Ezekiel 36:11

⁹ For behold, I am on your side; I will turn toward you, and you will be tilled and sown.

¹⁰ I will multiply the people upon you—the house of Israel in its entirety. The cities will be inhabited and the ruins rebuilt.

I will fill you with people and animals, and they will multiply and be fruitful. I will make you as inhabited as you once were, and I will make you prosper more than before. Then you will know that I am the LORD.

¹² Yes, I will cause My people Israel to walk upon you; they will possess you, and you will be their inheritance, and you will no longer deprive them of their children.

¹³ For this is what the Lord GOD says: Because people say to you, ‘You devour men and deprive your nation of its children,’

This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB: I will fill you with people and animals, and they will multiply and be fruitful. I will make you as inhabited as you once were, and I will make you prosper more than before. Then you will know that I am the LORD.
KJV: And I will multiply upon you man and beast; and they shall increase and bring fruit: and I will settle you after your old estates, and will do better unto you than at your beginnings: and ye shall know that I am the LORD.
WEB: I will multiply man and animal on you. They will increase and be fruitful. I will cause you to be inhabited as you were before, and you will do better than at your beginnings. Then you will know that I am the LORD.
ASV: and I will multiply upon you man and beast; and they shall increase and be fruitful; and I will cause you to be inhabited after your former estate, and will do better [unto you] than at your beginnings: and ye shall know that I am Jehovah.
DARBY: And I will multiply upon you man and beast, and they shall increase and bring forth fruit; and I will cause you to be inhabited as [in] your former times, yea, I will make it better than at your beginnings: and ye shall know that I [am] Jehovah.
BLB: And I will multiply upon you⁺ man and beast, and they will multiply and will be fruitful; and I will make you⁺ inhabited as of old, and I will make you⁺ prosper more than before, and you⁺ will know that I [am] YHWH.

ÅB: Jeg vil føre mennesker og fe i mengde opp på dere, og de skal økes og være fruktbare; jeg vil la det bo folk på dere som i fordums tider og gjøre mere vel mot dere enn i deres første tid, og dere skal kjenne at jeg er Herren.
OTB: Jeg vil øke antallet mennesker og dyr på dere, og de skal være fruktbare og mangfoldiggjøre seg. Jeg vil bosette folk på dere som i tidligere tider og gjøre dere mer velstående enn før. Da skal dere vite at jeg er Herren.
B1930: Jeg vil føre mennesker og fe i mengde op på eder, og de skal økes og være fruktbare; jeg vil la det bo folk på eder som i fordums tider og gjøre mere vel mot eder enn i eders første tid, og I skal kjenne at jeg er Herren.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

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.
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Jeremiah 23:5–8
Behold, the days are coming, declares the LORD, when I will raise up for David a righteous Branch, and He will reign wisely as King and will administer justice and righteousness in the land.
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Micah 7:14
Shepherd with Your staff Your people, the flock of Your inheritance. They live alone in a woodland, surrounded by pastures. Let them graze in Bashan and Gilead, as in the days of old.
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Ezekiel 37:13
Then you, My people, will know that I am the LORD, when I open your graves and bring you up from them.
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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.
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Hosea 2:20
And I will betroth you in faithfulness, and you will know the LORD.”
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Ezekiel 16:55
And your sisters, Sodom with her daughters and Samaria with her daughters, will return to their former state. You and your daughters will also return to your former state.
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Jeremiah 30:18
This is what the LORD says: “I will restore the fortunes of Jacob’s tents and have compassion on his dwellings. And the city will be rebuilt on her own ruins, and the palace will stand in its rightful place.
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