36:9 For indeed, I am on your side; 1 I will turn to you, and you will be plowed and planted.
36:10 I will multiply your people 2 – the whole house of Israel, all of it. The cities will be populated and the ruins rebuilt.
36:11 I will increase the number of people and animals on you; they will increase and be fruitful. 3 I will cause you to be inhabited as in ancient times, and will do more good for you than at the beginning of your history. 4 Then you will know that I am the Lord.
36:12 I will lead people, my people Israel, across you; they will possess you and you will become their inheritance. No longer will you bereave them of their children.
1 tnHeb “I (am) toward you.”
2 tnHeb “I will multiply on you human(s).”
3 sn These verbs occur together in Gen 1:22, 28; 9:1.