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Because, even because they have made you desolate, and swallowed you up on every side, that ye might be a possession unto the residue of the nations, and ye are taken up in the lips of talkers, and the evil report of the people;
KJV
Therefore prophesy and say, Thus saith the Lord God; Because they have made you desolate, and swallowed you up on every side, that ye might be a possession unto the residue of the heathen, and ye are taken up in the lips of talkers, and are an infamy of the people:
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This verse in Ezekiel 36
Commentary
9 notes on this verseA commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
The residue of the pagan - Those of the surrounding nations which had survived Jerusalem’s fall, and may have profited by it.
This site's exposition
prophesy to the mountains of Israel
on Ezekiel 36:1-3
After Edom's judgment in chapter 35, the prophet turns to address the mountains of Israel, the land personified as chapter 6 addressed it. The address answers the enemy's boast, “The ancient heights have become our possession”. The land had been “taken up in slander by the lips of their talkers”.
This site's exposition
trampled you on every side
Desolate and trampled describe the land after Jerusalem fell in 586 BC. The rest of the nations are the neighbours who survived Babylon's campaigns, Edom first among them, and moved into the empty territory. Their scorn came with their settlement.
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 Awakening4 voices
There are some that are noted for talkers, that have something to say of every body, but cannot find in their hearts to speak well of any body; God's people, among such people, were sure to be a reproach when the crown had fallen from their head. Thus it was the lot of Christianity, in its suffering days, to be every where spoken against.
Therefore prophesy and say, thus saith the Lord God,....
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,
No one thought it any crime to strip an Israelite. Turba Romæ sequitur fortunam ut semper--The mob of Rome still praise the elevated and despise the fallen. It is the common dry, when a man is down, Down with him.
1 more voice on this verse
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
Literally, "Because, even because." swallowed you up--literally, "panted after" you, as a beast after its prey; implying the greedy cupidity of Edom as to Israel's inheritance (Ps 56:1, 2). lips of talkers--literally, "lips of the tongue," that is, of the slanderer, the man of tongue.
The words behind it
23 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| לָכֵן֙ | lakhen | <to> therefore | H3651 → | 771 times |
| הִנָּבֵ֣א | hinave' | prophesy | H5012 → | 115 times |
| וְאָמַרְתָּ֔ | veamarta | and you will say | H559 → | 5305 times |
| כֹּ֥ה | koh | thus | H3541 → | 577 times |
| אָמַ֖ר | ʾamar | he says | H559 → | 5305 times |
| אֲדֹנָ֣י | ʾadonai | [the] Lord | H136 → | 440 times |
| יְהוִ֑ה | yahweh | Yahweh | H3069 → | 306 times |
| יַ֣עַן | yaan | because | H3282 → | 99 times |
| בְּיַ֡עַן | beyaan | by cause | H3282 → | 99 times |
| שַׁמּוֹת֩ | shamot | to desolate | H8074 → | 86 times |
| וְשָׁאֹ֨ף | veshaof | and to crush | H7602 → | |
| אֶתְכֶ֜ם | ʾetkhem | <obj.> you | H853 → | 10935 times |
| מִסָּבִ֗יב | misaviv | from round about | H5439 → | 336 times |
| לִֽהְיוֹתְכֶ֤ם | lihyotkhem | to be you | H1961 → | 3559 times |
| מֽוֹרָשָׁה֙ | morashah | a possession | H4181 → | 9 times |
| לִשְׁאֵרִ֣ית | lisherit | of [the] rest of | H7611 → | 66 times |
| הַגּוֹיִ֔ם | hagoyim | the nations | H1471 → | 561 times |
| וַתֵּֽעֲל֛וּ | vatealu | and you have been taken up | H5927 → | 890 times |
| עַל־ | ʾal- | on | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| שְׂפַ֥ת | sefat | a lip of | H8193 → | 176 times |
| לָשׁ֖וֹן | lashon | a tongue | H3956 → | 117 times |
| וְדִבַּת־ | vedibat- | and [the] whispering of | H1681 → | |
| עָֽם׃ | ʾam | [the] people | H5971 → | 1873 times |
לָכֵן֙<to> therefore
lakhenH3651 →771 times
הִנָּבֵ֣אprophesy
hinave'H5012 →115 times
וְאָמַרְתָּ֔and you will say
veamartaH559 →5305 times
כֹּ֥הthus
kohH3541 →577 times
אָמַ֖רhe says
ʾamarH559 →5305 times
אֲדֹנָ֣י[the] Lord
ʾadonaiH136 →440 times
יְהוִ֑הYahweh
yahwehH3069 →306 times
יַ֣עַןbecause
yaanH3282 →99 times
בְּיַ֡עַןby cause
beyaanH3282 →99 times
שַׁמּוֹת֩to desolate
shamotH8074 →86 times
וְשָׁאֹ֨ףand to crush
veshaofH7602 →
אֶתְכֶ֜ם<obj.> you
ʾetkhemH853 →10935 times
מִסָּבִ֗יבfrom round about
misavivH5439 →336 times
לִֽהְיוֹתְכֶ֤םto be you
lihyotkhemH1961 →3559 times
מֽוֹרָשָׁה֙a possession
morashahH4181 →9 times
לִשְׁאֵרִ֣יתof [the] rest of
lisheritH7611 →66 times
הַגּוֹיִ֔םthe nations
hagoyimH1471 →561 times
וַתֵּֽעֲל֛וּand you have been taken up
vatealuH5927 →890 times
עַל־on
ʾal-H5921 →5755 times
שְׂפַ֥תa lip of
sefatH8193 →176 times
לָשׁ֖וֹןa tongue
lashonH3956 →117 times
וְדִבַּת־and [the] whispering of
vedibat-H1681 →
עָֽם׃[the] people
ʾamH5971 →1873 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
Jeremiah 18:16They have made their land a desolation, a perpetual object of scorn; all who pass by will be appalled and shake their heads.
it leads to
- Psalms 22:7
All who see me mock me; they sneer and shake their heads:
- Jeremiah 25:9
behold, I will summon all the families of the north, declares the LORD, and I will send for My servant Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, whom I will bring against this land, against its residents,…
- Jeremiah 19:8
I will make this city a desolation and an object of scorn. All who pass by will be appalled and will scoff at all her wounds.
- 1 Kings 9:8
And when this temple has become a heap of rubble, all who pass by it will be appalled and will hiss and say, ‘Why has the LORD done such a thing to this land…
- Psalms 22:7
Through
Daniel 9:16O Lord, in keeping with all Your righteous acts, I pray that Your anger and wrath may turn away from Your city Jerusalem, Your holy mountain; for because of our sins and the iniquities…
it leads to
- Zechariah 8:3
This is what the LORD says: “I will return to Zion and dwell in Jerusalem. Then Jerusalem will be called the City of Truth, and the mountain of the LORD of Hosts will be…
- Zechariah 8:3
Through
Lamentations 2:5The Lord is like an enemy; He has swallowed up Israel. He has swallowed up all her palaces and destroyed her strongholds. He has multiplied mourning and lamentation for the Daughter of Judah.
it leads to
- Lamentations 2:2
Without pity the Lord has swallowed up all the dwellings of Jacob. In His wrath He has demolished the fortified cities of the Daughter of Judah. He brought to the ground and defiled her…
- Jeremiah 30:14
All your lovers have forgotten you; they no longer seek you, for I have struck you as an enemy would, with the discipline of someone cruel, because of your great iniquity and your numerous…
- 2 Kings 25:9
He burned down the house of the LORD, the royal palace, and all the houses of Jerusalem—every significant building.
- Lamentations 2:2
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About Ezekiel
This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Carl Friedrich Keil, Biblical Commentary on the Prophecies of Ezekiel; 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; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.