Everyone in Israel will help, for it will be a glorious victory for Israel when I demonstrate my glory on that day, says the Sovereign Lord.
Parallel translations
- WEB Yes, all the people of the land shall bury them; and it shall be to them a renown in the day that I shall be glorified, says the Lord Yahweh.
- KJV Yea, all the people of the land shall bury them; and it shall be to them a renown the day that I shall be glorified, saith the Lord GOD.
- BSB All the people of the land will bury them, and it will bring them renown on the day I display My glory, declares the Lord GOD.
- NKJV Indeed all the people of the land will be burying, and they will gain renown for it on the day that I am glorified,” says the Lord God.
- NASB And all the people of the land will bury them; and it will be to their renown on the day that I appear in My glory,” declares the Lord God.
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Quick answer
All the people share in the burial, and it becomes a day of renown when God is glorified. The victory brings honor to Israel and glory to God.
Overview
The whole population takes part in burying the dead, and this becomes a memorable day, for it is the day God is glorified. The cleansing of the land is bound up with the manifestation of God's glory among His people. The verse keeps the focus where Ezekiel always sets it: God acts for the sake of His own glory, the glory that shines fully in the face of Jesus Christ.
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- Ezek 28:22and say, Thus says the Lord Yahweh: Behold, I am against you, Sidon; and I will be glorified among you; and they shall know that I am Yahweh, when I shall have executed judgments in her, and shall be sanctified in her.
- Zeph 3:19–20Behold, at that time I will deal with all those who afflict you, and I will save those who are lame, and gather those who were driven away. I will give them praise and honor, whose shame has been in all the earth.
- Jer 33:9This city shall be to me for a name of joy, for a praise and for a glory, before all the nations of the earth, which shall hear all the good that I do to them, and shall fear and tremble for all the good and for all the peace that I procure to it.’”
- Ezek 39:21–22I will set my glory among the nations; and all the nations shall see my judgment that I have executed, and my hand that I have laid on them.
- Deut 26:19He will make you high above all nations that he has made, in praise, in name, and in honor; and that you may be a holy people to Yahweh your God, as he has spoken.
- Ps 126:2–3Then our mouth was filled with laughter, and our tongue with singing. Then they said among the nations, “Yahweh has done great things for them.”
- Ps 149:6–9May the high praises of God be in their mouths, and a two-edged sword in their hand;
- 1 Pet 1:7that the proof of your faith, which is more precious than gold that perishes even though it is tested by fire, may be found to result in praise, glory, and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ —
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