Bible Strands
Ezekiel 36:8
But you, O mountains of Israel, will produce branches and bear fruit for My people Israel, for they will soon come home.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The Lord GOD addresses the mountains of Israel, promising agricultural restoration for His people immediately after pronouncing judgment on the surrounding nations.
The words — תִּשְׂא֖וּ (tis.'U) translates literally as "you will bear," and עַנְפְּ/כֶ֣ם ('an.pe./Khem) means "branches of you."
The thread — The motif of Israel bearing fruit and returning appears in Isaiah 27:6, which describes Jacob taking root and Israel blossoming, and in Ezekiel 34:26, which promises seasonal showers for the hill. The urgency of the return aligns with Hebrews 10:37, which notes the coming one will not delay.
Why it lands — It requires the reader to accept that national restoration follows a fixed divine schedule rather than human expectation, treating the agricultural imagery as a literal promise of return rather than a metaphor for spiritual revival.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
But ye, O mountains of Israel, ye shall shoot forth your branches, and yield your fruit to my people of Israel; for they are at hand to come.
Cross-references
- Isaiah 27:6 In the days to come, Jacob will take root. Israel will bud and blossom and fill the whole world with fruit.
- Ezekiel 34:26 I will make them and the places around My hill a blessing. I will send down showers in season—showers of blessing.
- Hebrews 10:37 For, “In just a little while, He who is coming will come and will not delay.
- Psalms 67:6 The earth has yielded its harvest; God, our God, blesses us.
- Psalms 85:12 The LORD will indeed provide what is good, and our land will yield its increase.
- Isaiah 4:2 On that day the Branch of the LORD will be beautiful and glorious, and the fruit of the land will be the pride and glory of Israel’s survivors.
- Isaiah 30:23 Then He will send rain for the seed that you have sown in the ground, and the food that comes from your land will be rich and plentiful. On that day your cattle will graze in open pastures.
- Ezekiel 12:25 because I, the LORD, will speak whatever word I speak, and it will be fulfilled without delay. For in your days, O rebellious house, I will speak a message and bring it to pass, declares the Lord GOD.’”
- Ezekiel 17:23 I will plant it on the mountain heights of Israel so that it will bear branches; it will yield fruit and become a majestic cedar. Birds of every kind will nest under it, taking shelter in the shade of its branches.
- Hosea 2:21 “On that day I will respond—” declares the LORD—“I will respond to the heavens, and they will respond to the earth.