Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
to cast it out for a prey—that is, to take the land for a prey, its inhabitants being cast out. Or the land is compared to a prey cast forth to wild beasts. FAIRBAIRN needlessly alters the Hebrew pointing and translates, "that they may plunder its pasturage."
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing Ezekiel 36:5:
Isaiah 34:8
Ezekiel 35:10
Ezekiel 35:15
Joel 1:6
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