Parallel Verses
Youngs 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,
New American Standard Bible
Thus says the Lord
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:
Holman Bible
This is what the Lord God says: Because the enemy has said about you, ‘Good!
International Standard Version
"This is what the Lord GOD says: "The enemy has been saying about you, "Good! The ancient heights are back in our possession!"'"'
A Conservative Version
Thus says lord LORD: Because the enemy has said against you, Aha! and, The ancient high places are ours in possession,
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;
Amplified
Thus says the Lord God, “Because the enemy has said of you, ‘Aha!’ and, ‘The ancient heights have become our property,’
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:
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;
Julia Smith Translation
Thus said the Lord Jehovah: Because the enemy said against you, Aha! and the heights of old were for a possession to us:
King James 2000
Thus says the Lord GOD; Because the enemy has said against you, Aha, even the ancient high places are ours in possession:
Lexham Expanded 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!'" '
Modern King James verseion
So says the Lord Jehovah: Because the enemy has said against you, Aha! Even the old high places have become a possession to us.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Thus sayeth the LORD God: Because your enemy hath said upon you, 'Aha, the high everlasting places are now become ours':
NET Bible
This is what the sovereign Lord says: The enemy has spoken against you, saying "Aha!" and, "The ancient heights have become our property!"'
New Heart English Bible
Thus says the Lord GOD: "Because the enemy has said against you, 'Aha.' and, 'The ancient high places are ours in possession'"';
The 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
Webster
Thus saith the Lord GOD; Because the enemy had said against you, Aha, even 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;
Interlinear
References
Easton
Word Count of 20 Translations in Ezekiel 36:2
Verse Info
Context Readings
Prophecy To The Mountains Of Israel And Of Israel's Restoration
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.
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Names
Cross References
Deuteronomy 32:13
He maketh him ride on high places of earth, And he eateth increase of the fields, And He maketh him suck honey from a rock, And oil out of the flint of a rock;
Ezekiel 25:3
and thou hast said to the sons of Ammon: Hear ye a word of the Lord Jehovah: Thus said the Lord Jehovah: Because of thy saying, Aha, to My sanctuary, Because it hath been polluted, And unto the ground of Israel, Because it hath been desolate, And unto the house of Judah, Because they have gone into a removal:
Ezekiel 35:10
Because of thy saying: The two nations and the two lands are mine, and we have possessed it, And Jehovah hath been there;
Psalm 78:69
And buildeth His sanctuary as a high place, Like the earth, He founded it to the age.
Isaiah 58:14
Then dost thou delight thyself on Jehovah, And I have caused thee to ride on high places of earth, And have caused thee to eat the inheritance of Jacob thy father, For the mouth of Jehovah hath spoken!
Ezekiel 26:2
Because that Tyre hath said of Jerusalem: Aha, she hath been broken, the doors of the peoples, She hath turned round unto me, I am filled -- she hath been laid waste,
Ezekiel 36:5
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?
Habakkuk 3:19
Jehovah the Lord is my strength, And He doth make my feet like hinds, And on my high-places causeth me to tread. To the overseer with my stringed instruments!
Jeremiah 49:1
Concerning the sons of Ammon: 'Thus said Jehovah: Sons -- hath Israel none? heir -- hath he none? Wherefore hath Malcam possessed Gad? And his people in its cities have dwelt?