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Ezekiel 36:35

And they shall say, This land that was desolate is become like the garden of Eden; and the waste and desolate and ruined cities are become fenced, and are inhabited.

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וְאָמְר֗וּveamervand sayאָמַרconjunction, verb, qal, sequential perfect, 3rd person, common, plural — “and say”, a completed action in a sequenceH559to say (used with great latitude)answer, appoint, avouch, bid, boast self, call, certify, challenge, charge, [phrase] (at the, give) command(-ment), commune, consider, declare, demand, [idiom] desire, determine, [idiom] expressly, [idiom] indeed, [idiom] intend, name, [id…הָאָ֤רֶץhaaretsthe earthאֶרֶץdefinite article, noun, common, both genders, singular, absolute — “the earth”, the ordinary formH776the earth (at large, or partitively a land)[idiom] common, country, earth, field, ground, land, [idiom] natins, way, [phrase] wilderness, world.הַלֵּ֨זוּ֙halezvthisהַלֵּזוּpronoun, demonstrative, feminine, singular — “this”H1977thatthis.הַנְּשַׁמָּ֔הhanshamahthe make amazedשָׁמֵםdefinite article, verb, niphal, passive participle, absolute — “the make amazed”, a verb used as a describing wordH8074to stun (or intransitively, grow numb), i.e. devastate or (figuratively) stupefy (both usually in a passive sense)make amazed, be astonied, (be an) astonish(-ment), (be, bring into, unto, lay, lie, make) desolate(-ion, places), be destitute, destroy (self), (lay, lie, make) waste, wonder.הָיְתָ֖הhayetahbeהָיָהverb, qal, perfect, 3rd person, feminine, singular — “be”, a completed actionH1961to exist, i.e. be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)beacon, [idiom] altogether, be(-come), accomplished, committed, like), break, cause, come (to pass), do, faint, fall, [phrase] follow, happen, [idiom] have, last, pertain, quit (one-) self, require, [idiom] use.כְּגַןkeganas gardenגַּןpreposition, noun, common, both genders, singular, construct — “as garden”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH1588a garden (as fenced)garden.עֵ֑דֶןedenEdenעֵדֶןnoun, proper name — “Eden”H5731Eden, the region of Adam's homeEden.וְהֶעָרִ֧יםvehearimand the cityעִירconjunction, definite article, noun, common, feminine, plural, absolute — “and the city”, the ordinary formH5892a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post)Ai (from margin), city, court (from margin), town.הֶחֳרֵב֛וֹתhechorevotthe desolateחָרֵבdefinite article, adjective, adjective, feminine, plural, absolute — “the desolate”, the ordinary formH2720parched or ruineddesolate, dry, waste.וְהַֽנְשַׁמּ֥וֹתvehanshamotand the make amazedשָׁמֵםconjunction, definite article, verb, niphal, passive participle, absolute — “and the make amazed”, a verb used as a describing wordH8074to stun (or intransitively, grow numb), i.e. devastate or (figuratively) stupefy (both usually in a passive sense)make amazed, be astonied, (be an) astonish(-ment), (be, bring into, unto, lay, lie, make) desolate(-ion, places), be destitute, destroy (self), (lay, lie, make) waste, wonder.וְהַנֶּהֱרָס֖וֹתvehaneherasotand the breakהָרַסconjunction, definite article, verb, niphal, passive participle, absolute — “and the break”, a verb used as a describing wordH2040to pull down or in pieces, break, destroybeat down, break (down, through), destroy, overthrow, pluck down, pull down, ruin, throw down, [idiom] utterly.בְּצוּר֥וֹתbetsurotgatherבָּצַרadjective, adjective, feminine, plural, absolute — “gather”, the ordinary formH1219to gather grapes; also to be isolated (i.e. inaccessible by height or fortification)cut off, (de-) fenced, fortify, (grape) gather(-er), mighty things, restrain, strong, wall (up), withhold.יָשָֽׁבוּyashavvdwellיָשַׁבverb, qal, perfect, 3rd person, common, plural — “dwell”, a completed actionH3427properly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry(make to) abide(-ing), continue, (cause to, make to) dwell(-ing), ease self, endure, establish, [idiom] fail, habitation, haunt, (make to) inhabit(-ant), make to keep (house), lurking, [idiom] marry(-ing), (bring again to) place, remain, r…

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

And they shall say: This land that was desolate is become like the garden of Eden; and the waste and desolate and ruined cities are fortified and inhabited.

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American Standard Version (1901)

And they shall say, This land that was desolate is become like the garden of Eden; and the waste and desolate and ruined cities are fortified and inhabited.

Young’s Literal Translation

And they have said: This land, that was desolated, Hath been as the garden of Eden, And the cities — the wasted, And the desolated, and the broken down, Fenced places have remained.

World English Bible

They will say, ‘This land that was desolate has become like the garden of Eden. The waste, desolate, and ruined cities are fortified and inhabited.’

Darby Translation

And they shall say, This land that was desolate is become like the garden of Eden; and the waste and desolate and ruined cities [are] fortified [and] inhabited.

Douay-Rheims

They shall say: This land that was untilled is become as a garden of pleasure: and the cities that were abandoned, and desolate, and destroyed, are peopled and fenced.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

And they shall say: This land that was desolate is become like the garden of Eden; and the waste and desolate and ruined cities are fortified and inhabited.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

And they shall say, That desolate land is become like a garden of delight; and the waste and desolate and ruined cities are inhabited.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Καὶ ἐροῦσιν, ἡ γῆ ἐκείνη ἠφανισμένη ἐγενήθη ὡς κῆπος τρυφῆς, καὶ αἱ πόλεις αἱ ἔρημοι καὶ ἠφανισμέναι καὶ κατεσκαμμέναι ὀχυραὶ ἐκάθισαν.