Ezekiel 36:30

I will also make the fruit of the trees and the crops of the field plentiful, so that you will no longer bear reproach among the nations on account of famine.

Berean Standard Bible

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Study note

Setting — God speaks to the house of Israel through Ezekiel, positioning this promise between the assurance of cleansing from uncleanness and the command to loathe past iniquities. The declaration addresses a community defined by exile and shame, marking a transition from judgment to tangible restoration.

The words — The Hebrew verb הִרְבֵּיתִי (hirbeiTi) literally means "I will increase," directly governing the fruit of the trees and the produce of the field. The particle לְמַ֗עַן (leMa'an) establishes the purpose clause, tying agricultural abundance to the removal of national reproach.

The thread — This motif of harvest reversal appears in Ezekiel 34:27, where land yield secures the flock, and Joel 2:26, where fullness of food prompts worship. It is explicitly contrasted with the barren, unproductive soil of Deuteronomy 29:23, which represents covenant curse.

Why it lands — The text requires readers to see physical provision as a public vindication that ends foreign mockery and confirms divine faithfulness. A reader must accept that restored abundance functions as a factual rebuttal to the shame of famine, not merely as personal comfort.

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The Hebrew words

וְהִרְבֵּיתִי֙ve./hir.bei.Tiand/ I will increase אֶת־'et-<obj.>פְּרִ֣יpe.Ri[the] fruit of הָעֵ֔ץha./'Etzthe/ tree וּתְנוּבַ֖תu./te.nu.Vatand/ [the] produce of הַשָּׂדֶ֑הha./sa.Dehthe/ field לְמַ֗עַןle.Ma.'anso that אֲ֠שֶׁר'a.Sherthat לֹ֣אlo'not תִקְח֥וּtik.Chuyou may receive ע֛וֹדodagain חֶרְפַּ֥תcher.Pat[the] reproach of רָעָ֖בra.'Avfamine בַּגּוֹיִֽם׃ba./go.Yimamong the/ nations

King James Version

And I will multiply the fruit of the tree, and the increase of the field, that ye shall receive no more reproach of famine among the heathen.

Cross-references

Ezekiel 34:27 The trees of the field will give their fruit, and the land will yield its produce; My flock will be secure in their land. Then they will know that I am the LORD, when I have broken the bars of their yoke and delivered them from the hands that enslaved them.
Joel 2:26 You will have plenty to eat, until you are satisfied. You will praise the name of the LORD your God, who has worked wonders for you. My people will never again be put to shame.
Deuteronomy 29:23 All its soil will be a burning waste of sulfur and salt, unsown and unproductive, with no plant growing on it, just like the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah, Admah and Zeboiim, which the LORD overthrew in His fierce anger.
Leviticus 26:4 I will give you rains in their season, and the land will yield its produce, and the trees of the field will bear their fruit.
Joel 2:17 Let the priests who minister before the LORD weep between the portico and the altar, saying, “Spare Your people, O LORD, and do not make Your heritage a reproach, an object of scorn among the nations. Why should they say among the peoples, ‘Where is their God?’”