Ezekiel 36:3

Therefore prophesy and say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Because they have made you desolate, and swallowed you up on every side, that ye might be a possession unto the residue of the heathen, and ye are taken up in the lips of talkers, and are an infamy of the people:

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Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
prophesy	הִנָּבֵ֣א hi.na.Ve'	H5012	to prophesy · verb, niphal imperative, 2nd person masculine singular
say	וְאָמַרְתָּ֔ ve.'a.mar.Ta	H559	to say (used with great latitude) · conjunction + verb, qal sequential perfect, 2nd person masculine singular
saith	אָמַ֖ר 'a.Mar	H559	to say (used with great latitude) · verb, qal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular
Lord	אֲדֹנָ֣י 'a.do.Nai	H136	the Lord (used as a proper name of God only) · proper noun, a title
GOD	יְהוִ֑ה Yah.weh	H3069	YHWH · proper noun, a title
desolate	שַׁמּוֹת֩ sha.mOt	H8074	to stun (or intransitively · verb, qal infinitive absolute
up	וְשָׁאֹ֨ף ve.sha.'Of	H7602	to inhale eagerly · conjunction + verb, qal infinitive absolute
side	מִסָּבִ֗יב mi.sa.Viv	H5439	(as noun) a circle · preposition + noun, common both genders singular absolute
possession	מֽוֹרָשָׁה֙ mo.ra.Shah	H4181	a possession · noun, common feminine singular absolute
residue	לִשְׁאֵרִ֣ית lish.'e.Rit	H7611	a remainder or residual (surviving · preposition + noun, common feminine singular construct
heathen	הַגּוֹיִ֔ם ha.go.Yim	H1471	a foreign nation · definite article + noun, common masculine plural absolute
up	וַתֵּֽעֲל֛וּ va.te.'a.Lu	H5927	to ascend · conjunction + verb, niphal sequential imperfect, 2nd person masculine plural
lips	שְׂפַ֥ת se.Fat	H8193	the lip (as a natural boundary) · noun, common feminine singular construct
talkers	לָשׁ֖וֹן la.Shon	H3956	the tongue (of man or animals) · noun, common both genders singular absolute
infamy	וְדִבַּת ve.di.bat-	H1681	slander · conjunction + noun, common feminine singular construct
people	עָֽם 'Am	H5971	a people (as a congregated unit) · noun, common masculine singular absolute

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Cross-references

Psalms 44:13-14 Thou makest us a reproach to our neighbours, a scorn and a derision to them that are round about us.
Jeremiah 18:16 To make their land desolate, and a perpetual hissing; every one that passeth thereby shall be astonished, and wag his head.
Lamentations 2:15-16 All that pass by clap their hands at thee; they hiss and wag their head at the daughter of Jerusalem, saying, Is this the city that men call…
Leviticus 26:43 The land also shall be left of them, and shall enjoy her sabbaths, while she lieth desolate without them: and they shall accept of the punis…
Deuteronomy 28:37 And thou shalt become an astonishment, a proverb, and a byword, among all nations whither the LORD shall lead thee.
1 Kings 9:7-8 Then will I cut off Israel out of the land which I have given them; and this house, which I have hallowed for my name, will I cast out of my…
Job 30:1-10 But now they that are younger than I have me in derision, whose fathers I would have disdained to have set with the dogs of my flock.
Psalms 35:15-16 But in mine adversity they rejoiced, and gathered themselves together: yea, the abjects gathered themselves together against me, and I knew…

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Ezekiel 36:1-15

The prophet had been ordered to set his face towards the mountains of Israel and prophesy against them, Eze 6:2. Then God was coming forth to contend with his people; but now that God is returning in mercy to them he must speak good words and comfortable words to these mountains, Eze 36:1 and again Eze 36:4. You mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord; and what he says to them he says to the hills, to the rivers, to the valleys, to the desolate wastes in the country, and to the cities that are forsaken, Eze 36:4. and again Eze 36:6. The people were gone, some one way and some another; nothing remained there to be spoken to but the places, the mountains and valleys; these the Chaldeans…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Ezekiel 36:3

Literally, "Because, even because." swallowed you up--literally, "panted after" you, as a beast after its prey; implying the greedy cupidity of Edom as to Israel's inheritance (Psa 56:1-2). lips of talkers--literally, "lips of the tongue," that is, of the slanderer, the man of tongue. Edom slandered Israel because of the connection of the latter with Jehovah, as though He were unable to save them. Deu 28:37, and Jer 24:9 had foretold Israel's reproach among the heathen (Dan 9:16).

Adam Clarke on Ezekiel 36:2

Because the enemy hath said - The Idumeans thought they would shortly be put in possession of all the strong places of Israel; the ancient high places shall be ours.

John Gill on Ezekiel 36:3

Therefore prophesy and say, thus saith the Lord God,.... Who heard all the enemy said, and knew all their designs and purposes, their schemes and devices: because they have made you desolate; ravaged their country, destroyed their cities, burnt their temple, and carried them captive, and left the land without men or cattle: and swallowed you up on every side; all their neighbours, being their enemies, were like ravenous beasts of prey, gaping upon them with their mouths; and, observing the low condition into which they were brought by the king of Babylon, helped forward the destruction; and everyone shared in the spoil and plunder nearest to them they could conveniently come at: that ye m…

Dictionary and topics

Jews, The · Despised by the nations — Despised by the nations
Scoffing · .The heathen — .The heathen
Scorning And Mocking · Exemplified: Heathen — Exemplified: Heathen

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

Ezekiel 36:3

Word by word — the Hebrew

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Ezekiel 36:1-15

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Ezekiel 36:3

Adam Clarke on Ezekiel 36:2

John Gill on Ezekiel 36:3

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Ezekiel 36:3

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Ezekiel 36:1-15

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Ezekiel 36:3

Adam Clarke on Ezekiel 36:2

John Gill on Ezekiel 36:3

Dictionary and topics

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Ezekiel 36:2

Rashi on Ezekiel 36:3