Ezekiel 36:34 “The desolate land will be cultivated instead of lying desolate in the…”

Ezekiel 36:34

The desolate land will be cultivated instead of lying desolate in the sight of all who pass through.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

And the desolate land shall be tilled, whereas it lay desolate in the sight of all that passed by.

World English Bible

The land that was desolate will be tilled instead of being a desolation in the sight of all who passed by.

American Standard Version

And the land that was desolate shall be tilled, whereas it was a desolation in the sight of all that passed by.

Geneva Bible 1599

And the desolate land shalbe tilled, whereas it lay waste in the sight of all that passed by.

Darby Translation

And the desolate land shall be tilled, whereas it was a desolation in the sight of all that passed by.

Young's Literal Translation

And the desolate land is tilled, Instead of which it was a desolation before the eyes of every passer by,

Bible in Basic English

And the land which was waste will be farmed, in place of being a waste in the eyes of everyone who went by.

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Cross references

“And the desolate land shall be tilled, whereas it lay desolate in the sight of all that passed by.”

Ezekiel 6:14 Jeremiah 25:9–11 Deuteronomy 29:23–28 2 Chronicles 36:21

Ezekiel 6:14 · BSB

I will stretch out My hand against them, and wherever they live I will make the land a desolate waste, from the wilderness to Diblah. Then they will know that I am the LORD.’”

Jeremiah 25:9–11 · BSB

behold, I will summon all the families of the north, declares the LORD, and I will send for My servant Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, whom I will bring against this land, against its residents, and against all the surro…

Deuteronomy 29:23–28 · BSB

All its soil will be a burning waste of sulfur and salt, unsown and unproductive, with no plant growing on it, just like the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah, Admah and Zeboiim, which the LORD overthrew in His fierce an…

2 Chronicles 36:21 · BSB

So the land enjoyed its Sabbath rest all the days of the desolation, until seventy years were completed, in fulfillment of the word of the LORD spoken through Jeremiah.

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

In context

33This is what the Lord GOD says: On the day I cleanse you from all your iniquities, I will cause the cities to be resettled and the ruins to be rebuilt.

35Then they will say, ‘This land that was desolate has become like the garden of Eden. The cities that were once ruined, desolate, and destroyed are now fortified and inhabited.’

Read Ezekiel 36