Ezekiel 36:34

and the desolate land shall be cultivated, whereas it was desolate in the eyes of everyone that passed by.

Updated Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

And the desolate land shall be tilled, whereas it lay desolate in the sight of all that passed by.

In Context

33Thus saith the Lord God; In the day wherein I shall cleanse you from all your iniquities I will also cause the cities to be inhabited, and the waste places shall be built upon:

35And they shall say, That desolate land is become like a garden of delight; and the waste and desolate and ruined cities are inhabited.

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 29:23brimstone and burning salt (the whole land shall not be sown, neither shall any green thing spring, nor rise upon it, as Sodom and Gomorrah were overthrown, Admah and Zeboiim, which the Lord overthrew in his wrath and anger)—

Jeremiah 25:9behold, I will send and take a family from the north, and will bring them against this land, and against the inhabitants of it, and against all the nations round about it, and I will make them utterly waste, and make them a desolation, and a hissing, and an everlasting reproach.

Ezekiel 6:14And I will stretch out my hand against them, and I will make the land desolate and ruined from the wilderness of Riblah, in all their habitations: and ye shall know that I am the Lord.

Matthew Henry on Ezekiel 36:26-38

The Promise of a New Heart; The Promise of Sanctifying Grace; Promised Blessings Must Be Prayed for. ( b. c. 587.) 25 Then will I sprinkle clean water upon you, and ye shall be clean: from all your filthiness, and from all your idols, will I cleanse you. 26 A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you: and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you a heart of flesh. 27 And I will put my spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my statutes, and ye shall… Read the whole commentary →

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