Ezekiel 36:14 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Therefore thou shalt devour men no more, neither bereave thy nations any more, saith the Lord GOD. Therefore thou shalt devour men no more, neither bereave, х lo' (H3808) tªshakªliy (H7921)] - so the Qeri' or Hebrew margin reads, to correspond to "hast bereaved" in Ezekiel 36:13; but [tªkashliy] 'cause to fall' or 'stumble,' in the Hebrew text or Kethibh, being the more difficult reading, is the one least likely to come from a corrector: also, it forms a good transition to the next subject-namely, the moral cause of the people's calamities, namely, their falls or stumblings through sin. The latter ceasing, the former also shall cease. So the same expression follows in Ezekiel 36:15, "Neither shalt thou cause thy nations to fall anymore."