Ezekiel 36:2
Thus saith the Lord God; Because the enemy hath said against you, Aha, even the ancient high places are ours in possession:
Ezekiel 36:2 in other translations
| BSB | This is what the Lord GOD says: Because the enemy has said of you, ‘Aha! The ancient heights have become our possession,’ |
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| WEB | The Lord GOD says: ‘Because the enemy has said against you, “Aha!” and, “The ancient high places are ours in possession!”’ |
| ASV | Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Because the enemy hath said against you, Aha! and, The ancient high places are ours in possession; |
| YLT | Thus said the Lord Jehovah: Because the enemy said against you, Aha, and the high places of old for a possession have been to us, |
| DARBY | Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Because the enemy hath said against you, Aha! and, The ancient high places are become ours in possession; |
| BBE | This is what the Lord has said: Because your hater has said against you, Aha! and, The old waste places are our heritage, we have taken them: |
| Webster | Thus saith the Lord GOD; Because the enemy had said against you, Aha, even the ancient high places are ours in possession: |
What does Ezekiel 36:2 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Ezekiel 36:1-2
Eze 36:1-38. Israel Avenged of Her Foes, and Restored, First to Inward Holiness, Then to Outward Prosperity. The distinction between Israel and the heathen (as Edom) is: Israel has a covenant relation to God ensuring restoration after chastisement, so that the heathen's hope of getting possession of the elect people's inheritance must fail, and they themselves be made desolate (Eze 36:1-15). The reason for the…
Adam Clarke's Commentary
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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Ezekiel 36:1-15
The land shall be delivered from heathen oppressors. (Ezek 36:1-15) The people are reminded of former sins, and promised deliverance. (Ezek 36:16-24) Also holiness, and gospel blessings. (Ezek 36:25-38) Verses 1-15 Those who put contempt and reproach on God's people, will have them turned on themselves. God promises favour to his Israel. We have no reason to complain, if the more unkind men are, the more kind God…
Ezekiel 36:2 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Ezekiel 36:2
- Deuteronomy 32:13
He made him ride on the high places of the earth, that he might eat the increase of the fields; and he made him to suck honey out of the rock, and oil out of the flinty rock;
- Ezekiel 25:3
And say unto the Ammonites, Hear the word of the Lord God; Thus saith the Lord God; Because thou saidst, Aha, against my sanctuary, when it was profaned; and against the land of Israel, when it was desolate; and against the house of Judah, when they went into captivity;
- Ezekiel 35:10
Because thou hast said, These two nations and these two countries shall be mine, and we will possess it; whereas the Lord was there:
- Habakkuk 3:19
The Lord God is my strength, and he will make my feet like hinds’ feet, and he will make me to walk upon mine high places. To the chief singer on my stringed instruments.
- Psalms 78:69
And he built his sanctuary like high palaces, like the earth which he hath established for ever.
- Ezekiel 26:2
Son of man, because that Tyrus hath said against Jerusalem, Aha, she is broken that was the gates of the people: she is turned unto me: I shall be replenished, now she is laid waste:
- Isaiah 58:14
Then shalt thou delight thyself in the Lord; and I will cause thee to ride upon the high places of the earth, and feed thee with the heritage of Jacob thy father: for the mouth of the Lord hath spoken it.
- Jeremiah 49:1
Concerning the Ammonites, thus saith the Lord; Hath Israel no sons? hath he no heir? why then doth their king inherit Gad, and his people dwell in his cities?
- Ezekiel 36:5
Therefore thus saith the Lord God; Surely in the fire of my jealousy have I spoken against the residue of the heathen, and against all Idumea, which have appointed my land into their possession with the joy of all their heart, with despiteful minds, to cast it out for a prey.
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- Ezekiel 36:1
Also, thou son of man, prophesy unto the mountains of Israel, and say, Ye mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord:
- Ezekiel 36:2
Thus saith the Lord God; Because the enemy hath said against you, Aha, even the ancient high places are ours in possession:
- 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:
Ezekiel 36:2 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Así ha dicho el Señor Jehová: Por cuanto el enemigo dijo sobre vosotros: ¡Ea! también las alturas perpetuas nos han sido por heredad; |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Ainsi dit le Seigneur, l’ Éternel: Parce que l’ennemi a dit contre vous: Ha ha! les hauteurs éternelles sont devenues notre possession;… |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | So spricht der Herr, Jehova: Weil der Feind über euch spricht: Haha! und: Die ewigen Höhen, sie sind uns zum Besitztum geworden! |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Hæc dicit Dominus Deus: Eo quod dixerit inimicus de vobis: Euge, altitudines sempiternæ in hæreditatem datæ sunt nobis: |