Ezekiel 36:34

“And the desolate land will be tilled instead of being a desolation in the eyes of everyone who passes by.”

Ezekiel 36:34 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Ezekiel 36:34, word by word

And the desolateנְּשַׁמָּהneshama

be desolate

To be left empty and ruined, or make it so.

Where else “neshama” appears
landאָרֶץarets

land

A region or nation, above all Israel's.

Where else “arets” appears
will be tilledתֵּעָבֵדteaved

work

To toil, till the land.

Where else “teaved” appears
beingהָיְתָהhayta

be

To be: "I will be their Elohim".

Where else “hayta” appears
a desolationשְׁמָמָהshemama

desolation

Desolation: a land left empty and uncultivated; also horror.

Where else “shemama” appears
in the eyesעֵינֵיene

sight

"In the eyes of" someone: in their view.

Where else “ene” appears
who passes byעוֹבֵרover

pass

To get over a river, or go through a land.

Where else “over” appears

The context

33Thus says Adonai YHWH: On the day I cleanse you from all your iniquities, I will cause the cities to be inhabited, and the ruins will be built.

34 · This verse (above)

35And they will say, “This land, the desolate one, has become like the garden of Eden; and the ruined cities, and the desolate and the torn down, are fortified and inhabited.”

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