Ezekiel 36:13
Thus says the Lord GOD; Because they say to you, You land devour men, and have bereaved your nations;
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Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts
This is what the Lord GOD says: Because people say to you, ‘You devour humans and make your nations childless,’
King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)
Thus saith the Lord GOD; Because they say unto you, Thou land devourest up men, and hast bereaved thy nations;
American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers
Thus saith{H559} the Lord{H136} Jehovah:{H3069} Because they say{H559} unto you, Thou [land] art a devourer{H398} of men,{H120} and hast been a bereaver{H7921} of thy nation;{H1471}
King James Version with Strong's Numbers
Thus saith{H559}{(H8804)} the Lord{H136} GOD{H3069}; Because they say{H559}{(H8802)} unto you, Thou land devourest up{H398}{(H8802)} men{H120}, and hast bereaved{H7921}{(H8764)} thy nations{H1471};
Coverdale Bible (1535)
Agayne, thus saieth the LORDE God: For so moch as they saye vnto you: thou art an eater vp of men, and a waister of thy people:
Geneva Bible (1560)
Thus sayth the Lord God, because they say vnto you, Thou land deuourest vp men, & hast bene a waster of thy people,
Bishops' Bible (1568)
Thus saith the lorde God, Forsomuch as they say vnto you, thou art an eater vp of men, and a waster of thy people:
Authorized King James Version (1611)
Thus saith the Lord GOD; Because they say unto you, Thou [land] devourest up men, and hast bereaved thy nations;
Webster's Bible (1833)
Thus says the Lord Yahweh: Because they say to you, You [land] are a devourer of men, and have been a bereaver of your nation;
Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)
Thus said the Lord Jehovah: Because they are saying to you: A devourer of men `art' thou, And a bereaver of thy nations thou hast been,
American Standard Version (1901)
Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Because they say unto you, Thou `land' art a devourer of men, and hast been a bereaver of thy nation;
American Standard Version (1901)
Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Because they say unto you, Thou [land] art a devourer of men, and hast been a bereaver of thy nation;
Bible in Basic English (1941)
This is what the Lord has said: Because they say to you, You, O land, are the destruction of men, causing loss of children to your nation;
World English Bible (2000)
Thus says the Lord Yahweh: Because they say to you, You are a devourer of men, and have been a bereaver of your nation;
NET Bible® (New English Translation)
“‘This is what the Sovereign LORD says: Because they are saying to you,“You are a devourer of men, and bereave your nation of children,”
Referenced Verses
- Num 13:32 : 32 And they gave a bad report of the land which they had explored to the children of Israel, saying, The land through which we have gone to explore it is a land that devours its inhabitants, and all the people we saw in it are men of great stature.
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- Ezek 36:14-163 verses88%
14 Therefore you shall devour men no more, nor bereave your nations any more, says the Lord GOD.
15 Neither will I cause men to hear in you the shame of the nations any more, nor shall you bear the reproach of the people any more, nor shall you cause your nations to fall any more, says the Lord GOD.
16 Moreover the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
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12 Yes, I will cause men to walk upon you, even my people Israel; and they shall possess you, and you shall be their inheritance, and you shall no more henceforth bereave them of men.
- Ezek 36:1-77 verses84%
1 Also, you son of man, prophesy to the mountains of Israel, and say, You mountains of Israel, hear the word of the LORD:
2 Thus says the Lord GOD; Because the enemy has said against you, Aha, even the ancient high places are ours in possession:
3 Therefore prophesy and say, Thus says the Lord GOD; Because they have made you desolate, and swallowed you up on every side, that you might be a possession to the rest of the nations, and you are taken up in the lips of talkers, and are an infamy of the people:
4 Therefore, you mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord GOD; Thus says the Lord GOD to the mountains, and to the hills, to the rivers, and to the valleys, to the desolate wastes, and to the cities that are forsaken, which became a prey and mockery to the rest of the nations that are all around;
5 Therefore thus says the Lord GOD; Surely in the fire of my jealousy have I spoken against the rest of the nations, and against all Edom, who have appointed my land into their possession with the joy of all their heart, with spiteful minds, to cast it out for a prey.
6 Prophesy therefore concerning the land of Israel, and say to the mountains, and to the hills, to the rivers, and to the valleys, Thus says the Lord GOD; Behold, I have spoken in my jealousy and in my fury, because you have borne the shame of the nations:
7 Therefore thus says the Lord GOD; I have lifted up my hand, Surely the nations that are about you, they shall bear their own shame.
- Ezek 35:12-154 verses78%
12 And you shall know that I am the LORD, and that I have heard all your blasphemies which you have spoken against the mountains of Israel, saying, They are laid desolate, they are given to us to consume.
13 Thus with your mouth you have boasted against Me, and have multiplied your words against Me: I have heard them.
14 Thus says the Lord GOD: When the whole earth rejoices, I will make you desolate.
15 As you rejoiced at the inheritance of the house of Israel, because it was desolate, so will I do to you: you shall be desolate, O Mount Seir, and all Edom, all of it: and they shall know that I am the LORD.
- Ezek 35:9-102 verses78%
9 I will make you perpetual desolations, and your cities shall not return: and you shall know that I am the LORD.
10 Because you have said, These two nations and these two countries shall be mine, and we will possess it; whereas the LORD was there:
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8 And I will make the land desolate, because they have committed a trespass, says the Lord GOD.
- Ezek 33:25-262 verses76%
25 Therefore say to them, Thus says the Lord GOD; You eat with the blood, and lift up your eyes toward your idols, and shed blood: and shall you possess the land?
26 You rely on your sword, you commit abominations, and you defile every one his neighbor's wife: and shall you possess the land?
- Ezek 12:19-202 verses76%
19 And say to the people of the land, Thus says the Lord GOD of the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and of the land of Israel; They shall eat their bread with anxiety, and drink their water with desolation, that her land may be desolate from all that is in it, because of the violence of all who dwell therein.
20 And the cities that are inhabited shall be laid waste, and the land shall be desolate; and you shall know that I am the LORD.
- Ezek 25:6-72 verses76%
6 For thus says the Lord GOD; Because you have clapped your hands, and stamped with the feet, and rejoiced in heart with all your disdain against the land of Israel;
7 Behold, therefore I will stretch out my hand upon you, and will deliver you for a spoil to the nations; and I will cut you off from the people, and I will cause you to perish out of the countries: I will destroy you; and you shall know that I am the LORD.
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15 Son of man, your brethren, even your brethren, the men of your kindred, and all the house of Israel entirely, are they to whom the inhabitants of Jerusalem have said, Get far away from the LORD: to us is this land given in possession.
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8 Because you have plundered many nations, all the remnant of the people shall plunder you; because of men's blood, and for the violence of the land, of the city, and of all who dwell therein.
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38 And you shall perish among the nations, and the land of your enemies shall eat you up.
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13 Yet the land shall be desolate because of those who dwell in it, for the fruit of their doings.
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14 Moreover I will make you a waste, and a reproach among the nations that are around you, in the sight of all that pass by.
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4 I will lay your cities waste, and you shall be desolate, and you shall know that I am the LORD.
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11 Therefore thus says the Lord GOD: An adversary shall be all around the land; he shall bring down your strength from you, and your palaces shall be plundered.
- Ezek 14:12-132 verses75%
12 The word of the LORD came again to me, saying,
13 Son of man, when the land sins against me by trespassing grievously, then will I stretch out my hand upon it and will break the staff of the bread thereof, and will send famine upon it, and will cut off man and beast from it;
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19 For your waste and your desolate places, and the land of your destruction, shall now be too narrow by reason of the inhabitants, and those who swallowed you up shall be far away.
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16 Therefore all who devour you shall be devoured; and all your adversaries, every one of them, shall go into captivity; those who plunder you shall become plunder, and all who prey upon you I will give for prey.
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7 Therefore thus says the Lord GOD; Your slain whom you have laid in its midst, they are the meat, and this city is the cauldron: but I will bring you forth out of its midst.
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19 Will you profane me among my people for handfuls of barley and for pieces of bread, to slay the souls that should not die, and to save the souls alive that should not live, by your lying to my people who hear your lies?
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11 This city shall not be your cauldron, nor shall you be the meat in its midst; but I will judge you at the border of Israel:
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11 They have made it desolate, and being desolate it mourns to Me; the whole land is made desolate, because no one lays it to heart.
- Ezek 33:28-292 verses74%
28 For I will make the land most desolate, and the pride of her strength shall cease; and the mountains of Israel shall be desolate, that no one shall pass through.
29 Then they shall know that I am the LORD, when I have made the land most desolate because of all their abominations which they have committed.
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11 Therefore, as I live, says the Lord GOD; Surely, because you have defiled my sanctuary with all your detestable things, and with all your abominations, therefore will I also diminish you; neither shall my eye spare, nor will I have any pity.
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32 And I will bring the land into desolation: and your enemies who dwell in it shall be astonished at it.
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16 And you shall take your inheritance in yourself in the sight of the heathen, and you shall know that I am the LORD.
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8 Therefore thus says the Lord GOD; Behold, I will bring a sword upon you, and cut off man and beast from you.
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8 Therefore, thus says the Lord GOD: Because you have spoken vanity and seen lies, behold, I am against you, says the Lord GOD.
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17 Moreover the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
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34 And the desolate land shall be tilled, whereas it lay desolate in the sight of all who passed by.
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9 I will also trouble the hearts of many people, when I bring your destruction among the nations, into the countries which you have not known.
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3 As I live, says the Lord GOD, you shall no longer have occasion to use this proverb in Israel.