Bible Strands
Ezekiel 35:10
Because you have said, ‘These two nations and countries will be ours, and we will possess them,’ even though the LORD was there,
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — God addresses the recipient of Ezekiel 35’s judgment, pronouncing a future desolation for their cities and condemning their claim to own territory. The speech occurs within a prophetic declaration of imminent punishment for arrogant territorial appropriation.
The words — יַ֣עַן (Ya'an) = because, and אֲמָרְךָ ('amarekha) = your saying. Together they frame the verse as a direct citation of the addressee’s boastful declaration.
The thread — This claim to possess land apart from God echoes the hostile plots recorded in Ezekiel 36:5 and Psalms 83:4. It stands in direct contrast to Ezekiel 48:35, where the city’s designated name publicly affirms that the LORD is there.
Why it lands — The text records a boast of territorial ownership made while ignoring divine presence. It requires the reader to acknowledge that any claim to land or nations is void when it operates in disregard of God’s sovereign authority.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
Because thou hast said, These two nations and these two countries shall be mine, and we will possess it; whereas the Lord was there:
Cross-references
- Ezekiel 36:5 Therefore 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.
- Psalms 83:4 saying, “Come, let us erase them as a nation; may the name of Israel be remembered no more.”
- Ezekiel 48:35 The perimeter of the city will be 18,000 cubits, and from that day on the name of the city will be: THE LORD IS THERE.”
- Psalms 48:1 A song. A Psalm of the sons of Korah. Great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised in the city of our God, His holy mountain.
- Ezekiel 36:2 This is what the Lord GOD says: Because the enemy has said of you, ‘Aha! The ancient heights have become our possession,’
- Psalms 132:13 For the LORD has chosen Zion; He has desired it for His home:
- Isaiah 12:6 Cry out and sing, O citizen of Zion, for great among you is the Holy One of Israel.”
- Obadiah 1:13 You should not enter the gate of My people in the day of their disaster, nor gloat over their affliction in the day of their disaster, nor loot their wealth in the day of their disaster.
- Zephaniah 3:15 The LORD has taken away your punishment; He has turned back your enemy. Israel’s King, the LORD, is among you; no longer will you fear any harm.
- Zechariah 2:5 For I will be a wall of fire around it, declares the LORD, and I will be the glory within it.’”