Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version and I will cause many people to live on you—yes, all of Israel. The towns will be inhabited and the ruins rebuilt. New Living Translation I will greatly increase the population of Israel, and the ruined cities will be rebuilt and filled with people. English Standard Version And I will multiply people on you, the whole house of Israel, all of it. The cities shall be inhabited and the waste places rebuilt. Berean Standard Bible I will multiply the people upon you—the house of Israel in its entirety. The cities will be inhabited and the ruins rebuilt. King James Bible And I will multiply men upon you, all the house of Israel, even all of it: and the cities shall be inhabited, and the wastes shall be builded: New King James Version I will multiply men upon you, all the house of Israel, all of it; and the cities shall be inhabited and the ruins rebuilt. New American Standard Bible And I will multiply people on you, all the house of Israel, all of it; and the cities will be inhabited and the ruins will be rebuilt. NASB 1995 ‘I will multiply men on you, all the house of Israel, all of it; and the cities will be inhabited and the waste places will be rebuilt. NASB 1977 ‘And I will multiply men on you, all the house of Israel, all of it; and the cities will be inhabited, and the waste places will be rebuilt. Legacy Standard Bible I will multiply men on you, all the house of Israel, all of it; and the cities will be inhabited, and the waste places will be rebuilt. Amplified Bible I will multiply people on you, all the house of Israel, [indeed] all of it; the cities shall be inhabited and the ruins will be rebuilt. Christian Standard Bible I will fill you with people, with the whole house of Israel in its entirety. The cities will be inhabited and the ruins rebuilt. Holman Christian Standard Bible I will fill you with people, with the whole house of Israel in its entirety. The cities will be inhabited and the ruins rebuilt. American Standard Version and I will multiply men upon you, all the house of Israel, even all of it; and the cities shall be inhabited, and the waste places shall be builded; Contemporary English Version The people of Israel will return and rebuild your ruined towns and live in them. English Revised Version and I will multiply men upon you, all the house of Israel, even all of it: and the cities shall be inhabited, and the waste places shall be builded: GOD'S WORD® Translation I will increase the number of people who live on you. All the people of Israel, all of them, will live on you. The cities will be inhabited, and the ruins will be rebuilt. Good News Translation I will make your population grow. You will live in the cities and rebuild everything that was left in ruins. International Standard Version I'm going to make the entire house of Israel grow—every single member —and their cities will be inhabited with all the ruins rebuilt. Majority Standard Bible I will multiply the people upon you?the house of Israel in its entirety. The cities will be inhabited and the ruins rebuilt. NET Bible I will multiply your people--the whole house of Israel, all of it. The cities will be populated and the ruins rebuilt. New Heart English Bible and I will multiply men on you, all the house of Israel, even all of it; and the cities shall be inhabited, and the waste places shall be built; Webster's Bible Translation And I will multiply men upon you, all the house of Israel, even all of it: and the cities shall be inhabited, and the wastes shall be built. World English Bible I will multiply men on you, all the house of Israel, even all of it. The cities will be inhabited and the waste places will be built. Literal Translations Literal Standard VersionAnd I have multiplied men on you, "" All the house of Israel—all of it, "" And the cities have been inhabited, "" And the ruins are built. Young's Literal Translation And I have multiplied on you men, All the house of Israel -- all of it, And the cities have been inhabited, And the wastes are built. Smith's Literal Translation And I multiplied man upon you, all the house of Israel, all of it: and the cities were inhabited and the wastes shall be built. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleAnd I will multiply men upon you, and all the house of Israel: and the cities shall be inhabited, and the ruinous places shall be repaired. Catholic Public Domain Version And I will multiply men among you and among all the house of Israel. And the cities shall be inhabited, and the ruinous places shall be restored. New American Bible Upon you I will multiply the whole house of Israel; cities shall be resettled and ruins rebuilt. New Revised Standard Version and I will multiply your population, the whole house of Israel, all of it; the towns shall be inhabited and the waste places rebuilt; Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleAnd I will multiply men upon you, all the house of Israel, even all of it; and the cities shall be inhabited, and the ruined places shall be rebuilt. Peshitta Holy Bible Translated And I shall multiply children of men for you, the entire house of Israel, and the cities shall be inhabited and the desolations shall be built OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917and I will multiply men upon you, all the house of Israel, even all of it; and the cities shall be inhabited, and the waste places shall be builded; Brenton Septuagint Translation and I will multiply men upon you, even all the house of Israel to the end: and the cities shall be inhabited, and the desolate land shall be built upon. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context A Prophecy to the Mountains of Israel…9For behold, I am on your side; I will turn toward you, and you will be tilled and sown. 10I will multiply the people upon you — the house of Israel in its entirety. The cities will be inhabited and the ruins rebuilt. 11I will fill you with people and animals, and they will multiply and be fruitful. I will make you as inhabited as you once were, and I will make you prosper more than before. Then you will know that I am the LORD.… Cross References Jeremiah 31:27-28 “The days are coming,” declares the LORD, “when I will sow the house of Israel and the house of Judah with the seed of man and of beast. / Just as I watched over them to uproot and tear down, to demolish, destroy, and bring disaster, so I will watch over them to build and to plant,” declares the LORD. Isaiah 11:11-12 On that day the Lord will extend His hand a second time to recover the remnant of His people from Assyria, from Egypt, from Pathros, from Cush, from Elam, from Shinar, from Hamath, and from the islands of the sea. / He will raise a banner for the nations and gather the exiles of Israel; He will collect the scattered of Judah from the four corners of the earth. Amos 9:14-15 I will restore My people Israel from captivity; they will rebuild and inhabit the ruined cities. They will plant vineyards and drink their wine; they will make gardens and eat their fruit. / I will firmly plant them in their own land, never again to be uprooted from the land that I have given them,” says the LORD your God. Zechariah 8:7-8 This is what the LORD of Hosts says: “I will save My people from the land of the east and from the land of the west. / I will bring them back to dwell in Jerusalem, where they will be My people, and I will be their faithful and righteous God.” Isaiah 49:19-20 For your ruined and desolate places and your ravaged land will now indeed be too small for your people, and those who devoured you will be far away. / Yet the children of your bereavement will say in your hearing, ‘This place is too small for us; make room for us to live here.’ Jeremiah 30:18-19 This is what the LORD says: “I will restore the fortunes of Jacob’s tents and have compassion on his dwellings. And the city will be rebuilt on her own ruins, and the palace will stand in its rightful place. / Thanksgiving will proceed from them, a sound of celebration. I will multiply them, and they will not be decreased; I will honor them, and they will not be belittled. Isaiah 54:3 For you will spread out to the right and left; your descendants will dispossess the nations and inhabit the desolate cities. Hosea 1:10-11 Yet the number of the Israelites will be like the sand of the sea, which cannot be measured or counted. And it will happen that in the very place where it was said to them, ‘You are not My people,’ they will be called ‘sons of the living God.’ / Then the people of Judah and of Israel will be gathered together, and they will appoint for themselves one leader, and will go up out of the land. For great will be the day of Jezreel. Isaiah 60:21-22 Then all your people will be righteous; they will possess the land forever; they are the branch of My planting, the work of My hands, so that I may be glorified. / The least of you will become a thousand, and the smallest a mighty nation. I am the LORD; in its time I will accomplish it quickly. Jeremiah 32:41-42 Yes, I will rejoice in doing them good, and I will faithfully plant them in this land with all My heart and with all My soul. / For this is what the LORD says: Just as I have brought all this great disaster on this people, so I will bring on them all the good I have promised them. Romans 11:25-26 I do not want you to be ignorant of this mystery, brothers, so that you will not be conceited: A hardening in part has come to Israel, until the full number of the Gentiles has come in. / And so all Israel will be saved, as it is written: “The Deliverer will come from Zion; He will remove godlessness from Jacob. Acts 3:19-21 Repent, then, and turn back, so that your sins may be wiped away, / that times of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord, and that He may send Jesus, the Christ, who has been appointed for you. / Heaven must take Him in until the time comes for the restoration of all things, which God announced long ago through His holy prophets. Romans 9:25-26 As He says in Hosea: “I will call them ‘My People’ who are not My people, and I will call her ‘My Beloved’ who is not My beloved,” / and, “It will happen that in the very place where it was said to them, ‘You are not My people,’ they will be called ‘sons of the living God.’” Ephesians 2:12-13 remember that at that time you were separate from Christ, alienated from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers to the covenants of the promise, without hope and without God in the world. / But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far away have been brought near through the blood of Christ. Revelation 21:3-4 And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying: “Behold, the dwelling place of God is with man, and He will dwell with them. They will be His people, and God Himself will be with them as their God. / ‘He will wipe away every tear from their eyes,’ and there will be no more death or mourning or crying or pain, for the former things have passed away.” Treasury of Scripture And I will multiply men on you, all the house of Israel, even all of it: and the cities shall be inhabited, and the wastes shall be built: I will Ezekiel 36:37 Thus saith the Lord GOD; I will yet for this be inquired of by the house of Israel, to do it for them; I will increase them with men like a flock. Isaiah 27:6 He shall cause them that come of Jacob to take root: Israel shall blossom and bud, and fill the face of the world with fruit. Jeremiah 30:19 And out of them shall proceed thanksgiving and the voice of them that make merry: and I will multiply them, and they shall not be few; I will also glorify them, and they shall not be small. the wastes Ezekiel 36:33 Thus saith the Lord GOD; In the day that I shall have cleansed you from all your iniquities I will also cause you to dwell in the cities, and the wastes shall be builded. Isaiah 51:3 For the LORD shall comfort Zion: he will comfort all her waste places; and he will make her wilderness like Eden, and her desert like the garden of the LORD; joy and gladness shall be found therein, thanksgiving, and the voice of melody. Isaiah 52:9 Break forth into joy, sing together, ye waste places of Jerusalem: for the LORD hath comforted his people, he hath redeemed Jerusalem. Jump to Previous Builded Buildings Built Children Cities House Increased Inhabited Israel Multiplied Multiply Numbers Peopled Places Rebuilt Ruins Towns Waste Wastes WholeJump to Next Builded Buildings Built Children Cities House Increased Inhabited Israel Multiplied Multiply Numbers Peopled Places Rebuilt Ruins Towns Waste Wastes WholeEzekiel 36 1. The land of Israel is comforted, by destruction of the heathen, who spitefully used it8. 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 I will multiply the people upon you This phrase reflects God's promise of restoration and blessing to the land of Israel. Historically, this promise comes after the Babylonian exile, a period of desolation and loss for the Israelites. The multiplication of people signifies not only a return to the land but also a divine blessing of growth and prosperity. This echoes the Abrahamic covenant in Genesis 12:2, where God promises to make Abraham's descendants numerous. the house of Israel in its entirety The cities will be inhabited and the ruins rebuilt Persons / Places / Events 1. EzekielA prophet during the Babylonian exile, Ezekiel's messages often focused on both judgment and restoration for Israel. 2. House of Israel Refers to the collective people of Israel, God's chosen nation, who were in exile due to their disobedience. 3. Cities of Israel The cities that had been destroyed or depopulated due to the Babylonian conquest and exile. 4. Babylonian Exile The period when the Israelites were taken captive to Babylon, a significant event in Israel's history. 5. Restoration The promise of God to bring back the people of Israel to their land and restore their cities and communities. Teaching Points God's Faithfulness in RestorationDespite Israel's disobedience, God remains faithful to His covenant promises. This assures us that God is committed to restoring His people, even after periods of judgment. The Importance of Repentance and Obedience The promise of restoration comes after a call to repentance. This highlights the importance of turning back to God and living in obedience to His commands. Hope in Times of Desolation Just as God promised to rebuild the ruins of Israel, He can bring restoration and hope to areas of our lives that seem desolate or broken. Community and Rebuilding The multiplication of people and rebuilding of cities emphasizes the importance of community and working together in God's plans for restoration. God's Sovereignty Over Nations The prophecy underscores God's control over history and nations, reminding us that He can use even difficult circumstances for His purposes.Verses 10, 11. - I will multiply men upon you. Jehovah's promise contemplated a return of both sections of the Golah, the whole house of Israel, Ephraim as well as Judah (comp. Ezekiel 20:40), to the land from which they had been deported, and a restoration of the united kingdom to a condition of prosperity in which its cities should again be inhabited, its ruined homesteads repaired, its fields cultivated, and its flocks and herds multiplied (see Ezekiel 16:55; Isaiah 44:26; Isaiah 54:3; Isaiah 61:4) - a condition of prosperity so great that it should surpass any measure or degree of good fortune previously enjoyed (comp. Deuteronomy 30:5; Job 42:12). Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew I will multiplyוְהִרְבֵּיתִ֤י (wə·hir·bê·ṯî) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singular Strong's 7235: To be or become much, many or great the people אָדָ֔ם (’ā·ḏām) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 120: Ruddy, a human being upon you עֲלֵיכֶם֙ (‘ă·lê·ḵem) Preposition | second person masculine plural Strong's 5921: Above, over, upon, against with the whole כָּל־ (kāl-) Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 3605: The whole, all, any, every house בֵּ֥ית (bêṯ) Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 1004: A house of Israel יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל (yiś·rā·’êl) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 3478: Israel -- 'God strives', another name of Jacob and his desc in its entirety. כֻּלֹּ֑ה (kul·lōh) Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular Strong's 3605: The whole, all, any, every The cities הֶֽעָרִ֔ים (he·‘ā·rîm) Article | Noun - feminine plural Strong's 5892: Excitement will be inhabited וְנֹֽשְׁבוּ֙ (wə·nō·šə·ḇū) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Nifal - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural Strong's 3427: To sit down, to dwell, to remain, to settle, to marry and the ruins וְהֶחֳרָב֖וֹת (wə·he·ḥo·rā·ḇō·wṯ) Conjunctive waw, Article | Noun - feminine plural Strong's 2723: Waste, desolation, ruin rebuilt. תִּבָּנֶֽינָה׃ (tib·bā·ne·nāh) Verb - Nifal - Imperfect - third person feminine plural Strong's 1129: To build Links Ezekiel 36:10 NIVEzekiel 36:10 NLT Ezekiel 36:10 ESV Ezekiel 36:10 NASB Ezekiel 36:10 KJV Ezekiel 36:10 BibleApps.com Ezekiel 36:10 Biblia Paralela Ezekiel 36:10 Chinese Bible Ezekiel 36:10 French Bible Ezekiel 36:10 Catholic Bible OT Prophets: Ezekiel 36:10 And I will multiply men on you (Ezek. Eze Ezk) |
    |