Ezequiel 36:2

2 Esto dice el Señor
Soberano: sus enemigos se mofaron de ustedes diciendo: ‘¡Ajá, ahora las alturas antiguas nos pertenecen!’”.

Ezequiel 36:2 Meaning and Commentary

Ezekiel 36:2

Thus saith the Lord God
By the mouth of the prophet, who was bid to prophesy: because the enemy had said against you, aha:
rejoicing at the calamity of God's people, particularly the Edomites or Idumeans, as in the preceding chapter; and who are chiefly meant; and also the Ammonites and Tyrians, ( Ezekiel 25:3 ) ( 26:2 ) : even the ancient high places are ours in possession;
or, "the high places of the world shall be unto us for a possession" ^F6; the land of Israel, according to Kimchi and others, was the highest part of the world, Jerusalem the highest part of that land, and the temple was built on the highest part of the city; and all these the Edomites claimed as their own, the land, city, and temple, and thought themselves sure of the same, as if they had them in actual possession; even the hilly part of the country, which had been so from the creation, and where stood many of the fortified and frontier towns and cities; which as strong as they were, or had been, they fancied would easily fall into their hands, now such desolations were made in the land.

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FOOTNOTES:

F6 (wnl htyh hvrwml Mlwe twmb) "excelsa seculi haereditario jure futura sunt nobis", Junius & Tremellius, Polanus; "celsa seculi haereditas evenit nobis", Cocceius, Starckius.

Ezequiel 36:2 In-Context

1 Restauración de Israel
»Hijo de hombre, profetiza a los montes de Israel y dales este mensaje: “¡Oh montañas de Israel, oigan la palabra del Señor
!

2 Esto dice el Señor
Soberano: sus enemigos se mofaron de ustedes diciendo: ‘¡Ajá, ahora las alturas antiguas nos pertenecen!’”.

3 Por lo tanto, hijo de hombre, da este mensaje a los montes de Israel de parte del Señor
Soberano: “Sus enemigos los atacaron por todas partes, los hicieron propiedad de muchas naciones y objeto de mucha burla y calumnia.

4 Por lo tanto, montes de Israel, oigan la palabra del Señor
Soberano. Él habla a las colinas y a los montes; a los barrancos y a los valles; a las asoladas tierras baldías y a las ciudades abandonadas de hace tiempo, que fueron destruidas y burladas por naciones vecinas.

5 Esto dice el Señor
Soberano: el enojo de mis celos arde contra esas naciones, especialmente contra Edom, porque me trataron con total desprecio cuando, con aires de triunfo, se apoderaron de mi tierra y la tomaron como botín”.