Ezekiel 36:9

Translations

Modern

For behold, I am on your side; I will turn toward you, and you will be tilled and sown.

Traditional

For, behold, I am for you, and I will turn unto you, and ye shall be tilled and sown:

Literal

For behold, I am toward you, and I will turn to you, and you will be tilled and sown.

Latin

Quia ecce ego ad vos, et convertar ad vos: et arabimini, et accipietis sementem.

Original

Hebrew

English

For behold, I am on your side; I will turn toward you, and you will be tilled and sown.

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

Related verses

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Hosea 2:21–23
“On that day I will respond—” declares the LORD—“I will respond to the heavens, and they will respond to the earth.
Romans 8:31
What then shall we say in response to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us?
Zechariah 8:12
“For the seed will be prosperous, the vine will yield its fruit, the ground will yield its produce, and the skies will give their dew. To the remnant of this people I will give all these things as an inheritance.
Malachi 3:10–11
Bring the full tithe into the storehouse, so that there may be food in My house. Test Me in this,” says the LORD of Hosts. “See if I will not open the windows of heaven and pour out for you blessing without measure.
Psalm 99:8
O LORD our God, You answered them. You were a forgiving God to them, yet an avenger of their misdeeds.
Joel 3:18
And in that day the mountains will drip with sweet wine, and the hills will flow with milk. All the streams of Judah will run with water, and a spring will flow from the house of the LORD to water the Valley of Acacias.
Haggai 2:19
Is there still seed in the barn? The vine, the fig, the pomegranate, and the olive tree have not yet yielded fruit. But from this day on, I will bless you.”

Glossary

Ezekiel (Person) Ezekiel, Book of

Topics

Prophecies Concerning Israel: Prophecies Concerning of Blessing and Restoration

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