Ezekiel 36:8
But ye O mountains of Israel Your boughs, shall ye shoot forth, And your fruit, shall ye bear For my people Israel, For they have drawn near to enter.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
In Context
9For lo! I am towards you, Therefore will I turn towards you, And ye shall be tilled and sown;
Cross References
Psalms 67:6Earth, will have given her increase, God, our own God, will bless us:
Isaiah 4:2In that day, Shall the Bud of Yahweh, become beautiful and glorious,—And the Fruit of the Land splendid and majestic, To the escaped of Israel.
Isaiah 30:23Then will he give—Rain for thy seed—wherewith thou shalt sow thy ground and Bread as the increase of thy ground, which shall be fertile and fat,—Thy cattle, in that day, shall feed in broad pasture:
Ezekiel 12:25For, I, Yahweh will speak whatsoever word I please to speak, And it shall be done, It shall not be delayed any more,— For in your own days, O perverse house, will I speak a word and perform it, Declareth My Lord. Yahweh.
Ezekiel 34:26And I, will make them and the places round about my hill a blessing,- And I will cause the abundant rain to come down in its season abundant rains of blessing, shall they be;
Hosea 2:21And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will respond, Declareth Yahweh, I will respond to the heavens,—and, they, shall respond to the earth;
Matthew Henry on Ezekiel 36:2-16
God's Compassion for Israel. ( b. c. 587.) 1 Also, thou son of man, prophesy unto the mountains of Israel, and say, Ye mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord : 2 Thus saith the Lord God ; Because the enemy hath said against you, Aha, even the ancient high places are ours in possession: 3 Therefore prophesy and say, Thus saith the Lord God ; Because they have made you desolate, and swallowed you up on every side, that ye might be a possession unto the residue of the heathen, and ye are taken up in the lips… Read the whole commentary →