Ezekiel 36:11-13

New English Translation

¹¹ I will increase the number of people and animals on you; they will increase and be fruitful.^[a] I will cause you to be inhabited as in ancient times and will do more good for you than at the beginning of your history.^[b] Then you will know that I am the Lord. ¹² I will lead people, my people Israel, across you; they will possess you, and you will become their inheritance. No longer will you bereave them of their children.

¹³ “‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: Because they are saying to you, “You are a devourer of men and bereave your nation of children,”