Ezekiel 36:7

Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: I have sworn with an uplifted hand that surely the nations around you will endure reproach of their own.

Berean Standard Bible

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Study note

Setting — The Lord GOD speaks through Ezekiel to the mountains and valleys of Israel, immediately following a pronouncement of His zeal against the nations that reproached His land. The words — כֹּ֤ה (koh) = "thus" marks the formal introduction of the divine speech, while נָשָׂ֣אתִי (na.Sa.ti) = "I lift up" describes the physical gesture accompanying the oath. The thread — The lifted-hand oath formula recurs in Deuteronomy 32:40 and Ezekiel 20:5, where God uses the gesture to authenticate sworn declarations to Israel. Why it lands — The text declares that God will guarantee the surrounding nations face their own reproach, demanding recognition that His sworn judgment is fixed and will be executed.

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The Hebrew words

לָכֵ֗ןla./Khen<to>/ therefore כֹּ֤הkohthus אָמַר֙'a.Marhe says אֲדֹנָ֣י'a.do.Nai[the] Lord יְהוִ֔הYah.wehYahweh אֲנִ֖י'a.NiI נָשָׂ֣אתִיna.Sa.tiI lift up אֶת־'et-<obj.>יָדִ֑יya.D/ihand/ my אִם־'im-if לֹ֤אlo'not הַגּוֹיִם֙ha./go.Yimthe/ nations אֲשֶׁ֣ר'a.Sherwhichלָכֶ֣םla./Khemto/ youמִסָּבִ֔יבmi./sa.Viv[are] from/ round about הֵ֖מָּהHe.mahthey כְּלִמָּתָ֥םke.li.ma.Ta/minsult[s]/ their יִשָּֽׂאוּ׃yi.Sa.'uthey will bear

King James Version

Therefore thus saith the Lord God; I have lifted up mine hand, Surely the heathen that are about you, they shall bear their shame.

Cross-references

Ezekiel 20:5 and tell them that this is what the Lord GOD says: On the day I chose Israel, I swore an oath to the descendants of the house of Jacob and made Myself known to them in the land of Egypt. With an uplifted hand I said to them, ‘I am the LORD your God.’
Deuteronomy 32:40 For I lift up My hand to heaven and declare: As surely as I live forever,
Jeremiah 25:9 behold, I will summon all the families of the north, declares the LORD, and I will send for My servant Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, whom I will bring against this land, against its residents, and against all the surrounding nations. So I will devote them to destruction and make them an object of horror and contempt, an everlasting desolation.
Jeremiah 25:15 This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, said to me: “Take from My hand this cup of the wine of wrath, and make all the nations to whom I send you drink from it.
Jeremiah 47:1 This is the word of the LORD that came to Jeremiah the prophet about the Philistines before Pharaoh struck down Gaza.
Ezekiel 20:15 Moreover, with an uplifted hand I swore to them in the wilderness that I would not bring them into the land that I had given them—a land flowing with milk and honey, the glory of all lands—
Ezekiel 25:1 Then the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
Amos 1:1 These are the words of Amos, who was among the sheepherders of Tekoa—what he saw concerning Israel two years before the earthquake, in the days when Uzziah was king of Judah and Jeroboam son of Jehoash was king of Israel.
Zephaniah 2:1 Gather yourselves, gather together, O shameful nation,
Revelation 10:5 Then the angel I had seen standing on the sea and on the land lifted up his right hand to heaven.