Ezekiel 36:8-12
New English Translation
8 “‘But you, mountains of Israel, will grow your branches and bear your fruit for my people Israel, for they will arrive soon.[a] 9 For indeed, I am on your side;[b] I will turn to you, and you will be plowed and planted. 10 I will multiply your people[c]—the whole house of Israel, all of it. The cities will be populated and the ruins rebuilt. 11 I will increase the number of people and animals on you; they will increase and be fruitful.[d] 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.[e] 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.
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- Ezekiel 36:8 tn Heb “they draw near to arrive.”
- Ezekiel 36:9 tn Heb “I (am) toward you.”
- Ezekiel 36:10 tn Heb “I will multiply on you human(s).”
- Ezekiel 36:11 sn These verbs occur together in Gen 1:22, 28 and 9:1.
- Ezekiel 36:11 tn Heb “your beginning.”
Ezekiel 36:8-12
Amplified Bible
8 But you, O mountains of Israel, will put out your branches and bear your fruit to My people Israel; for they will soon come [home]. 9 For, behold, I am for you, and I will turn to you [in favor], and you shall be cultivated and sown. 10 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. 11 I will multiply on you man and animal; and they will increase and be fruitful. And I will cause you to be inhabited as you were formerly, and I will do better [things] for you than at your beginning. Then you will know [with great confidence] that I am the Lord. 12 Yes, [O mountains of Israel] I will cause men—My people Israel—to walk on you and take possession of you, so that you will become their inheritance and never again bereave them of children.’
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