Ezekiel 36:8

Translations

Modern

But you, O mountains of Israel, will produce branches and bear fruit for My people Israel, for they will soon come home.

Traditional

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.

Literal

And you, O mountains of Israel, your branches you will give forth, and your fruit you will bear for My people Israel, for they are soon to come in!

Latin

Vos autem, montes Israël, ramos vestros germinetis, et fructum vestrum afferatis populo meo Israël: prope enim est ut veniat.

Original

Hebrew

English

But you, O mountains of Israel, will produce branches and bear fruit for My people Israel, for they will soon come home.

Notes

Ezekiel 36:8–11

When 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).

Ezekiel 36:1–15

The destruction of Edom (chapter 35) would prepare the way for the restoration of the mountains of Israel, reversing the devastation threatened in chapter 6.

Events

Prophecies of Ezekielc. 593 BC

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Philippians 4:5
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Amos 9:13–15
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People

Israel: Patriarch, son of Isaac, father of twelve tribes

Glossary

Branch Ezekiel (Person) Ezekiel, Book of

Topics

Prophecies Concerning Israel: Prophecies Concerning of Blessing and Restoration

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