Ezekiel 36:8

Ezekiel 36:8 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)But ye, O mountains of Israel, ye shall shoot forth your branches, and yield your fruit to my people of Israel; for they are at hand to come.
• English Standard Version (ESV)"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.
• New King James Version (NKJV)But you, O mountains of Israel, you shall shoot forth your branches and yield your fruit to My people Israel, for they are about to come.
• New Living Translation (NLT)“But the mountains of Israel will produce heavy crops of fruit for my people—for they will be coming home again soon!

Context of Ezekiel 36:8

6Therefore prophesy concerning the land of Israel and say to the mountains and hills, to the ravines and valleys: ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: I speak in my jealous wrath because you have suffered the scorn of the nations. 7Therefore this is what the Sovereign Lord says: I swear with uplifted hand that the nations around you will also suffer scorn. “ ‘But you, mountains of Israel, will produce branches and fruit for my people Israel, for they will soon come home. 9I am concerned for you and will look on you with favor; you will be plowed and sown, 10and I will cause many people to live on you—yes, all of Israel. The towns will be inhabited and the ruins rebuilt.

Ezekiel 36:8 word by word

וְאַתֶּ֞ם הָרֵ֤י יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ עַנְפְּכֶ֣ם תִּתֵּ֔נוּ וּפֶרְיְכֶ֥ם תִּשְׂא֖וּ לְעַמִּ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל כִּ֥י קֵרְב֖וּ לָבֽוֹא׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• But ye, O mountainsהַרhar · mountain: mountH2022
• of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyiώrâ'êl · IsraelH3478
• ye shall shoot forthנָתַןnâthan · to give: giveH5414
• your branchesעָנָף‛ânâph · branchH6057
• and yieldנָשָׂאnâώâ' nâsâh · to lift: bearH5375
• your fruitפְּרִיperîy · fruitH6529
• to my peopleעַם‛am · peopleH5971
• for they are at handקָרַבqârab · to present: comeH7126
• to comeבּוֹאbô' · to come (in): comeH935

Cross-references for Ezekiel 36:8

• Ezekiel 34:26I will make them and the places surrounding my hill a blessing. I will send down showers in season; there will be showers of blessing.
• Psalms 67:6The land yields its harvest; God, our God, blesses us.
• Psalms 85:12The Lord will indeed give what is good, and our land will yield its harvest.
• Isaiah 4:2In that day the Branch of the Lord will be beautiful and glorious, and the fruit of the land will be the pride and glory of the survivors in Israel.
• Isaiah 27:6In days to come Jacob will take root, Israel will bud and blossom and fill all the world with fruit.
• Isaiah 30:23He will also send you rain for the seed you sow in the ground, and the food that comes from the land will be rich and plentiful. In that day your cattle will graze in broad meadows.
• Hosea 2:21“In that day I will respond,” declares the Lord— “I will respond to the skies, and they will respond to the earth;
• Amos 9:13“The days are coming,” declares the Lord, “when the reaper will be overtaken by the plowman and the planter by the one treading grapes. New wine will drip from the mountains and flow from all the hills,
• Ezekiel 12:25But I the Lord will speak what I will, and it shall be fulfilled without delay. For in your days, you rebellious people, I will fulfill whatever I say, declares the Sovereign Lord.’ ”
• Philippians 4:5Let your gentleness be evident to all. The Lord is near.
• Hebrews 10:37For, “In just a little while, he who is coming will come and will not delay.”
• James 5:8You too, be patient and stand firm, because the Lord’s coming is near.

Commentaries on Ezekiel 36:8

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 8For they are at hand to come - The restoration of the Jews is so absolutely determined that you may rest assured it will take place; and be as confident relative to it, as if you saw the different families entering into the Israelitish borders. It was near at hand in God's determination, though there were about fifty-eight of the seventy years unelapsed.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 8They are at hand to come - i. e., under Zerubbabel.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. 88. they are at hand to come--that is, the Israelites are soon about to return to their land. This proves that the primary reference of the prophecy is to the return from Babylon, which was "at hand," or comparatively near. But this only in part fulfilled the prediction, the full and final blessing in future, and the restoration from Babylon was an earnest of it.Read the comment

Topics related to Ezekiel 36:8

• Israel, Prophecies Concerning

In the dictionaries

• Israel
• Call
• Ezekiel, Book of
• Sanctify
• Settle
• Shame
• Uncleanness
• Branch ;bough
• 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