Ezekiel 45 · Verse 8

Ezekiel 45:8

In the land shall be his possession in Israel: and my princes shall no more oppress my people; and the rest of the land shall they give to the house of Israel according to their tribes.
Ezekiel 45:8, King James Version

Ezekiel 45:8 in other translations

BSBThis land will be his possession in Israel. And My princes will no longer oppress My people, but will give the rest of the land to the house of Israel according to their tribes.
WEBIn the land it shall be to him for a possession in Israel. My princes shall no more oppress my people, but they shall give the land to the house of Israel according to their tribes.”
ASVIn the land it shall be to him for a possession in Israel: and my princes shall no more oppress my people; but they shall give the land to the house of Israel according to their tribes.
YLTof the land there is to him for a possession in Israel, and My princes do not oppress any more My people, and the land they give to the house of Israel according to their tribes.
DARBYAs land shall it be his for a possession in Israel; and my princes shall no more oppress my people; but they shall give the land to the house of Israel according to their tribes.
BBEAnd this will be his heritage in Israel: and my rulers will no longer be cruel masters to my people; but they will give the land as a heritage to the children of Israel by their tribes.
WebsterIn the land shall be his possession in Israel: and my princes shall no more oppress my people; and the rest of the land shall they give to the house of Israel according to their tribes.

What does Ezekiel 45:8 mean?

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 8 My princes shall no more oppress my people - By exorbitant taxes to maintain profligate courts, or subsidize other powers to help to keep up a system of tyranny in the earth. The former princes even robbed the temple of God to give subsidies to other states.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Ezekiel 45:8 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

לָאָ֛רֶץla.'A.retzto the landH776
יִֽהְיֶה\־yih.yeh-it will belongH1961
לּ֥וֹloto him
לַֽאֲחֻזָּ֖הla.'a.chu.Zahto a possessionH272
בְּיִשְׂרָאֵ֑לbe.Yis.ra.'Elin IsraelH3478
וְלֹא\־ve.lo'-and notH3808
יוֹנ֨וּyo.Nuthey will oppressH3238
ע֤וֹדodagainH5750
נְשִׂיאַי֙ne.si.'Aiprinces myH5387
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
עַמִּ֔י'a.Mipeople myH5971
וְהָאָ֛רֶץve.ha.'A.retzand the landH776
יִתְּנ֥וּyi.te.Nuthey will giveH5414
לְבֵֽית\־le.veit-to [the] house ofH1004
יִשְׂרָאֵ֖לYis.ra.'ElIsraelH3478
לְשִׁבְטֵיהֶֽם\׃\ \סle.shiv.tei.Hemto tribes theirH7626

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Ezekiel 45:8

  • Ezekiel 46:18

    Moreover the prince shall not take of the people’s inheritance by oppression, to thrust them out of their possession; but he shall give his sons inheritance out of his own possession: that my people be not scattered every man from his possession.

  • Isaiah 11:3-5

    And shall make him of quick understanding in the fear of the Lord: and he shall not judge after the sight of his eyes, neither reprove after the hearing of his ears: But with righteousness shall he judge the poor, and reprove with equity for the meek of the earth: and he shall smite the earth with the rod of his mouth, and with the breath of his lips shall he slay the wicked. And righteousness shall be the girdle of his loins, and faithfulness the girdle of his reins.

  • Ezekiel 22:27

    Her princes in the midst thereof are like wolves ravening the prey, to shed blood, and to destroy souls, to get dishonest gain.

  • Joshua 11:23

    So Joshua took the whole land, according to all that the Lord said unto Moses; and Joshua gave it for an inheritance unto Israel according to their divisions by their tribes. And the land rested from war.

  • Jeremiah 23:5

    Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, that I will raise unto David a righteous Branch, and a King shall reign and prosper, and shall execute judgment and justice in the earth.

  • Proverbs 28:16

    The prince that wanteth understanding is also a great oppressor: but he that hateth covetousness shall prolong his days.

  • Zephaniah 3:13

    The remnant of Israel shall not do iniquity, nor speak lies; neither shall a deceitful tongue be found in their mouth: for they shall feed and lie down, and none shall make them afraid.

  • Jeremiah 22:17

    But thine eyes and thine heart are not but for thy covetousness, and for to shed innocent blood, and for oppression, and for violence, to do it.

  • Isaiah 32:1-2

    Behold, a king shall reign in righteousness, and princes shall rule in judgment. And a man shall be as an hiding place from the wind, and a covert from the tempest; as rivers of water in a dry place, as the shadow of a great rock in a weary land.

  • Micah 3:1-4

    And I said, Hear, I pray you, O heads of Jacob, and ye princes of the house of Israel; Is it not for you to know judgment? Who hate the good, and love the evil; who pluck off their skin from off them, and their flesh from off their bones; Who also eat the flesh of my people, and flay their skin from off them; and they break their bones, and chop them in pieces, as for the pot, and as flesh within the caldron. Then shall they cry unto the Lord, but he will not hear them: he will even hide his face from them at that time, as they have behaved themselves ill in their doings.

  • Ezekiel 19:7

    And he knew their desolate palaces, and he laid waste their cities; and the land was desolate, and the fulness thereof, by the noise of his roaring.

  • Isaiah 60:17-18

    For brass I will bring gold, and for iron I will bring silver, and for wood brass, and for stones iron: I will also make thy officers peace, and thine exactors righteousness. Violence shall no more be heard in thy land, wasting nor destruction within thy borders; but thou shalt call thy walls Salvation, and thy gates Praise.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
and my princes.In the predicted period, not only shall the ministers and worshippers of God be liberally provided for, but the princes will be both able and willing to defray the expenses of government, without oppressing their subjects, and will rule over them with equity and clemency, as the vicegerents of God; while the people will submit to them conscientiously, and live in peace, prosperity, and holiness. These things seem to be represented in language taken from the customs of the times in which the prophet wrote. Tithes are not mentioned in part of the vision, which shows that the ritual Mosaic law will not be in force.
19:3,7; 22:27; 46:18; Pr 28:16; Isa 11:3-5; 32:1,2; 60:17,18
Jer 22:17; 23:5; Mic 3:1-4; Zep 3:13; Jas 2:6; 5:1-6; Re 19:11-16
according.
Jos 11:23

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Context

  • Ezekiel 45:7

    And a portion shall be for the prince on the one side and on the other side of the oblation of the holy portion, and of the possession of the city, before the oblation of the holy portion, and before the possession of the city, from the west side westward, and from the east side eastward: and the length shall be over against one of the portions, from the west border unto the east border.

  • Ezekiel 45:8

    In the land shall be his possession in Israel: and my princes shall no more oppress my people; and the rest of the land shall they give to the house of Israel according to their tribes.

  • Ezekiel 45:9

    Thus saith the Lord God; Let it suffice you, O princes of Israel: remove violence and spoil, and execute judgment and justice, take away your exactions from my people, saith the Lord God.

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Ezekiel 45:8 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Esta tierra tendrá por posesión en Israel, y nunca más mis príncipes oprimirán á mi pueblo: y darán la tierra á la casa de Israel por sus tribus.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Elle lui appartiendra comme terre, comme possession en Israël; et mes princes n’opprimeront plus mon peuple, mais ils laisseront le pays à la maison d’Israël, selon leurs tribus.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Als Land soll es ihm gehören, als Eigentum in Israel; und meine Fürsten sollen nicht mehr mein Volk bedrücken, sondern das Land dem Hause Israel nach seinen Stämmen überlassen
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
De terra erit ei possessio in Israël, et non depopulabuntur ultra principes populum meum: sed terram dabunt domui Israël secundum tribus eorum.