Ezekiel 36:1

Blessings on the Mountains of Israel

36:1 “As for you, son of man, prophesy to the mountains of Israel, and say: ‘O mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord!

Ezekiel 36:11

36:11 I will increase the number of people and animals on you; they will increase and be fruitful. ¹  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. ²  Then you will know that I am the Lord.

Ezekiel 36:37-38

36:37 “This is what the sovereign Lord says: I will allow the house of Israel to ask me to do this for them: ³  I will multiply their people like sheep. ⁴  36:38 Like the sheep for offerings, like the sheep of Jerusalem ⁵  during her appointed feasts, so will the ruined cities be filled with flocks of people. Then they will know that I am the Lord.”

[36:11]  ¹ sn These verbs occur together in Gen 1:22, 28; 9:1.

[36:11]  ² tn Heb “your beginning.”

[36:37]  ¹ tn The Niphal verb may have a tolerative function here, “Again (for) this I will allow myself to be sought by the house of Israel to act for them.” Or it may be reflexive: “I will reveal myself to the house of Israel by doing this also.”

[36:37]  ² sn Heb “I will multiply them like sheep, human(s).”

[36:38]  ¹ map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.