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I have lifted up mine hand, Surely the heathen that <i>are</i> about you, they shall bear their shame.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/ezekiel/36.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />Therefore thus says the Lord GOD: “I have raised My hand in an oath that surely the nations that <i>are</i> around you shall bear their own shame.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/ezekiel/36.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />Therefore the Lord GOD says this: ‘I have sworn that the nations that are around you will certainly endure their insults themselves.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/ezekiel/36.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8220Therefore thus says the Lord GOD, &#8216I have sworn that surely the nations which are around you will themselves endure their insults.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/ezekiel/36.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />“Therefore, thus says the Lord GOD, ‘I have sworn that surely the nations which are around you will themselves endure their insults.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/ezekiel/36.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />Therefore thus says Lord Yahweh, ‘I have sworn that surely the nations which are around you will themselves bear their dishonor.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/ezekiel/36.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />Therefore thus says the Lord GOD, ‘I have lifted up My hand <i>and</i> sworn [an oath] that the nations that are around you will themselves endure their [shameful] insults.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/ezekiel/36.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Therefore, this is what the Lord GOD says: I swear that the nations all around you will endure their own insults.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/ezekiel/36.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: I swear that the nations all around you will endure their own insults.&#8221 <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/ezekiel/36.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />therefore thus saith the Lord Jehovah: I have sworn, saying, Surely the nations that are round about you, they shall bear their shame.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/ezekiel/36.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />so I will now insult and disgrace them. That is my solemn promise. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/ezekiel/36.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />therefore thus saith the Lord GOD: I have lifted up mine hand, saying, Surely the heathen that are round about you, they shall bear their shame.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/ezekiel/36.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />So this is what the Almighty LORD says: I raise my hand and swear that the nations which surround you will be insulted.<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, solemnly promise that the surrounding nations will be humiliated. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/ezekiel/36.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />"Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: "I hereby raise my hand to swear this oath: the nations that surround you will have their own mockery to endure! <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/ezekiel/36.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: I have sworn with an uplifted hand that surely the nations around you will endure reproach of their own.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/ezekiel/36.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />So this is what the sovereign LORD says: I vow that the nations around you will endure insults as well. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/ezekiel/36.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />therefore thus says the Lord GOD: 'I have sworn, saying, "Surely the nations that are around you, they shall bear their shame."<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/ezekiel/36.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; I have lifted up my hand, Surely the heathen that are about you, they shall bear their shame.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/ezekiel/36.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />Therefore the Lord Yahweh says: “I have sworn, ‘Surely the nations that are around you will bear their shame.’ <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/ezekiel/36.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />Therefore, thus said Lord YHWH: I have lifted up My hand, "" Do the nations who [are] surrounding you not bear their own shame?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/ezekiel/36.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> Therefore, thus said the Lord Jehovah: I -- I have lifted up My hand, Do not -- the nations who are with you from round about -- they their own shame bear?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/ezekiel/36.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />For this, thus said the Lord Jehovah: I lifted up my hand; if not the nations who are from round about to you, they shall bear their shame.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/ezekiel/36.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />Therefore thus saith the Lord God: I have lifted up my hand, that the Gentiles who are round about you, shall themselves bear their shame. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/ezekiel/36.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />Therefore, thus says the Lord God: I have lifted up my hand, so that the Gentiles, who are all around you, will themselves bear their shame.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/ezekiel/36.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />Therefore, thus says the Lord GOD: I raise my hand and swear: the nations around you shall bear their own reproach.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/ezekiel/36.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />therefore thus says the Lord GOD: I swear that the nations that are all around you shall themselves suffer insults.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/ezekiel/36.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />Therefore thus says the LORD God: I have lifted up my hand against the nations that are round about you, so that they may bear their shame.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/ezekiel/36.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />Because of this, thus says THE LORD OF LORDS: ‘I have lifted a hand against the nations around you, that they shall bear their shame<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/ezekiel/36.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />therefore thus saith the Lord GOD: I have lifted up My hand: Surely the nations that are round about you, they shall bear their shame.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/ezekiel/36.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />therefore I will lift up my hand against the nations that are round about you; they shall bear their reproach.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/ezekiel/36-7.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=10554" 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">6</span>Therefore, prophesy concerning the land of Israel and tell the mountains and hills, the ravines and valleys, that this is what the Lord GOD says: Behold, I have spoken in My burning zeal because you have endured the reproach of the nations. <span class="reftext">7</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/3651.htm" title="3651: lā·ḵên (Adv) -- So, thus. From kuwn; properly, set upright; hence just; but usually rightly or so.">Therefore</a> <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.">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/589.htm" title="589: ’ă·nî (Pro-1cs) -- I. Contracted from 'anokiy; I.">I</a> <a href="/hebrew/5375.htm" title="5375: nā·śā·ṯî (V-Qal-Perf-1cs) -- Or nacah ('abad); a primitive root; to lift, in a great variety of applications, literal and figurative, absol. And rel.">have sworn</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ- (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/3027.htm" title="3027: yā·ḏî (N-fsc:: 1cs) -- Hand (indicating power, means, direction, etc.)">with an uplifted hand</a> <a href="/hebrew/518.htm" title="518: ’im- (Conj) -- If. A primitive particle; used very widely as demonstrative, lo!">that surely</a> <a href="/hebrew/3808.htm" title="3808: lō (Adv-NegPrt) -- Not. Or lowi; or loh; a primitive particle; not; by implication, no; often used with other particles."></a> <a href="/hebrew/1471.htm" title="1471: hag·gō·w·yim (Art:: N-mp) -- 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.">the nations</a> <a href="/hebrew/834.htm" title="834: ’ă·šer (Pro-r) -- Who, which, that. A primitive relative pronoun; who, which, what, that; also when, where, how, because, in order that, etc."></a> <a href="/hebrew/5439.htm" title="5439: mis·sā·ḇîḇ (Prep-m:: Adv) -- Circuit, round about. Or cbiybah; from cabab; a circle, neighbour, or environs; but chiefly around.">around</a> <a href="/hebrew/lā·ḵem (Prep:: 2mp) -- ">you</a> <a href="/hebrew/1992.htm" title="1992: hêm·māh (Pro-3mp) -- They. Or hemmah; masculine plural from halak; they."></a> <a href="/hebrew/5375.htm" title="5375: yiś·śā·’ū (V-Qal-Imperf-3mp) -- Or nacah ('abad); a primitive root; to lift, in a great variety of applications, literal and figurative, absol. And rel.">will endure</a> <a href="/hebrew/3639.htm" title="3639: kə·lim·mā·ṯām (N-fsc:: 3mp) -- Insult, reproach, ignominy. From kalam; disgrace.">reproach of their own.</a> </span><span class="reftext">8</span>But you, O mountains of Israel, will produce branches and bear fruit for My people Israel, for they will soon come home.…<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="/isaiah/41-11.htm">Isaiah 41:11-12</a></span><br />Behold, all who rage against you will be ashamed and disgraced; those who contend with you will be reduced to nothing and will perish. / You will seek them but will not find them. Those who wage war against you will come to nothing.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/30-16.htm">Jeremiah 30:16</a></span><br />Nevertheless, all who devour you will be devoured, and all your adversaries—every one of them—will go off into exile. Those who plundered you will be plundered, and all who raided you will be raided.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/zephaniah/2-8.htm">Zephaniah 2:8-10</a></span><br />“I have heard the reproach of Moab and the insults of the Ammonites, who have taunted My people and threatened their borders. / Therefore, as surely as I live,” declares the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, “surely Moab will be like Sodom and the Ammonites like Gomorrah—a place of weeds and salt pits, a perpetual wasteland. The remnant of My people will plunder them; the remainder of My nation will dispossess them.” / This they shall have in return for their pride, for taunting and mocking the people of the LORD of Hosts.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/49-26.htm">Isaiah 49:26</a></span><br />I will make your oppressors eat their own flesh; they will be drunk on their own blood, as with wine. Then all mankind will know that I, the LORD, am your Savior and your Redeemer, the Mighty One of Jacob.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/obadiah/1-15.htm">Obadiah 1:15-16</a></span><br />For the Day of the LORD is near for all the nations. As you have done, it will be done to you; your recompense will return upon your own head. / For as you drank on My holy mountain, so all the nations will drink continually. They will drink and gulp it down; they will be as if they had never existed.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/joel/3-19.htm">Joel 3:19</a></span><br />Egypt will become desolate, and Edom a desert wasteland, because of the violence done to the people of Judah, in whose land they shed innocent blood.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/60-14.htm">Isaiah 60:14</a></span><br />The sons of your oppressors will come and bow down to you; all who reviled you will fall facedown at your feet and call you the City of the LORD, Zion of the Holy One of Israel.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/12-14.htm">Jeremiah 12:14</a></span><br />This is what the LORD says: “As for all My evil neighbors who attack the inheritance that I bequeathed to My people Israel, I am about to uproot them from their land, and I will uproot the house of Judah from among them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/34-8.htm">Isaiah 34:8</a></span><br />For the LORD has a day of vengeance, a year of recompense for the cause of Zion.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/micah/5-9.htm">Micah 5:9</a></span><br />Your hand will be lifted over your foes, and all your enemies will be cut off.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/12-19.htm">Romans 12:19</a></span><br />Do not avenge yourselves, beloved, but leave room for God’s wrath. For it is written: “Vengeance is Mine; I will repay, says the Lord.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_thessalonians/1-6.htm">2 Thessalonians 1:6</a></span><br />After all, it is only right for God to repay with affliction those who afflict you,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/18-6.htm">Revelation 18:6</a></span><br />Give back to her as she has done to others; pay her back double for what she has done; mix her a double portion in her own cup.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hebrews/10-30.htm">Hebrews 10:30</a></span><br />For we know Him who said, “Vengeance is Mine; I will repay,” and again, “The Lord will judge His people.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/7-2.htm">Matthew 7:2</a></span><br />For with the same judgment you pronounce, you will be judged, and with the measure you use, it will be measured to you.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">Therefore thus said the Lord GOD; I have lifted up my hand, Surely the heathen that are about you, they shall bear their shame.</p><p class="hdg">I have lifted</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/ezekiel/20-5.htm">Ezekiel 20:5,15</a></b></br> And say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; In the day when I chose Israel, and lifted up mine hand unto the seed of the house of Jacob, and made myself known unto them in the land of Egypt, when I lifted up mine hand unto them, saying, I <i>am</i> the LORD your God; … </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/deuteronomy/32-40.htm">Deuteronomy 32:40</a></b></br> For I lift up my hand to heaven, and say, I live for ever.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/revelation/10-5.htm">Revelation 10:5,6</a></b></br> And the angel which I saw stand upon the sea and upon the earth lifted up his hand to heaven, … </p><p class="hdg">the heathen</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/ezekiel/25-1.htm">Ezekiel 25:1-35:15</a></b></br> The word of the LORD came again unto me, saying, … </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/25-9.htm">Jeremiah 25:9,15-29</a></b></br> Behold, I will send and take all the families of the north, saith the LORD, and Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon, my servant, and will bring them against this land, and against the inhabitants thereof, and against all these nations round about, and will utterly destroy them, and make them an astonishment, and an hissing, and perpetual desolations… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/47-1.htm">Jeremiah 47:1-51:64</a></b></br> The word of the LORD that came to Jeremiah the prophet against the Philistines, before that Pharaoh smote Gaza… </p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/ezekiel/34-29.htm">Bear</a> <a href="/ezekiel/35-11.htm">Cause</a> <a href="/ezekiel/34-29.htm">Endure</a> <a href="/ezekiel/35-3.htm">Hand</a> <a href="/ezekiel/36-6.htm">Heathen</a> <a href="/ezekiel/35-12.htm">Insults</a> <a href="/ezekiel/31-10.htm">Lifted</a> <a href="/ezekiel/36-6.htm">Nations</a> <a href="/ezekiel/20-23.htm">Oath</a> <a href="/ezekiel/34-29.htm">Reproach</a> <a href="/ezekiel/36-4.htm">Round</a> <a href="/ezekiel/36-6.htm">Shame</a> <a href="/ezekiel/36-2.htm">Sovereign</a> <a href="/ezekiel/34-29.htm">Suffer</a> <a href="/ezekiel/36-5.htm">Surely</a> <a href="/jeremiah/49-13.htm">Swear</a> <a href="/ezekiel/21-23.htm">Sworn</a> <a href="/ezekiel/36-5.htm">Themselves</a> <a href="/ezekiel/23-35.htm">Undergo</a> <a href="/ezekiel/20-42.htm">Uplifted</a> <a href="/ezekiel/20-33.htm">Verily</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/ezekiel/36-8.htm">Bear</a> <a href="/ezekiel/36-11.htm">Cause</a> <a href="/daniel/2-44.htm">Endure</a> <a href="/ezekiel/36-8.htm">Hand</a> <a href="/ezekiel/36-15.htm">Heathen</a> <a href="/ezekiel/36-15.htm">Insults</a> <a href="/ezekiel/43-5.htm">Lifted</a> <a href="/ezekiel/36-13.htm">Nations</a> <a href="/ezekiel/47-14.htm">Oath</a> <a href="/ezekiel/36-15.htm">Reproach</a> <a href="/ezekiel/36-36.htm">Round</a> <a href="/ezekiel/36-15.htm">Shame</a> <a href="/ezekiel/36-13.htm">Sovereign</a> <a href="/ezekiel/36-15.htm">Suffer</a> <a href="/ezekiel/38-19.htm">Surely</a> <a href="/hosea/4-15.htm">Swear</a> <a href="/ezekiel/44-12.htm">Sworn</a> <a href="/ezekiel/37-23.htm">Themselves</a> <a href="/daniel/6-2.htm">Undergo</a> <a href="/ezekiel/44-12.htm">Uplifted</a> <a href="/ezekiel/38-19.htm">Verily</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'; 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In the context of Ezekiel, God often speaks directly to His people through the prophet, underscoring the seriousness of His message. This is a common prophetic formula found throughout the Old Testament, indicating that the following words are not merely human opinion but divine revelation.<p><b>I have sworn with an uplifted hand:</b><br>Swearing with an uplifted hand is a gesture of making a solemn oath, signifying the certainty and unchangeable nature of God's promise. This imagery is rooted in ancient Near Eastern practices where oaths were often accompanied by physical gestures to demonstrate commitment. It reflects God's unwavering intention to fulfill His word, similar to His covenantal promises found in <a href="/genesis/22-16.htm">Genesis 22:16</a> and <a href="/exodus/6-8.htm">Exodus 6:8</a>.<p><b>that surely the nations around you:</b><br>The "nations around you" refers to the surrounding peoples and countries that have historically been adversaries of Israel, such as Edom, Moab, Ammon, and Philistia. These nations often opposed Israel and rejoiced in its misfortunes. The historical context includes the geopolitical tensions and hostilities that Israel faced, which are documented in various Old Testament narratives.<p><b>will endure reproach of their own:</b><br>This phrase indicates a reversal of fortunes where the nations that once mocked and oppressed Israel will themselves experience shame and disgrace. It is a prophetic assurance of divine justice, where God promises to vindicate His people. This theme of retribution is echoed in other prophetic books, such as <a href="/isaiah/41-11.htm">Isaiah 41:11-12</a> and <a href="/jeremiah/25-15.htm">Jeremiah 25:15-29</a>, where God promises to judge the nations for their actions against Israel. This also foreshadows the ultimate justice that will be realized in the eschatological future.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_lord_god.htm">The Lord GOD (Yahweh)</a></b><br>The sovereign and covenant-keeping God of Israel, who speaks through the prophet Ezekiel.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/e/ezekiel.htm">Ezekiel</a></b><br>A prophet during the Babylonian exile, tasked with delivering God's messages to the Israelites.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_nations.htm">The Nations</a></b><br>Refers to the surrounding nations of Israel, often hostile and mocking towards God's people.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/i/israel.htm">Israel</a></b><br>The chosen people of God, who are in exile due to their disobedience but are promised restoration.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/b/babylonian_exile.htm">Babylonian Exile</a></b><br>The period when the Israelites were taken captive by Babylon, a significant context for Ezekiel's prophecies.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_sovereignty_and_justice.htm">God's Sovereignty and Justice</a></b><br>God is sovereign over all nations and will execute justice. His promises are sure, and He will hold the nations accountable for their actions against His people.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_power_of_god's_oath.htm">The Power of God's Oath</a></b><br>When God raises His hand in an oath, it signifies the certainty and seriousness of His promise. Believers can trust in God's unwavering commitment to His word.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/r/reassurance_for_the_faithful.htm">Reassurance for the Faithful</a></b><br>In times of oppression or reproach, believers can find comfort in knowing that God sees and will act justly on their behalf.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_repentance_and_obedience.htm">The Importance of Repentance and Obedience</a></b><br>Israel's exile was a result of disobedience. This serves as a reminder for believers to live in obedience to God's commands to avoid similar consequences.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/h/hope_for_restoration.htm">Hope for Restoration</a></b><br>Despite current circumstances, God promises restoration and vindication for His people. This hope should encourage believers to remain faithful.<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/iran's_role_in_biblical_prophecy.htm">What role does Iran play in biblical prophecy?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/is_god_aware_of_future_events.htm">Is God aware of future events?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_does_god_advise_peace_in_a_pagan_land.htm">In Jeremiah 29:4-7, how can God instruct his people to settle peacefully in a pagan land while other passages command separation from foreign nations?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/does_god_show_favoritism.htm">Does God show favoritism?</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>(7) <span class= "bld">Lifted up mine hand.--</span>As in <a href="/ezekiel/20-6.htm" title="In the day that I lifted up my hand to them, to bring them forth of the land of Egypt into a land that I had espied for them, flowing with milk and honey, which is the glory of all lands:">Ezekiel 20:6</a> = "I have sworn."<p><span class= "bld">Shall bear their shame</span>.--Comp. <a href="/ezekiel/36-6.htm" title="Prophesy therefore concerning the land of Israel, and say to the mountains, and to the hills, to the rivers, and to the valleys, Thus said the Lord GOD; Behold, I have spoken in my jealousy and in my fury, because you have borne the shame of the heathen:">Ezekiel 36:6</a>. The Israelites have been compelled to bear the reproaches of the heathen, but these now return upon themselves.<p><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/ezekiel/36-7.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">Therefore</span><br /><span class="heb">לָכֵ֗ן</span> <span class="translit">(lā·ḵên)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adverb<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3651.htm">Strong's 3651: </a> </span><span class="str2">So -- thus</span><br /><br /><span class="word">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">‘I</span><br /><span class="heb">אֲנִ֖י</span> <span class="translit">(’ă·nî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Pronoun - first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_589.htm">Strong's 589: </a> </span><span class="str2">I</span><br /><br /><span class="word">have sworn</span><br /><span class="heb">נָשָׂ֣אתִי</span> <span class="translit">(nā·śā·ṯî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5375.htm">Strong's 5375: </a> </span><span class="str2">To lift, carry, take</span><br /><br /><span class="word">with an uplifted hand</span><br /><span class="heb">יָדִ֑י</span> <span class="translit">(yā·ḏî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine singular construct | first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3027.htm">Strong's 3027: </a> </span><span class="str2">A hand</span><br /><br /><span class="word">that surely</span><br /><span class="heb">אִם־</span> <span class="translit">(’im-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunction<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_518.htm">Strong's 518: </a> </span><span class="str2">Lo!, whether?, if, although, Oh that!, when, not</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the nations</span><br /><span class="heb">הַגּוֹיִם֙</span> <span class="translit">(hag·gō·w·yim)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - masculine plural<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">all around</span><br /><span class="heb">מִסָּבִ֔יב</span> <span class="translit">(mis·sā·ḇîḇ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-m | Adverb<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5439.htm">Strong's 5439: </a> </span><span class="str2">A circle, neighbour, environs, around</span><br /><br /><span class="word">you</span><br /><span class="heb">לָכֶ֣ם</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">will endure</span><br /><span class="heb">יִשָּֽׂאוּ׃</span> <span class="translit">(yiś·śā·’ū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5375.htm">Strong's 5375: </a> </span><span class="str2">To lift, carry, take</span><br /><br /><span class="word">reproach of their own.</span><br /><span class="heb">כְּלִמָּתָ֥ם</span> <span class="translit">(kə·lim·mā·ṯām)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3639.htm">Strong's 3639: </a> </span><span class="str2">Insult, reproach, ignominy</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/ezekiel/36-7.htm">Ezekiel 36:7 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/ezekiel/36-7.htm">Ezekiel 36:7 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/ezekiel/36-7.htm">Ezekiel 36:7 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/ezekiel/36-7.htm">Ezekiel 36:7 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/ezekiel/36-7.htm">Ezekiel 36:7 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/ezekiel/36-7.htm">Ezekiel 36:7 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/ezekiel/36-7.htm">Ezekiel 36:7 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/ezekiel/36-7.htm">Ezekiel 36:7 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/ezekiel/36-7.htm">Ezekiel 36:7 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/ezekiel/36-7.htm">Ezekiel 36:7 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/ezekiel/36-7.htm">OT Prophets: Ezekiel 36:7 Therefore thus says the Lord Yahweh: (Ezek. 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