Ezekiel 36:2-4

Good News Translation

²the Sovereign Lord, have for them: Israel's enemies gloated and said, ‘Now those ancient hills are ours!’

³“Prophesy, then, and announce what I, the Sovereign Lord, am saying. When the neighboring nations captured and plundered the mountains of Israel, everyone made fun of Israel. ⁴So now listen to what I, the Sovereign Lord, say to you mountains and hills, to you brooks and valleys, to you places that were left in ruins, and to you deserted cities which were plundered and mocked by all the surrounding nations.

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Ezekiel 36:2-4

King James Version

²Thus saith the Lord God; Because the enemy hath said against you, Aha, even the ancient high places are ours in possession:

³Therefore prophesy and say, Thus saith the Lord God; Because they have made you desolate, and swallowed you up on every side, that ye might be a possession unto the residue of the heathen, and ye are taken up in the lips of talkers, and are an infamy of the people:

⁴Therefore, ye mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord God; Thus saith the Lord God to the mountains, and to the hills, to the rivers, and to the valleys, to the desolate wastes, and to the cities that are forsaken, which became a prey and derision to the residue of the heathen that are round about;

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Ezekiel 36:2-4

New International Version

²This is what the Sovereign Lord says:^(A) The enemy said of you, “Aha!^(B) The ancient heights^(C) have become our possession.^(D)”’ ³Therefore prophesy and say, ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: Because they ravaged^(E) and crushed you from every side so that you became the possession of the rest of the nations and the object of people’s malicious talk and slander,^(F) ⁴therefore, mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Sovereign Lord: This is what the Sovereign Lord says to the mountains and hills, to the ravines and valleys,^(G) to the desolate ruins^(H) and the deserted^(I) towns that have been plundered and ridiculed^(J) by the rest of the nations around you^(K)—

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Ezekiel 36:2-4

New King James Version

²Thus says the Lord God: “Because ^(A)the enemy has said of you, ‘Aha! ^(B)The ^[a]ancient heights ^(C)have become our possession,’ ” ’ ³therefore prophesy, and say, ‘Thus says the Lord God: “Because they made you desolate and swallowed you up on every side, so that you became the possession of the rest of the nations, ^(D)and you are taken up by the lips of ^(E)talkers and slandered by the people”— ⁴therefore, O mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord God! Thus says the Lord God to the mountains, the hills, the ^[b]rivers, the valleys, the desolate wastes, and the cities that have been forsaken, which ^(F)became plunder and ^(G)mockery to the rest of the nations all around—