Ezekiel 28:26

My people will live safely in Israel; they will build houses and plant vineyards. And when I punish the nearby nations that despised them, they will know that it is I, Yahweh their God, who has done it.”

Translation for Translators

In The King James Version

And they shall dwell safely therein, and shall build houses, and plant vineyards; yea, they shall dwell with confidence, when I have executed judgments upon all those that despise them round about them; and they shall know that I am the LORD their God.

In Context

25And this is also what Yahweh the Lord says: “Some day the people of Israel will live in their own land again, the land that I gave to Jacob, who also served me. I will gather them from distant countries where I have scattered them. And I will reveal to the nations that I am holy among my people.

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Cross References

Leviticus 25:18‘Obey all my laws [DOU] carefully. If you do that, you will continue to live safely in your country [DOU].

1 Kings 4:25All during the years that Solomon ruled, the people of Judah and Israel lived safely. Each family had its own grapevines and fig trees.

Isaiah 13:1I, Isaiah, the son of Amoz, received from Yahweh this message about Babylon city:

Isaiah 33:1Terrible things will happen to you people of Assyria! You have destroyed others, but you have not been destroyed yet. You have betrayed/deceived others, but you have not been betrayed/deceived yet. When you stop destroying others, others will destroy you. When you stop betraying/deceiving others, others will betray you.

Jeremiah 12:14This is also what Yahweh said to me: “ I will punish the evil nearby nations that have been trying to take away the land that I gave to my Israeli people, and I will force them to leave their own land. But I will throw the people of Judah out of their land, also.

Jeremiah 29:5“Build houses there, and plan to stay there because you will be there for many years. Plant gardens, and eat the food that is produced in the gardens.

Matthew Henry on Ezekiel 28:21-26

The Fall of Zidon. ( b. c. 588.) 20 Again the word of the Lord came unto me, saying, 21 Son of man, set thy face against Zidon, and prophesy against it, 22 And say, Thus saith the Lord God ; Behold, I am against thee, O Zidon; and I will be glorified in the midst of thee: and they shall know that I am the Lord , when I shall have executed judgments in her, and shall be sanctified in her. 23 For I will send into her pestilence, and blood into her streets; and the wounded shall be judged in the midst of her by the… Read the whole commentary →

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