Ezekiel 36:2

Translations

Modern

This is what the Lord GOD says: Because the enemy has said of you, ‘Aha! The ancient heights have become our possession,’

Traditional

Thus saith the Lord God; Because the enemy hath said against you, Aha, even the ancient high places are ours in possession:

Literal

Thus says the Lord YHWH: Because the enemy has said of you, ‘Aha, the heights of old have become as a possession unto us,’

Latin

Hæc dicit Dominus Deus: Eo quod dixerit inimicus de vobis: Euge, altitudines sempiternæ in hæreditatem datæ sunt nobis:

Original

Hebrew

English

This is what the Lord GOD says: Because the enemy has said of you, ‘Aha! The ancient heights have become our possession,’

Notes

Ezekiel 36:2

Israel’s ancient high places (the hill country and mountains) could not be taken by their enemies. The Lord had given this land to his people.

Ezekiel 36:1–15

The destruction of Edom (chapter 35) would prepare the way for the restoration of the mountains of Israel, reversing the devastation threatened in chapter 6.

Events

Prophecies of Ezekielc. 593 BC

Related verses

Deuteronomy 32:13
He made him ride on the heights of the land and fed him the produce of the field. He nourished him with honey from the rock and oil from the flinty crag,
Ezekiel 35:10
Because you have said, ‘These two nations and countries will be ours, and we will possess them,’ even though the LORD was there,
Ezekiel 25:3
Tell the Ammonites to hear the word of the Lord GOD, for this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Because you exclaimed, “Aha!” when My sanctuary was profaned, when the land of Israel was laid waste, and when the house of Judah went into exile,
Ezekiel 26:2
“Son of man, because Tyre has said of Jerusalem, ‘Aha! The gate to the nations is broken; it has swung open to me; now that she lies in ruins I will be filled,’
Isaiah 58:14
…then you will delight yourself in the LORD, and I will make you ride on the heights of the land and feed you with the heritage of your father Jacob.” For the mouth of the LORD has spoken.
Jeremiah 49:1
Concerning the Ammonites, this is what the LORD says: “Has Israel no sons? Is he without heir? Why then has Milcom taken possession of Gad? Why have his people settled in their cities?
Psalm 78:69
He built His sanctuary like the heights, like the earth He has established forever.
Habakkuk 3:19
GOD the Lord is my strength; He makes my feet like those of a deer; He makes me walk upon the heights! For the choirmaster. With stringed instruments.
Ezekiel 36:5
Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: Surely in My burning zeal I have spoken against the rest of the nations, and against all Edom, who took My land as their own possession with wholehearted joy and utter contempt, so that its pastureland became plunder.

People

LORD: Names or title used to refer to God

Glossary

Bamah Ezekiel (Person) Ezekiel, Book of High Place

Topics

Infidelity: General Scriptures Concerning Prophecies Concerning Israel: Prophecies Concerning of Blessing and Restoration Scoffing: The Heathen Scorning and Mocking: Heathen

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