Ezekiel 36:37

This is also what I, Yahweh the Lord, say: Again I will heed what you Israeli people are pleading for me to do for you. I will cause your people to be as numerous as your sheep,

Translation for Translators

In The King James Version

Thus saith the Lord GOD; I will yet for this be enquired of by the house of Israel, to do it for them; I will increase them with men like a flock.

In Context

36When that happens, the people in the nations that are around you that still exist will know that it is I, Yahweh, who have enabled you to rebuild what was destroyed, and to again plant crops in the fields that had nothing growing in them. I, Yahweh, have said that it will happen, and I will cause it to happen.

38as numerous as the flocks of sheep that will be needed for offerings in Jerusalem during your regular festivals. The cities that are now ruined will be filled with people, and then you will know that I, Yahweh the Lord, have the power to do what I say that I will do.’”

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Cross References

Psalms 10:17You have listened to afflicted/suffering people when they cry out to you. You hear them when they pray, and you encourage [IDM] them.

Isaiah 55:6Seek to know me while it is still possible for you to do that; call to me while I am near!

Jeremiah 30:19People will again sing joyfully to thank me, and I will cause there to be more people in Jerusalem, not fewer; I will cause them to be honored, not despised.

Ezekiel 14:3“You human, these men want to [IDM] worship idols, and they are allowing idols to induce them to sin [IDM]. So I will certainly [RHQ] answer them if they ask me for advice.

Ezekiel 20:31When you sacrifice your children in the fire, you are still continuing to make yourselves unacceptable to me by worshiping your many idols. You Israeli people, should I allow you to inquire what I want you to do? I, Yahweh the Lord, say that as surely as I am alive, I will not answer if you inquire.'

Zechariah 10:6I will cause the people [MTY] of Judah to become strong, and I will rescue the people [MTY] of Israel. I will bring them back from the countries to which they were ◄exiled/forced to go►; I will do that because I pity them. Then they will be as though I had not abandoned them, because I am Yahweh, their God, and I will answer them when they pray for help.

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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