Ezekiel 36:2

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,'

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,

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.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Thus saieth the LORDE God: Because yor enemie hath sayde vpon you: A ha, ye hie euerlastynge places are now become ours:

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 "And you, son of man, prophesy to the mountains of Israel and say, 'O mountains of Israel, hear the word of the LORD. ² 'Thus says the Lord GOD, "Because the enemy has spoken against you, 'Aha!' and, 'The everlasting heights have become our possession,'³ therefore prophesy and say, 'Thus says the Lord GOD, "For good reason they have made you desolate and crushed you from every side, that you would become a possession of the rest of the nations and you have been taken up in the talk and the whispering of the people."'" ⁴ 'Therefore, O mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord GOD. Thus says the Lord GOD to the mountains and to the hills, to the ravines and to the valleys, to the desolate wastes and to the forsaken cities which have become a prey and a derision to the rest of the nations which are round about, ⁵ therefore thus says the Lord GOD, "Surely in the fire of My jealousy I have spoken against the rest of the nations, and against all Edom, who appropriated My land for themselves as a possession with wholehearted joy and with scorn of soul, to drive it out for a prey." ⁶ 'Therefore prophesy concerning the land of Israel and say to the mountains and to the hills, to the ravines and to the valleys, "Thus says the Lord GOD, 'Behold, I have spoken in My jealousy and in My wrath because you have endured the insults of the nations.' ⁷ "Therefore thus says the Lord GOD, 'I have sworn that surely the nations which are around you will themselves endure their insults. ⁸ 'But you, O mountains of Israel, you will put forth your branches and bear your fruit for My people Israel; for they will soon come. ⁹ 'For, behold, I am for you, and I will turn to you, and you will be cultivated and sown. ¹⁰ 'I will multiply men on you, all the house of Israel, all of it; and the cities will be inhabited and the waste places will be rebuilt.

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
So he said, "Cursed be Canaan; A servant of servants He shall be to his brothers."

Genesis 27:46
Rebekah said to Isaac, "I am tired of living because of the daughters of Heth; if Jacob takes a wife from the daughters of Heth, like these, from the daughters of the land, what good will my life be to me?"

Genesis 28:9
and Esau went to Ishmael, and married, besides the wives that he had, Mahalath the daughter of Ishmael, Abraham's son, the sister of Nebaioth.

Genesis 36:25
These are the children of Anah: Dishon, and Oholibamah, the daughter of Anah.

Genesis 36:34
Then Jobab died, and Husham of the land of the Temanites became king in his place.

Genesis 36:35
Then Husham died, and Hadad the son of Bedad, who defeated Midian in the field of Moab, became king in his place; and the name of his city was Avith.

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.