Thus saith the Lord God, Because they say unto you, Thou, land, devourest up men and hast bereaved thy nations, literally, "A devourer of men art thou and hast made thy people childless," the land being personified as an unnatural mother and charged with the sins committed in it, with their consequences,
The judgments which God sent upon the land, had so destroyed the inhabitants that men deemed it a fatal land, which brought destruction to all that should occupy it (compare 2 Kings 17:25)....
Ezekiel 36:1. With this chapter the great prophetic utterances of Ezekiel begin concerning the future restoration and blessing of Israel. From here on to the end of the book, all is still unfulfilled,...
THE RESTORATION AND RENEWAL OF ISRAEL'S LAND. This chapter is brilliant with hope and promise. First comes a fine apostrophe (Ezekiel 36:1), tremulous with emotion (_cf._ Ezekiel 36:4), to the mountai...
THOU LAND DEVOUREST, &c. Reference to Pentateuch (Numbers 13:32). App-92....
Comp. the report of the spies, Numbers 13:32, "the land is a land that eateth up the inhabitants thereof." The land whose population perishes of scarcity is regarded as itself devouring them. It is do...
Positive promise to the mountain-land of Israel. In the age of the regeneration, which is at the door, it shall be luxuriantly fruitful (Ezekiel 36:8), and populous (Ezekiel 36:10); it shall no more k...
B. The Repopulation of the Land 36:8-15 TRANSLATION (8) But as for you, O mountains of Israel, you shall put forth your branches, and your fruit you shall bear for My people Israel; for they are near...
Thus saith the Lord GOD; Because they say unto you, Thou land devourest up men, and hast bereaved thy nations; BECAUSE THEY SAY UNTO YOU, THOU LAND DEVOUREST UP MEN - alluding to the words of the...
36:13 nation, (f-18) Some read 'nations,' and so in vers. 14,15....
BEREAVED THY NATIONS] RV 'been a bereaved of thy nation.' The famines to which the land of Israel had been subject had given rise to the reproach that it bereaved and devoured its inhabitants (Numbers...
THE LAND OF ISRAEL IN THE FUTURE Ezekiel 35 is an introduction to Ezekiel 36, the connexion being shown by Ezekiel 36:5. The claim of Edom to the land having been repudiated ...
EZEKIEL: “THEY SHALL KNOW THAT I AM GOD” GOD’S PLANS FOR *ISRAEL AND THE NATIONS EZEKIEL CHAPTER S 25 TO 39 _IAN MACKERVOY_ CHAPTER 36 THE *LORD ENCOURAGES *ISRAEL – EZEKIEL 36:1-15 V1
THOU LAND DEVOUREST UP MEN. — Comp. Numbers 13:32, a passage probably in the prophet’s mind, though he uses it for a different reason. Israel had so often sinned, and so often, in consequence, suffere...
כֹּ֤ה אָמַר֙ אֲדֹנָ֣י יְהוִ֔ה יַ֚עַן אֹמְרִ֣ים...
JEHOVAH'S LAND Ezekiel 35:1; Ezekiel 36:1 THE teaching of this important passage turns on certain ideas regarding the land of Canaan which enter very deeply into the religion of Israel. These ideas a...
In contrast with Mount Seir the prophet placed the mountains of Israel, as he delivered the word of the Lord to them. They had been the scorn of their enemies, who had made them desolate and swallowed...
Thus saith the Lord GOD; Because they say to you, Thou (k) [land] devourest men, and hast bereaved thy nations; (k) This the enemies imputed as the reproach of the land, which God did for the sins of...
_Men. This remark was very ancient, Numbers xiii. 33. Wars had almost always raged in the country. (Calmet)_...
This is a most solemn and striking Sermon of the Prophet. Surely it carries with it decisive testimonies under what gracious influence it was delivered. It appears, that in consequence of the Lord's c...
Chapter 36 continues the same subject with reference to the blessing of Israel. The nations insulted Israel as a land whose ancient high places were their prey, and-as the spies had said-a land that d...
THUS SAITH THE LORD GOD, BECAUSE THEY SAY UNTO YOU,.... The Heathens that dwelt round about the land of Judea said to the mountains, or to the whole land, THOU LAND DEVOUREST UP MEN; eats up the inha...
Thus saith the Lord GOD; Because they say unto you, Thou [land] devourest up men, and hast bereaved thy nations; Ver. 13. _Thou land devourest up men,_] _a_ _scil., _ By pestilence, famine, sword, ev...
_Because they say, Thou land devourest men_ Or, _thy people._ The country of Judea (as appears from what is here said) was spoken of by the neighbouring nations with disgrace, as a country particularl...
1-15 Those who put contempt and reproach on God's people, will have them turned on themselves. God promises favour to his Israel. We have no reason to complain, if the more unkind men are, the more k...
THEY SAY; the heathen round about, the enemies of Israel, accuse the land of destroying its natives, and bring an evil report on it. DEVOUREST UP MEN; either by intestine wars, or foreign invasions, o...
Ezekiel 36:13 says H559 (H8804) Lord H136 GOD H3069 say H559 (H8802) devour H398 (H8802) men...
‘Thus says the Lord Yahweh, “Because they say to you, ‘you are devourer of men, and have been a bereaver of your nation,' therefore you will devour men no more, nor bereave (another reading is ‘cause...
CONTENTS: Message to the mountains of Israel. Restoration of Israel predicted. Israel's past sins. CHARACTERS: God, Ezekiel. CONCLUSION: Those who put shame and reproach upon God's people, though Go...
EZEKIEL—NOTE ON EZEKIEL 36:1 Earlier God announced judgment on the mountains of Israel (ch. Ezekiel 6:1). Now he announces their restoration....
EZEKIEL—NOTE ON EZEKIEL 36:8 BUT YOU signals a transition. The focus shifts from Israel’s bleak past to its promising future. As in the “covenant of peace” (Ezekiel 3
THE PROMISE OF BETTER DAYS FOR ISRAEL. (Chap. 36) EXEGETICAL NOTES.— Ezekiel 36:1. “YE MOUNTAINS OF ISRAEL”—in contrast to _Mount Seir_ of the previous prophecy. They are here personified: Israel’s e...
EXPOSITION EZEKIEL 36:1 The present chapter is entirely devoted to the consolation of Israel, though its parts are derived from two separate "words" of Jehovah. Ezekiel 36:1 belong to the "word" whic...
CHAPTER 36. ISRAEL REVENGED AND COMFORTED THE NEW HEART AND THE BLISSFUL HERITAGE. IN this chapter we have a continuation of the present great theme of the prophet: Israel's prospective revival and p...
Shall we turn in our Bibles now to Ezekiel 36 as we continue our study in this very fascinating prophecy. In chapter 36 Ezekiel is commanded to prophesy to the mountains of Israel. Now this is the sec...
2 Kings 17:25; 2 Kings 17:26; Numbers 13:32...
They — The heathen round about....