Common English Bible

Ezekiel 36:13-17 Common English Bible (CEB)

13. The Lord God proclaims: Because people say, "You are a devourer of human beings" and "You are depriving your nation,"

14. therefore, you will no longer devour human beings or deprive your nation of anything. This is what the Lord God says.

15. You won’t have to listen anymore to the taunts of the nations or endure the scorn of the peoples. And you will no longer deprive your nation of anything. This is what the Lord God says.

16. The Lord’s word came to me:

17. Human one, when the house of Israel lived on their fertile land, they polluted it with their ways and deeds. Their ways before me were polluted like the blood of menstruation,