Ezekiel 36 — The restored land, the holy name and the new heart — Hebrew and Greek compared
Disparate in this chapter: 36:12, 36:13
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Ezekiel 36 — The restored land, the holy name and the new heart
36:1–36:12 — The mountains will bear fruit again
Verse 36:1 Same
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
[36:1] “And you, son of man, prophesy to Israel’s mountains and say, ‘Mountains of Israel, hear YHWH’s word!
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
[36:1] “And you, son of man, prophesy concerning Israel’s mountains and say to Israel’s mountains, ‘Hear the Lord’s word:
Classification & Notes
Same. Text: Both address the mountains directly.
Verse 36:2 Different
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
[36:2] Thus says Lord YHWH: Because the enemy said over you, “Aha! The everlasting heights have become our possession,”
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
[36:2] Thus says the Lord, the Lord: Because the enemy said over you, “Well done! Everlasting wildernesses have become our possession,”
Classification & Notes
Different. Text: Hebrew everlasting heights becomes Greek everlasting wildernesses.
Verse 36:3 Different
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
[36:3] therefore prophesy and say, Thus says Lord YHWH: Because, indeed because, they devastated and seized you from every side, so that you became a possession for the remaining nations, and you came upon the lips of talkers and into the people’s slander,
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
[36:3] therefore prophesy and say, Thus says the Lord, the Lord: Because you were dishonored and hated by those around you, so that you became a possession for the remaining nations, and you became a subject of talk on a tongue and a reproach to nations,
Classification & Notes
Different. Text: Hebrew devastation and seizing becomes Greek dishonor and hatred; the people’s slander becomes nations’ reproach.
Verse 36:4 Similar
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
[36:4] therefore, mountains of Israel, hear Lord YHWH’s word! Thus says Lord YHWH to the mountains, hills, ravines, valleys, desolate ruins and abandoned cities, which became plunder and mockery for the remaining nations around them:
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
[36:4] therefore, mountains of Israel, hear the Lord’s word! Thus says the Lord to the mountains, hills, ravines, torrents, devastated and destroyed places, and abandoned cities, which became plunder and a trampling place for the remaining nations all around:
Classification & Notes
Similar. Text: The geographical and ruin lists differ slightly; mockery becomes Greek trampling.
Verse 36:5 Different
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
[36:5] Therefore thus says Lord YHWH: Surely in the fire of My jealousy I have spoken against the remaining nations and all Edom, who gave My land to themselves as a possession with wholehearted joy and contempt of soul, so that its pastureland became plunder.
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
[36:5] Therefore thus says the Lord, the Lord: Surely in the fire of My wrath I have spoken against the remaining nations and all Idumea, because they gave My land to themselves as a possession with rejoicing, dishonoring lives so as to destroy through plunder.
Classification & Notes
Different. Text: Hebrew jealousy, wholehearted joy, contempt of soul and the difficult pastureland/plunder clause contrasts with Greek wrath, dishonoring lives and destruction through plunder.
Verse 36:6 Same
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
[36:6] Therefore prophesy over Israel’s soil and say to the mountains, hills, ravines and valleys, Thus says Lord YHWH: Behold, I have spoken in My jealousy and My fury because you have borne the nations’ disgrace.
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
[36:6] Therefore prophesy over Israel’s land and say to the mountains, hills, ravines and valleys, Thus says the Lord: Behold, I have spoken in My jealousy and My wrath because you bore the nations’ reproaches.
Classification & Notes
Same. Text: The four geographical addresses and grounds for divine response correspond.
Verse 36:7 Different
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
[36:7] Therefore thus says Lord YHWH: I have raised My hand: surely the nations around you will bear their own disgrace.
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
[36:7] Therefore I will raise My hand against the nations around you; these will receive their own dishonor.
Classification & Notes
Different. Text: Hebrew a completed raised-hand oath and divine formula becomes Greek a future raised hand explicitly against the nations, without the formula.
Verse 36:8 Different
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
[36:8] But you, mountains of Israel, will put forth your branches and bear your fruit for My people Israel, for they are near to coming.
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
[36:8] But your grapes and fruit, mountains of Israel, My people will consume, for they are approaching to come.
Classification & Notes
Different. Text: Hebrew branches and fruit borne for Israel becomes Greek grapes and fruit eaten by My people, without naming Israel a second time.
Verse 36:9 Similar
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
[36:9] For behold, I am for you; I will turn toward you, and you will be cultivated and sown.
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
[36:9] For behold, I am toward you; I will look upon you, and you will be cultivated and sown.
Classification & Notes
Similar. Text: Hebrew turning becomes Greek looking upon the land.
Verse 36:10 Similar
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
[36:10] I will multiply people upon you, all Israel’s house, all of it. The cities will be inhabited and the ruins rebuilt.
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
[36:10] I will multiply people upon you, all Israel’s house completely. The cities will be inhabited and the devastated land rebuilt.
Classification & Notes
Similar. Text: Hebrew plural ruins becomes Greek a singular devastated place.
Verse 36:11 Different
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
[36:11] I will multiply humans and animals upon you; they will multiply and be fruitful. I will settle you as in your former times and do better for you than at your beginnings. You will know that I am YHWH.
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
[36:11] I will multiply humans and livestock upon you, settle you as at your beginning and do you good as in your former times. You will know that I am the Lord.
Classification & Notes
Different. Text: Greek lacks they will multiply and be fruitful and promises good as formerly, where Hebrew promises better than the beginnings.
Verse 36:12 Disparate
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
[36:12] I will cause people, My people Israel, to walk upon you. They will possess you, and you will be their inheritance. You will no longer bereave them.
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
[36:12] I will cause people, My people Israel, to be born upon you. They will inherit you, and you will be their possession. You certainly will no longer be bereaved of them.
Classification & Notes
Disparate. Text: Hebrew people walking becomes Greek people being born. Hebrew the land no longer bereaving them becomes Greek the land no longer being bereaved of them.
36:13–36:15 — The land’s reproach removed
Verse 36:13 Disparate
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
[36:13] Thus says Lord YHWH: Because they say to you, “You devour human beings and have bereaved your nations,”
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
[36:13] Thus says the Lord, the Lord: Because they said to you, “You devour human beings and became bereaved by your nation,”
Classification & Notes
Disparate. Text: Hebrew makes the land bereave its nations; Greek makes its nation bereave the land, with a singular nation.
Verse 36:14 Different
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
[36:14] therefore you will no longer devour human beings or make your nations stumble, declares Lord YHWH.
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
[36:14] therefore you will no longer eat human beings or bereave your nation, says the Lord, the Lord.
Classification & Notes
Different. Text: The displayed Hebrew tekhashsheli is rendered make stumble; Greek explicitly says bereave. Hebrew’s written/read-form relationship is not silently resolved by the Greek.
Verse 36:15 Different
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
[36:15] I will no longer make the nations’ disgrace heard against you; you will no longer bear the peoples’ reproach or make your nations stumble, declares Lord YHWH.’”
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
[36:15] The nations’ dishonor will no longer be heard against you, and you certainly will not bear the peoples’ reproaches, says the Lord, the Lord.’”
Classification & Notes
Different. Text: Greek lacks the final make your nations stumble clause and makes hearing passive rather than God’s explicit action.
36:16–36:21 — The profaned holy name
Verse 36:16 Same
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
[36:16] YHWH’s word came to me, saying,
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
[36:16] The Lord’s word came to me, saying,
Classification & Notes
Same. Text: The renewed word formula agrees.
Verse 36:17 Different
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
[36:17] “Son of man, Israel’s house lived upon their soil and defiled it by their way and their deeds. Their way before Me was like the uncleanness of menstruation.
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
[36:17] “Son of man, Israel’s house lived upon their land and defiled it by their way, their idols and their uncleannesses. Their way before Me became like the uncleanness of a woman sitting apart.
Classification & Notes
Different. Text: Hebrew deeds becomes Greek explicit idols and uncleannesses. Greek describes the woman sitting apart instead of the Hebrew menstruation noun.
Verse 36:18 Divergent
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
[36:18] I poured My fury upon them because of the blood they shed upon the land, and they defiled it with their idols.
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
[36:18] I poured My wrath upon them
Classification & Notes
Divergent. Text: Greek 36:18 contains only the divine wrath clause; Hebrew’s bloodshed and idol-defilement explanation is absent here.
Verse 36:19 Different
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
[36:19] I scattered them among the nations, and they were dispersed among the lands. I judged them according to their way and their deeds.
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
[36:19] and scattered them among the nations and winnowed them into the countries. I judged them according to their way and their sin.
Classification & Notes
Different. Text: Hebrew passive dispersal becomes God’s active winnowing; deeds becomes Greek sin.
Verse 36:20 Similar
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
[36:20] Israel came to the nations where they went, and they profaned My holy name when people said of them, ‘These are YHWH’s people, yet they have left His land.’
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
[36:20] They entered the nations where they entered, and profaned My holy name when it was said of them, ‘These are the Lord’s people, and they have left His land.’
Classification & Notes
Similar. Text: Hebrew’s initial singular collective verb is represented by Israel; Greek is plural throughout. Both retain the outsiders’ statement.
Verse 36:21 Different
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
[36:21] I had concern for My holy name, which Israel’s house profaned among the nations where they went.
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
[36:21] I spared them because of My holy name, which Israel’s house profaned among the nations where they entered.
Classification & Notes
Different. Text: Hebrew has concern for the name; Greek explicitly spares the people because of the name.
36:22–36:32 — Gathering, cleansing and a new heart
Verse 36:22 Same
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
[36:22] Therefore say to Israel’s house, ‘Thus says Lord YHWH: I am not acting for your sake, house of Israel, but for My holy name, which you profaned among the nations where you went.
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
[36:22] Therefore say to Israel’s house, ‘Thus says the Lord: I am not acting for you, house of Israel, but because of My holy name, which you profaned among the nations where you entered.
Classification & Notes
Same. Text: Both explicitly ground the action in the holy name rather than the people’s sake.
Verse 36:23 Similar
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
[36:23] I will sanctify My great name, profaned among the nations, which you profaned among them. The nations will know that I am YHWH, declares Lord YHWH, when I show Myself holy in you before their eyes.
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
[36:23] I will sanctify My great name, profaned among the nations, which you profaned among them. The nations will know that I am the Lord when I am sanctified in you before their eyes.
Classification & Notes
Similar. Text: Greek lacks the internal declares-Lord-YHWH formula and gives the passive sanctified.
Verse 36:24 Same
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
[36:24] I will take you from the nations, gather you from all the lands and bring you into your own soil.
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
[36:24] I will take you out of the nations, gather you out of all the lands and bring you into your own land.
Classification & Notes
Same. Text: The full gathering promise corresponds.
Verse 36:25 Similar
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
[36:25] I will sprinkle clean water upon you, and you will be clean. From all your uncleannesses and all your idols I will cleanse you.
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
[36:25] I will sprinkle clean water upon you, and you will be cleansed from all your uncleannesses and all your idols. I will cleanse you.
Classification & Notes
Similar. Text: The same cleansing content is divided into clauses differently. No later sacramental interpretation is inserted into the ancient text.
Verse 36:26 Same
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
[36:26] I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit within you. I will remove the heart of stone from your flesh and give you a heart of flesh.
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
[36:26] I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit within you. I will remove the stone heart from your flesh and give you a fleshly heart.
Classification & Notes
Same. Text: The new heart/spirit and stone/flesh contrast agrees. Fleshly describes material, not moral corruption.
Verse 36:27 Same
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
[36:27] I will put My Spirit within you and bring it about that you walk in My statutes, keep My judgments and do them.
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
[36:27] I will put My Spirit within you and cause you to walk in My ordinances, keep My judgments and do them.
Classification & Notes
Same. Text: Both explicitly name God’s Spirit and His action enabling obedience.
Verse 36:28 Same
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
[36:28] You will dwell in the land I gave your fathers. You will be My people, and I will be your God.
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
[36:28] You will dwell upon the land I gave your fathers. You will be My people, and I will be your God.
Classification & Notes
Same. Text: The land and covenant relationship agree.
Verse 36:29 Same
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
[36:29] I will save you from all your uncleannesses. I will summon the grain and multiply it, and will not bring famine upon you.
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
[36:29] I will save you from all your uncleannesses, summon the grain and multiply it, and will not bring famine upon you.
Classification & Notes
Same. Text: The rescue, grain and negative famine promise correspond.
Verse 36:30 Similar
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
[36:30] I will multiply the tree’s fruit and the field’s yield, so that you no longer bear the reproach of famine among the nations.
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
[36:30] I will multiply the tree’s fruit and the field’s produce, so that you do not bear the reproach of famine among the nations.
Classification & Notes
Similar. Text: Greek lacks Hebrew’s no longer.
Verse 36:31 Different
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
[36:31] You will remember your evil ways and deeds that were not good, and loathe yourselves for your iniquities and abominations.
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
[36:31] You will remember your evil ways and practices that were not good, and feel disgust before them at your lawless deeds and abominations.
Classification & Notes
Different. Text: Hebrew uses a self-directed expression, literally in your faces; Greek has before them. Its pronoun is retained without substituting yourselves.
Verse 36:32 Same
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
[36:32] I am not acting for your sake, declares Lord YHWH; let this be known to you. Be ashamed and humiliated because of your ways, house of Israel.
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
[36:32] I am not acting because of you, says the Lord, the Lord; this will be known to you. Be ashamed and abashed because of your ways, house of Israel.
Classification & Notes
Same. Text: Both repeat the motive and command shame for the former ways.
36:33–36:38 — The ruined cities filled
Verse 36:33 Same
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
[36:33] Thus says Lord YHWH: On the day I cleanse you from all your iniquities, I will cause the cities to be inhabited and the ruins rebuilt.
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
[36:33] Thus says the Lord: On the day I cleanse you from all your lawless deeds, I will cause the cities to be inhabited, and the wilderness places will be rebuilt.
Classification & Notes
Same. Text: Cleansing and rebuilding remain linked in both.
Verse 36:34 Same
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
[36:34] The desolate land will be cultivated instead of lying desolate before every passerby’s eyes.
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
[36:34] The devastated land will be worked, in place of its having been devastated before every passerby’s eyes.
Classification & Notes
Same. Text: The reversal from devastation to cultivation agrees.
Verse 36:35 Similar
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
[36:35] They will say, “This land that was desolate has become like Eden’s garden, and the ruined, desolate, demolished cities are fortified and inhabited.”
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
[36:35] They will say, “That devastated land has become like a garden of delight, and the deserted, devastated, razed cities stand fortified.”
Classification & Notes
Similar. Text: Hebrew Eden becomes Greek delight; the Greek city clause emphasizes their fortified standing.
Verse 36:36 Same
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
[36:36] The nations remaining around you will know that I, YHWH, have rebuilt the demolished places and planted the desolate land. I, YHWH, have spoken and will act.
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
[36:36] The nations remaining around you will know that I, the Lord, have rebuilt the razed places and planted the devastated places. I, the Lord, have spoken and will act.
Classification & Notes
Same. Text: The surrounding nations recognize the rebuilding and planting.
Verse 36:37 Same
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
[36:37] Thus says Lord YHWH: I will also be sought by Israel’s house to do this for them: I will multiply them, human beings like a flock.
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
[36:37] Thus says the Lord: I will also be sought by Israel’s house to do this for them: I will multiply them, human beings like sheep.
Classification & Notes
Same. Text: Both retain the seeking of God and the human flock comparison.
Verse 36:38 Similar
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
[36:38] Like a flock for holy offerings, like Jerusalem’s flock at her appointed festivals, so the ruined cities will be filled with flocks of people. They will know that I am YHWH.’”
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
[36:38] Like holy sheep, like Jerusalem’s sheep at her festivals, so the deserted cities will be filled with sheep who are human beings. They will know that I am the Lord.’”
Classification & Notes
Similar. Text: The sacred festival flock is the comparison in both; neither column removes the explicit human referent.