Ezekiel 36:9-12

Context
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 people² – 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.

[36:9] ¹tn Heb “I (am) toward you.”

[36:10] ²tn Heb “I will multiply on you human(s).”

[36:11] ³sn These verbs occur together in Gen 1:22, 28; 9:1.

[36:11] ⁴tn Heb “your beginning.”