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Young's Literal Translation

Ezekiel 36:2

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,

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.
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,'

Contextual Overview

1 And thou, son of man, prophesy unto mountains of Israel, and thou hast said, O mountains of Israel, hear a word of Jehovah. 2 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, 3 therefore, prophesy, and thou hast said: Thus said the Lord Jehovah: Because, even because, of desolating, And of swallowing you up from round about, For your being a possession to the remnant of the nations, And ye are taken up on the tip of the tongue, And [are] an evil report of the people. 4 Therefore, O mountains of Israel, Hear a word of the Lord Jehovah: Thus said the Lord Jehovah, to mountains, and to hills, To streams, and to valleys, And to wastes that [are] desolate, And to cities that are forsaken, That have been for a prey, And for a scorn, to the remnant of the nations who [are] round about. 5 Therefore, thus said the Lord Jehovah: Have I not, in the fire of My jealousy, Spoken against the remnant of the nations, And against Edom -- all of it, Who gave My land to themselves for a possession, With the joy of the whole heart -- with despite of soul, For the sake of casting it out for a prey? 6 Therefore, prophesy concerning the ground of Israel, And thou hast said to mountains, and to hills, To streams, and to valleys, Thus said the Lord Jehovah: Lo, I, in My jealousy, and in My fury, I have spoken, Because the shame of nations ye have borne. 7 Therefore, thus said the Lord Jehovah: I -- I have lifted up My hand, Do not -- the nations who [are] with you from round about -- they their own shame bear? 8 And ye, O mountains of Israel, Your branch ye give out, and your fruits ye bear for My people Israel, For they have drawn near to come. 9 For, lo, I [am] for you, and have turned to you, And ye have been tilled and sown. 10 And I have multiplied on you men, All the house of Israel -- all of it, And the cities have been inhabited, And the wastes are built.

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
and saith: `Cursed [is] Canaan, Servant of servants he is to his brethren.'
Genesis 27:46
And Rebekah saith unto Isaac, `I have been disgusted with my life because of the presence of the daughters of Heth; if Jacob take a wife of the daughters of Heth, like these -- from the daughters of the land -- why do I live?'
Genesis 28:9
and Esau goeth unto Ishmael, and taketh Mahalath, daughter of Ishmael, Abraham's son, sister of Nebajoth, unto his wives, to himself, for a wife.
Genesis 36:25
And these [are] sons of Anah: Dishon, and Aholibamah daughter of Anah.
Genesis 36:34
and Jobab dieth, and reign in his stead doth Husham from the land of the Temanite.
Genesis 36:35
And Husham dieth, and reign in his stead doth Hadad son of Bedad (who smiteth Midian in the field of Moab), and the name of his city [is] 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.


 
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