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Because they say unto you, Thou <i>land</i> devourest up men, and hast bereaved thy nations;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/ezekiel/36.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />‘Thus says the Lord GOD: “Because they say to you, ‘You devour men and bereave your nation <i>of children,</i>’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/ezekiel/36.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />“The Lord GOD says this: ‘Since they say to you, “You are a devourer of people and have bereaved your nation of children,”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/ezekiel/36.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8220Thus says the Lord GOD, &#8216Because they say to you, &#8220You are a devourer of men and have bereaved your nation of children,&#8221<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/ezekiel/36.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />“Thus says the Lord GOD, ‘Because they say to you, “You are a devourer of men and have bereaved your nation of children,”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/ezekiel/36.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />“Thus says Lord Yahweh, ‘Because they say to you, “You are a devourer of men and have bereaved your nation of children,”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/ezekiel/36.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />“Thus says the Lord GOD, ‘Because they say to you, “You [O land] are a devourer of people and have bereaved your nation of children,”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/ezekiel/36.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />“ ‘This is what the Lord GOD says: Because some are saying to you, “You devour people and deprive your nation of children,”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/ezekiel/36.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />This is what the Lord GOD says: Because people are saying to you, &#8216You devour men and deprive your nation of children,&#8217<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/ezekiel/36.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Because they say unto you, Thou land art a devourer of men, and hast been a bereaver of thy nation;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/ezekiel/36.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />It's true that you have been accused of not producing enough food and of letting your people starve. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/ezekiel/36.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />Thus saith the Lord GOD: Because they say unto you, Thou land art a devourer of men, and hast been a bereaver of thy nation;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/ezekiel/36.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />" 'This is what the Almighty LORD says: People say that you devour your people and take the children away from your nation.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/ezekiel/36.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />"I, the Sovereign LORD, say: It is true that people say that the land eats people and that it robs the nation of its children. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/ezekiel/36.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />"This is what the Lord GOD says: 'Because some have been saying to you, "You mountains have been devouring human beings and leaving people childless," <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/ezekiel/36.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />For this is what the Lord GOD says: Because people say to you, ?You devour men and deprive your nation of its children,?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/ezekiel/36.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />"'This is what the sovereign LORD says: Because they are saying to you, "You are a devourer of men, and bereave your nation of children,"<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/ezekiel/36.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />"'Thus says the Lord GOD: "Because they say to you, 'You are a devourer of men, and have been a bereaver of your nation';<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/ezekiel/36.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />Thus saith the Lord GOD; Because they say to you, Thou land devourest men, and hast bereaved thy nations;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/ezekiel/36.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />“‘The Lord Yahweh says: “Because they say to you, ‘You are a devourer of men, and have been a bereaver of your nation;’ <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/ezekiel/36.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />Thus said Lord YHWH: Because they are saying to you, You [are] a devourer of men, "" And you have been a bereaver of your nations,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/ezekiel/36.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> Thus said the Lord Jehovah: Because they are saying to you: A devourer of men art thou, And a bereaver of thy nations thou hast been,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/ezekiel/36.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />Thus said the Lord Jehovah: Because of their saying to you, Thou didst consume man, and thou wert bereaving thy nations.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/ezekiel/36.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />Thus saith the Lord God: Because they say of you: Thou art a devourer of men, and one that suffocatest thy nation: <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/ezekiel/36.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />Thus says the Lord God: Because they are saying about you, ‘You are a woman who devours men, and you are strangling your own nation,’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/ezekiel/36.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />Thus says the Lord GOD: Because they say of you, “You devour your own people, you rob your nation of its children,”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/ezekiel/36.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />Thus says the Lord GOD: Because they say to you, “You devour people, and you bereave your nation of children,”<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/ezekiel/36.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />Thus says the LORD God: Because they say to you, You are a land which devours her people and is bereaved of her inhabitants;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/ezekiel/36.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />Thus says THE LORD OF LORDS: because they say to you, ‘You consumed children of men, and you bereaved her people’<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/ezekiel/36.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />Thus saith the Lord GOD: Because they say unto you: Thou land art a devourer of men, and hast been a bereaver of thy nations;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/ezekiel/36.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />Thus saith the Lord God: Because they said to thee, Thou <i>land</i> devourest men, and hast been bereaved of thy nation;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/ezekiel/36-13.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/vET3Gmwku4s?start=10624" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/ezekiel/36.htm">A Prophecy to the Mountains of Israel</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">12</span>Yes, I will cause My people Israel to walk upon you; they will possess you, and you will be their inheritance, and you will no longer deprive them of their children. <span class="reftext">13</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/3541.htm" title="3541: kōh (Adv) -- Thus, here. From the prefix k and huw'; properly, like this, i.e. By implication, thus; also here; or now.">For this is what</a> <a href="/hebrew/136.htm" title="136: ’ă·ḏō·nāy (N-proper-ms) -- Lord. Am emphatic form of 'adown; the Lord.">the Lord</a> <a href="/hebrew/3069.htm" title="3069: Yah·weh (N-proper-ms) -- YHWH. A variation of Yhovah.">GOD</a> <a href="/hebrew/559.htm" title="559: ’ā·mar (V-Qal-Perf-3ms) -- To utter, say. A primitive root; to say.">says:</a> <a href="/hebrew/3282.htm" title="3282: ya·‘an (Adv) -- From an unused root meaning to pay attention; properly, heed; by implication, purpose; used adverbially to indicate the reason or cause.">Because</a> <a href="/hebrew/559.htm" title="559: ’ō·mə·rîm (V-Qal-Prtcpl-mp) -- To utter, say. A primitive root; to say.">people say</a> <a href="/hebrew/lā·ḵem (Prep:: 2mp) -- ">to you,</a> <a href="/hebrew/859.htm" title="859: ʾå̄t·tī (Pro-2fs) -- You (masc. sing.). ">‘You</a> <a href="/hebrew/398.htm" title="398: ’ō·ḵe·leṯ (V-Qal-Prtcpl-fsc) -- To eat. A primitive root; to eat.">devour</a> <a href="/hebrew/120.htm" title="120: ’ā·ḏām (N-ms) -- Man, mankind. From 'adam; ruddy i.e. A human being.">men</a> <a href="/hebrew/1471.htm" title="1471: gō·yēḵ (N-mpc:: 2fs) -- Rarely goy; apparently from the same root as gevah; a foreign nation; hence, a Gentile; also a troop of animals, or a flight of locusts.">and deprive your nation</a> <a href="/hebrew/1961.htm" title="1961: hā·yîṯ (V-Qal-Perf-2fs) -- To fall out, come to pass, become, be. A primitive root; to exist, i.e. Be or become, come to pass."></a> <a href="/hebrew/7921.htm" title="7921: ū·mə·šak·ke·leṯ (Conj-w:: V-Piel-Prtcpl-fsc) -- To be bereaved. A primitive root; properly, to miscarry, i.e. Suffer abortion; by analogy, to bereave.">of its children,’</a> </span><span class="reftext">14</span>therefore you will no longer devour men or deprive your nation of its children, declares the Lord GOD.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/numbers/13-32.htm">Numbers 13:32</a></span><br />So they gave the Israelites a bad report about the land that they had spied out: “The land we explored devours its inhabitants, and all the people we saw there are great in stature.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/49-19.htm">Isaiah 49:19-20</a></span><br />For your ruined and desolate places and your ravaged land will now indeed be too small for your people, and those who devoured you will be far away. / Yet the children of your bereavement will say in your hearing, ‘This place is too small for us; make room for us to live here.’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/19-9.htm">Jeremiah 19:9</a></span><br />I will make them eat the flesh of their sons and daughters, and they will eat one another’s flesh in the siege and distress inflicted on them by their enemies who seek their lives.’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/lamentations/2-20.htm">Lamentations 2:20</a></span><br />Look, O LORD, and consider: Whom have You ever treated like this? Should women eat their offspring, the infants they have nurtured? Should priests and prophets be killed in the sanctuary of the Lord?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/5-10.htm">Ezekiel 5:10</a></span><br />As a result, fathers among you will eat their sons, and sons will eat their fathers. I will execute judgments against you and scatter all your remnant to every wind.’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/7-15.htm">Ezekiel 7:15</a></span><br />The sword is outside; plague and famine are within. Those in the country will die by the sword, and those in the city will be devoured by famine and plague.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/11-6.htm">Ezekiel 11:6</a></span><br />You have multiplied those you killed in this city and filled its streets with the dead.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/22-25.htm">Ezekiel 22:25</a></span><br />The conspiracy of the princes in her midst is like a roaring lion tearing its prey. They devour the people, seize the treasures and precious things, and multiply the widows within her.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/34-29.htm">Ezekiel 34:29</a></span><br />And I will raise up for them a garden of renown, and they will no longer be victims of famine in the land or bear the scorn of the nations.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/23-37.htm">Matthew 23:37</a></span><br />O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets and stones those sent to her, how often I have longed to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were unwilling!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/13-34.htm">Luke 13:34</a></span><br />O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets and stones those sent to her, how often I have longed to gather your children together as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were unwilling!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/11-50.htm">John 11:50</a></span><br />You do not realize that it is better for you that one man die for the people than that the whole nation perish.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/7-52.htm">Acts 7:52</a></span><br />Which of the prophets did your fathers fail to persecute? They even killed those who foretold the coming of the Righteous One. And now you are His betrayers and murderers—<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/11-3.htm">Romans 11:3</a></span><br />“Lord, they have killed Your prophets and torn down Your altars. I am the only one left, and they are seeking my life as well”?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_thessalonians/2-15.htm">1 Thessalonians 2:15</a></span><br />who killed both the Lord Jesus and their own prophets and drove us out as well. They are displeasing to God and hostile to all men,</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">Thus said the Lord GOD; Because they say to you, You land devour up men, and have bereaved your nations:</p><p class="hdg">no references for this verse.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/ezekiel/36-12.htm">Bereave</a> <a href="/ezekiel/14-15.htm">Bereaved</a> <a href="/ezekiel/30-12.htm">Causing</a> <a href="/ezekiel/36-12.htm">Children</a> <a href="/ezekiel/34-16.htm">Destruction</a> <a href="/ezekiel/35-12.htm">Devour</a> <a href="/malachi/3-11.htm">Devourer</a> <a href="/ezekiel/36-14.htm">Devourest</a> <a href="/ezekiel/16-63.htm">Loss</a> <a href="/ezekiel/2-3.htm">Nation</a> <a href="/ezekiel/36-7.htm">Nations</a> <a href="/ezekiel/36-7.htm">Sovereign</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/ezekiel/36-14.htm">Bereave</a> <a href="/hosea/13-8.htm">Bereaved</a> <a href="/ezekiel/36-27.htm">Causing</a> <a href="/ezekiel/36-14.htm">Children</a> <a href="/ezekiel/43-3.htm">Destruction</a> <a href="/ezekiel/36-14.htm">Devour</a> <a href="/malachi/3-11.htm">Devourer</a> <a href="/ezekiel/36-14.htm">Devourest</a> <a href="/daniel/6-2.htm">Loss</a> <a href="/ezekiel/36-14.htm">Nation</a> <a href="/ezekiel/36-14.htm">Nations</a> <a href="/ezekiel/36-14.htm">Sovereign</a><div class="vheading2">Ezekiel 36</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/ezekiel/36-1.htm">The land of Israel is comforted, by destruction of the heathen, who spitefully used it</a></span><br><span class="reftext">8. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/ezekiel/36-8.htm">and by the blessings of God promised unto it</a></span><br><span class="reftext">16. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/ezekiel/36-16.htm">Israel was rejected for their sin</a></span><br><span class="reftext">21. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/ezekiel/36-21.htm">and shall be restored without their desert</a></span><br><span class="reftext">25. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/ezekiel/36-25.htm">The blessings of Christ's kingdom</a></span><br></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'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/ezekiel/36.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/ezekiel/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/ezekiel/36.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>For this is what the Lord GOD says:</b><br>This phrase introduces a divine pronouncement, emphasizing the authority and sovereignty of God. In the context of Ezekiel, God often speaks directly to His people through the prophet, underscoring the seriousness of the message. The use of "Lord GOD" (Adonai Yahweh) highlights both His lordship and covenant relationship with Israel. This phrase is a common introduction in prophetic literature, indicating that what follows is not merely human opinion but divine revelation.<p><b>Because people say to you,</b><br>Here, God acknowledges the accusations or perceptions of the surrounding nations or people. This reflects the reality that Israel, and specifically the land, was often subject to the judgments and opinions of other nations. The phrase suggests a response to external criticism or misunderstanding, which is a recurring theme in the prophetic books where Israel's actions and God's dealings with them are often scrutinized by others.<p><b>‘You devour men</b><br>This accusation against the land of Israel suggests a history of violence, warfare, or calamity that has led to the loss of life. The imagery of a land devouring its inhabitants can be linked to the curses of the covenant in <a href="/leviticus/26.htm">Leviticus 26</a> and <a href="/deuteronomy/28.htm">Deuteronomy 28</a>, where disobedience leads to desolation and death. It also reflects the historical context of Israel's frequent conflicts and the resulting devastation. This phrase may also symbolize spiritual barrenness or the failure to produce righteous fruit among the people.<p><b>and deprive your nation of its children,’</b><br>This part of the accusation implies a loss of future generations, either through death, exile, or infertility. Historically, this could refer to the Babylonian exile, where many Israelites were taken captive, leaving the land desolate. Culturally, children were seen as a blessing and a sign of God's favor, so their absence would be a significant curse. This phrase also connects to the broader biblical theme of barrenness and restoration, seen in stories like those of Sarah, Hannah, and Elizabeth, where God intervenes to bring life and hope.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/e/ezekiel.htm">Ezekiel</a></b><br>A prophet of God who ministered to the Israelites during their Babylonian exile. He conveyed God's messages of judgment and restoration.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/i/israel.htm">Israel</a></b><br>The nation addressed in this prophecy, often personified as a land that has been accused of devouring its people.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_lord_god.htm">The Lord GOD</a></b><br>The sovereign deity of Israel, who speaks through Ezekiel to address the accusations against the land.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/b/babylonian_exile.htm">Babylonian Exile</a></b><br>The historical context in which Ezekiel prophesied, a period of great suffering and reflection for the Israelites.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_accusation.htm">The Accusation</a></b><br>The claim that the land of Israel "devours men," symbolizing the hardships and calamities that befell the people.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/u/understanding_accusations.htm">Understanding Accusations</a></b><br>Recognize that the accusations against Israel reflect the nation's historical struggles and the perception of divine judgment.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_sovereignty.htm">God's Sovereignty</a></b><br>Trust in God's ultimate control and plan for restoration, even when circumstances seem dire.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/r/repentance_and_restoration.htm">Repentance and Restoration</a></b><br>Emphasize the importance of repentance as a precursor to experiencing God's promised restoration.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/h/hope_in_god's_promises.htm">Hope in God's Promises</a></b><br>Encourage believers to hold onto the hope of God's promises, as seen in the broader context of <a href="/bsb/ezekiel/36.htm">Ezekiel 36</a>.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/c/community_and_accountability.htm">Community and Accountability</a></b><br>Reflect on how communities today can avoid "devouring" their members through neglect or injustice.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_ezekiel_36.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Ezekiel 36</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_is_the_meaning_of_spirit_baptism.htm">What is the meaning of Spirit Baptism?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/empathize_with_the_grieving.htm">Who is referred to as the Comforter?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_reconcile_god's_promise_with_israel's_exiles.htm">How do we reconcile God's promise never to forsake Israel (Deut. 31:6) with the nation's repeated historical exiles and oppressions?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/key_themes_in_ezekiel's_life.htm">What are the key themes in Ezekiel's life story?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/ezekiel/36.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(13) <span class= "bld">Thou land devourest up men.</span>--Comp. <a href="/numbers/13-32.htm" title="And they brought up an evil report of the land which they had searched to the children of Israel, saying, The land, through which we have gone to search it, is a land that eats up the inhabitants thereof; and all the people that we saw in it are men of a great stature.">Numbers 13:32</a>, a passage probably in the prophet's mind, though he uses it for a different reason. Israel had so often sinned, and so often, in consequence, suffered the Divine punishments, that the heathen, not recognising the true cause, superstitiously attributed the result to something in the land itself.<p>With the promises of this chapter comp. <a href="/context/isaiah/54-1.htm" title="Sing, O barren, you that did not bear; break forth into singing, and cry aloud, you that did not travail with child: for more are the children of the desolate than the children of the married wife, said the LORD.">Isaiah 54:1-8</a>. It is impossible to interpret that passage otherwise than of spiritual blessings; and Ezekiel, as a devout Jew, as well as a prophet, was thoroughly penetrated with the same hopes as are there expressed by the evangelic prophet.<p><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/ezekiel/36-13.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">For this is what</span><br /><span class="heb">כֹּ֤ה</span> <span class="translit">(kōh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adverb<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3541.htm">Strong's 3541: </a> </span><span class="str2">Like this, thus, here, now</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the Lord</span><br /><span class="heb">אֲדֹנָ֣י</span> <span class="translit">(’ă·ḏō·nāy)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_136.htm">Strong's 136: </a> </span><span class="str2">The Lord</span><br /><br /><span class="word">GOD</span><br /><span class="heb">יְהוִ֔ה</span> <span class="translit">(Yah·weh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3069.htm">Strong's 3069: </a> </span><span class="str2">YHWH</span><br /><br /><span class="word">says:</span><br /><span class="heb">אָמַר֙</span> <span class="translit">(’ā·mar)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_559.htm">Strong's 559: </a> </span><span class="str2">To utter, say</span><br /><br /><span class="word">‘Because</span><br /><span class="heb">יַ֚עַן</span> <span class="translit">(ya·‘an)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adverb<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3282.htm">Strong's 3282: </a> </span><span class="str2">Heed, purpose, to indicate the reason, cause</span><br /><br /><span class="word">people say</span><br /><span class="heb">אֹמְרִ֣ים</span> <span class="translit">(’ō·mə·rîm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_559.htm">Strong's 559: </a> </span><span class="str2">To utter, say</span><br /><br /><span class="word">to you,</span><br /><span class="heb">לָכֶ֔ם</span> <span class="translit">(lā·ḵem)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition | second person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/.htm">Strong's Hebrew</a> </span><span class="str2"></span><br /><br /><span class="word">“You</span><br /><span class="heb">אָ֑תְּ</span> <span class="translit">(’āt)</span><br /><span class="parse">Pronoun - second person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_859.htm">Strong's 859: </a> </span><span class="str2">Thou and thee, ye and you</span><br /><br /><span class="word">devour</span><br /><span class="heb">אֹכֶ֥לֶת</span> <span class="translit">(’ō·ḵe·leṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Participle - feminine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_398.htm">Strong's 398: </a> </span><span class="str2">To eat</span><br /><br /><span class="word">men</span><br /><span class="heb">אָדָ֖ם</span> <span class="translit">(’ā·ḏām)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_120.htm">Strong's 120: </a> </span><span class="str2">Ruddy, a human being</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and deprive your nation</span><br /><span class="heb">גּוֹיַ֖יִךְ</span> <span class="translit">(gō·w·ya·yiḵ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural construct | second person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1471.htm">Strong's 1471: </a> </span><span class="str2">A foreign nation, a Gentile, a troop of animals, a flight of locusts</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of its children,”</span><br /><span class="heb">וּמְשַׁכֶּ֥לֶת</span> <span class="translit">(ū·mə·šak·ke·leṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Participle - feminine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7921.htm">Strong's 7921: </a> </span><span class="str2">To miscarry, suffer abortion, to bereave</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/ezekiel/36-13.htm">Ezekiel 36:13 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/ezekiel/36-13.htm">Ezekiel 36:13 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/ezekiel/36-13.htm">Ezekiel 36:13 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/ezekiel/36-13.htm">Ezekiel 36:13 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/ezekiel/36-13.htm">Ezekiel 36:13 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/ezekiel/36-13.htm">Ezekiel 36:13 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/ezekiel/36-13.htm">Ezekiel 36:13 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/ezekiel/36-13.htm">Ezekiel 36:13 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/ezekiel/36-13.htm">Ezekiel 36:13 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/ezekiel/36-13.htm">Ezekiel 36:13 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/ezekiel/36-13.htm">OT Prophets: Ezekiel 36:13 Thus says the Lord Yahweh: Because they (Ezek. 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