READ Ezekiel 36 COMMENTARY: : 3        Therefore prophesy and say, Thus says the Lord GOD; Because they have made you desolate, and swallowed you up on every side, that ye might be a possession unto the residue of the heathen, and ye are taken up in the lips of talkers, and are an infamy of the people. (1681 “infamy” [dibbah] means whispering, defamation, evil report, unfavorable report of spies, slander, or bad reputation.) DEVOTION:  Our words do hurt. If someone says anything about you it does really hurt. Too often we think it is fun to laugh at someone else. That is never true. The children of Israel were going through a very rough time. It was their own fault because they choose to not obey the LORD. However, their neighbors didn’t have to laugh at them and say things about…