Ezekiel 36:3

"The Lord GOD says: ‘Because the enemy has said against you, “Aha!” and, “The ancient high places are ours in possession!”’"

Key Reflection

This verse reveals how the enemies mockingly claim ownership of God's holy sites, symbolizing their defiance and desecration of sacred ground. Such mockery underscores the need for divine restoration and reclamation of spiritual authority over these places.

From the Scholars: Barnes' Notes

The residue of the pagan -Those of the surrounding nations which had survived Jerusalem’s fall, and may have profited by it.

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