Ezekiel 36:3
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Therefore prophesy and say, Thus saith the Lord God; Because they have made you desolate, and swallowed you up on every side, that ye might be a possession unto the residue of the heathen, and ye are taken up in the lips of talkers, and are an infamy of the people:therefore prophesy and declare that this is what the Lord GOD says: Because they have made you desolate and have trampled you on every side, so that you became a possession of the rest of the nations and were taken up in slander by the lips of their talkers,
In other translations
Therefore prophesy and say, Thus saith the Lord God; Because they have made you desolate, and swallowed you up on every side, that ye might be a possession unto the residue of the heathen, and ye are taken up in the lips of talkers, and are an infamy of the people:therefore prophesy and declare that this is what the Lord GOD says: Because they have made you desolate and have trampled you on every side, so that you became a possession of the rest of the nations and were taken up in slander by the lips of their talkers,
Hebrew words
לָכֵןlakhen<to> thereforeH3651הִנָּבֵאhinave'prophesyH5012וְאָמַרְתָּve'amartaand you will sayH559כֹּהkohthusH3541אָמַר'amarhe saysH559אֲדֹנָי'adonai[the] LordH136יְהוִהyahwehYahwehH3069יַעַןya'anbecauseH3282בְּיַעַןbeya'anby causeH3282שַׁמּוֹתshamotto desolateH8074וְשָׁאֹףvesha'ofand to crushH7602אֶתְכֶם'etkhem<obj.> youH853מִסָּבִיבmisavivfrom round aboutH5439לִהְיוֹתְכֶםlihyotkhemto be youH1961מוֹרָשָׁהmorashaha possessionH4181לִשְׁאֵרִיתlish'eritof [the] rest ofH7611הַגּוֹיִםhagoyimthe nationsH1471וַתֵּעֲלוּvate'aluand you have been taken upH5927עַל־'al-onH5921שְׂפַתsefata lip ofH8193לָשׁוֹןlashona tongueH3956וְדִבַּת־vedibat-and [the] whispering ofH1681עָם׃'am[the] peopleH5971
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