Ezekiel 36:16

16 The Lord spoke to me.

Ezekiel 36:16 Meaning and Commentary

Ezekiel 36:16

Moreover the word of the Lord came unto me
Here begins another prophecy, which was delivered about the same time with the former: saying;
as follows:

Ezekiel 36:16 In-Context

14 But from now on it will no longer eat people and rob you of your children. I, the Sovereign Lord, have spoken.

15 The land will no longer have to listen to the nations making fun of it or see the peoples sneer at it. The land will no longer rob the nation of its children. I, the Sovereign Lord, have spoken."

16 The Lord spoke to me.

17 "Mortal man," he said, "when the Israelites were living in their land, they defiled it by the way they lived and acted. I regarded their behavior as being as ritually unclean as a woman is during her monthly period.

18 I let them feel the force of my anger because of the murders they had committed in the land and because of the idols by which they had defiled it.