Ezekiel 36:7
New International Version
Therefore this is what the Sovereign LORD says: I swear with uplifted hand that the nations around you will also suffer scorn.

New Living Translation
Therefore, this is what the Sovereign LORD says: I have taken a solemn oath that those nations will soon have their own shame to endure.

English Standard Version
Therefore thus says the Lord GOD: I swear that the nations that are all around you shall themselves suffer reproach.

Berean Standard Bible
Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: I have sworn with an uplifted hand that surely the nations around you will endure reproach of their own.

King James Bible
Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; I have lifted up mine hand, Surely the heathen that are about you, they shall bear their shame.

New King James Version
Therefore thus says the Lord GOD: “I have raised My hand in an oath that surely the nations that are around you shall bear their own shame.

New American Standard Bible
Therefore the Lord GOD says this: ‘I have sworn that the nations that are around you will certainly endure their insults themselves.

NASB 1995
“Therefore thus says the Lord GOD, ‘I have sworn that surely the nations which are around you will themselves endure their insults.

NASB 1977
“Therefore, thus says the Lord GOD, ‘I have sworn that surely the nations which are around you will themselves endure their insults.

Legacy Standard Bible
Therefore thus says Lord Yahweh, ‘I have sworn that surely the nations which are around you will themselves bear their dishonor.

Amplified Bible
Therefore thus says the Lord GOD, ‘I have lifted up My hand and sworn [an oath] that the nations that are around you will themselves endure their [shameful] insults.

Christian Standard Bible
Therefore, this is what the Lord GOD says: I swear that the nations all around you will endure their own insults.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: I swear that the nations all around you will endure their own insults.”

American Standard Version
therefore thus saith the Lord Jehovah: I have sworn, saying, Surely the nations that are round about you, they shall bear their shame.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
Because of this, thus says THE LORD OF LORDS: ‘I have lifted a hand against the nations around you, that they shall bear their shame

Brenton Septuagint Translation
therefore I will lift up my hand against the nations that are round about you; they shall bear their reproach.

Contemporary English Version
so I will now insult and disgrace them. That is my solemn promise.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Therefore thus saith the Lord God: I have lifted up my hand, that the Gentiles who are round about you, shall themselves bear their shame.

English Revised Version
therefore thus saith the Lord GOD: I have lifted up mine hand, saying, Surely the heathen that are round about you, they shall bear their shame.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
So this is what the Almighty LORD says: I raise my hand and swear that the nations which surround you will be insulted.

Good News Translation
I, the Sovereign LORD, solemnly promise that the surrounding nations will be humiliated.

International Standard Version
"Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: "I hereby raise my hand to swear this oath: the nations that surround you will have their own mockery to endure!

JPS Tanakh 1917
therefore thus saith the Lord GOD: I have lifted up My hand: Surely the nations that are round about you, they shall bear their shame.

Literal Standard Version
Therefore, thus said Lord YHWH: I have lifted up My hand, | Do the nations who [are] surrounding you not bear their own shame?

Majority Standard Bible
Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: I have sworn with an uplifted hand that surely the nations around you will endure reproach of their own.

New American Bible
Therefore, thus says the Lord GOD: I raise my hand and swear: the nations around you shall bear their own reproach.

NET Bible
So this is what the sovereign LORD says: I vow that the nations around you will endure insults as well.

New Revised Standard Version
therefore thus says the Lord GOD: I swear that the nations that are all around you shall themselves suffer insults.

New Heart English Bible
therefore thus says the Lord GOD: 'I have sworn, saying, "Surely the nations that are around you, they shall bear their shame."

Webster's Bible Translation
Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; I have lifted up my hand, Surely the heathen that are about you, they shall bear their shame.

World English Bible
Therefore the Lord Yahweh says: “I have sworn, ‘Surely the nations that are around you will bear their shame.’

Young's Literal Translation
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?

Additional Translations ...
Audio Bible



Context
A Prophecy to the Mountains of Israel
6Therefore, prophesy concerning the land of Israel and tell the mountains and hills, the ravines and valleys, that this is what the Lord GOD says: Behold, I have spoken in My burning zeal because you have endured the reproach of the nations. 7Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: I have sworn with an uplifted hand that surely the nations around you will endure reproach of their own. 8But you, O mountains of Israel, will produce branches and bear fruit for My people Israel, for they will soon come home.…

Cross References
Ezekiel 36:6
Therefore, prophesy concerning the land of Israel and tell the mountains and hills, the ravines and valleys, that this is what the Lord GOD says: Behold, I have spoken in My burning zeal because you have endured the reproach of the nations.

Ezekiel 36:8
But you, O mountains of Israel, will produce branches and bear fruit for My people Israel, for they will soon come home.

Ezekiel 36:15
I will no longer allow the taunts of the nations to be heard against you, and you will no longer endure the reproach of the peoples or cause your nation to stumble, declares the Lord GOD."


Treasury of Scripture

Therefore thus said the Lord GOD; I have lifted up my hand, Surely the heathen that are about you, they shall bear their shame.

I have lifted

Ezekiel 20:5,15
And say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; In the day when I chose Israel, and lifted up mine hand unto the seed of the house of Jacob, and made myself known unto them in the land of Egypt, when I lifted up mine hand unto them, saying, I am the LORD your God; …

Deuteronomy 32:40
For I lift up my hand to heaven, and say, I live for ever.

Revelation 10:5,6
And the angel which I saw stand upon the sea and upon the earth lifted up his hand to heaven, …

the heathen

Ezekiel 25:1-35:15
The word of the LORD came again unto me, saying, …

Jeremiah 25:9,15-29
Behold, I will send and take all the families of the north, saith the LORD, and Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon, my servant, and will bring them against this land, and against the inhabitants thereof, and against all these nations round about, and will utterly destroy them, and make them an astonishment, and an hissing, and perpetual desolations…

Jeremiah 47:1-51:64
The word of the LORD that came to Jeremiah the prophet against the Philistines, before that Pharaoh smote Gaza…

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Ezekiel 36
1. The land of Israel is comforted, by destruction of the heathen, who spitefully used it
8. and by the blessings of God promised unto it
16. Israel was rejected for their sin
21. and shall be restored without their desert
25. The blessings of Christ's kingdom














(7) Lifted up mine hand.--As in Ezekiel 20:6 = "I have sworn."

Shall bear their shame.--Comp. Ezekiel 36:6. The Israelites have been compelled to bear the reproaches of the heathen, but these now return upon themselves.



Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
Therefore
לָכֵ֗ן (lā·ḵên)
Adverb
Strong's 3651: So -- thus

this is what
כֹּ֤ה (kōh)
Adverb
Strong's 3541: Like this, thus, here, now

the Lord
אֲדֹנָ֣י (’ă·ḏō·nāy)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 136: The Lord

GOD
יְהוִ֔ה (Yah·weh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3069: YHWH

says:
אָמַר֙ (’ā·mar)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 559: To utter, say

‘I
אֲנִ֖י (’ă·nî)
Pronoun - first person common singular
Strong's 589: I

have sworn
נָשָׂ֣אתִי (nā·śā·ṯî)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular
Strong's 5375: To lift, carry, take

with an uplifted hand
יָדִ֑י (yā·ḏî)
Noun - feminine singular construct | first person common singular
Strong's 3027: A hand

that surely
אִם־ (’im-)
Conjunction
Strong's 518: Lo!, whether?, if, although, Oh that!, when, not

the nations
הַגּוֹיִם֙ (hag·gō·w·yim)
Article | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 1471: A foreign nation, a Gentile, a troop of animals, a flight of locusts

all around
מִסָּבִ֔יב (mis·sā·ḇîḇ)
Preposition-m | Adverb
Strong's 5439: A circle, neighbour, environs, around

you
לָכֶ֣ם (lā·ḵem)
Preposition | second person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew

will endure
יִשָּֽׂאוּ׃ (yiś·śā·’ū)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's 5375: To lift, carry, take

reproach of their own.
כְּלִמָּתָ֥ם (kə·lim·mā·ṯām)
Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine plural
Strong's 3639: Insult, reproach, ignominy


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