The Meaning of Ezekiel 36:19 Explained

Ezekiel 36:19

KJV: And I scattered them among the heathen, and they were dispersed through the countries: according to their way and according to their doings I judged them.

YLT: And I scatter them among nations, And they are spread through lands, According to their way, and according to their doings, I have judged them.

Darby: And I scattered them among the nations, and they were dispersed through the countries: according to their way and according to their doings I judged them.

ASV: and I scattered them among the nations, and they were dispersed through the countries: according to their way and according to their doings I judged them.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

And I scattered  them among the heathen,  and they were dispersed  through the countries:  according to their way  and according to their doings  I judged  them. 

What does Ezekiel 36:19 Mean?

Chapter Summary: Ezekiel 36

1  The land of Israel is comforted, by destruction of the heathen, who spitefully used it
8  and by the blessings of God promised unto it
16  Israel was rejected for their sin
21  and shall be restored without their desert
25  The blessings of Christ's kingdom

What do the individual words in Ezekiel 36:19 mean?

So I scattered them among the nations and they were dispersed throughout the countries According to their ways and their deeds I judged them
וָאָפִ֤יץ אֹתָם֙ בַּגּוֹיִ֔ם וַיִּזָּר֖וּ בָּאֲרָצ֑וֹת כְּדַרְכָּ֥ם וְכַעֲלִילוֹתָ֖ם שְׁפַטְתִּֽים

וָאָפִ֤יץ  So  I  scattered 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Hifil, Consecutive imperfect, first person common singular
Root: פּוּץ 
Sense: to scatter, be dispersed, be scattered.
בַּגּוֹיִ֔ם  among  the  nations 
Parse: Preposition-b, Article, Noun, masculine plural
Root: גֹּוי 
Sense: nation, people.
וַיִּזָּר֖וּ  and  they  were  dispersed 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Nifal, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine plural
Root: זָרָה 
Sense: to scatter, fan, cast away, winnow, disperse, compass, spread, be scattered, be dispersed.
בָּאֲרָצ֑וֹת  throughout  the  countries 
Parse: Preposition-b, Article, Noun, feminine plural
Root: אֶרֶץ  
Sense: land, earth.
כְּדַרְכָּ֥ם  According  to  their  ways 
Parse: Preposition-k, Noun, common singular construct, third person masculine plural
Root: דֶּרֶךְ  
Sense: way, road, distance, journey, manner.
וְכַעֲלִילוֹתָ֖ם  and  their  deeds 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Preposition-k, Noun, feminine plural construct, third person masculine plural
Root: עֲלִילָה  
Sense: wantonness, deed, doing.
שְׁפַטְתִּֽים  I  judged  them 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Perfect, first person common singular, third person masculine plural
Root: שָׁפַט  
Sense: to judge, govern, vindicate, punish.