Ezekiel 36:2
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“This is what the Lord GOD says: Because the enemy has said of you, ‘Aha! The ancient heights have become our possession,’”
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“This is what the Lord GOD says: Because the enemy has said of you, ‘Aha! The ancient heights have become our possession,’”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“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 · Public Domain“Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Because the enemy hath said against you, Aha! and, The ancient high places are ours in possession;”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“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,”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Ezekiel 36:2 — 10 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Deuteronomy 32:13He made him ride on the heights of the land and fed him the produce of the field. He nourished him with honey from the rock and oil from the flinty crag,
- Psalms 78:69He built His sanctuary like the heights, like the earth He has established forever.
- Psalms 83:13Make them like tumbleweed, O my God, like chaff before the wind.
- Isaiah 58:14then you will delight yourself in the LORD, and I will make you ride on the heights of the land and feed you with the heritage of your father Jacob.” For the mouth of the LORD has spoken.
- Jeremiah 49:1Concerning the Ammonites, this is what the LORD says: “Has Israel no sons? Is he without heir? Why then has Milcom taken possession of Gad? Why have his people settled in their cities?
- Ezekiel 25:3Tell the Ammonites to hear the word of the Lord GOD, for this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Because you exclaimed, “Aha!” when My sanctuary was profaned, when the land of Israel was laid waste, and when the house of Judah went into exile,
- Ezekiel 26:2“Son of man, because Tyre has said of Jerusalem, ‘Aha! The gate to the nations is broken; it has swung open to me; now that she lies in ruins I will be filled,’
- Ezekiel 35:10Because you have said, ‘These two nations and countries will be ours, and we will possess them,’ even though the LORD was there,
- Ezekiel 36:5Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: Surely in My burning zeal I have spoken against the rest of the nations, and against all Edom, who took My land as their own possession with wholehearted joy and utter contempt, so that its pastureland became plunder.
- Habakkuk 3:19GOD the Lord is my strength; He makes my feet like those of a deer; He makes me walk upon the heights! For the choirmaster. With stringed instruments.
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