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Their conduct was like a woman&#8217s monthly uncleanness in my sight. <a href="/nlt/ezekiel/36.htm">New Living Translation</a> “Son of man, when the people of Israel were living in their own land, they defiled it by the evil way they lived. To me their conduct was as unclean as a woman’s menstrual cloth. <a href="/esv/ezekiel/36.htm">English Standard Version</a> “Son of man, when the house of Israel lived in their own land, they defiled it by their ways and their deeds. Their ways before me were like the uncleanness of a woman in her menstrual impurity. <a href="/bsb/ezekiel/36.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> “Son of man, when the people of Israel lived in their land, they defiled it by their own ways and deeds. Their behavior before Me was like the uncleanness of a woman’s impurity. <a href="/kjv/ezekiel/36.htm">King James Bible</a> Son of man, when the house of Israel dwelt in their own land, they defiled it by their own way and by their doings: their way was before me as the uncleanness of a removed woman. <a href="/nkjv/ezekiel/36.htm">New King James Version</a> “Son of man, when the house of Israel dwelt in their own land, they defiled it by their own ways and deeds; to Me their way was like the uncleanness of a woman in her customary impurity. <a href="/nasb_/ezekiel/36.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> “Son of man, when the house of Israel was living on their own land, they defiled it by their ways and their deeds; their way before Me was like the uncleanness of a woman in her impurity. <a href="/nasb/ezekiel/36.htm">NASB 1995</a> &#8220Son of man, when the house of Israel was living in their own land, they defiled it by their ways and their deeds; their way before Me was like the uncleanness of a woman in her impurity. <a href="/nasb77/ezekiel/36.htm">NASB 1977 </a> “Son of man, when the house of Israel was living in their own land, they defiled it by their ways and their deeds; their way before Me was like the uncleanness of a woman in her impurity. <a href="/lsb/ezekiel/36.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> “Son of man, when the house of Israel was living in their own land, they defiled it by their ways and their deeds; their way before Me was like the uncleanness of a woman in her impurity. <a href="/amp/ezekiel/36.htm">Amplified Bible</a> “Son of man, when the house of Israel was living in their own land, they defiled it by their [own] behavior and by their [idolatrous] actions. Their conduct before Me was like the uncleanness of a woman during her [physical] impurity. <a href="/csb/ezekiel/36.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> “Son of man, while the house of Israel lived in their land, they defiled it with their conduct and actions. Their behavior before me was like menstrual impurity. <a href="/hcsb/ezekiel/36.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> Son of man, while the house of Israel lived in their land, they defiled it with their conduct and actions. Their behavior before Me was like menstrual impurity. <a href="/asv/ezekiel/36.htm">American Standard Version</a> Son of man, when the house of Israel dwelt in their own land, they defiled it by their way and by their doings: their way before me was as the uncleanness of a woman in her impurity. <a href="/cev/ezekiel/36.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> Ezekiel, son of man, when the people of Israel were living in their own country, they made the land unclean by the way they behaved, just as a woman's monthly period makes her unclean. <a href="/erv/ezekiel/36.htm">English Revised Version</a> Son of man, when the house of Israel dwelt in their own land, they defiled it by their way and by their doings: their way before me was as the uncleanness of a woman in her separation. <a href="/gwt/ezekiel/36.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> "Son of man, when the people of Israel lived in their land, they dishonored it by the way they lived and by everything they did. Their ways were as unclean as a woman's menstrual period. <a href="/gnt/ezekiel/36.htm">Good News Translation</a> "Mortal man," he said, "when the Israelites were living in their land, they defiled it by the way they lived and acted. I regarded their behavior as being as ritually unclean as a woman is during her monthly period. <a href="/isv/ezekiel/36.htm">International Standard Version</a> "Son of Man, when the house of Israel was living on their own land, they defiled it with their lifestyles and behavior; they were as disqualified to be with me as a menstruating woman is to you. <a href="/msb/ezekiel/36.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> ?Son of man, when the people of Israel lived in their land, they defiled it by their own ways and deeds. Their behavior before Me was like the uncleanness of a woman?s impurity. <a href="/net/ezekiel/36.htm">NET Bible</a> "Son of man, when the house of Israel was living on their own land, they defiled it by their behavior and their deeds. In my sight their behavior was like the uncleanness of a woman having her monthly period. <a href="/nheb/ezekiel/36.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> "Son of man, when the house of Israel lived in their own land, they defiled it by their way and by their doings: their way before me was as the uncleanness of a woman in her impurity. <a href="/wbt/ezekiel/36.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> Son of man, when the house of Israel dwelt in their own land, they defiled it by their own way and by their doings: their way was before me as the uncleanness of a removed woman. <a href="/web/ezekiel/36.htm">World English Bible</a> “Son of man, when the house of Israel lived in their own land, they defiled it by their ways and by their deeds. Their way before me was as the uncleanness of a woman in her impurity. <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/ezekiel/36.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> “Son of man, "" The house of Israel are dwelling on their land, "" And they defile it by their way and by their doings, "" Their way has been as the uncleanness of a separated one before Me. <a href="/ylt/ezekiel/36.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> 'Son of man, The house of Israel are dwelling on their land, And they defile it by their way and by their doings, As the uncleanness of a separated one hath their way been before Me. <a href="/slt/ezekiel/36.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> Son of man, the house of Israel dwelling upon their land, and they will defile it with their way and with their doings: their way was before me as the uncleanness of her set apart.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/ezekiel/36.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> Son of man, when the house of Israel dwelt in their own land, they defiled it with their ways, and with their doings: their way was before me like the uncleanness of a menstruous woman. <a href="/cpdv/ezekiel/36.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> “Son of man, the house of Israel lived on their own soil, and they defiled it with their ways and with their intentions. Their way, in my sight, became like the uncleanness of a menstruous woman. <a href="/nabre/ezekiel/36.htm">New American Bible</a> Son of man, when the house of Israel lived in its land, they defiled it with their behavior and their deeds. In my sight their behavior was like the impurity of a woman in menstruation. <a href="/nrsvce/ezekiel/36.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> Mortal, when the house of Israel lived on their own soil, they defiled it with their ways and their deeds; their conduct in my sight was like the uncleanness of a woman in her menstrual period.<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/ezekiel/36.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> Son of man, when the house of Israel dwelt in their own land, they defiled it by their evil ways and by their doings; their way was before me like the uncleanness of a menstruous woman. <a href="/hpbt/ezekiel/36.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a> “Son of man, when the house of Israel was dwelling in their land, and they defiled it in their ways and in their schemes, and according to the uncleanness of a menstruous woman, so was their way before me<div class="vheading2">OT Translations</div><a href="/jps/ezekiel/36.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a> Son of man, when the house of Israel dwelt in their own land, they defiled it by their way and by their doings; their way before Me was as the uncleanness of a woman in her impurity. <a href="/sep/ezekiel/36.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a> Son of man, the house of Israel dwelt upon their land, and defiled it by their way, and with their idols, and with their uncleannesses; and their way was before me like the uncleanness of a removed woman. <a href="/parallel/ezekiel/36-17.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/vET3Gmwku4s?start=10660" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/ezekiel/36.htm">A New Heart and Spirit</a> 16Again the word of the LORD came to me, saying, 17<a href="/hebrew/1121.htm" title="1121: ben- (N-msc) -- Son. From banah; a son, in the widest sense (like 'ab, 'ach, etc.).">“Son</a> <a href="/hebrew/120.htm" title="120: ’ā·ḏām (N-ms) -- Man, mankind. From 'adam; ruddy i.e. A human being.">of man,</a> <a href="/hebrew/1004.htm" title="1004: bêṯ (N-msc) -- A house. Probably from banah abbreviated; a house.">when the people</a> <a href="/hebrew/3478.htm" title="3478: yiś·rā·’êl (N-proper-ms) -- From sarah and 'el; he will rule as God; Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also of his posterity.">of Israel</a> <a href="/hebrew/3427.htm" title="3427: yō·šə·ḇîm (V-Qal-Prtcpl-mp) -- A primitive root; properly, to sit down; by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry.">lived</a> <a href="/hebrew/5921.htm" title="5921: ‘al- (Prep) -- Properly, the same as al used as a preposition; above, over, upon, or against in a great variety of applications.">in</a> <a href="/hebrew/127.htm" title="127: ’aḏ·mā·ṯām (N-fsc:: 3mp) -- Ground, land. From 'adam; soil.">their land,</a> <a href="/hebrew/2930.htm" title="2930: way·ṭam·mə·’ū (Conj-w:: V-Piel-ConsecImperf-3mp) -- To be or become unclean. A primitive root; to be foul, especially in a ceremial or moral sense.">they defiled</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’ō·w·ṯāh (DirObjM:: 3fs) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self.">it</a> <a href="/hebrew/1870.htm" title="1870: bə·ḏar·kām (Prep-b:: N-csc:: 3mp) -- Way, road, distance, journey, manner. From darak; a road; figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverb.">by their own ways</a> <a href="/hebrew/5949.htm" title="5949: ū·ḇa·‘ă·lî·lō·w·ṯām (Conj-w, Prep-b:: N-fpc:: 3mp) -- Or malilah; from alal in the sense of effecting; an exploit, or a performance; by implication, an opportunity.">and deeds.</a> <a href="/hebrew/1870.htm" title="1870: ḏar·kām (N-csc:: 3mp) -- Way, road, distance, journey, manner. From darak; a road; figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverb.">Their behavior</a> <a href="/hebrew/6440.htm" title="6440: lə·p̄ā·nāy (Prep-l:: N-mpc:: 1cs) -- Face, faces. Plural of an unused noun; the face; used in a great variety of applications; also as a preposition.">before Me</a> <a href="/hebrew/1961.htm" title="1961: hā·yə·ṯāh (V-Qal-Perf-3fs) -- To fall out, come to pass, become, be. A primitive root; to exist, i.e. Be or become, come to pass.">was</a> <a href="/hebrew/2932.htm" title="2932: kə·ṭum·’aṯ (Prep-k:: N-fsc) -- Religious impurity. From tame'; religious impurity.">like the uncleanness</a> <a href="/hebrew/5079.htm" title="5079: han·nid·dāh (Art:: N-fs) -- Impurity. From nadad; properly, rejection; by implication, impurity, especially personal or moral.">of a woman’s impurity.</a> 18So 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.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/leviticus/18-24.htm">Leviticus 18:24-28</a> Do not defile yourselves by any of these practices, for by all these things the nations I am driving out before you have defiled themselves. / Even the land has become defiled, so I am punishing it for its sin, and the land will vomit out its inhabitants. / But you are to keep My statutes and ordinances, and you must not commit any of these abominations—neither your native-born nor the foreigner who lives among you. ... <a href="/2_kings/17-7.htm">2 Kings 17:7-18</a> All this happened because the people of Israel had sinned against the LORD their God, who had brought them out of the land of Egypt from under the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt. They had worshiped other gods / and walked in the customs of the nations that the LORD had driven out before the Israelites, as well as in the practices introduced by the kings of Israel. / The Israelites secretly did things against the LORD their God that were not right. From watchtower to fortified city, they built high places in all their cities. ... <a href="/jeremiah/2-7.htm">Jeremiah 2:7</a> I brought you into a fertile land to eat its fruit and bounty, but you came and defiled My land and made My inheritance detestable. <a href="/jeremiah/16-18.htm">Jeremiah 16:18</a> And I will first repay them double their iniquity and their sin, because they have defiled My land with the carcasses of their detestable idols, and they have filled My inheritance with their abominations.” <a href="/isaiah/24-5.htm">Isaiah 24:5</a> The earth is defiled by its people; they have transgressed the laws; they have overstepped the decrees and broken the everlasting covenant. <a href="/hosea/9-1.htm">Hosea 9:1</a> Do not rejoice, O Israel, with exultation like the nations, for you have played the harlot against your God; you have made love for hire on every threshing floor. <a href="/amos/2-4.htm">Amos 2:4</a> This is what the LORD says: “For three transgressions of Judah, even four, I will not revoke My judgment, because they reject the Law of the LORD and fail to keep His statutes; they are led astray by the lies in which their fathers walked. <a href="/psalms/106-38.htm">Psalm 106:38</a> They shed innocent blood—the blood of their sons and daughters, whom they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan, and the land was polluted with blood. <a href="/deuteronomy/32-16.htm">Deuteronomy 32:16-18</a> They provoked His jealousy with foreign gods; they enraged Him with abominations. / They sacrificed to demons, not to God, to gods they had not known, to newly arrived gods, which your fathers did not fear. / You ignored the Rock who brought you forth; you forgot the God who gave you birth. <a href="/2_chronicles/36-14.htm">2 Chronicles 36:14</a> Furthermore, all the leaders of the priests and the people multiplied their unfaithful deeds, following all the abominations of the nations, and they defiled the house of the LORD, which He had consecrated in Jerusalem. <a href="/romans/2-24.htm">Romans 2:24</a> As it is written: “God’s name is blasphemed among the Gentiles because of you.” <a href="/matthew/23-27.htm">Matthew 23:27-28</a> Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You are like whitewashed tombs, which look beautiful on the outside but on the inside are full of dead men’s bones and every kind of impurity. / In the same way, on the outside you appear to be righteous, but on the inside you are full of hypocrisy and wickedness. <a href="/1_corinthians/6-9.htm">1 Corinthians 6:9-11</a> Do you not know that the wicked will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: Neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor men who submit to or perform homosexual acts, / nor thieves, nor the greedy, nor drunkards, nor verbal abusers, nor swindlers, will inherit the kingdom of God. / And that is what some of you were. But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified, in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God. <a href="/ephesians/2-1.htm">Ephesians 2:1-3</a> And you were dead in your trespasses and sins, / in which you used to walk when you conformed to the ways of this world and of the ruler of the power of the air, the spirit who is now at work in the sons of disobedience. / All of us also lived among them at one time, fulfilling the cravings of our flesh and indulging its desires and thoughts. Like the rest, we were by nature children of wrath. <a href="/colossians/3-5.htm">Colossians 3:5-7</a> Put to death, therefore, the components of your earthly nature: sexual immorality, impurity, lust, evil desires, and greed, which is idolatry. / Because of these, the wrath of God is coming on the sons of disobedience. / When you lived among them, you also used to walk in these ways.</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>Son of man, when the house of Israel dwelled in their own land, they defiled it by their own way and by their doings: their way was before me as the uncleanness of a removed woman.they defiled<a href="/leviticus/18-24.htm">Leviticus 18:24-28</a> Defile not ye yourselves in any of these things: for in all these the nations are defiled which I cast out before you: … <a href="/numbers/35-33.htm">Numbers 35:33,34</a> So ye shall not pollute the land wherein ye are: for blood it defileth the land: and the land cannot be cleansed of the blood that is shed therein, but by the blood of him that shed it… <a href="/psalms/106-37.htm">Psalm 106:37,38</a> Yea, they sacrificed their sons and their daughters unto devils, … as the<a href="/leviticus/15-19.htm">Leviticus 15:19</a> And if a woman have an issue, and her issue in her flesh be blood, she shall be put apart seven days: and whosoever toucheth her shall be unclean until the even.<a href="/isaiah/64-6.htm">Isaiah 64:6</a> But we are all as an unclean thing, and all our righteousnesses are as filthy rags; and we all do fade as a leaf; and our iniquities, like the wind, have taken us away.<div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/ezekiel/24-14.htm">Actions</a> <a href="/ezekiel/33-13.htm">Acts</a> <a href="/ezekiel/36-14.htm">Children</a> <a href="/ezekiel/24-14.htm">Conduct</a> <a href="/ezekiel/33-13.htm">Deeds</a> <a href="/ezekiel/33-26.htm">Defile</a> <a href="/ezekiel/33-26.htm">Defiled</a> <a href="/ezekiel/25-12.htm">Doings</a> <a href="/ezekiel/16-46.htm">Dwelling</a> <a href="/ezekiel/34-28.htm">Dwelt</a> <a href="/ezekiel/36-10.htm">House</a> <a href="/ezekiel/24-13.htm">Impurity</a> <a href="/ezekiel/36-12.htm">Israel</a> <a href="/ezekiel/33-16.htm">Kept</a> <a href="/isaiah/47-13.htm">Monthly</a> <a href="/ezekiel/24-12.htm">Removed</a> <a href="/ezekiel/34-12.htm">Separated</a> <a href="/ezekiel/22-10.htm">Separation</a> <a href="/ezekiel/35-5.htm">Time</a> <a href="/ezekiel/24-13.htm">Unclean</a> <a href="/ezekiel/24-13.htm">Uncleanness</a> <a href="/ezekiel/34-16.htm">Way</a> <a href="/ezekiel/33-20.htm">Ways</a> <a href="/esther/2-12.htm">Woman's</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/ezekiel/36-19.htm">Actions</a> <a href="/hosea/4-9.htm">Acts</a> <a href="/ezekiel/36-21.htm">Children</a> <a href="/ezekiel/36-19.htm">Conduct</a> <a href="/ezekiel/36-19.htm">Deeds</a> <a href="/ezekiel/37-23.htm">Defile</a> <a href="/ezekiel/36-18.htm">Defiled</a> <a href="/ezekiel/36-19.htm">Doings</a> <a href="/ezekiel/37-23.htm">Dwelling</a> <a href="/ezekiel/36-28.htm">Dwelt</a> <a href="/ezekiel/36-21.htm">House</a> <a href="/zechariah/13-1.htm">Impurity</a> <a href="/ezekiel/36-21.htm">Israel</a> <a href="/ezekiel/39-24.htm">Kept</a> <a href="/leviticus/12-2.htm">Monthly</a> <a href="/daniel/4-31.htm">Removed</a> <a href="/ezekiel/46-18.htm">Separated</a> <a href="/ezekiel/42-20.htm">Separation</a> <a href="/ezekiel/38-10.htm">Time</a> <a href="/ezekiel/36-18.htm">Unclean</a> <a href="/ezekiel/36-29.htm">Uncleanness</a> <a href="/ezekiel/36-19.htm">Way</a> <a href="/ezekiel/36-19.htm">Ways</a> <a href="/hosea/9-1.htm">Woman's</a><div class="vheading2">Ezekiel 36</div>1. <a href="/ezekiel/36-1.htm">The land of Israel is comforted, by destruction of the heathen, who spitefully used it</a> 8. <a href="/ezekiel/36-8.htm">and by the blessings of God promised unto it</a> 16. <a href="/ezekiel/36-16.htm">Israel was rejected for their sin</a> 21. <a href="/ezekiel/36-21.htm">and shall be restored without their desert</a> 25. <a href="/ezekiel/36-25.htm">The blessings of Christ's kingdom</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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It is a reminder of the distinction between God and man, highlighting the humility and obedience required of Ezekiel. The term is also a messianic title used by Jesus in the New Testament, pointing to His incarnation and identification with humanity.when the people of Israel lived in their land This refers to the period before the Babylonian exile when Israel occupied the Promised Land. The land was a gift from God, a fulfillment of His covenant with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. It was a place where they were to live in obedience to God's laws, reflecting His holiness to the nations around them.they defiled it by their own ways and deeds The Israelites' actions polluted the land, violating the covenant relationship with God. Their idolatry, injustice, and immorality were contrary to the laws given through Moses. This defilement led to the land "vomiting out" its inhabitants, as warned in <a href="/leviticus/18-28.htm">Leviticus 18:28</a>. The concept of defilement underscores the seriousness of sin and its consequences.Their behavior before Me was like the uncleanness of a woman’s impurity This simile draws from Levitical laws regarding ritual purity (<a href="/leviticus/15-19.htm">Leviticus 15:19-24</a>). Just as a woman's menstrual impurity required separation and cleansing, so Israel's sins necessitated divine judgment and purification. The comparison emphasizes the offensiveness of their sin in God's sight and the need for repentance and restoration. This imagery also foreshadows the cleansing work of Christ, who purifies His people from all sin.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/e/ezekiel.htm">Ezekiel</a> A prophet called by God to deliver His messages to the Israelites during their Babylonian exile. He is often referred to as "son of man" in the book. 2. <a href="/topical/h/house_of_israel.htm">House of Israel</a> Refers to the collective people of Israel, God's chosen nation, who were living in their own land before being exiled due to their disobedience. 3. <a href="/topical/t/the_land_of_israel.htm">The Land of Israel</a> The promised land given to the Israelites by God, which they defiled through their sinful actions and idolatry. 4. <a href="/topical/d/defilement.htm">Defilement</a> The act of making something unclean or impure, in this context, through sinful behavior and idolatry. 5. <a href="/topical/g/god's_perspective.htm">God's Perspective</a> The divine viewpoint that sees the Israelites' conduct as impure, akin to ritual impurity, which was a serious matter in the Hebrew culture.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/u/understanding_defilement.htm">Understanding Defilement</a> Recognize that sin defiles not only individuals but also communities and lands. Our actions have broader implications than we might realize. <a href="/topical/g/god's_holiness.htm">God's Holiness</a> Reflect on the holiness of God and how our sin is viewed in His sight. This should lead us to a deeper understanding of our need for repentance and cleansing. <a href="/topical/t/the_call_to_repentance.htm">The Call to Repentance</a> Just as Israel was called to turn from their ways, we too are called to examine our lives and repent from actions that defile our relationship with God. <a href="/topical/t/the_role_of_the_land.htm">The Role of the Land</a> Consider the significance of the land in biblical theology. It is not just a physical space but a place of covenant relationship with God. <a href="/topical/l/living_in_purity.htm">Living in Purity</a> Strive to live in a way that honors God, understanding that our conduct reflects our relationship with Him and impacts the world around us.<a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/ezekiel/36.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(17) They defiled it.--In <a href="/context/ezekiel/36-17.htm" title="Son of man, when the house of Israel dwelled in their own land, they defiled it by their own way and by their doings: their way was before me as the uncleanness of a removed woman.">Ezekiel 36:17-20</a> the sin of Israel in the past is set forth as the reason of their present condition. "The land" is always regarded in Scripture as peculiarly consecrated to God, and defiled by the sin of the people. (Comp. <a href="/leviticus/18-28.htm" title="That the land spew not you out also, when you defile it, as it spewed out the nations that were before you.">Leviticus 18:28</a>; <a href="/numbers/35-34.htm" title="Defile not therefore the land which you shall inhabit, wherein I dwell: for I the LORD dwell among the children of Israel.">Numbers 35:34</a>.) The comparison is with a woman who has been set apart for uncleanness (<a href="/leviticus/15-19.htm" title="And if a woman have an issue, and her issue in her flesh be blood, she shall be put apart seven days: and whoever touches her shall be unclean until the even.">Leviticus 15:19</a>), who until her purification was not allowed to come into the sanctuary.<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/ezekiel/36.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verse 17. - Their way was before me. Their ways and doings, i.e. their violent deeds and idolatrous practices (ver. 18), were as morally loathsome in Jehovah's sight as the uncleanness of a woman in her separation was materially disgusting. The comparison may have been derived from <a href="/isaiah/64-6.htm">Isaiah 64:6</a>, but was as likely to have been original, seeing Ezekiel was a priest-prophet, to whom the details of the Levitical Law must have been familiar (comp. <a href="/ezekiel/18-6.htm">Ezekiel 18:6</a>; <a href="/leviticus/15-19.htm">Leviticus 15:19</a>). <a href="/commentaries/ezekiel/36-17.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div>“Son בֶּן־ (ben-) Noun - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1121.htm">Strong's 1121: </a> A son of man, אָדָ֗ם (’ā·ḏām) Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_120.htm">Strong's 120: </a> Ruddy, a human being when the people בֵּ֤ית (bêṯ) Noun - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1004.htm">Strong's 1004: </a> A house of Israel יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ (yiś·rā·’êl) Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3478.htm">Strong's 3478: </a> Israel -- 'God strives', another name of Jacob and his desc lived יֹשְׁבִ֣ים (yō·šə·ḇîm) Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3427.htm">Strong's 3427: </a> To sit down, to dwell, to remain, to settle, to marry in עַל־ (‘al-) Preposition <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5921.htm">Strong's 5921: </a> Above, over, upon, against their land, אַדְמָתָ֔ם (’aḏ·mā·ṯām) Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_127.htm">Strong's 127: </a> Ground, land they defiled וַיְטַמְּא֣וּ (way·ṭam·mə·’ū) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2930.htm">Strong's 2930: </a> To be or become unclean it אוֹתָ֔הּ (’ō·w·ṯāh) Direct object marker | third person feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_853.htm">Strong's 853: </a> Untranslatable mark of the accusative case by their own ways בְּדַרְכָּ֖ם (bə·ḏar·kām) Preposition-b | Noun - common singular construct | third person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1870.htm">Strong's 1870: </a> A road, a course of life, mode of action and deeds. וּבַעֲלִֽילוֹתָ֑ם (ū·ḇa·‘ă·lî·lō·w·ṯām) Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b | Noun - feminine plural construct | third person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5949.htm">Strong's 5949: </a> An exploit, a performance, an opportunity Their behavior דַרְכָּ֖ם (ḏar·kām) Noun - common singular construct | third person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1870.htm">Strong's 1870: </a> A road, a course of life, mode of action before Me לְפָנָֽי׃ (lə·p̄ā·nāy) Preposition-l | Noun - masculine plural construct | first person common singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6440.htm">Strong's 6440: </a> The face was הָיְתָ֥ה (hā·yə·ṯāh) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1961.htm">Strong's 1961: </a> To fall out, come to pass, become, be like the uncleanness כְּטֻמְאַת֙ (kə·ṭum·’aṯ) Preposition-k | Noun - feminine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2932.htm">Strong's 2932: </a> Religious impurity of a [woman] in her [monthly] impurity. הַנִּדָּ֔ה (han·nid·dāh) Article | Noun - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5079.htm">Strong's 5079: </a> Rejection, impurity, personal, moral <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/ezekiel/36-17.htm">Ezekiel 36:17 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/ezekiel/36-17.htm">Ezekiel 36:17 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/ezekiel/36-17.htm">Ezekiel 36:17 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/ezekiel/36-17.htm">Ezekiel 36:17 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/ezekiel/36-17.htm">Ezekiel 36:17 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/ezekiel/36-17.htm">Ezekiel 36:17 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/ezekiel/36-17.htm">Ezekiel 36:17 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/ezekiel/36-17.htm">Ezekiel 36:17 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/ezekiel/36-17.htm">Ezekiel 36:17 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/ezekiel/36-17.htm">Ezekiel 36:17 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/ezekiel/36-17.htm">OT Prophets: Ezekiel 36:17 Son of man when the house (Ezek. 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