Ezekiel 36:14

14 therefore, you will no longer devour men and deprive your nation of children."^[a] [This is] the declaration of the Lord God .

Ezekiel 36:14 Meaning and Commentary

Ezekiel 36:14

Therefore thou shalt devour men no more
Or they shall be no more destroyed in thee by pestilence, famine, sword, or other means: neither bereave that nations any more, saith the Lord;
or, "thou shalt not cause them to fall any more" ^F11, for so it is written, as in ( Ezekiel 36:15 ) , though the marginal reading is, "thou shalt not bereave", which we follow; and both are to be received, since miscarriages often come by falls.

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FOOTNOTES:

F11 (ylvkt al) "non impingere facies", Montanus, Vatablus; "non offendere facies", Starckius.

Ezekiel 36:14 In-Context

12 I will cause people, My people Israel, to walk on you; they will possess you, and you will be their inheritance. You will no longer deprive them of [their] children.

13 "This is what the Lord God says: Because people are saying to you: You devour men and deprive your nation of children,

14 therefore, you will no longer devour men and deprive your nation of children." [This is] the declaration of the Lord God .

15 "I will no longer allow the insults of the nations to be heard against you, and you will not have to endure the reproach of the peoples any more; you will no longer cause your nation to stumble." [This is] the declaration of the Lord God .

16 The word of the Lord came to me:

Footnotes

• [a] Alt Hb tradition reads and cause your nation to stumble