Verse Lens · Context pointer
Ezekiel 28:24 Explained in Context
Use this verse as a doorway into the larger passage—not as an isolated saying.
Verse 24. 24And there shall be no more a pricking brier unto the house of Israel, nor any grieving thorn of all that are round about them, that despised them; and they shall know that I am the Lord GOD.
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Role in This Section
The prophetic word through Ezekiel carries the next action, claim, image, or measurement through “And there shall be no more a pricking brier unto the house of Israel, nor any grieving thorn…” at Ezekiel 28:24 as part of “Israel Is Gathered to Dwell Securely after Neighbor Judgment.”
Read It With
- Ezekiel 28:24–26
Read Ezekiel 28:24 with 28:24–26. By itself, “And there shall be no more a pricking brier unto the house of Israel, nor any grieving thorn…” can be detached from the speaker, addressee, date, exilic horizon, visionary movement, or outcome that gives it force. The complete unit establishes: The removal of pricking neighbors accompanies gathering from nations, holiness before observers, rebuilding, planting, and secure dwelling.
Why It Needs Context
Keep the line with Ezekiel 28:24–26. The prophetic word through Ezekiel carries the next action, claim, image, or measurement through “And there shall be no more a pricking brier unto the house of Israel, nor any grieving thorn…” at Ezekiel 28:24 as part of “Israel Is Gathered to Dwell Securely after Neighbor Judgment.” The literary form and this limit govern it: The promise does not authorize dispossession, claim a modern state is beyond moral scrutiny, or make neighboring peoples thorns by ethnicity.
Continue in Context
Read the complete section for the connected explanation and how it should shape life. This verse is a doorway into that passage, not a saying that stands alone.
Read Ezekiel 28:24–26 — Israel Is Gathered to Dwell Securely after Neighbor JudgmentSources used for this context pointer
How certain is this explanation? strong
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Biblical text
King James (Authorized) Version — eng-kjv2006
eBible.org and CrossWire Bible Society
USFM archive eng-kjv2006_usfm.zip; source files dated 2026-08-19; downloaded 2026-08-24; archive SHA-256 aec1b3b26c622fd3d963d2bbac963016b9513246ffbfa20da00bb100372ea007; normalized corpus SHA-256 09aef51d90488aa7b9722b3fd9a93f4b25f6bf2064c5fd798fb39673c300ddf2.
Supports: Exact displayed KJV wording, verse order, paragraph metadata, supplied-word markup, and complete thought-unit coverage.
Exact location: Ezekiel 28:24–26, pinned eng-kjv2006 USFM-derived repository corpus
Open source ↗hebrew text and morphology
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible: Ezekiel
Open Scriptures
Open Scriptures, release 2.2
Supports: Masoretic Hebrew wording and morphology checked at the exact unit without treating morphology as a critical apparatus or interpretation.
Exact location: Open Scriptures MorphHB v2.2, commit 6a5db284c715c18b239422e57bb89684e6a19f00, wlc/Ezek.xml, OSIS 28:24–26
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