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Myles Coverdale Bible

Ezekiel 36:2

Thus saieth the LORDE God: Because yor enemie hath sayde vpon you: A ha, ye hie euerlastynge places are now become ours:

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Infidelity;   Israel, Prophecies Concerning;   Scoffing;   Thompson Chain Reference - Aha;   The Topic Concordance - Enemies;   Gentiles/heathen;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Scorning and Mocking;  

Dictionaries:

- Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Jews;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Bamah;   Ezekiel, Book of;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Ezekiel;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Ah;   Ancient;   Ezekiel;   High Place;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
This is what the Lord God says: Because the enemy has said about you, “Aha! The ancient heights have become our possession,”’
Hebrew Names Version
Thus says the Lord GOD: Because the enemy has said against you, Aha! and, The ancient high places are ours in possession;
King James Version
Thus saith the Lord God ; Because the enemy hath said against you, Aha, even the ancient high places are ours in possession:
English Standard Version
Thus says the Lord God : Because the enemy said of you, ‘Aha!' and, ‘The ancient heights have become our possession,'
New American Standard Bible
'This is what the Lord GOD says: "Since the enemy has spoken against you, 'Aha!' and, 'The everlasting heights have become our possession,'
New Century Version
This is what the Lord God says: The enemy has said about you, "Now the old places to worship gods have become ours."'
Amplified Bible
'Thus says the Lord GOD, "Because the enemy has said of you, 'Aha!' and, 'The ancient heights have become our property,'
Geneva Bible (1587)
Thus saith the Lord God, because the enemie hath sayde against you, Aha, euen the hye places of the world are ours in possession,
New American Standard Bible (1995)
'Thus says the Lord GOD, "Because the enemy has spoken against you, 'Aha!' and, 'The everlasting heights have become our possession,'
Legacy Standard Bible
Thus says Lord Yahweh, "Because the enemy has spoken against you, ‘Aha!' and, ‘The everlasting heights have become our possession,'
Berean Standard Bible
This is what the Lord GOD says: Because the enemy has said of you, "Aha! The ancient heights have become our possession,"
Contemporary English Version
that I, the Lord God, am saying: Your enemies sneered and said that you mountains belonged to them.
Complete Jewish Bible
Adonai Elohim says: "The enemy is boasting over you, ‘Ha! Even the ancient high places are ours now!' " '
Darby Translation
Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Because the enemy hath said against you, Aha! and, The ancient high places are become ours in possession;
Easy-to-Read Version
Tell them that this is what the Lord God says: ‘The enemy said bad things against you. They said, Hurray! Now the ancient mountains will be ours!'
George Lamsa Translation
Thus says the LORD God: Because the enemy has said against you. Aha, the ancient high places are ours for a possession;
Good News Translation
the Sovereign Lord , have for them: Israel's enemies gloated and said, ‘Now those ancient hills are ours!'
Lexham English Bible
thus says the Lord Yahweh: "Because the enemy said concerning you, ‘Ah, and the ancient high places will be to us as a possession!'"'
Literal Translation
So says the Lord Jehovah: Because the enemy has spoken against you, saying , Aha! Everlasting heights have become a possession to us.
American Standard Version
Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Because the enemy hath said against you, Aha! and, The ancient high places are ours in possession;
Bible in Basic English
This is what the Lord has said: Because your hater has said against you, Aha! and, The old waste places are our heritage, we have taken them:
JPS Old Testament (1917)
Thus saith the Lord GOD: Because the enemy hath said against you: Aha! even the ancient high places are ours in possession;
King James Version (1611)
Thus saith the Lord God, Because the enemy had said against you, Aha, euen the ancient high places are ours in possession:
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Thus saith the Lord God: Because your enemie hath saide vpon you aha, the hie places of the worlde are now become ours in possession:
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
Thus saith the Lord God; Because the enemy has said against you, Aha, the old waste places are become a possession for us:
English Revised Version
Thus saith the Lord GOD: Because the enemy hath said against you, Aha! and, The ancient high places are ours in possession:
World English Bible
Thus says the Lord Yahweh: Because the enemy has said against you, Aha! and, The ancient high places are ours in possession;
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
The Lord God seith these thingis, For that that the enemy seide of you, Wel! euerlastyng hiynessis ben youun to vs in to eritage;
Update Bible Version
Thus says the Lord Yahweh: Because the enemy has said against you, Aha! and, The ancient high places are ours in possession;
Webster's Bible Translation
Thus saith the Lord GOD; Because the enemy had said against you, Aha, even the ancient high places are ours in possession:
New English Translation
This is what the sovereign Lord says: The enemy has spoken against you, saying "Aha!" and, "The ancient heights have become our property!"'
New King James Version
Thus says the Lord GOD: "Because the enemy has said of you, "Aha! The ancient heights have become our possession,""
New Living Translation
This is what the Sovereign Lord says: Your enemies have taunted you, saying, ‘Aha! Now the ancient heights belong to us!'
New Life Bible
The Lord God says, "Those who hate you have laughed and spoken against you, saying, ‘The old hills now belong to us.'
New Revised Standard
Thus says the Lord God : Because the enemy said of you, "Aha!" and, "The ancient heights have become our possession,"
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Thus saith My Lord, Yahweh, Because the enemy hath said concerning you Aha! Even the high places of age-past times, for a possession have become ours
Douay-Rheims Bible
Thus saith the Lord God: Because the enemy hath said to you: Aha, the everlasting heights are given to us for an inheritance.
Revised Standard Version
Thus says the Lord GOD: Because the enemy said of you, 'Aha!' and, 'The ancient heights have become our possession,'
Young's Literal Translation
Thus said the Lord Jehovah: Because the enemy said against you, Aha, and the high places of old for a possession have been to us,

Contextual Overview

1 Thou sonne of man, prophecie vpon the mountaynes of Israel, & speake: Heare the worde of the LORDE, o ye mountaynes of Israel: 2 Thus saieth the LORDE God: Because yor enemie hath sayde vpon you: A ha, ye hie euerlastynge places are now become ours: 3 prophecy therfore, & speake: thus saieth ye LORDE God: Seinge ye be waisted & trode downe on euery syde, & become a possession vnto ye resydue of ye Getiles, which haue brought you in to mes mouthes & vnto an euel name amonge ye people: 4 Therfore, heare the worde of the LORDE God, o ye mountaynes of Israel: Thus saieth the LORDE God vnto the mountaynes and hilles, valleys & dales, to the voyde wildernesses & desolate cities, which are spoyled, and had in derision on euery syde, amonge the resydue of the Heithe: 5 Yee eue thus saieth the LORDE God: In the fyre of my gelousy haue I taken a deuyce, agaynst the resydue of the Getiles, and agaynst all Edom: which haue take in my lode vnto theselues for a possession: which also reioysed fro their whole herte wt a despiteful stomacke, to waist it, and to spoyle it. 6 Prophecy therfore vpon the londe of Israel, speake vnto ye mountaynes and hilles, to valleys and dales, thus saieth the LORDE God: Beholde, this haue I deuysed in my gelousy and terrible wrath: For so moch as ye haue suffred reprofe of the Heithen, 7 therfore thus saieth the LORDE God: I haue sworne, that the Gentiles which lye aboute you, shal beare youre confucion them selues. 8 And as for you (o mountaynes of Israel) ye shall shute out youre braunches, and bringe forth youre frute to my people of Israel, for it is harde by, that it wil come. 9 Beholde, I come vnto you, and vnto you will I turne me, that ye maye be tylled and sowen. 10 I wil sende you moch people, which shalbe all of the house of Israel: the cities shalbe inhabited, and ye decayed places shalbe repayred againe.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Because: Ezekiel 36:5, Ezekiel 25:3, Ezekiel 26:2

even: Deuteronomy 32:13, Psalms 78:69, Isaiah 58:14, Habakkuk 3:19

ours: Ezekiel 35:10, Jeremiah 49:1

Reciprocal: Job 39:25 - ha Psalms 70:3 - aha Psalms 87:3 - Glorious Jeremiah 24:9 - to be a Jeremiah 30:17 - they Jeremiah 33:24 - thus Jeremiah 48:27 - was not Ezekiel 35:12 - they are given Ezekiel 35:15 - didst Zephaniah 2:8 - the revilings

Cross-References

Genesis 9:25
he sayde: Cursed be Canaan, and a seruaunt of seruauntes be he vnto his brethren.
Genesis 27:46
And Rebecca sayde vnto Isaac: I am weery of my life, because of the doughters of Heth: Yf Iacob take a wife of the doughters of Heth, which are as the doughters of this londe, what shall this life then profit me?
Genesis 28:9
he wente his waye vnto Ismael, and besyde the wyues that he had afore, he toke Mahaloth the doughter of Ismael (Abrahas sonne) the sister of Nebaioth, to wife.
Genesis 36:25
The children of Ana were: Dison: & Ahalibama, yt is ye doughter of Ana.
Genesis 36:34
When Iobab dyed, Husam out of ye lode of the Themanites was kynge in his steade.
Genesis 36:35
Whan Husam dyed, Hadad ye sonne of Bedad) which slewe ye Madianites in ye Moabites felde) was kinge in his steade, & the name of his cite was Auith.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Thus saith the Lord God,.... By the mouth of the prophet, who was bid to prophesy:

because the enemy had said against you, aha: rejoicing at the calamity of God's people, particularly the Edomites or Idumeans, as in the preceding chapter; and who are chiefly meant; and also the Ammonites and Tyrians, Ezekiel 25:3:

even the ancient high places are ours in possession; or, "the high places of the world shall be unto us for a possession" f; the land of Israel, according to Kimchi and others, was the highest part of the world, Jerusalem the highest part of that land, and the temple was built on the highest part of the city; and all these the Edomites claimed as their own, the land, city, and temple, and thought themselves sure of the same, as if they had them in actual possession; even the hilly part of the country, which had been so from the creation, and where stood many of the fortified and frontier towns and cities; which as strong as they were, or had been, they fancied would easily fall into their hands, now such desolations were made in the land.

f במות עולם למורשה היתה לנו "excelsa seculi haereditario jure futura sunt nobis", Junius Tremellius, Polanus "celsa seculi haereditas evenit nobis", Cocceius, Starckius.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Ezekiel 36:2. Because the enemy hath said — The Idumeans thought they would shortly be put in possession of all the strong places of Israel; the ancient high places shall be ours.


 
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