Ezekiel 36:9

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,
• English Standard Version (ESV)For behold, I am for you, and I will turn to you, and you shall be tilled 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.

Context of Ezekiel 36:9

7So this is what the Almighty Lord says: I raise my hand and swear that the nations which surround you will be insulted. 8“ ‘But you, mountains of Israel, will grow branches and bear fruit for my people Israel. My people will come home soon. I am for you. I will turn to you, and you will be plowed and planted. 10I will increase the number of people who live on you. All the people of Israel, all of them, will live on you. The cities will be inhabited, and the ruins will be rebuilt. 11I will increase the number of people and animals that live on you. They will grow and become many. I will let people live on you as in the past, and I will make you better off than ever before. Then you will know that I am the Lord.

Ezekiel 36:9 word by word

כִּ֖י הִנְנִ֣י אֲלֵיכֶ֑ם וּפָנִ֣יתִי אֲלֵיכֶ֔ם וְנֶעֱבַדְתֶּ֖ם וְנִזְרַעְתֶּֽם׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• for you, and I will turnפָּנָהpânâh · to turnH6437
• unto you, and ye shall be tilledעָבַד‛âbad · to serve: labourH5647
• and sownזָרַעzâra‛ · to sowH2232

Cross-references for Ezekiel 36:9

• Psalms 46:11The Lord of Armies is with us. The God of Jacob is our stronghold. Selah
• Psalms 99:8O Lord, our God, you answered them. You showed them that you are a forgiving God and that you are a God who punishes their ⌞sinful⌟ deeds.
• Hosea 2:21“On that day I will answer your ⌞prayers⌟,” declares the Lord. “I will speak to the sky, it will speak to the earth,
• Joel 3:18On that day new wine will cover the mountains. Milk will flow on the hills. Water will flow in all the brooks of Judah. A spring will flow from the Lord’s temple. It will water the valley of Shittim.
• Haggai 2:19Is there any seed left in the barn? The vine, the fig tree, the pomegranate, and the olive tree still haven’t produced. But from now on I will bless you.”
• Zechariah 8:12Seeds will thrive in peacetime. Vines will produce their grapes. The land will yield its crops. The sky will produce its dew. I will give the few remaining people all these things as an inheritance.
• Malachi 3:10“Bring one-tenth of your income into the storehouse so that there may be food in my house. Test me in this way,” says the Lord of Armies. “See if I won’t open the windows of heaven for you and flood you with blessings.
• Romans 8:31What can we say about all of this? 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

Topics related to Ezekiel 36:9

• Israel, Prophecies Concerning

In the dictionaries

• Call
• Ezekiel, Book of
• Sanctify
• Settle
• Shame
• Uncleanness
• Ezekiel

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