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Ezek 36:12

How this passage has been read — the sources, oldest to newest.

From the early Church Fathers to now.

Ezek 36:12 · Douay-Rheims
“And I will bring men upon you, my people Israel, and they shall possess thee for their inheritance: and thou shalt be their inheritance, and shalt no more henceforth be without them.”
Patristic before A.D. 750
165
A.D.
Justin Martyr Patristic
A.D. 100–165
“Since then God blesses this people, and calls them Israel, and declares them to be His inheritance, how is it that you repent not of the deception you practise on yourselves, as if you alone were the Israel, and of execrating the people whom God has blessed? For when He speaks to Jerusalem and its environs, He thus added: 'And I will beget men upon you, even my people Israel; and they shall inherit you, and you shall be a possession for them; and you shall be no longer bereaved of them.'”
Source
Modern · 1953 →

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