Ezekiel 36:11

Ezekiel 36:11 in other versions

• King James Version (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.
• New International Version (NIV)I will increase the number of people and animals living on you, and they will be fruitful and become numerous. I will settle people on you as in the past and will make you prosper more than before. Then you will know that I am the Lord.
• English Standard Version (ESV)And I will multiply on you man and beast, and they shall multiply and be fruitful. And I will cause you to be inhabited as in your former times, and will do more good to you than ever before. Then you will know that I am the Lord.
• New King James Version (NKJV)I will multiply upon you man and beast; and they shall increase and bear young; I will make you inhabited as in former times, and do better for you than at your beginnings. Then you shall know that I am the Lord.

Context of Ezekiel 36:11

9Look! I am on your side; I will turn toward you, and you will be tilled and sown. 10I will fill you with people, with the whole 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 increase and be fruitful. I will make you inhabited as you once were and make you better off than you were before. Then you will know that I am the Lord. 12I will cause people, my people Israel, to walk on you; they will possess you, and you will be their inheritance. You will no longer deprive them of their children. 13“‘This is what the Lord God says: Because some are saying to you, “You devour people and deprive your nation of children,”

Ezekiel 36:11 word by word

וְהִרְבֵּיתִ֧י עֲלֵיכֶ֛ם אָדָ֥ם וּבְהֵמָ֖ה וְרָב֣וּ וּפָר֑וּ וְהוֹשַׁבְתִּ֨י אֶתְכֶ֜ם כְּקַדְמֽוֹתֵיכֶ֗ם וְהֵטִֽבֹתִי֙ מֵרִאשֹׁ֣תֵיכֶ֔ם וִֽידַעְתֶּ֖ם כִּֽי־אֲנִ֥י יְהוָֽה׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And I will multiplyרָבָהrâbâh · to multiplyH7235
• upon you manאָדָם'âdâm · manH120
• and beastבְּהֵמָהbehêmâh · animalH929
• and bring fruitפָּרָהpârâh · be fruitfulH6509
• and I will settleיָשַׁבyâshab · to dwellH3427
• you after your old estatesקַדְמָהqadmâh · formerH6927
• and will do betterטוֹבţôb · be pleasingH2895
• than at your beginningsרִאשָׁהri'shâh · beginningH7221
• and ye shall knowיָדַעyâda‛ · to knowH3045
• the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068

Cross-references for Ezekiel 36:11

• Jeremiah 31:27“Look, the days are coming” — this is the Lord’s declaration — “when I will sow the house of Israel and the house of Judah with the seed of people and the seed of animals.
• Jeremiah 33:12“This is what the Lord of Armies says: In this desolate place — without people or animals — and in all its cities there will once more be a grazing land where shepherds may rest flocks.
• Jeremiah 30:18This is what the Lord says: I will certainly restore the fortunes of Jacob’s tents and show compassion on his dwellings. Every city will be rebuilt on its mound; every citadel will stand on its proper site.
• Jeremiah 31:38“Look, the days are coming” — the Lord’s declaration — “when the city from the Tower of Hananel to the Corner Gate will be rebuilt for the Lord.
• Obadiah 1:19People from the Negev will possess the hill country of Esau; those from the Judean foothills will possess the land of the Philistines. They will possess the territories of Ephraim and Samaria, while Benjamin will possess Gilead.
• Micah 7:14Shepherd your people with your staff, the flock that is your possession. They live alone in a woodland surrounded by pastures. Let them graze in Bashan and Gilead as in ancient times.
• Ezekiel 36:35They will say, “This land that was desolate has become like the garden of Eden. The cities that were once ruined, desolate, and demolished are now fortified and inhabited.”
• Isaiah 30:26The moonlight will be as bright as the sunlight, and the sunlight will be seven times brighter — like the light of seven days — on the day that the Lord bandages his people’s injuries and heals the wounds he inflicted.
• Isaiah 54:7“I deserted you for a brief moment, but I will take you back with abundant compassion.
• Jeremiah 23:5“Look, the days are coming” — this is the Lord’s declaration — “when I will raise up a Righteous Branch for David. He will reign wisely as king and administer justice and righteousness in the land.
• Joel 3:18In that day the mountains will drip with sweet wine, and the hills will flow with milk. All the streams of Judah will flow with water, and a spring will issue from the Lord’s house, watering the Valley of Acacias.
• Amos 9:15I will plant them on their land, and they will never again be uprooted from the land I have given them. The Lord your God has spoken.
• Haggai 2:6For the Lord of Armies says this: “Once more, in a little while, I am going to shake the heavens and the earth, the sea and the dry land.
• Zechariah 8:11But now, I will not treat the remnant of this people as in the former days” — this is the declaration of the Lord of Armies.
• Hebrews 8:8But finding fault with his people, he says: See, the days are coming, says the Lord, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah —
• Hebrews 11:40since God had provided something better for us, so that they would not be made perfect without us.

Commentaries on Ezekiel 36:11

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 11I will multiply upon you man and beast - The agriculturalist and the beast of burden. And will do better unto you than at your beginnings - I agree with Calmet, that it would be difficult to show the literal fulfillment of this prophecy from the days of Zerubbabel to the birth of Christ. The colouring is too high for that period; and the whole falls in better with Gospel than with Jewish times.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 8-11When God’s people returned to their land, Israel would grow in number and in harvest. This would fulfill the command God gave at creation to “be fruitful and multiply” (Genesis 1:28).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1111. do better ... than at your beginnings--as in the case of Job (Job 42:12). Whereas the heathen nations fall irrevocably, Israel shall be more than restored; its last estate shall exceed even its first.Read the comment

Topics related to Ezekiel 36:11

• Israel, Prophecies Concerning

In the dictionaries

• Call
• Ezekiel, Book of
• Sanctify
• Settle
• Shame
• Uncleanness
• Ezekiel
• Former
• Settle (2)

Commentaries on Ezekiel 36

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings