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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,’
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — God speaks through Ezekiel to the mountains of Israel, confronting the enemy’s boastful claim that they have seized the land.
The words — The Hebrew כֹּ֤ה (koh) means "thus," framing the following statement as a direct divine declaration, while יַ֣עַן (Ya.'an) translates "because," marking the enemy's speech as the catalyst for the prophecy.
The thread — The enemy’s taunt repeats the pattern in Ezekiel 25:3, and the claim to possess "ancient heights" parallels the rival land grab in Ezekiel 35:10 while contrasting with the land's divinely granted elevation in Deuteronomy 32:13.
Why it lands — The text demands recognition that human boasting over conquered territory does not override divine sovereignty, requiring the reader to await God's vindication of what was claimed as spoil.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
Thus saith the Lord God; Because the enemy hath said against you, Aha, even the ancient high places are ours in possession:
Cross-references
- Deuteronomy 32:13 He 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,
- Ezekiel 25:3 Tell 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 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,
- Psalms 78:69 He built His sanctuary like the heights, like the earth He has established forever.
- Isaiah 58:14 then 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 49:1 Concerning 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 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,’
- Habakkuk 3:19 GOD 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.
- 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.