Ezekiel 7:24
7:24 I will bring the most wicked of the nations and they will take possession of their houses. I will put an end to the arrogance of the strong, and their sanctuaries
1 will be desecrated.
Ezekiel 33:26
33:26 You rely
2 on your swords and commit abominable deeds; each of you defiles his neighbor’s wife. Will you possess the land?’
Ezekiel 33:25
33:25 Therefore say to them, ‘This is what the sovereign
Lord says: You eat the meat with the blood still in it,
3 pray to
4 your idols, and shed blood. Do you really think you will possess
5 the land?
Ezekiel 35:10
35:10 “‘You said, “These two nations, these two lands 6 will be mine, and we will possess them,” 7 – although the Lord was there –
Ezekiel 36:12
36:12 I will lead people, my people Israel, across you; they will possess you and you will become their inheritance. No longer will you bereave them of their children.
Ezekiel 33:24
33:24 “Son of man, the ones living in these ruins in the land of Israel are saying, ‘Abraham was only one man, yet he possessed the land, but we are many; surely the land has been given to us for a possession.’
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1 sn Or “their holy places” (KJV, ASV, NASB, NCV, NRSV).
2 tn Heb “stand.”
3 sn This practice was a violation of Levitical law (see Lev 19:26).
4 tn Heb “lift up your eyes.”
5 tn Heb “Will you possess?”
4 sn The reference is to Israel and Judah.
5 tn Heb “it.”
5 sn Outside of its seven occurrences in Ezekiel the term translated “possession” appears only in Exod 6:8 and Deut 33:4.