Ezekiel 36:38

³⁶ Then the nations around you that remain will know that I, the LORD, have rebuilt what was destroyed, and I have replanted what was desolate. I, the LORD, have spoken, and I will do it.

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.

Like the numerous flocks for sacrifices at Jerusalem during her appointed feasts, so the ruined cities will be filled with flocks of people. Then they will know that I am the LORD.”

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: Like the numerous flocks for sacrifices at Jerusalem during her appointed feasts, so the ruined cities will be filled with flocks of people. Then they will know that I am the LORD.”
KJV: As the holy flock, as the flock of Jerusalem in her solemn feasts; so shall the waste cities be filled with flocks of men: and they shall know that I am the LORD.
WEB: As the flock for sacrifice, as the flock of Jerusalem in her appointed feasts, so the waste cities will be filled with flocks of men. Then they will know that I am the LORD.’”
ASV: As the flock for sacrifice, as the flock of Jerusalem in her appointed feasts, so shall the waste cities be filled with flocks of men; and they shall know that I am Jehovah.
DARBY: As the holy flock, as the flock of Jerusalem in her set feasts, so shall the waste cities be filled with flocks of men: and they shall know that I [am] Jehovah.
BLB: Like a flock of consecration, like the flock at Jerusalem on its feast s, so the ruined cities will be filled with a flock of people. And they will know that I [am] YHWH.”

ÅB: som en hellig flokk, som Jerusalems flokk på dets høytider, slik skal de ødelagte byer bli fulle av menneskeflokker, og de skal kjenne at jeg er Herren.
[^1]: d.e. Israels land.
[^2]: Israel og Juda.
OTB: Som flokkene for ofringer, som flokkene i Jerusalem under hennes fastsatte høytider, slik skal de øde byene bli fylt med flokker av mennesker. Da skal de vite at jeg er Herren.”
B1930: som en hellig hjord, som Jerusalems hjord på dets høitider, således skal de ødelagte byer bli fulle av menneskehjorder, og de skal kjenne at jeg er Herren.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

Acts 2:5–11
Now there were dwelling in Jerusalem God-fearing Jews from every nation under heaven.
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John 10:16
I have other sheep that are not of this fold. I must bring them in as well, and they will listen to My voice. Then there will be one flock and one shepherd.
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1 Kings 8:63
And Solomon offered as peace offerings to the LORD 22,000 oxen and 120,000 sheep. So the king and all the Israelites dedicated the house of the LORD.
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2 Chronicles 35:7–19
From his own flocks and herds Josiah contributed 30,000 lambs and goats plus 3,000 bulls for the Passover offerings for all the people who were present.
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2 Chronicles 7:8
So at that time Solomon and all Israel with him—a very great assembly of people from Lebo-hamath to the Brook of Egypt—kept the feast for seven days.
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Ezekiel 36:33–35
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.
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Jeremiah 31:27–28
“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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Exodus 34:23
Three times a year all your males are to appear before the Lord GOD, the God of Israel.
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