Ezekiel 36:34

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“The desolate land will be cultivated instead of lying desolate in the sight of all who pass through.”

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BSBPD

“The desolate land will be cultivated instead of lying desolate in the sight of all who pass through.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“And the desolate land shall be tilled, whereas it lay desolate in the sight of all that passed by.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“And the land that was desolate shall be tilled, whereas it was a desolation in the sight of all that passed by.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“And the desolate land is tilled, Instead of which it was a desolation before the eyes of every passer by,”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Ezekiel 36:34 — 6 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Deuteronomy 29:23All its soil will be a burning waste of sulfur and salt, unsown and unproductive, with no plant growing on it, just like the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah, Admah and Zeboiim, which the LORD overthrew in His fierce anger.
  2. 2 Chronicles 36:21So the land enjoyed its Sabbath rest all the days of the desolation, until seventy years were completed, in fulfillment of the word of the LORD through Jeremiah.
  3. Jeremiah 25:9behold, I will summon all the families of the north, declares the LORD, and I will send for My servant Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, whom I will bring against this land, against its residents, and against all the surrounding nations. So I will devote them to destruction and make them an object of horror and contempt, an everlasting desolation.
  4. Ezekiel 5:14I will make you a ruin and a disgrace among the nations around you, in the sight of all who pass by.
  5. Ezekiel 6:14I will stretch out My hand against them, and wherever they live I will make the land a desolate waste, from the wilderness to Diblah. Then they will know that I am the LORD.’”
  6. Ezekiel 36:9For behold, I am on your side; I will turn toward you, and you will be tilled and sown.

Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).

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