therefore prophesy, and say: Thus said the Sovereign GOD: Just because they eagerly lusted to see you become a possession of the other nations round about, so that you have become the butt of gossip in every language and of the jibes from every peopleathey eagerly lusted … from every people Meaning of Heb. uncertain.—
truly, you mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Sovereign GOD: Thus said the Sovereign GOD to the mountains and the hills, to the watercourses and the valleys, and to the desolate wastes and deserted cities that have become a prey and a laughingstock to the other nations round about:
Assuredly, thus said the Sovereign GOD: I have indeed spoken in My blazing wrath against the other nations and against all of Edom that, with wholehearted glee and with contempt, have made My land a possession for themselves for pasture and for prey.bwith wholehearted glee … for prey Meaning of Heb. uncertain.
Yes, prophesy about the land of Israel, and say to the mountains and the hills, to the watercourses and to the valleys, Thus said the Sovereign GOD: Behold, I declare in My blazing wrath: Because you have suffered the taunting of the nations,
I will multiply human and animal upon you, and they shall increase and be fertile, and I will resettle you as you were formerly, and will make you more prosperous than you were at first. And you shall know that I am GOD.
I will lead a multitude—My people Israel—to you, and they shall possess you. You shall be their heritage, and you shall not again cause them to be bereaved.
Thus said the Sovereign GOD: Because they say to you, “You are [a land] that devours humans, you have been a bereaver of your nations,”cyour nations I.e., Israel and Judah; cf. 37.15–22.
No more will I allow the jibes of the nations to be heard against you, no longer shall you suffer the taunting of the peoples; and never again shall you cause your nations to stumbledstumble Many mss. read “be bereaved”; cf. vv. 13–14.—declares the Sovereign GOD.
O mortal, when the House of Israel dwelt on their own soil, they defiled it with their ways and their deeds; their ways were in My sight like the impurity of a menstruous woman.
Word-by-Word Analysis
בןאדם
97
בית
412
ישראל
541
ישבים
362
עלאדמתם
585
ויטמאו
72
אותה
412
בדרכם
266
ובעלילותם
594
כטמאת
470
הנדה
64
היתה
420
דרכם
264
לפני
170
Ezekiel 36:18
Gematria: 2665
ואשפךחמתיעליהםעלהדםאשרשפכועלהארץובגלוליהםטמאוה
So I poured out My wrath on them for the blood that they shed upon their land, and for the fetishes with which they defiled it.
Word-by-Word Analysis
ואשפך
407
חמתי
458
עליהם
155
עלהדם
149
אשרשפכו
907
עלהארץ
396
ובגלוליהם
132
טמאוה
61
Ezekiel 36:19
Gematria: 3352
ואפיץאתםבגויםויזרובארצותכדרכםוכעלילותםשפטתים
I scattered them among the nations, and they were dispersed through the countries: I punished them in accordance with their ways and their deeds.
But when they came to those nations,ethose nations Lit. “the nations they came to there.” they caused My holy name to be profaned,fcaused My holy name to be profaned I.e., the exile of Israel was taken by the nations to be evidence of GOD’s weakness. in that it was said of them, “These are GOD’s people, yet they had to leave theirgtheir Heb. “[God’s].” land.”
Word-by-Word Analysis
ויבוא
25
אלהגוים
95
אשרבאו
510
שם
340
ויחללו
90
אתשם
741
קדשי
414
באמר
243
להם
75
עםיהוה
136
אלה
36
ומארצו
343
יצאו
107
Ezekiel 36:21
Gematria: 3468
ואחמלעלשםקדשיאשרחללהוביתישראלבגויםאשרבאושמהפ
Therefore I am concerned for My holy name, which the House of Israel have caused to be profaned among the nations to which they have come.
Say to the House of Israel: Thus said the Sovereign GOD: Not for your sake will I act, O House of Israel, but for My holy name, which you have caused to be profaned among the nations to which you have come.
I will sanctify My great name that has been profaned among the nations—among whom you have caused it to be profaned. And the nations shall know that I am GOD—declares the Sovereign GOD—when I manifest My holiness before their eyes through you.
I will make the fruit of your trees and the crops of your fields abundant, so that you shall never again be humiliated before the nations because of famine.
And it shall be said, “That land, once desolate, has become like the garden of Eden; and the cities, once ruined, desolate, and ravaged, are now populated and fortified.”
And the nations that are left around you shall know that I, GOD, have rebuilt the ravaged places and replanted the desolate land. I, GOD, have spoken and will act.
As Jerusalem is filled with sacrificial sheep during her festivals, so shall the ruined cities be filled with flocks of people. And they shall know that I am GOD.