Ezekiel 36
| Ezekiel 36 | |
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← Hebrew. | |
| Book | Book of Ezekiel |
| Hebrew Bible part | Nevi'im |
| Order in the Hebrew part | 7 |
| Category | Latter Prophets |
| Christian Bible part | Old Testament |
| Order in the Christian part | 26 |
Ezekiel 36 is the thirty-sixth chapter of the
Text
The original text was written in the Hebrew language. This chapter is divided into 38 verses.
Textual witnesses
Some early manuscripts containing the text of this chapter in Hebrew are of the Masoretic Text tradition, which includes the Codex Cairensis (895), the Petersburg Codex of the Prophets (916), Aleppo Codex (10th century), and Codex Leningradensis (1008).[4] Fragments containing parts of this chapter were found among the Dead Sea Scrolls, that is, the Ezekiel Scroll from Masada (Mas 1d; MasEzek; 1–50 CE) with extant verses 1–10, 13–14, 17–35.[5][6][7]
There is also a translation into Koine Greek known as the Septuagint, made in the last few centuries BCE. Extant ancient manuscripts of the Septuagint version include Codex Vaticanus (B; B; 4th century), Codex Alexandrinus (A; A; 5th century) and Codex Marchalianus (Q; Q; 6th century).[8][a]
Verse 1
- "And you, son of man, prophesy to the mountains of Israel, and say,
- ‘O mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord!’" (NKJV)[10]
- ‘O mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord!’" (
- "Son of man" (Hebrew: בן־אדם ḇen-’ā-ḏām): this phrase is used 93 times to address Ezekiel.[11]
- "Mountains of Israel" (Hebrew: הרי ישראל hā-rê yiś-rā-’êl): refers to "the land of Israel", called "the ancient heights" (verse 2) as the highlands and the hill country are central to its geography.[12]
Verse 2
- Thus says the Lord God: “Because the enemy has said of you,
- ‘Aha! The ancient heights have become our possession,’” (NKJV)[13]
- ‘Aha! The ancient heights have become our possession,’” (
- "Aha" (Hebrew: הֶאָ֔ח, he-’āḥ): an interjection to express joy or "satisfaction over the misfortune of an enemy or rival" as in Isaiah 44:16; Psalm 35:21, 25; Psalm 40:16 and Ezekiel 25:3.[14][15]
See also
Notes
- ^ Ezekiel is missing from the extant Codex Sinaiticus.[9]
References
- ^ Theodore Hiebert, et al. 1996. The New Interpreter's Bible: Volume VI. Nashville: Abingdon.
- ^ Section headings in the New International Version
- ^ Galambush, S., Ezekiel in Barton, J. and Muddiman, J. (2001), The Oxford Bible Commentary Archived 2017-11-22 at the Wayback Machine, pp. 556-7
- ^ Würthwein 1995, pp. 35–37.
- ISBN 9780802862419. Retrieved February 15, 2019.
- ^ Dead sea scrolls - Ezekiel
- ^ Mas 1d at the Leon Levy Dead Sea Scrolls Digital Library
- ^ Würthwein 1995, pp. 73–74.
- ISBN 978-0825444593.
- ^ Ezekiel 36:1
- ^ Bromiley 1995, p. 574.
- ISBN 978-0195288810
- ^ Ezekiel 36:2
- ^ Brown, Briggs & Driver 1994 "הֶאָ֔ח"
- ^ Gesenius 1979 "הֶאָ֔ח"
Bibliography
- Bromiley, Geoffrey W. (1995). International Standard Bible Encyclopedia: vol. iv, Q-Z. Eerdmans. ISBN 9780802837844.
- Brown, Francis; Briggs, Charles A.; Driver, S. R. (1994). The Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon (reprint ed.). Hendrickson Publishers. ISBN 978-1565632066.
- Clements, Ronald E (1996). Ezekiel. Westminster John Knox Press. ISBN 9780664252724.
- Gesenius, H. W. F. (1979). Gesenius' Hebrew and Chaldee Lexicon to the Old Testament Scriptures: Numerically Coded to Strong's Exhaustive Concordance, with an English Index. Translated by Tregelles, Samuel Prideaux (7th ed.). Baker Book House.
- Joyce, Paul M. (2009). Ezekiel: A Commentary. Continuum. ISBN 9780567483614.
- The Nelson Study Bible. Thomas Nelson, Inc. 1997. ISBN 9780840715999.
- ISBN 0-8028-0788-7. Retrieved January 26, 2019.
External links
Jewish
Christian
- Ezekiel 36 English Translation with Parallel Latin Vulgate Archived 2017-04-21 at the Wayback Machine
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