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Ezekiel 36:4

in Ezekiel 36

therefore, O mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord GOD. This is what the Lord GOD says to the mountains and hills, to the ravines and valleys, to the desolate ruins and abandoned cities, which have become a spoil and a mockery to the rest of the nations around you.

BSB

The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

therefore, ye mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord Jehovah: Thus saith the Lord Jehovah to the mountains and to the hills, to the watercourses and to the valleys, to the desolate wastes and to the cities that are forsaken, which are become a prey and derision to the residue of the nations that are round about;

KJV

Therefore, ye mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord God; Thus saith the Lord God to the mountains, and to the hills, to the rivers, and to the valleys, to the desolate wastes, and to the cities that are forsaken, which became a prey and derision to the residue of the heathen that are round about;

This verse in Ezekiel 36

Commentary

8 notes on this verse

A commentator

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible · Written before 1832.

Therefore - thus saith the Lord God to the mountains, etc. - They shall neither possess mountain nor valley, hill nor dale, fountain nor river; for though in my justice I made you desolate, yet they shall not profit by your disasters. See Eze 36:5-7.

This site's exposition

hear the word of the Lord GOD

on Ezekiel 36:4-7

God's jealousy is provoked chiefly by the nations' contempt of the land. “I have sworn with an uplifted hand” is the oath gesture of a sworn verdict. The nations who mocked “will endure reproach of their own” in turn, the same talion principle chapter 35 used against Edom.

The record, by era

The Church Fathers1 voice

A commentator

Jerome

Commentary on Ezekiel · Written before 420.

proposed

(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

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

proposed

You mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord; and what he says to them he says to the hills, to the rivers, to the valleys, to the desolate wastes in the country, and to the cities that are forsaken,

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A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

proposed

It has become a prey to them; and they are all enriched with the plunder of it. When the Chaldeans had conquered them all their neighbours flew to the spoil as to a shipwreck, every one thinking all his own that he could lay his hands on (

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Therefore, ye mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord,....

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

proposed

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,
1 more voice on this verse

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

A commentator

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

Inanimate creatures are addressed, to imply that the creature also, as it were, groans for deliverance from the bondage of corruption into the glorious liberty of the children of God (Ro 8:19-21) [POLANUS]. The completeness of the renewed blessedness of all parts of the land is implied. derision-- (Ps 79:4).

The words behind it

27 Hebrew words

Every 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.

  • לָכֵן֙<to> therefore

    lakhenH3651 →771 times

  • הָרֵ֣יO mountains of

    hareiH2022 →546 times

  • יִשְׂרָאֵ֔לIsrael

    yisraelH3478 →2507 times

  • שִׁמְע֖וּhear

    shimuH8085 →1159 times

  • דְּבַר־[the] word of

    devar-H1697 →1440 times

  • אֲדֹנָ֣י[the] Lord

    ʾadonaiH136 →440 times

  • יְהוִ֑הYahweh

    yahwehH3069 →306 times

  • כֹּֽה־thus

    koh-H3541 →577 times

  • אָמַ֣רhe says

    ʾamarH559 →5305 times

  • אֲדֹנָ֣י[the] Lord

    ʾadonaiH136 →440 times

  • יְ֠הוִהYahweh

    yahwehH3069 →306 times

  • לֶהָרִ֨יםto the mountains

    leharimH2022 →546 times

  • וְלַגְּבָע֜וֹתand to the hills

    velagevaotH1389 →68 times

  • לָאֲפִיקִ֣יםto the ravines

    laafikimH650 →19 times

  • וְלַגֵּאָי֗וֹתand to the valleys

    velageayotH1516 →59 times

  • וְלֶחֳרָב֤וֹתand to the waste places

    velechoravotH2723 →42 times

  • הַשֹּֽׁמְמוֹת֙<the> desolate

    hashomemotH8076 →

  • וְלֶעָרִ֣יםand to the cities

    velearimH5892 →1090 times

  • הַנֶּעֱזָב֔וֹת<the> forsaken

    haneezavotH5800 →215 times

  • אֲשֶׁ֨רwhich

    ʾasherH834 →5497 times

  • הָי֤וּthey have become

    hayuH1961 →3559 times

  • לְבַז֙<into> spoil

    levazH957 →25 times

  • וּלְלַ֔עַגand <into> mockery

    ulelaagH3933 →

  • לִשְׁאֵרִ֥יתto [the] rest of

    lisheritH7611 →66 times

  • הַגּוֹיִ֖םthe nations

    hagoyimH1471 →561 times

  • אֲשֶׁ֥רwhich

    ʾasherH834 →5497 times

  • מִסָּבִֽיב׃ ס[are] from round about

    misavivH5439 →336 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

The walk

8 stops

Each 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

    Deuteronomy 11:11

    But the land that you are crossing the Jordan to possess is a land of mountains and valleys that drinks in the rain from heaven.

    it leads to

    • Hebrews 6:7

      For land that drinks in the rain often falling on it and that produces a crop useful to those for whom it is tended receives the blessing of God.

    • Deuteronomy 8:7–9

      For the LORD your God is bringing you into a good land, a land of brooks and fountains and springs that flow through the valleys and hills;

    • Psalms 65:12–13

      The pastures of the wilderness overflow; the hills are robed with joy.

    • Genesis 27:28

      May God give to you the dew of heaven and the richness of the earth—an abundance of grain and new wine.

    • Psalms 104:10–13

      He sends forth springs in the valleys; they flow between the mountains.

  • Through

    Psalms 79:4

    We have become a reproach to our neighbors, a scorn and derision to those around us.

    it leads to

    • Ezekiel 36:15

      I will no longer allow the taunts of the nations to be heard against you, and you will no longer endure the reproach of the peoples or cause your nation to stumble, declares the…

      Reached by 2 separate paths from here.

    • Psalms 80:6

      You make us contend with our neighbors; our enemies mock us.

  • Through

    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.

    it leads to

    • Jeremiah 46:27

      But you, O Jacob My servant, do not be afraid, and do not be dismayed, O Israel. For I will surely save you out of a distant place, your descendants from the land of…

Where this verse is studied

About Ezekiel

Ezekiel’s Vision of the Valley of Dry Bones, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.
Ezekiel’s Vision of the Valley of Dry Bones, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.

This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; Jamieson, Fausset and Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; Jerome, Commentary on Ezekiel; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.