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.”

Berean Standard Bible

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Study note

Setting — The Lord GOD speaks to the nation of Israel immediately after promising to cease their consumption of people and loss of children. The declaration occurs within a prophetic discourse focused on the restoration and protection of the land and its people.

The words — כְּלִמַּת (ke.li.Mat) = the insults of, and חֶרְפַּת (ve./cher.Pat) = and the reproach of. These terms denote public shame and verbal contempt that the text states God will actively prevent from being heard.

The thread — The motif of ending national reproach appears in Psalms 89:50, Ezekiel 34:29, and Isaiah 54:4. Each reference tracks a divine intervention that removes the cause of foreign mockery and internal humiliation.

Why it lands — The text demands recognition that the cessation of taunts is a direct act of God, not a human achievement. The reader must acknowledge that the end of reproach coincides with the end of the nation's stumbling, marking a definitive shift in divine posture.

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The Hebrew words

וְלֹא־ve./lo'-and/ not אַשְׁמִ֨יעַ'ash.Mi.a'I will make heard אֵלַ֤יִךְ'e.La.yi/khto/ you עוֹד֙'Odagain כְּלִמַּ֣תke.li.Mat[the] insult[s] of הַגּוֹיִ֔םha./go.Yimthe/ nations וְחֶרְפַּ֥תve./cher.Patand/ [the] reproach of עַמִּ֖ים'a.Mimpeoples לֹ֣אlo'not תִשְׂאִי־tis.'i-you will bear ע֑וֹדodagain וְגוֹיַ֙יִךְ֙ve./go.ye/khand/ nations/ your לֹא־lo'-not תַכְשִׁ֣לִיtakh.Shi.liyou will cause to stumble ע֔וֹדodagain נְאֻ֖םne.'Um[the] utterance of אֲדֹנָ֥י'a.do.Nai[the] Lord יְהוִֽה׃ סYah.wehYahweh

King James Version

Neither will I cause men to hear in thee the shame of the heathen any more, neither shalt thou bear the reproach of the people any more, neither shalt thou cause thy nations to fall any more, saith the Lord God.

Cross-references

Psalms 89:50 Remember, O Lord, the reproach of Your servants, which I bear in my heart from so many people—
Ezekiel 34:29 And I will raise up for them a garden of renown, and they will no longer be victims of famine in the land or bear the scorn of the nations.
Isaiah 54:4 Do not be afraid, for you will not be put to shame; do not be intimidated, for you will not be humiliated. For you will forget the shame of your youth and will remember no more the reproach of your widowhood.
Isaiah 60:14 The sons of your oppressors will come and bow down to you; all who reviled you will fall facedown at your feet and call you the City of the LORD, Zion of the Holy One of Israel.
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.
Micah 7:8 Do not gloat over me, my enemy! Though I have fallen, I will arise; though I sit in darkness, the LORD will be my light.
Zephaniah 2:8 “I have heard the reproach of Moab and the insults of the Ammonites, who have taunted My people and threatened their borders.
Zephaniah 3:19 Behold, at that time, I will deal with all who afflict you. I will save the lame and gather the scattered; and I will appoint praise and fame for the disgraced throughout the earth.