2 Thus saith the Lord GOD; Because the enemy hath said against you, Aha, even the ancient high places are ours in possession:
2 This is what the Sovereign Lord says: The enemy said of you, "Aha! The ancient heights have become our possession." '
2 Thus says the Lord GOD: Because the enemy said of you, 'Aha!' and, 'The ancient heights have become our possession,'
2 God, the Master, says, Because the enemy crowed over you, "Good! Those old hills are now ours!"
2 Thus says the Lord God: "Because the enemy has said of you, 'Aha! The ancient heights have become our possession,' " '
2 This is what the Sovereign Lord says: Your enemies have taunted you, saying, 'Aha! Now the ancient heights belong to us!'
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Ezekiel 36:2
Commentary on Ezekiel 36:1-15
(Read Ezekiel 36:1-15)
Those who put contempt and reproach on God's people, will have them turned on themselves. God promises favour to his Israel. We have no reason to complain, if the more unkind men are, the more kind God is. They shall come again to their own border. It was a type of the heavenly Canaan, of which all God's children are heirs, and into which they all shall be brought together. And when God returns in mercy to a people who return to him in duty, all their grievances will be set right. The full completion of this prophecy must be in some future event.