37 ‘Thus says the Lord God: (A)“I will also let the house of Israel inquire of Me to do this for them: I will (B)increase their men like a flock. 38 Like a [a]flock offered as holy sacrifices, like the flock at Jerusalem on its [b]feast days, so shall the ruined cities be filled with flocks of men. Then they shall know that I am the Lord.” ’ ”

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 36:38 Lit. holy flock
  2. Ezekiel 36:38 appointed feasts

37 “Thus says the Lord Yahweh: ‘Again this time I will let myself be inquired of[a] by the house of Israel, to do something for them; I will cause them to increase their population like a flock.[b] 38 Like the flock of the sanctuary, like the flock of Jerusalem at its festival, so the desolate cities will be filled with flocks[c] of people; and they will know that I am Yahweh.’”

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 36:37 Literally “I will be/let me be searched”
  2. Ezekiel 36:37 Literally “them as the flock humankind”
  3. Ezekiel 36:38 Hebrew “flock”