Ezekiel 33:24
“Son of man, those living in the 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 as a possession.’
Son of man, they that inhabit those wastes of the land of Israel speak, saying, Abraham was one, and he inherited the land: but we are many; the land is given us for inheritance.
“Son of man, those who inhabit the waste places in the land of Israel speak, saying, ‘Abraham was one, and he inherited the land; but we are many. The land is given us for inheritance.’
Son of man, they that inhabit those waste places in the land of Israel speak, saying, Abraham was one, and he inherited the land: but we are many; the land is given us for inheritance.
Related passages
From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, grouped by the word they explain.
- they that
- The small remnant which continued in the land under Gedaliah, after the desolation of Jerusalem, flattered themselves, notwithstanding all their crimes, that they should inherit the whole land.
- Ezekiel 33:27; Ezekiel 5:3, 4; Ezekiel 34:2; Jeremiah 39:10; Jeremiah 40:7
- wastes
- Ezekiel 33:27; Ezekiel 36:4
- Abraham
- Isaiah 51:2; Acts 7:5
- but we
- Micah 3:11; Matthew 3:9; Luke 3:8; John 8:33, 39; Romans 4:12; Romans 9:7; 1 Thessalonians 5:3