## the Word of Yahweh came to me and said ##

See how you translated this in [Ezekiel 3:16](../03/16.md).

## those ruins ##

Possible meanings are: "those ruined buildings" or "those ruined cities"

## the land ##

"the land of Israel"

## The land has been given to us ##

AT: "Yahweh has given us the land." (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive]])

## as a possession ##

AT: "so that we can possess it" or "as an inheritance." They were implying that since there were so many of them, they should possess it.