English Standard Version
Ezekiel 36:9
9For behold, I am for you, and I will turn to you, and you shall be tilled and sown.
Ezekiel 36:9 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)For, behold, I am for you, and I will turn unto you, and ye shall be tilled and sown:
- New International Version (NIV)I am concerned for you and will look on you with favor; you will be plowed and sown,
- New King James Version (NKJV)For indeed I am for you, and I will turn to you, and you shall be tilled and sown.
- New Living Translation (NLT)See, I care about you, and I will pay attention to you. Your ground will be plowed and your crops planted.
Context of Ezekiel 36:9
7Therefore thus says the Lord God: I swear that the nations that are all around you shall themselves suffer reproach. 8"But you, O mountains of Israel, shall shoot forth your branches and yield your fruit to my people Israel, for they will soon come home. For behold, I am for you, and I will turn to you, and you shall be tilled and sown. 10And I will multiply people on you, the whole house of Israel, all of it. The cities shall be inhabited and the waste places rebuilt. 11And 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.
Read all of Ezekiel 36Ezekiel 36:9 word by word
כִּ֖י הִנְנִ֣י אֲלֵיכֶ֑ם וּפָנִ֣יתִי אֲלֵיכֶ֔ם וְנֶעֱבַדְתֶּ֖ם וְנִזְרַעְתֶּֽם׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Ezekiel 36:9
- Psalms 46:11The Lord of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our fortress. Selah
- Psalms 99:8O Lord our God, you answered them; you were a forgiving God to them, but an avenger of their wrongdoings.
- Hosea 2:21"And in that day I will answer, declares the Lord, I will answer the heavens, and they shall answer the earth,
- Joel 3:18"And in that day the mountains shall drip sweet wine, and the hills shall flow with milk, and all the streambeds of Judah shall flow with water; and a fountain shall come forth from the house of the Lord and water the Valley of Shittim.
- Haggai 2:19Is the seed yet in the barn? Indeed, the vine, the fig tree, the pomegranate, and the olive tree have yielded nothing. But from this day on I will bless you."
- Zechariah 8:12For there shall be a sowing of peace. The vine shall give its fruit, and the ground shall give its produce, and the heavens shall give their dew. And I will cause the remnant of this people to possess all these things.
- Malachi 3:10Bring the full tithe into the storehouse, that there may be food in my house. And thereby put me to the test, says the Lord of hosts, if I will not open the windows of heaven for you and pour down for you a blessing until there is no more need.
- Romans 8:31What then shall we say to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us?
Commentaries on Ezekiel 36:9
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 9Ye shall be tilled and sown - The land shall be cultivated as it formerly was, when best peopled and at peace.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. 1-38The distinction between Israel and the heathen (as Edom) is: Israel has a covenant relation to God ensuring restoration after chastisement, so that the heathen's hope of getting possession of the elect people's inheritance must fail, and they themselves be made desolate (Eze 36:1-15). The reason for the chastisement of Israel was Israel's sin and profanation of God's name (Eze 36:16-21). God has good in store for Israel, for His own name's sake, to revive…Read the comment
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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
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