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I the LORD have spoken, and I will do it.&#8217 <a href="/nlt/ezekiel/36.htm">New Living Translation</a> Then the surrounding nations that survive will know that I, the LORD, have rebuilt the ruins and replanted the wasteland. For I, the LORD, have spoken, and I will do what I say. <a href="/esv/ezekiel/36.htm">English Standard Version</a> Then the nations that are left all around you shall know that I am the LORD; I have rebuilt the ruined places and replanted that which was desolate. I am the LORD; I have spoken, and I will do it. <a href="/bsb/ezekiel/36.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> Then the nations around you that remain will know that I, the LORD, have rebuilt what was destroyed, and I have replanted what was desolate. I, the LORD, have spoken, and I will do it. <a href="/kjv/ezekiel/36.htm">King James Bible</a> Then the heathen that are left round about you shall know that I the LORD build the ruined places, and plant that that was desolate: I the LORD have spoken it, and I will do it. <a href="/nkjv/ezekiel/36.htm">New King James Version</a> Then the nations which are left all around you shall know that I, the LORD, have rebuilt the ruined places and planted what was desolate. I, the LORD, have spoken it, and I will do it.” <a href="/nasb_/ezekiel/36.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> Then the nations around you that are left will know that I, the LORD, have rebuilt the ruined places and planted that which was desolated; I, the LORD, have spoken, and I will do it.” <a href="/nasb/ezekiel/36.htm">NASB 1995</a> &#8220Then the nations that are left round about you will know that I, the LORD, have rebuilt the ruined places and planted that which was desolate; I, the LORD, have spoken and will do it.&#8221 <a href="/nasb77/ezekiel/36.htm">NASB 1977 </a> “Then the nations that are left round about you will know that I, the LORD, have rebuilt the ruined places and planted that which was desolate; I, the LORD, have spoken and will do it.” <a href="/lsb/ezekiel/36.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> Then the nations that remain all around you will know that I, Yahweh, have rebuilt the ruined places and planted that which was desolate; I, Yahweh, have spoken and will do it.” <a href="/amp/ezekiel/36.htm">Amplified Bible</a> Then the nations that are left around you will know that I the LORD have rebuilt the ruined places and planted that which was desolate. I the LORD have spoken, and will do it.” <a href="/csb/ezekiel/36.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> Then the nations that remain around you will know that I, the LORD, have rebuilt what was demolished and have replanted what was desolate. I, the LORD, have spoken and I will do it. <a href="/hcsb/ezekiel/36.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> Then the nations that remain around you will know that I, Yahweh, have rebuilt what was destroyed and have replanted what was desolate. I, Yahweh, have spoken and I will do it.&#8221 <a href="/asv/ezekiel/36.htm">American Standard Version</a> Then the nations that are left round about you shall know that I, Jehovah, have builded the ruined places, and planted that which was desolate: I, Jehovah, have spoken it, and I will do it. <a href="/cev/ezekiel/36.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> Then the nearby nations that survive will know that I am the one who rebuilt the ruined places and replanted the barren fields. I, the LORD, make this promise. <a href="/erv/ezekiel/36.htm">English Revised Version</a> Then the nations that are left round about you shall know that I the LORD have builded the ruined places, and planted that which was desolate: I the LORD have spoken it, and I will do it. <a href="/gwt/ezekiel/36.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> The surrounding nations that are left will know that I, the LORD, have rebuilt the ruined places and planted crops in the land that was empty. I, the LORD, have spoken, and I will do it.' <a href="/gnt/ezekiel/36.htm">Good News Translation</a> Then the neighboring nations that have survived will know that I, the LORD, rebuild ruined cities and replant waste fields. I, the LORD, have promised that I would do this--and I will." <a href="/isv/ezekiel/36.htm">International Standard Version</a> Then the surviving people that live around you will learn that I, the LORD, have rebuilt these ruins and have cultivated these pastures that used to be desolate wastelands. I, the LORD, have spoken this, and I'm going to bring it about!' <a href="/msb/ezekiel/36.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> Then the nations around you that remain will know that I, the LORD, have rebuilt what was destroyed, and I have replanted what was desolate. I, the LORD, have spoken, and I will do it. <a href="/net/ezekiel/36.htm">NET Bible</a> Then the nations which remain around you will know that I, the LORD, have rebuilt the ruins and replanted what was desolate. I, the LORD, have spoken--and I will do it!' <a href="/nheb/ezekiel/36.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> Then the nations that are left around you shall know that I, the LORD, have built the ruined places, and planted that which was desolate: I, the LORD, have spoken it, and I will do it.'" <a href="/wbt/ezekiel/36.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> Then the heathen that are left around you shall know that I the LORD build the ruined places, and plant that which was desolate: I the LORD have spoken it, and I will do it. <a href="/web/ezekiel/36.htm">World English Bible</a> Then the nations that are left around you will know that I, Yahweh, have built the ruined places and planted that which was desolate. I, Yahweh, have spoken it, and I will do it.” <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/ezekiel/36.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> And the nations who are left around you have known "" That I, YHWH, have built the thrown down, "" I have planted the desolated: I, YHWH, have spoken, and I have done [it]. <a href="/ylt/ezekiel/36.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> And known have the nations who are left round about you, That I Jehovah have built the thrown down, I have planted the desolated: I Jehovah have spoken, and I have done it. <a href="/slt/ezekiel/36.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> And the nations which shall be left round about you shall know that I Jehovah built the destroyed, I planted the desolated: I Jehovah spake, and I did.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/ezekiel/36.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> And the nations, that shall be left round about you, shall know that I the Lord have built up what was destroyed, and planted what was desolate, that I the Lord have spoken and done it. <a href="/cpdv/ezekiel/36.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> And the Gentiles, those who remain around you, shall know that I, the Lord, have built up what was destroyed, and have planted what was uncultivated. I, the Lord, have spoken and acted. <a href="/nabre/ezekiel/36.htm">New American Bible</a> Then the surrounding nations that remain shall know that I, the LORD, have rebuilt what was destroyed and replanted what was desolate. I, the LORD, have spoken: I will do it. <a href="/nrsvce/ezekiel/36.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> Then the nations that are left all around you shall know that I, the LORD, have rebuilt the ruined places, and replanted that which was desolate; I, the LORD, have spoken, and I will do it.<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/ezekiel/36.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> Then the Gentiles that are left around about you shall know that I the LORD am rebuilding the mined cities and planting that which was desolate; I the LORD have spoken it, and I will do it. <a href="/hpbt/ezekiel/36.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a> And the nations which are left around you shall know that I AM LORD JEHOVAH. I build ruins and I plant desolations. I, LORD JEHOVAH, I have spoken and I act<div class="vheading2">OT Translations</div><a href="/jps/ezekiel/36.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a> Then the nations that are left round about you shall know that I the LORD have builded the ruined places, and planted that which was desolate; I the LORD have spoken it, and I will do it. <a href="/sep/ezekiel/36.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a> And the nations, as many as shall have been left round about you, shall know that I the Lord have built the ruined cities and planted the waste lands: I the Lord have spoken, and will do it. <a href="/parallel/ezekiel/36-36.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/vET3Gmwku4s?start=10876" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/ezekiel/36.htm">A New Heart and Spirit</a> …35Then they will say, ‘This land that was desolate has become like the garden of Eden. The cities that were once ruined, desolate, and destroyed are now fortified and inhabited.’ 36<a href="/hebrew/1471.htm" title="1471: hag·gō·w·yim (Art:: N-mp) -- Rarely goy; apparently from the same root as gevah; a foreign nation; hence, a Gentile; also a troop of animals, or a flight of locusts.">Then the nations</a> <a href="/hebrew/5439.htm" title="5439: sə·ḇî·ḇō·w·ṯê·ḵem (Adv:: 2mp) -- Circuit, round about. Or cbiybah; from cabab; a circle, neighbour, or environs; but chiefly around.">around you</a> <a href="/hebrew/834.htm" title="834: ’ă·šer (Pro-r) -- Who, which, that. A primitive relative pronoun; who, which, what, that; also when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.">that</a> <a href="/hebrew/7604.htm" title="7604: yiš·šā·’ă·rū (V-Nifal-Imperf-3mp) -- To remain, be left over. A primitive root; properly, to swell up, i.e. Be redundant.">remain</a> <a href="/hebrew/3045.htm" title="3045: wə·yā·ḏə·‘ū (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConjPerf-3cp) -- A primitive root; to know; used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially.">will know</a> <a href="/hebrew/3588.htm" title="3588: kî (Conj) -- That, for, when. ">that</a> <a href="/hebrew/589.htm" title="589: ’ă·nî (Pro-1cs) -- I. Contracted from 'anokiy; I.">I,</a> <a href="/hebrew/3068.htm" title="3068: Yah·weh (N-proper-ms) -- The proper name of the God of Israel. From hayah; self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God.">the LORD,</a> <a href="/hebrew/1129.htm" title="1129: bā·nî·ṯî (V-Qal-Perf-1cs) -- To build. A primitive root; to build.">have rebuilt</a> <a href="/hebrew/2040.htm" title="2040: han·ne·hĕ·rā·sō·wṯ (Art:: V-Nifal-Prtcpl-fp) -- To throw down, break or tear down. A primitive root; to pull down or in pieces, break, &? Destroy.">what was destroyed,</a> <a href="/hebrew/5193.htm" title="5193: nā·ṭa‘·tî (V-Qal-Perf-1cs) -- To plant. A primitive root; properly, to strike in, i.e. Fix; specifically, to plant.">and I have replanted</a> <a href="/hebrew/8074.htm" title="8074: han·nə·šam·māh (Art:: V-Nifal-Prtcpl-fs) -- To be desolated or appalled. A primitive root; to stun, i.e. Devastate or stupefy.">what was desolate.</a> <a href="/hebrew/589.htm" title="589: ’ă·nî (Pro-1cs) -- I. Contracted from 'anokiy; I.">I,</a> <a href="/hebrew/3068.htm" title="3068: Yah·weh (N-proper-ms) -- The proper name of the God of Israel. From hayah; self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God.">the LORD,</a> <a href="/hebrew/1696.htm" title="1696: dib·bar·tî (V-Piel-Perf-1cs) -- To speak. A primitive root; perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively, to speak; rarely to subdue.">have spoken,</a> <a href="/hebrew/6213.htm" title="6213: wə·‘ā·śî·ṯî (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConjPerf-1cs) -- To do, make. A primitive root; to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application.">and I will do it.</a> 37This is what the Lord GOD says: Once again I will hear the plea of the house of Israel and do for them this: I will multiply their people like a flock.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/isaiah/61-4.htm">Isaiah 61:4</a> They will rebuild the ancient ruins; they will restore the places long devastated; they will renew the ruined cities, the desolations of many generations. <a href="/jeremiah/24-6.htm">Jeremiah 24:6</a> I will keep My eyes on them for good and will return them to this land. I will build them up and not tear them down; I will plant them and not uproot them. <a href="/amos/9-14.htm">Amos 9:14-15</a> I will restore My people Israel from captivity; they will rebuild and inhabit the ruined cities. They will plant vineyards and drink their wine; they will make gardens and eat their fruit. / I will firmly plant them in their own land, never again to be uprooted from the land that I have given them,” says the LORD your God. <a href="/isaiah/58-12.htm">Isaiah 58:12</a> Your people will rebuild the ancient ruins; you will restore the age-old foundations; you will be called Repairer of the Breach, Restorer of the Streets of Dwelling. <a href="/isaiah/49-8.htm">Isaiah 49:8</a> This is what the LORD says: “In the time of favor I will answer You, and in the day of salvation I will help You; I will keep You and appoint You to be a covenant for the people, to restore the land, to apportion its desolate inheritances, <a href="/jeremiah/31-28.htm">Jeremiah 31:28</a> Just as I watched over them to uproot and tear down, to demolish, destroy, and bring disaster, so I will watch over them to build and to plant,” declares the LORD. <a href="/isaiah/60-21.htm">Isaiah 60:21</a> Then all your people will be righteous; they will possess the land forever; they are the branch of My planting, the work of My hands, so that I may be glorified. <a href="/isaiah/11-11.htm">Isaiah 11:11-12</a> On that day the Lord will extend His hand a second time to recover the remnant of His people from Assyria, from Egypt, from Pathros, from Cush, from Elam, from Shinar, from Hamath, and from the islands of the sea. / He will raise a banner for the nations and gather the exiles of Israel; He will collect the scattered of Judah from the four corners of the earth. <a href="/jeremiah/32-41.htm">Jeremiah 32:41</a> Yes, I will rejoice in doing them good, and I will faithfully plant them in this land with all My heart and with all My soul. <a href="/isaiah/43-19.htm">Isaiah 43:19</a> Behold, I am about to do something new; even now it is coming. Do you not see it? Indeed, I will make a way in the wilderness and streams in the desert. <a href="/romans/11-23.htm">Romans 11:23-24</a> And if they do not persist in unbelief, they will be grafted in, for God is able to graft them in again. / For if you were cut from a wild olive tree, and contrary to nature were grafted into one that is cultivated, how much more readily will these, the natural branches, be grafted into their own olive tree! <a href="/acts/15-16.htm">Acts 15:16-17</a> ‘After this I will return and rebuild the fallen tent of David. Its ruins I will rebuild, and I will restore it, / so that the remnant of men may seek the Lord, and all the Gentiles who are called by My name, says the Lord who does these things <a href="/2_corinthians/5-17.htm">2 Corinthians 5:17</a> Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away. Behold, the new has come! <a href="/revelation/21-5.htm">Revelation 21:5</a> And the One seated on the throne said, “Behold, I make all things new.” Then He said, “Write this down, for these words are faithful and true.” <a href="/romans/8-19.htm">Romans 8:19-21</a> The creation waits in eager expectation for the revelation of the sons of God. / For the creation was subjected to futility, not by its own will, but because of the One who subjected it, in hope / that the creation itself will be set free from its bondage to decay and brought into the glorious freedom of the children of God.</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>Then the heathen that are left round about you shall know that I the LORD build the ruined places, and plant that that was desolate: I the LORD have spoken it, and I will do it.know<a href="/ezekiel/17-24.htm">Ezekiel 17:24</a> And all the trees of the field shall know that I the LORD have brought down the high tree, have exalted the low tree, have dried up the green tree, and have made the dry tree to flourish: I the LORD have spoken and have done it.<a href="/ezekiel/34-30.htm">Ezekiel 34:30</a> Thus shall they know that I the LORD their God am with them, and that they, even the house of Israel, are my people, saith the Lord GOD.<a href="/ezekiel/37-28.htm">Ezekiel 37:28</a> And the heathen shall know that I the LORD do sanctify Israel, when my sanctuary shall be in the midst of them for evermore.I the Lord have<a href="/ezekiel/22-14.htm">Ezekiel 22:14</a> Can thine heart endure, or can thine hands be strong, in the days that I shall deal with thee? I the LORD have spoken it, and will do it.<a href="/ezekiel/24-14.htm">Ezekiel 24:14</a> I the LORD have spoken it: it shall come to pass, and I will do it; I will not go back, neither will I spare, neither will I repent; according to thy ways, and according to thy doings, shall they judge thee, saith the Lord GOD.<a href="/ezekiel/37-14.htm">Ezekiel 37:14</a> And shall put my spirit in you, and ye shall live, and I shall place you in your own land: then shall ye know that I the LORD have spoken it, and performed it, saith the LORD.<div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/ezekiel/28-26.htm">Build</a> <a href="/ezekiel/36-33.htm">Builded</a> <a href="/isaiah/14-32.htm">Builder</a> <a href="/ezekiel/36-33.htm">Built</a> <a href="/ezekiel/36-35.htm">Desolate</a> <a href="/ezekiel/36-35.htm">Desolated</a> <a href="/ezekiel/36-35.htm">Destroyed</a> <a href="/ezekiel/36-30.htm">Heathen</a> <a href="/ezekiel/36-30.htm">Nations</a> <a href="/ezekiel/36-35.htm">Places</a> <a href="/ezekiel/34-29.htm">Plant</a> <a href="/ezekiel/36-9.htm">Planted</a> <a href="/isaiah/55-10.htm">Planter</a> <a href="/ezekiel/36-35.htm">Pulled</a> <a href="/ezekiel/36-33.htm">Rebuilt</a> <a href="/ezekiel/36-3.htm">Rest</a> <a href="/ezekiel/36-7.htm">Round</a> <a href="/ezekiel/36-35.htm">Ruined</a> <a href="/ezekiel/29-5.htm">Thrown</a> <a href="/ezekiel/36-35.htm">Waste</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/daniel/9-25.htm">Build</a> <a href="/hosea/8-14.htm">Builded</a> <a href="/zechariah/6-13.htm">Builder</a> <a href="/ezekiel/43-18.htm">Built</a> <a href="/ezekiel/38-12.htm">Desolate</a> <a href="/joel/1-18.htm">Desolated</a> <a href="/daniel/2-12.htm">Destroyed</a> <a href="/ezekiel/37-21.htm">Heathen</a> <a href="/ezekiel/37-21.htm">Nations</a> <a href="/ezekiel/37-23.htm">Places</a> <a href="/daniel/11-45.htm">Plant</a> <a href="/hosea/9-13.htm">Planted</a> <a href="/1_corinthians/3-7.htm">Planter</a> <a href="/daniel/7-8.htm">Pulled</a> <a href="/haggai/1-2.htm">Rebuilt</a> <a href="/ezekiel/37-14.htm">Rest</a> <a href="/ezekiel/37-2.htm">Round</a> <a href="/ezekiel/36-38.htm">Ruined</a> <a href="/ezekiel/38-20.htm">Thrown</a> <a href="/ezekiel/36-38.htm">Waste</a><div class="vheading2">Ezekiel 36</div>1. <a href="/ezekiel/36-1.htm">The land of Israel is comforted, by destruction of the heathen, who spitefully used it</a> 8. <a href="/ezekiel/36-8.htm">and by the blessings of God promised unto it</a> 16. <a href="/ezekiel/36-16.htm">Israel was rejected for their sin</a> 21. <a href="/ezekiel/36-21.htm">and shall be restored without their desert</a> 25. <a href="/ezekiel/36-25.htm">The blessings of Christ's kingdom</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/ezekiel/36.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/ezekiel/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/ezekiel/36.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div>Then the nations around you that remain This phrase indicates the surrounding nations that have witnessed the judgment and exile of Israel. Historically, these nations include Edom, Moab, Ammon, and Philistia, among others. The context is post-exilic, where God promises restoration to Israel, and the remaining nations will observe this transformation. This reflects the broader biblical theme of God using Israel as a witness to the nations, as seen in <a href="/isaiah/49-6.htm">Isaiah 49:6</a>.will know that I, the LORD, The emphasis on "I, the LORD" underscores God's sovereignty and His unique identity as the covenant God of Israel. This knowledge is not just intellectual but acknowledges God's power and faithfulness. It echoes the repeated biblical theme where God's actions lead to His recognition among the nations, as seen in <a href="/exodus/7-5.htm">Exodus 7:5</a> during the plagues of Egypt.have rebuilt what was destroyed, This refers to the physical and spiritual restoration of Israel. Historically, Jerusalem and the temple were destroyed by the Babylonians in 586 BC. The rebuilding signifies not only physical reconstruction but also spiritual renewal. This is a fulfillment of earlier prophecies, such as those in <a href="/isaiah/61-4.htm">Isaiah 61:4</a>, where the ruins are rebuilt.and I have replanted what was desolate. The imagery of replanting suggests agricultural restoration, a return to fruitfulness and prosperity. This is significant in the agrarian society of ancient Israel, where land fertility was a sign of divine blessing. It also connects to the promise of a new covenant and a restored relationship with God, as seen in <a href="/jeremiah/31-12.htm">Jeremiah 31:12</a>.I, the LORD, have spoken, This phrase emphasizes the certainty and authority of God's word. In biblical context, when God speaks, it is a guarantee of fulfillment. This assurance is seen throughout scripture, such as in <a href="/isaiah/55-11.htm">Isaiah 55:11</a>, where God's word accomplishes what He desires.and I will do it. The promise of divine action underscores God's faithfulness and omnipotence. It reassures the Israelites of the certainty of their restoration. This reflects the biblical theme of God's faithfulness to His promises, as seen in <a href="/numbers/23-19.htm">Numbers 23:19</a>, where God is not like humans who lie or change their minds.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/e/ezekiel.htm">Ezekiel</a> A prophet during the Babylonian exile, Ezekiel conveyed God's messages of judgment and restoration to the Israelites. 2. <a href="/topical/t/the_lord.htm">The LORD (Yahweh)</a> The covenant-keeping God of Israel, who promises restoration and renewal. 3. <a href="/topical/t/the_nations.htm">The Nations</a> Refers to the surrounding peoples and countries that witnessed Israel's downfall and will witness its restoration. 4. <a href="/topical/i/israel.htm">Israel</a> The nation chosen by God, which experienced destruction and exile due to disobedience but is promised restoration. 5. <a href="/topical/r/rebuilding_and_replanting.htm">Rebuilding and Replanting</a> Symbolic acts of restoration and renewal, indicating God's power to restore what was lost.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/g/god's_sovereignty_and_faithfulness.htm">God's Sovereignty and Faithfulness</a> God is sovereign over all nations and history. His promises are sure, and He will accomplish what He has spoken. <a href="/topical/r/restoration_and_hope.htm">Restoration and Hope</a> Even in times of desolation and destruction, God offers hope and restoration. He can rebuild and renew what seems lost. <a href="/topical/w/witness_to_the_nations.htm">Witness to the Nations</a> God's work in the lives of His people serves as a testimony to the surrounding world. Our lives should reflect God's transformative power. <a href="/topical/c/covenant_relationship.htm">Covenant Relationship</a> God's commitment to Israel is based on His covenant. Believers today are also in a covenant relationship with God through Christ, ensuring His faithfulness. <a href="/topical/a/active_participation_in_god's_work.htm">Active Participation in God's Work</a> While God initiates restoration, believers are called to participate actively in His work, aligning their lives with His purposes.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_ezekiel_36.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Ezekiel 36</a> <a href="/q/how_can_ezekiel_36's_land_promise_occur.htm">How could the promise of a renewed land in Ezekiel 36 realistically occur on such a large scale when historical and archaeological evidence seems sparse?</a> <a href="/q/does_ezekiel_35_conflict_with_other_scriptures.htm">Does Ezekiel 35 conflict with other scriptures that suggest different fates or timelines for Edom?</a> <a href="/q/how_reconcile_rabshakeh's_claim_with_judah's_deliverance.htm">Isaiah 36:18-20: How do we reconcile the Rabshakeh's claim that no god has saved any nation from Assyria with the biblical assertion that the Lord ultimately delivered Judah?</a> <a href="/q/why_does_isaiah_34_10-11_claim_desolation.htm">Why does the text in Isaiah 34:10-11 claim permanent desolation when other biblical passages speak of possible restoration?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/ezekiel/36.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verse 36. - The heathen that are left round about you. The language presupposes that at or before the time of Israel's restoration the judgments pronounced against the nations will have overtaken them, so that only a remnant of them will be then in existence. Kliefoth and Currey view this remnant as those who shall have been converted out of heathendom and become attached to the community of Israel, like "the nations of the saved" in <a href="/revelation/21-24.htm">Revelation 21:24</a>; Keil, with more accuracy, regards their conversion as resulting from their recognition of the hand of God in building again the wastes places of Jerusalem. <a href="/commentaries/ezekiel/36-36.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div>Then the nations הַגּוֹיִ֗ם (hag·gō·w·yim) Article | Noun - masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1471.htm">Strong's 1471: </a> A foreign nation, a Gentile, a troop of animals, a flight of locusts around you סְבִיבוֹתֵיכֶם֒ (sə·ḇî·ḇō·w·ṯê·ḵem) Adverb | second person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5439.htm">Strong's 5439: </a> A circle, neighbour, environs, around that אֲשֶׁ֣ר (’ă·šer) Pronoun - relative <a href="/hebrew/strongs_834.htm">Strong's 834: </a> Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that remain יִֽשָּׁאֲרוּ֮ (yiš·šā·’ă·rū) Verb - Nifal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7604.htm">Strong's 7604: </a> To swell up, be, redundant will know וְיָדְע֣וּ (wə·yā·ḏə·‘ū) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3045.htm">Strong's 3045: </a> To know that כִּ֣י ׀ (kî) Conjunction <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> A relative conjunction I, אֲנִ֣י (’ă·nî) Pronoun - first person common singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_589.htm">Strong's 589: </a> I the LORD, יְהוָ֗ה (Yah·weh) Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3068.htm">Strong's 3068: </a> LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel have rebuilt בָּנִ֙יתִי֙ (bā·nî·ṯî) Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1129.htm">Strong's 1129: </a> To build what was destroyed, הַנֶּ֣הֱרָס֔וֹת (han·ne·hĕ·rā·sō·wṯ) Article | Verb - Nifal - Participle - feminine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2040.htm">Strong's 2040: </a> To pull down, in pieces, break, & destroy and I have replanted נָטַ֖עְתִּי (nā·ṭa‘·tî) Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5193.htm">Strong's 5193: </a> To strike in, fix, to plant what was desolate. הַנְּשַׁמָּ֑ה (han·nə·šam·māh) Article | Verb - Nifal - Participle - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_8074.htm">Strong's 8074: </a> To stun, devastate, stupefy I, אֲנִ֥י (’ă·nî) Pronoun - first person common singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_589.htm">Strong's 589: </a> I the LORD, יְהוָ֖ה (Yah·weh) Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3068.htm">Strong's 3068: </a> LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel have spoken, דִּבַּ֥רְתִּי (dib·bar·tî) Verb - Piel - Perfect - first person common singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1696.htm">Strong's 1696: </a> To arrange, to speak, to subdue and I will do it.’ וְעָשִֽׂיתִי׃ (wə·‘ā·śî·ṯî) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6213.htm">Strong's 6213: </a> To do, make <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/ezekiel/36-36.htm">Ezekiel 36:36 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/ezekiel/36-36.htm">Ezekiel 36:36 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/ezekiel/36-36.htm">Ezekiel 36:36 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/ezekiel/36-36.htm">Ezekiel 36:36 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/ezekiel/36-36.htm">Ezekiel 36:36 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/ezekiel/36-36.htm">Ezekiel 36:36 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/ezekiel/36-36.htm">Ezekiel 36:36 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/ezekiel/36-36.htm">Ezekiel 36:36 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/ezekiel/36-36.htm">Ezekiel 36:36 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/ezekiel/36-36.htm">Ezekiel 36:36 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/ezekiel/36-36.htm">OT Prophets: Ezekiel 36:36 Then the nations that are left around (Ezek. 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