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

9For, behold, I am for you, and I will turn to you, and you will be cultivated and sown. 10And I will multiply people on you, all the house of Israel, all of it; and the cities will be inhabited and the ruins will be rebuilt. I will multiply on you people and animals, and they will increase and be fruitful; and I will populate you as you were previously, and treat you better than at the beginning. Then you will know that I am the Lord. 12Yes, I will have people--My people Israel--walk on you and possess you, so that you will become their inheritance and never again bereave them of children.’ 13“The Lord God says this: ‘Since they say to you, “You are a devourer of people and have bereaved 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

• I will multiplyרָבָהrâbâh · to multiplyH7235
• on you peopleאָדָם'âdâm · manH120
• and animalsבְּהֵמָהbehêmâh · animalH929
• and beפָּרָהpârâh · be fruitfulH6509
• and I will populateיָשַׁבyâshab · to dwellH3427
• previouslyקַדְמָהqadmâh · formerH6927
• and treatיָטַבyâţab · be goodH3190
• thanמִן־min minnîy minnêy · fromH4480
• at the beginningרִאשָׁהri'shâh · beginningH7221
• Then you will knowיָדַעyâda‛ · to knowH3045
• that I am the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068

Cross-references for Ezekiel 36:11

• Jeremiah 31:27“Behold, days are coming,” declares the Lord, “when I will sow the house of Israel and the house of Judah with the seed of mankind and the seed of animals.
• Jeremiah 33:12“This is what the Lord of armies says: ‘There will again be in this place which is waste, without man or animal, and in all its cities, a pasture for shepherds who rest their flocks.
• Jeremiah 30:18“This is what the Lord says: ‘Behold, I will restore the fortunes of the tents of Jacob And have compassion on his dwellings; And the city will be rebuilt on its ruins, And the palace will stand on its rightful place.
• Jeremiah 31:38“Behold, days are coming,” declares the Lord, “when the city will be rebuilt for the Lord from the Tower of Hananel to the Corner Gate.
• Obadiah 1:19Then those of the Negev will possess the mountain of Esau, And those of the Shephelah the Philistine plain; Also, they will possess the territory of Ephraim and the territory of Samaria, And Benjamin the territory of Gilead.
• Micah 7:14Shepherd Your people with Your scepter, The flock of Your possession Which lives by itself in the woodland, In the midst of a fruitful field. Let them feed in Bashan and Gilead As in the days of old.
• Ezekiel 36:35And they will say, ‘This desolated land has become like the Garden of Eden; and the waste, desolated and ruined cities are fortified and inhabited.’
• Isaiah 30:26And the light of the full moon will be like the light of the sun, and the light of the sun will be seven times brighter, like the light of seven days, on the day the Lord binds up the fracture of His people and heals the wound He has inflicted.
• Isaiah 54:7“For a brief moment I abandoned you, But with great compassion I will gather you.
• Jeremiah 23:5“Behold, the days are coming,” declares the Lord, “When I will raise up for David a righteous Branch; And He will reign as king and act wisely And do justice and righteousness in the land.
• Joel 3:18And on that day The mountains will drip with sweet wine, And the hills will flow with milk, And all the brooks of Judah will flow with water; And a spring will go out from the house of the Lord And water the Valley of Shittim.
• Amos 9:15I will also plant them on their land, And they will not be uprooted again from their land Which I have given them,” Says the Lord your God.
• Haggai 2:6For this is what the Lord of armies says: ‘Once more in a little while, I am going to shake the heavens and the earth, the sea also and the dry land.
• Zechariah 8:11But now I will not treat the remnant of this people as in the former days,’ declares the Lord of armies.
• Hebrews 8:8For in finding fault with the people, He says, “Behold, days are coming, says the Lord, When I will bring about a new covenant With the house of Israel and the house of Judah,
• Hebrews 11:40because God had provided something better for us, so that apart from us they would not be made perfect.

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