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Ezekiel 36:3

therefore prophesy and declare that this is what the Lord GOD says: Because they have made you desolate and have trampled you on every side, so that you became a possession of the rest of the nations and were taken up in slander by the lips of their talkers,

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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:

World English Bible

therefore prophesy, and say, ‘The Lord GOD says: “Because, even because they have made you desolate, and swallowed you up on every side, that you might be a possession to the residue of the nations, and you are taken up in the lips of talkers, and the evil report of the people;”

American Standard Version

therefore prophesy, and say, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Because, even because they have made you desolate, and swallowed you up on every side, that ye might be a possession unto the residue of the nations, and ye are taken up in the lips of talkers, and the evil report of the people;

Geneva Bible 1599

Therefore prophesie, and say, Thus sayth the Lord God, Because that they haue made you desolate, and swallowed you vp on euery side, that ye might be a possession vnto the residue of the heathen, and ye are come vnto the lippes and tongues of men, and vnto the reproch of the people,

Darby Translation

therefore prophesy and say, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Because, yea, because they have made [you] desolate, and have swallowed you up on every side, that ye might be a possession unto the remnant of the nations, and ye are taken up in the lips of talkers, and in the defaming of the people:

Young's Literal Translation

therefore, prophesy, and thou hast said: Thus said the Lord Jehovah: Because, even because, of desolating, And of swallowing you up from round about, For your being a possession to the remnant of the nations, And ye are taken up on the tip of the tongue, And [are] an evil report of the people.

Bible in Basic English

For this cause be a prophet, and say, This is what the Lord has said: Because, even because they have been glad over you and put you to shame on every side, because you have become a heritage for the rest of the nations, and you are taken up on the lips of talkers and in the evil talk of the people:

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Cross references

“Because”

Ezekiel 13:10 Leviticus 26:43

Ezekiel 13:10 · BSB

Because they have led My people astray, saying, ‘Peace,’ when there is no peace, and whitewashing any flimsy wall that is built,

Leviticus 26:43 · BSB

For the land will be abandoned by them, and it will enjoy its Sabbaths by lying desolate without them. And they will pay the penalty for their iniquity, because they rejected My ordinances and abhorred My statutes.

“they have made”

Jeremiah 39:1–18 Jeremiah 41:1–18 Jeremiah 52:1–34 Lamentations 1:1–5

Jeremiah 39:1–18 · BSB

In the ninth year of Zedekiah king of Judah, in the tenth month, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon marched against Jerusalem with his entire army and laid siege to the city.

Jeremiah 41:1–18 · BSB

In the seventh month, Ishmael son of Nethaniah, the son of Elishama, who was a member of the royal family and one of the king’s chief officers, came with ten men to Gedaliah son of Ahikam at Mizpah, and they ate a meal t…

Jeremiah 52:1–34 · BSB

Zedekiah was twenty-one years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem eleven years. His mother’s name was Hamutal daughter of Jeremiah; she was from Libnah.

Lamentations 1:1–5 · BSB

How lonely lies the city, once so full of people! She who was great among the nations has become a widow. The princess of the provinces has become a slave.

“swallowed”

Psalm 35:25 Psalm 61:1 Proverbs 1:12 Jeremiah 51:34 Lamentations 2:2 Lamentations 2:5

Psalm 35:25 · BSB

Let them not say in their hearts, “Aha, just what we wanted!” Let them not say, “We have swallowed him up!”

Psalm 61:1 · BSB

Hear my cry, O God; attend to my prayer.

Proverbs 1:12 · BSB

let us swallow them alive like Sheol, and whole like those descending into the Pit.

Jeremiah 51:34 · BSB

“Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon has devoured me; he has crushed me. He has set me aside like an empty vessel; he has swallowed me like a monster; he filled his belly with my delicacies and vomited me out.

Lamentations 2:2 · BSB

Without pity the Lord has swallowed up all the dwellings of Jacob. In His wrath He has demolished the fortified cities of the Daughter of Judah. He brought to the ground and defiled her kingdom and its princes.

Lamentations 2:5 · BSB

The Lord is like an enemy; He has swallowed up Israel. He has swallowed up all her palaces and destroyed her strongholds. He has multiplied mourning and lamentation for the Daughter of Judah.

“and ye”

Jeremiah 18:16 Deuteronomy 28:37 Psalm 79:10 Jeremiah 24:9 Jeremiah 33:24 Daniel 9:16

Jeremiah 18:16 · BSB

They have made their land a desolation, a perpetual object of scorn; all who pass by will be appalled and shake their heads.

Deuteronomy 28:37 · BSB

You will become an object of horror, scorn, and ridicule among all the nations to which the LORD will drive you.

Psalm 79:10 · BSB

Why should the nations ask, “Where is their God?” Before our eyes, make known among the nations Your vengeance for the bloodshed of Your servants.

Jeremiah 24:9 · BSB

I will make them a horror and an offense to all the kingdoms of the earth, a disgrace and an object of scorn, ridicule, and cursing wherever I have banished them.

Jeremiah 33:24 · BSB

“Have you not noticed what these people are saying: ‘The LORD has rejected the two families He had chosen’? So they despise My people and no longer regard them as a nation.

Daniel 9:16 · BSB

O Lord, in keeping with all Your righteous acts, I pray that Your anger and wrath may turn away from Your city Jerusalem, Your holy mountain; for because of our sins and the iniquities of our fathers, Jerusalem and Your…

“and are”

Job 30:1–10 Psalm 69:12 Matthew 27:39–44 1 Corinthians 4:13 Psalm 35:15 Psalm 35:16

Job 30:1–10 · BSB

“But now they mock me, men younger than I am, whose fathers I would have refused to put with my sheep dogs.

Psalm 69:12 · BSB

Those who sit at the gate mock me, and I am the song of drunkards.

Matthew 27:39–44 · BSB

And those who passed by heaped abuse on Him, shaking their heads

1 Corinthians 4:13 · BSB

when we are slandered, we answer gently. Up to this moment we have become the scum of the earth, the refuse of the world.

Psalm 35:15 · BSB

But when I stumbled, they assembled in glee; they gathered together against me. Assailants I did not know slandered me without ceasing.

Psalm 35:16 · BSB

Like godless jesters at a feast, they gnashed their teeth at me.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

2This is what the Lord GOD says: Because the enemy has said of you, ‘Aha! The ancient heights have become our possession,’

4therefore, O mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord GOD. This is what the Lord GOD says to the mountains and hills, to the ravines and valleys, to the desolate ruins and abandoned cities, which have become a spoil and a mockery to the rest of the nations around you.

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