Ezekiel 36:8-15
grow <05414> [ye shall.]
<07126> [for.]
The Edomites, and other enemies of the Jews, who thought they would soon be in possession of the whole land of Judea, might be assured that the predicted seventy years of the captivity were wearing away, and the time would soon arrive when the Jews would repossess and cultivate their own land, and eat its fruits.
<07126> [at hand.]
multiply <07235> [I will.]
ruins <02723> [the wastes.]
increase ............ increase <07235> [I will multiply.]
inhabited <03427> [and I will settle.]
The circumstances of the Jews were never so prosperous after the captivity as they had been before; hence this prophecy must refer to the times of the Gospel and the future conversion and restoration of the Jews.
more good <02895> [will do.]
know <03045> [and ye.]
people <0120> [I will cause.]
The prophet is still personifying the mountains, valleys, and wastes of Judea.
possess <03423> [they shall.]
<03254> [no more.]
<07921> [no more.]
<07921> [bereave. or, cause to fail.]
I ..... subject <08085> [men.]
bear <05375> [thou bear.]
