KJV King James Version
Because thou hast said, These two nations and these two countries shall be mine, and we will possess it; whereas the LORD was there:
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Ezekiel 35:10
Because thou hast said, These two nations and these two countries shall be mine, and we will possess it; whereas the LORD was there:
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Because you have said, ‘These two nations and countries will be ours, and we will possess them,’ even though the LORD was there,
WEB World English Bible
Because you have said, These two nations and these two countries shall be mine, and we will possess it; whereas Yahweh was there:
ASV American Standard Version
Because thou hast said, These two nations and these two countries shall be mine, and we will possess it; whereas Jehovah was there:
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
Because of thy saying: The two nations and the two lands are mine, and we have possessed it, And Jehovah hath been there;
Surrounding context — Ezekiel 35
7 Thus will I make mount Seir most desolate, and cut off from it him that passeth out and him that returneth.
8 And I will fill his mountains with his slain [men]: in thy hills, and in thy valleys, and in all thy rivers, shall they fall that are slain with the sword.
9 I will make thee perpetual desolations, and thy cities shall not return: and ye shall know that I [am] the LORD.
10 Because thou hast said, These two nations and these two countries shall be mine, and we will possess it; whereas the LORD was there:
11 Therefore, [as] I live, saith the Lord GOD, I will even do according to thine anger, and according to thine envy which thou hast used out of thy hatred against them; and I will make myself known among them, when I have judged thee.
12 And thou shalt know that I [am] the LORD, [and that] I have heard all thy blasphemies which thou hast spoken against the mountains of Israel, saying, They are laid desolate, they are given us to consume.
13 Thus with your mouth ye have boasted against me, and have multiplied your words against me: I have heard [them].
Cross-references
Ezekiel 36:5Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Surely in the fire of my jealousy have I spoken against the residue of the heathen, and against all Idumea, which have appointed my land into their possession with the joy of all [their] heart, with despiteful minds, to cast it out for a prey.Psalm 83:4-12They have said, Come, and let us cut them off from [being] a nation; that the name of Israel may be no more in remembrance.Ezekiel 48:35[It was] round about eighteen thousand [measures]: and the name of the city from [that] day [shall be], The LORD [is] there.Ezekiel 36:2Thus saith the Lord GOD; Because the enemy hath said against you, Aha, even the ancient high places are ours in possession:Psalm 48:1-3A Song [and] Psalm for the sons of Korah. Great [is] the LORD, and greatly to be praised in the city of our God, [in] the mountain of his holiness.Obadiah 1:13Thou shouldest not have entered into the gate of my people in the day of their calamity; yea, thou shouldest not have looked on their affliction in the day of their calamity, nor have laid [hands] on their substance in the day of their calamity;Zechariah 2:5For I, saith the LORD, will be unto her a wall of fire round about, and will be the glory in the midst of her.Isaiah 12:6Cry out and shout, thou inhabitant of Zion: for great [is] the Holy One of Israel in the midst of thee.Zephaniah 3:15The LORD hath taken away thy judgments, he hath cast out thine enemy: the king of Israel, [even] the LORD, [is] in the midst of thee: thou shalt not see evil any more.Psalm 132:13-14For the LORD hath chosen Zion; he hath desired [it] for his habitation.Isaiah 31:9And he shall pass over to his strong hold for fear, and his princes shall be afraid of the ensign, saith the LORD, whose fire [is] in Zion, and his furnace in Jerusalem.Jeremiah 49:1Concerning the Ammonites, thus saith the LORD; Hath Israel no sons? hath he no heir? why [then] doth their king inherit Gad, and his people dwell in his cities?Psalm 76:1To the chief Musician on Neginoth, A Psalm [or] Song of Asaph. In Judah [is] God known: his name [is] great in Israel.
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