Ezekiel 36:2

This is what Yahweh the Lord says: Your enemies happily said about you, ‘Aha! The mountains in Israel that have existed for a long time have become ours!’”

Translation for Translators

In The King James Version

Thus saith the Lord GOD; Because the enemy hath said against you, Aha, even the ancient high places are ours in possession:

In Context

1You human, prophesy about the mountains in Israel. Say to them, “You mountains in Israel, listen to what Yahweh says.

3Therefore prophesy about those mountains and say, “This is what Yahweh the Lord declares: Armies of other nations attacked you [DOU] from every direction, with the result that your land became abandoned, and people of other nations occupied you, and they spoke maliciously about you and slandered you.

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Cross References

Psalms 78:69He decided to have his temple built there, high up, like his home in heaven; he caused it to be firm, and intended that his temple would last forever, like the earth.

Isaiah 58:14I will enable you to be joyful. I will greatly honor you; I will honor you everywhere! I will give to you the blessings that I gave to your ancestor Jacob. Those things will surely happen because I, Yahweh, have said it.”

Ezekiel 25:3Say about them, ‘This is what Yahweh the Lord says: “You shouted joyfully when my temple in Jerusalem was destroyed, and when the country/land of Israel was ruined, and when the people of Judah were ◄exiled/forced to go► to Babylonia.

Ezekiel 35:10You people said, “Israel and Judah will become ours. We will take over their territory!” You said that even though I, Yahweh, was still there and protecting them.

Habakkuk 3:19Yahweh the Lord is the one who causes me to be strong; he enables me to climb ◄safely/without falling► in the rocky mountains, like [SIM] a deer does. (This message is for the choir director: When this prayer is sung, it is to be accompanied by people playing stringed instruments.)

Matthew Henry on Ezekiel 36:2-16

God's Compassion for Israel. ( b. c. 587.) 1 Also, thou son of man, prophesy unto the mountains of Israel, and say, Ye mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord : 2 Thus saith the Lord God ; Because the enemy hath said against you, Aha, even the ancient high places are ours in possession: 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… Read the whole commentary →

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