Ezekiel 36
- 1Also, you son of man, prophesy to the mountains of Israel, and say, You mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord:
- 2The Lord God says this. Because the enemy has said against you, Aha, even the ancient high places are ours in possession:
- 3Therefore prophesy and say, The Lord God says this. Because they have made you a ruin, 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:
- 4Therefore, you mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord God. The Lord God says this to the mountains, and to the hills, to the rivers, and to the valleys, to the ruined wastes, and to the cities that are abandoned, which became a prey and mockery to the rest of the nations that are all around.
- 5Therefore the Lord God says this. Surely in the fire of my jealousy have I spoken against the rest of the nations, and against all Idumea, which have appointed my land into their possession with the joy of all their heart, with despiteful minds, to cast it out for a prey.
- 6Prophesy therefore concerning the land of Israel, and say to the mountains, and to the hills, to the rivers, and to the valleys, The Lord God says this. I have spoken in my jealousy and in my fury, because you have borne the shame of the nations:
- 7Therefore the Lord God says this. I have lifted up my hand, Surely the nations that are about you, they shall bear their shame.
- 8But you, O mountains of Israel, you shall shoot out your branches, and yield your fruit to my people of Israel. For they are near to come.
- 9For I am for you, and I will turn to you, and you shall be tilled and sown:
- 10And I will multiply men on you, all the house of Israel, even all of it: and the cities shall be inhabited, and the wastes shall be built:
- 11And I will multiply on you man and beast. And they shall increase and bring fruit: and I will settle you after your old estates, and will do better to you than at your beginnings: and you shall know that I am the Lord.
- 12Yes, I will cause men to walk on you, even my people Israel. And they shall possess you, and you shall be their inheritance, and you shall no more from now on rob them of men.
- 13The Lord God says this. Because they say to you, You land devour up men, and have robbed your nation of its children:
- 14Therefore you shall devour men no more, or rob your nation of its children any more, says the Lord God.
- 15Neither will I cause men to hear in you the shame of the nations any more, neither shall you bear the disgrace of the people any more, neither shall you cause your nations to fall any more, says the Lord God.
- 16Also the word of the Lord came to me, saying,
- 17Son of man, when the house of Israel lived in their own land, they defiled it by their own way and by their actions: their way was before me as the uncleanness of a removed woman.
- 18Therefore I poured my fury on them for the blood that they had shed on the land, and for their idols with which they had polluted it:
- 19And I scattered them among the nations, and they were dispersed through the countries: according to their way and according to their actions I judged them.
- 20And when they entered to the nations, where they went, they dishonored my holy name, when they said to them, These are the people of the Lord, and have gone out of his land.
- 21But I had pity for my holy name, which the house of Israel had dishonored among the nations, where they went.
- 22Therefore say to the house of Israel, the Lord God says this. I do not this for your sakes, O house of Israel, but for my holy name's sake, which you have dishonored among the nations, where you went.
- 23And I will sanctify my great name, which was dishonored among the nations, which you have dishonored among them. And the nations shall know that I am the Lord, says the Lord God, when I shall be sanctified in you before their eyes.
- 24For I will take you from among the nations, and gather you out of all countries, and will bring you into your own land.
- 25Then I will sprinkle clean water on you, and you shall be clean: from all your filthiness, and from all your idols, will I cleanse you.
- 26I will also give you a new heart, and I will put a new spirit within you. And I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you a heart of flesh.
- 27And I will put my spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my laws, and you shall keep my judgments, and do them.
- 28And you shall live in the land that I gave to your fathers. And you shall be my people, and I will be your God.
- 29I will also save you from all your uncleannesses: and I will call for the grain, and will increase it, and lay no famine on you.
- 30And I will multiply the fruit of the tree, and the increase of the field, that you shall receive no more disgrace of famine among the nations.
- 31Then you shall remember your own evil ways, and your actions that were not good, and shall hate yourselves in your own sight for your wrongdoings and for your disgusting practices.
- 32Not for your sakes do I this, says the Lord God, be it known to you: be ashamed and disgraced for your own ways, O house of Israel.
- 33The Lord God says this. In the day that I shall have cleansed you from all your wrongdoings I will also cause you to live in the cities, and the wastes shall be built.
- 34And the ruined land shall be tilled, whereas it lay waste in the sight of all that passed by.
- 35And they shall say, This land that was ruined has become like the garden of Eden. And the waste and ruined cities have become fenced, and are inhabited.
- 36Then the nations that are left all around you shall know that I the Lord build the ruined places, and plant that that was ruined: I the Lord have spoken it, and I will do it.
- 37The Lord God says this. I will yet let the house of Israel ask me to do this for them. I will increase them with men like a flock.
- 38As the holy flock, as the flock of Jerusalem in her solemn feasts. So shall the waste cities be filled with flocks of men: and they shall know that I am the Lord.
What changed from the KJV
GIGAKJV is a modern English revision of the King James Version. The comparison below uses the project's KJV text in the later 1769 tradition and marks, word by word, each verse of Ezekiel 36 where the wording differs: struck-through words are the KJV's, highlighted words are GIGAKJV's.
KJVAlso, thou son of man, prophesy unto the mountains of Israel, and say, Ye mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord:
GIGAKJVAlso, you son of man, prophesy to the mountains of Israel, and say, You mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord:
KJVThus saith the Lord God; Because the enemy hath said against you, Aha, even the ancient high places are ours in possession:
GIGAKJVThe Lord God says this. Because the enemy has said against you, Aha, even the ancient high places are ours in possession:
KJVTherefore 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:
GIGAKJVTherefore prophesy and say, The Lord God says this. Because they have made you a ruin, 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:
KJVTherefore, ye mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord God; Thus saith 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 derision to the residue of the heathen that are round about;
GIGAKJVTherefore, you mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord God. The Lord God says this to the mountains, and to the hills, to the rivers, and to the valleys, to the ruined wastes, and to the cities that are abandoned, which became a prey and mockery to the rest of the nations that are all around.
KJVTherefore thus saith the Lord God; Surely in the fire of my jealousy have I spoken against the residue of the heathen, and against all Idumea, which have appointed my land into their possession with the joy of all their heart, with despiteful minds, to cast it out for a prey.
GIGAKJVTherefore the Lord God says this. Surely in the fire of my jealousy have I spoken against the rest of the nations, and against all Idumea, which have appointed my land into their possession with the joy of all their heart, with despiteful minds, to cast it out for a prey.
KJVProphesy therefore concerning the land of Israel, and say unto the mountains, and to the hills, to the rivers, and to the valleys, Thus saith the Lord God; Behold, I have spoken in my jealousy and in my fury, because ye have borne the shame of the heathen:
GIGAKJVProphesy therefore concerning the land of Israel, and say to the mountains, and to the hills, to the rivers, and to the valleys, The Lord God says this. I have spoken in my jealousy and in my fury, because you have borne the shame of the nations:
KJVTherefore thus saith the Lord God; I have lifted up mine hand, Surely the heathen that are about you, they shall bear their shame.
GIGAKJVTherefore the Lord God says this. I have lifted up my hand, Surely the nations that are about you, they shall bear their shame.
KJVBut ye, O mountains of Israel, ye shall shoot forth your branches, and yield your fruit to my people of Israel; for they are at hand to come.
GIGAKJVBut you, O mountains of Israel, you shall shoot out your branches, and yield your fruit to my people of Israel. For they are near to come.
KJVFor, behold, I am for you, and I will turn unto you, and ye shall be tilled and sown:
GIGAKJVFor I am for you, and I will turn to you, and you shall be tilled and sown:
KJVAnd I will multiply men upon you, all the house of Israel, even all of it: and the cities shall be inhabited, and the wastes shall be builded:
GIGAKJVAnd I will multiply men on you, all the house of Israel, even all of it: and the cities shall be inhabited, and the wastes shall be built:
KJVAnd I will multiply upon you man and beast; and they shall increase and bring fruit: and I will settle you after your old estates, and will do better unto you than at your beginnings: and ye shall know that I am the Lord.
GIGAKJVAnd I will multiply on you man and beast. And they shall increase and bring fruit: and I will settle you after your old estates, and will do better to you than at your beginnings: and you shall know that I am the Lord.
KJVYea, I will cause men to walk upon you, even my people Israel; and they shall possess thee, and thou shalt be their inheritance, and thou shalt no more henceforth bereave them of men.
GIGAKJVYes, I will cause men to walk on you, even my people Israel. And they shall possess you, and you shall be their inheritance, and you shall no more from now on rob them of men.
KJVThus saith the Lord God; Because they say unto you, Thou land devourest up men, and hast bereaved thy nations:
GIGAKJVThe Lord God says this. Because they say to you, You land devour up men, and have robbed your nation of its children:
KJVTherefore thou shalt devour men no more, neither bereave thy nations any more, saith the Lord God.
GIGAKJVTherefore you shall devour men no more, or rob your nation of its children any more, says the Lord God.
KJVNeither will I cause men to hear in thee the shame of the heathen any more, neither shalt thou bear the reproach of the people any more, neither shalt thou cause thy nations to fall any more, saith the Lord God.
GIGAKJVNeither will I cause men to hear in you the shame of the nations any more, neither shall you bear the disgrace of the people any more, neither shall you cause your nations to fall any more, says the Lord God.
KJVMoreover the word of the Lord came unto me, saying,
GIGAKJVAlso the word of the Lord came to me, saying,
KJVSon of man, when the house of Israel dwelt in their own land, they defiled it by their own way and by their doings: their way was before me as the uncleanness of a removed woman.
GIGAKJVSon of man, when the house of Israel lived in their own land, they defiled it by their own way and by their actions: their way was before me as the uncleanness of a removed woman.
KJVWherefore I poured my fury upon them for the blood that they had shed upon the land, and for their idols wherewith they had polluted it:
GIGAKJVTherefore I poured my fury on them for the blood that they had shed on the land, and for their idols with which they had polluted it:
KJVAnd I scattered them among the heathen, and they were dispersed through the countries: according to their way and according to their doings I judged them.
GIGAKJVAnd I scattered them among the nations, and they were dispersed through the countries: according to their way and according to their actions I judged them.
KJVAnd when they entered unto the heathen, whither they went, they profaned my holy name, when they said to them, These are the people of the Lord, and are gone forth out of his land.
GIGAKJVAnd when they entered to the nations, where they went, they dishonored my holy name, when they said to them, These are the people of the Lord, and have gone out of his land.
KJVBut I had pity for mine holy name, which the house of Israel had profaned among the heathen, whither they went.
GIGAKJVBut I had pity for my holy name, which the house of Israel had dishonored among the nations, where they went.
KJVTherefore say unto the house of Israel, thus saith the Lord God; I do not this for your sakes, O house of Israel, but for mine holy name's sake, which ye have profaned among the heathen, whither ye went.
GIGAKJVTherefore say to the house of Israel, the Lord God says this. I do not this for your sakes, O house of Israel, but for my holy name's sake, which you have dishonored among the nations, where you went.
KJVAnd I will sanctify my great name, which was profaned among the heathen, which ye have profaned in the midst of them; and the heathen shall know that I am the Lord, saith the Lord God, when I shall be sanctified in you before their eyes.
GIGAKJVAnd I will sanctify my great name, which was dishonored among the nations, which you have dishonored among them. And the nations shall know that I am the Lord, says the Lord God, when I shall be sanctified in you before their eyes.
KJVFor I will take you from among the heathen, and gather you out of all countries, and will bring you into your own land.
GIGAKJVFor I will take you from among the nations, and gather you out of all countries, and will bring you into your own land.
KJVThen will I sprinkle clean water upon you, and ye shall be clean: from all your filthiness, and from all your idols, will I cleanse you.
GIGAKJVThen I will sprinkle clean water on you, and you shall be clean: from all your filthiness, and from all your idols, will I cleanse you.
KJVA new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you: and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you an heart of flesh.
GIGAKJVI will also give you a new heart, and I will put a new spirit within you. And I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you a heart of flesh.
KJVAnd I will put my spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my statutes, and ye shall keep my judgments, and do them.
GIGAKJVAnd I will put my spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my laws, and you shall keep my judgments, and do them.
KJVAnd ye shall dwell in the land that I gave to your fathers; and ye shall be my people, and I will be your God.
GIGAKJVAnd you shall live in the land that I gave to your fathers. And you shall be my people, and I will be your God.
KJVI will also save you from all your uncleannesses: and I will call for the corn, and will increase it, and lay no famine upon you.
GIGAKJVI will also save you from all your uncleannesses: and I will call for the grain, and will increase it, and lay no famine on you.
KJVAnd I will multiply the fruit of the tree, and the increase of the field, that ye shall receive no more reproach of famine among the heathen.
GIGAKJVAnd I will multiply the fruit of the tree, and the increase of the field, that you shall receive no more disgrace of famine among the nations.
KJVThen shall ye remember your own evil ways, and your doings that were not good, and shall lothe yourselves in your own sight for your iniquities and for your abominations.
GIGAKJVThen you shall remember your own evil ways, and your actions that were not good, and shall hate yourselves in your own sight for your wrongdoings and for your disgusting practices.
KJVNot for your sakes do I this, saith the Lord God, be it known unto you: be ashamed and confounded for your own ways, O house of Israel.
GIGAKJVNot for your sakes do I this, says the Lord God, be it known to you: be ashamed and disgraced for your own ways, O house of Israel.
KJVThus saith the Lord God; In the day that I shall have cleansed you from all your iniquities I will also cause you to dwell in the cities, and the wastes shall be builded.
GIGAKJVThe Lord God says this. In the day that I shall have cleansed you from all your wrongdoings I will also cause you to live in the cities, and the wastes shall be built.
KJVAnd the desolate land shall be tilled, whereas it lay desolate in the sight of all that passed by.
GIGAKJVAnd the ruined land shall be tilled, whereas it lay waste in the sight of all that passed by.
KJVAnd they shall say, This land that was desolate is become like the garden of Eden; and the waste and desolate and ruined cities are become fenced, and are inhabited.
GIGAKJVAnd they shall say, This land that was ruined has become like the garden of Eden. And the waste and ruined cities have become fenced, and are inhabited.
KJVThen the heathen that are left round about you shall know that I the Lord build the ruined places, and plant that that was desolate: I the Lord have spoken it, and I will do it.
GIGAKJVThen the nations that are left all around you shall know that I the Lord build the ruined places, and plant that that was ruined: I the Lord have spoken it, and I will do it.
KJVThus saith the Lord God; I will yet for this be enquired of by the house of Israel, to do it for them; I will increase them with men like a flock.
GIGAKJVThe Lord God says this. I will yet let the house of Israel ask me to do this for them. I will increase them with men like a flock.
KJVAs the holy flock, as the flock of Jerusalem in her solemn feasts; so shall the waste cities be filled with flocks of men: and they shall know that I am the Lord.
GIGAKJVAs the holy flock, as the flock of Jerusalem in her solemn feasts. So shall the waste cities be filled with flocks of men: and they shall know that I am the Lord.
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