I scattered them among the nations, and they were dispersed through the countries. I judged them according to their way and according to their deeds.
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I scattered them among the nations, and they were dispersed through the countries. I judged them according to their way and according to their deeds.
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And I scattered them among the heathen, and they were dispersed through the countries: according to their way and according to their doings I judged them.
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and I scattered them among the nations, and they were dispersed through the countries; according to their way and according to their doings I judged them.
Cross-references (12)
Passages linked to Ezekiel 36:19 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Deuteronomy 28:64 Yahweh will scatter you among all peoples, from one end of the earth to the other end of the earth. There you will serve other gods which you have not known, you nor your fathers, even wood and stone.
- Ezekiel 39:24 I did to them according to their uncleanness and according to their transgressions. I hid my face from them.
- Ezekiel 5:12 A third part of you will die with the pestilence, and they will be consumed with famine within you. A third part will fall by the sword around you. A third part I will scatter to all the winds, and will draw out a sword after them.
- Ezekiel 18:30 “Therefore I will judge you, house of Israel, everyone according to his ways,” says the Lord Yahweh. “Return, and turn yourselves from all your transgressions; so iniquity will not be your ruin.
- Ezekiel 22:15 I will scatter you among the nations, and disperse you through the countries. I will consume your filthiness out of you.
- Amos 9:9 “For, behold, I will command, and I will sift the house of Israel among all the nations, as grain is sifted in a sieve, yet not the least kernel will fall on the earth.
- Romans 2:6 who “will pay back to everyone according to their works:”
- Leviticus 26:38 You will perish among the nations. The land of your enemies will eat you up.
- Ezekiel 7:3 Now is the end on you, and I will send my anger on you, and will judge you according to your ways. I will bring on you all your abominations.
- Ezekiel 7:8 Now I will shortly pour out my wrath on you, and accomplish my anger against you, and will judge you according to your ways. I will bring on you all your abominations.
- Ezekiel 22:31 Therefore I have poured out my indignation on them. I have consumed them with the fire of my wrath. I have brought their own way on their heads,” says the Lord Yahweh.
- Revelation 20:12-15 I saw the dead, the great and the small, standing before the throne, and they opened books. Another book was opened, which is the book of life. The dead were judged out of the things which were written in the books, according to their works. The sea gave up the dead who were in it. Death and Hades gave up the dead who were in them. They were judged, each one according to his works. Death and Hades were thrown into the lake of fire. This is the second death, the lake of fire. If anyone was not found written in the book of life, he was cast into the lake of fire.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain Eze 36:19 And I scattered them among the heathen,…
Eze 36:19 And I scattered them among the heathen, and they were dispersed through the countries: according to their way and according to their doings I judged them.
Ver. 19. And I scattered them among the heathen.] Whose idols they had worshipped, and whose manners they had imitated.
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain My hand scattered them, and what hand can retain…
My hand scattered them, and what hand can retain the inhabitants that God will fling out?
They were driven away, as chaff before the wind. As their ways and doings provoked me, and deserved what I brought on them, so I judged them, and punished them with desolation.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain And I scattered them among the Heathen,.... First by…
And I scattered them among the Heathen,.... First by the Chaldeans, in the various provinces of Babylon; and next by the Romans, in the various parts of the world; and in this condition they now are:
and they were dispersed through the countries; or blown about as chaff, stubble, or any such like thing, is by the wind:
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according to their way and according to their doings I judged them; condemned and punished them as their evil ways and wicked works deserved, according to the rules of justice and equity; so that no injustice was done them, nor could any fault be justly found in the proceedings of God towards them.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 19. The consequences of Jehovah’s wrath—the people were scattered…
19. The consequences of Jehovah’s wrath—the people were scattered by him among all the nations, Eze_7:3, Eze_18:30.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain According to their way and according to their doings…
According to their way and according to their doings I judged them. The language hints at a correspondence between the punishment and the crime. As a woman in her separation was not only defiled, but separated from the congregation, (Lev_15:19) so Israel, having defiled both herself and her land, required to be removed from it. (Lev_18:28) And she was. Jehovah scattered her among the heathen and dispersed her through the countries.
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unfoldingWord translationNotes 2017 · CC BY-SA 4.0 General Information:
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I scattered them among the nations; they were dispersed through the lands
These two phrases mean basically the same thing. See how you translated a similar phrase in Ezekiel 12:15. AT: "I caused them to separate and live in separate lands" (See: Parallelism)
they were dispersed through the lands
This can be stated in active form. AT: "I dispersed them through the lands" (See: Active or Passive)
their ways and their deeds
Here "ways" and "deeds" mean basically the same thing. AT: "the things that they have done" (See: Doublet)
they profaned my holy name
Here "name" represents Yahweh and his reputation. AT: "they mocked me" (See: Metonymy)
when people
"because other people said"
Are these really the people of Yahweh?
The people use a question to express their surprise at what they saw. AT: "I cannot believe these are really the people of Yahweh!" (See: Rhetorical Question)
For they have been thrown out of his land
This can be stated in active form. AT: "For Yahweh has forced them out of his land" (See: Active or Passive)
his land
This refers to the land of Israel.
But I had compassion for my holy name that the house of Israel had defiled among the nations, when they went there
Here "name" represents Yahweh and his reputation. AT: "When the house of Israel went among the nations, they caused me disgrace, but I wanted people to know that I am holy" (See: Metonymy)
I had compassion for my holy name
"I cared about my holy name"
the house of Israel
Here "house" represents people. AT: "the people of Israel" (See: Metonymy)
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profane
holy
name
Yahweh
compassion
defile
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