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Ezekiel 36:10
I will multiply the people upon you—the house of Israel in its entirety. The cities will be inhabited and the ruins rebuilt.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — God addresses the house of Israel, promising physical restoration immediately after declaring He will turn toward the land to make it tilled and sown.
The words — The Hebrew verb הִרְבֵּיתִי (hirbeiti) means "I will multiply," applied to אָדָם (adam, "humans") and the house of Israel, while נֹשְׁבוּ (noshevu) literally means "they will be inhabited."
The thread — This explicit promise of multiplied population and rebuilt cities runs parallel to the restoration declarations in Ezekiel 36:33, Jeremiah 30:19, and Jeremiah 33:12.
Why it lands — The text requires the reader to acknowledge that God alone reverses desolation and repopulates the land, establishing His authority before the promised knowledge that He is the LORD.
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The Hebrew words
King James 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 wastes shall be builded:
Cross-references
- Ezekiel 36:33 This is what the Lord GOD says: On the day I cleanse you from all your iniquities, I will cause the cities to be resettled and the ruins to be rebuilt.
- Jeremiah 30:19 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.
- Jeremiah 33:12 This is what the LORD of Hosts says: In this desolate place, without man or beast, and in all its cities, there will once more be pastures for shepherds to rest their flocks.
- Isaiah 27:6 In the days to come, Jacob will take root. Israel will bud and blossom and fill the whole world with fruit.
- Jeremiah 31:27 “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.
- Ezekiel 36:37 This is what the Lord GOD says: Once again I will hear the plea of the house of Israel and do for them this: I will multiply their people like a flock.
- Isaiah 41:17 The poor and needy seek water, but there is none; their tongues are parched with thirst. I, the LORD, will answer them; I, the God of Israel, will not forsake them.
- Isaiah 49:17 Your builders hasten back; your destroyers and wreckers depart from you.
- Isaiah 51:3 For the LORD will comfort Zion and will look with compassion on all her ruins; He will make her wilderness like Eden and her desert like the garden of the LORD. Joy and gladness will be found in her, thanksgiving and melodious song.
- Isaiah 52:9 Break forth in joy, sing together, O ruins of Jerusalem, for the LORD has comforted His people; He has redeemed Jerusalem.