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The abandoned and ruined cities now have strong walls and are filled with people!’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/ezekiel/36.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />And they will say, ‘This land that was desolate has become like the garden of Eden, and the waste and desolate and ruined cities are now fortified and inhabited.’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/ezekiel/36.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />Then 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.’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/ezekiel/36.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />And they shall say, This land that was desolate is become like the garden of Eden; and the waste and desolate and ruined cities <i>are become</i> fenced, <i>and</i> are inhabited.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/ezekiel/36.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />So they will say, ‘This land that was desolate has become like the garden of Eden; and the wasted, desolate, and ruined cities <i>are now</i> fortified <i>and</i> inhabited.’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/ezekiel/36.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />And they will say, ‘This desolated land has become like the Garden of Eden; and the waste, desolated and ruined cities are fortified <i>and</i> inhabited.’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/ezekiel/36.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8220They will say, &#8216This desolate land has become like the garden of Eden; and the waste, desolate and ruined cities are fortified and inhabited.&#8217<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/ezekiel/36.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />“And they will say, ‘This desolate land has become like the garden of Eden; and the waste, desolate, and ruined cities are fortified <i>and</i> inhabited.’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/ezekiel/36.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />And they will say, ‘This desolate land has become like the garden of Eden; and the waste, desolate, and ruined cities are fortified <i>and</i> inhabited.’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/ezekiel/36.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />Then they will say, ‘This land that was deserted <i>and</i> desolate has become like the garden of Eden; and the waste, desolate, and ruined cities are fortified and inhabited.’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/ezekiel/36.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />They will say, “This land that was desolate has become like the garden of Eden. The cities that were once ruined, desolate, and demolished are now fortified and inhabited.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/ezekiel/36.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Then they will say, &#8216This 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.&#8217<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/ezekiel/36.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />And they shall say, This land that was desolate is become like the garden of Eden; and the waste and desolate and ruined cities are fortified and inhabited.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/ezekiel/36.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />Instead, they will say that it looks as beautiful as the garden of Eden. They won't see towns lying in ruins, but they will see your strong cities filled with people. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/ezekiel/36.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />And they shall say, This land that was desolate is become like the garden of Eden; and the waste and desolate and ruined cities are fenced and inhabited.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/ezekiel/36.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />People will say, "This wasteland has become like the garden of Eden. The cities were destroyed. They were empty and ruined, but now they are fortified and have people living in them."<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/ezekiel/36.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />Everyone will talk about how this land, which was once a wilderness, has become like the Garden of Eden, and how the cities which were torn down, looted, and left in ruins, are now inhabited and fortified. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/ezekiel/36.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />They will say, "This wasteland has become like the garden of Eden, and what used to be desolate ruins are now fortified and inhabited." <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/ezekiel/36.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />Then 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.’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/ezekiel/36.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />They will say, "This desolate land has become like the garden of Eden; the ruined, desolate, and destroyed cities are now fortified and inhabited."<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/ezekiel/36.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />They shall say, "This land that was desolate has become like the garden of Eden; and the waste and desolate and ruined cities are fortified and inhabited."<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/ezekiel/36.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />And they shall say, This land that was desolate is become like the garden of Eden; and the waste and desolate and ruined cities are become fortified, and are inhabited.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/ezekiel/36.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />They will say, ‘This land that was desolate has become like the garden of Eden. The waste, desolate, and ruined cities are fortified and inhabited.’ <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/ezekiel/36.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />And they have said: This land, that was desolated, "" Has been as the Garden of Eden, "" And the cities—the dried up, "" And the desolated, and the broken down, "" [And the] fortified have remained.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/ezekiel/36.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> And they have said: This land, that was desolated, Hath been as the garden of Eden, And the cities -- the wasted, And the desolated, and the broken down, Fenced places have remained.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/ezekiel/36.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And they said: This land being desolate was as the garden of Eden: and the cities laid waste and desolated and destroyed, being fortified, were inhabited.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/ezekiel/36.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />They shall say: This land that was untilled is become as a garden of pleasure: and the cities that were abandoned, and desolate, and destroyed, are peopled and fenced. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/ezekiel/36.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />then they shall say: ‘This uncultivated land has become a garden of delight, and the cities, which were deserted and destitute and overturned, have been settled and fortified.’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/ezekiel/36.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />They will say, “This once-desolate land has become like the garden of Eden. The cities once ruined, laid waste and destroyed, are now resettled and fortified.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/ezekiel/36.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />And they will say, “This land that was desolate has become like the garden of Eden; and the waste and desolate and ruined towns are now inhabited and fortified.”<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/ezekiel/36.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />And they shall say, This land that was desolate is become like the garden of Eden; and the ruined and demolished cities are now become fenced, and are inhabited.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/ezekiel/36.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And they shall say, ‘This desolate land has become like the Paradise of Eden, and the cities that were put to the sword and overthrown are strong fortress cities!’<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/ezekiel/36.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />And they shall say: This land that was desolate is become like the garden of Eden; and the waste and desolate and ruined cities are fortified and inhabited.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/ezekiel/36.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />And they shall say, That desolate land is become like a garden of delight; and the waste and desolate and ruined cities are inhabited.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/ezekiel/36-35.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/vET3Gmwku4s?start=10863" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/ezekiel/36.htm">A New Heart and Spirit</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">34</span>The desolate land will be cultivated instead of lying desolate in the sight of all who pass through. <span class="reftext">35</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/559.htm" title="559: wə·’ā·mə·rū (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConjPerf-3cp) -- To utter, say. A primitive root; to say.">Then they will say,</a> <a href="/hebrew/1977.htm" title="1977: hal·lê·zū (Pro-fs) -- This. Another form of hallazeh; that.">‘This</a> <a href="/hebrew/776.htm" title="776: hā·’ā·reṣ (Art:: N-fs) -- Earth, land. From an unused root probably meaning to be firm; the earth.">land</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.">that was desolate</a> <a href="/hebrew/1961.htm" title="1961: hā·yə·ṯāh (V-Qal-Perf-3fs) -- To fall out, come to pass, become, be. A primitive root; to exist, i.e. Be or become, come to pass.">has become</a> <a href="/hebrew/1588.htm" title="1588: kə·ḡan- (Prep-k:: N-csc) -- An enclosure, garden. From ganan; a garden.">like the garden</a> <a href="/hebrew/5731.htm" title="5731: ‘ê·ḏen (N-proper-fs) -- The garden home of Adam and Eve. The same as eden; Eden, the region of Adam's home.">of Eden.</a> <a href="/hebrew/5892.htm" title="5892: wə·he·‘ā·rîm (Conj-w, Art:: N-fp) -- Excitement. Or par; or ayar; from uwr a city in the widest sense.">The cities</a> <a href="/hebrew/2720.htm" title="2720: he·ḥo·rê·ḇō·wṯ (Art:: Adj-fp) -- Parched, ruined. From charab; parched or ruined.">that were once ruined,</a> <a href="/hebrew/8074.htm" title="8074: wə·han·šam·mō·wṯ (Conj-w, Art:: V-Nifal-Prtcpl-fp) -- To be desolated or appalled. A primitive root; to stun, i.e. Devastate or stupefy.">desolate,</a> <a href="/hebrew/2040.htm" title="2040: wə·han·ne·hĕ·rā·sō·wṯ (Conj-w, Art:: V-Nifal-Prtcpl-fp) -- To throw down, break or tear down. A primitive root; to pull down or in pieces, break, &? Destroy.">and destroyed</a> <a href="/hebrew/1219.htm" title="1219: bə·ṣū·rō·wṯ (Adj-fp) -- To cut off, make inaccessible, enclose. A primitive root; to clip off; specifically to gather grapes; also to be isolated.">are now fortified</a> <a href="/hebrew/3427.htm" title="3427: yā·šā·ḇū (V-Qal-Perf-3cp) -- A primitive root; properly, to sit down; by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry.">and inhabited.’</a> </span><span class="reftext">36</span>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.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/51-3.htm">Isaiah 51:3</a></span><br />For the LORD will comfort Zion and will look with compassion on all her ruins; He will make her wilderness like Eden and her desert like the garden of the LORD. Joy and gladness will be found in her, thanksgiving and melodious song.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/joel/2-3.htm">Joel 2:3</a></span><br />Before them a fire devours, and behind them a flame scorches. The land before them is like the Garden of Eden, but behind them, it is like a desert wasteland—surely nothing will escape them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/58-11.htm">Isaiah 58:11</a></span><br />The LORD will always guide you; He will satisfy you in a sun-scorched land and strengthen your frame. You will be like a well-watered garden, like a spring whose waters never fail.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/35-1.htm">Isaiah 35:1-2</a></span><br />The wilderness and the dry land will be glad; the desert will rejoice and blossom like a rose. / It will bloom profusely and rejoice with joy and singing. The glory of Lebanon will be given to it, the splendor of Carmel and Sharon. They will see the glory of the LORD, the splendor of our God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/amos/9-14.htm">Amos 9:14</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/31-12.htm">Jeremiah 31:12</a></span><br />They will come and shout for joy on the heights of Zion; they will be radiant over the bounty of the LORD—the grain, new wine, and oil, and the young of the flocks and herds. Their life will be like a well-watered garden, and never again will they languish.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/32-15.htm">Isaiah 32:15</a></span><br />until the Spirit is poured out upon us from on high. Then the desert will be an orchard, and the orchard will seem like a forest.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/41-18.htm">Isaiah 41:18-20</a></span><br />I will open rivers on the barren heights, and fountains in the middle of the valleys. I will turn the desert into a pool of water, and the dry land into flowing springs. / I will plant cedars in the wilderness, acacias, myrtles, and olive trees. I will set cypresses in the desert, elms and boxwood together, / so that all may see and know, may consider and understand, that the hand of the LORD has done this and the Holy One of Israel has created it.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/61-4.htm">Isaiah 61:4</a></span><br />They will rebuild the ancient ruins; they will restore the places long devastated; they will renew the ruined cities, the desolations of many generations.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/107-35.htm">Psalm 107:35-38</a></span><br />He turns a desert into pools of water and a dry land into flowing springs. / He causes the hungry to settle there, that they may establish a city in which to dwell. / They sow fields and plant vineyards that yield a fruitful harvest. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/21-5.htm">Revelation 21:5</a></span><br />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.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/22-1.htm">Revelation 22:1-2</a></span><br />Then the angel showed me a river of the water of life, as clear as crystal, flowing from the throne of God and of the Lamb / down the middle of the main street of the city. On either side of the river stood a tree of life, bearing twelve kinds of fruit and yielding a fresh crop for each month. And the leaves of the tree are for the healing of the nations.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/19-28.htm">Matthew 19:28</a></span><br />Jesus said to them, “Truly I tell you, in the renewal of all things, when the Son of Man sits on His glorious throne, you who have followed Me will also sit on twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/8-21.htm">Romans 8:21</a></span><br />that the creation itself will be set free from its bondage to decay and brought into the glorious freedom of the children of God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_corinthians/5-17.htm">2 Corinthians 5:17</a></span><br />Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away. Behold, the new has come!</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">And they shall say, This land that was desolate is become like the garden of Eden; and the waste and desolate and ruined cities are become fenced, and are inhabited.</p><p class="hdg">they shall</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/58-11.htm">Psalm 58:11</a></b></br> So that a man shall say, Verily <i>there is</i> a reward for the righteous: verily he is a God that judgeth in the earth.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/64-9.htm">Psalm 64:9</a></b></br> And all men shall fear, and shall declare the work of God; for they shall wisely consider of his doing.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/126-2.htm">Psalm 126:2</a></b></br> Then was our mouth filled with laughter, and our tongue with singing: then said they among the heathen, The LORD hath done great things for them.</p><p class="hdg">like the</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/ezekiel/37-13.htm">Ezekiel 37:13</a></b></br> And ye shall know that I <i>am</i> the LORD, when I have opened your graves, O my people, and brought you up out of your graves,</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/genesis/2-8.htm">Genesis 2:8,9</a></b></br> And the LORD God planted a garden eastward in Eden; and there he put the man whom he had formed… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/genesis/13-10.htm">Genesis 13:10</a></b></br> And Lot lifted up his eyes, and beheld all the plain of Jordan, that it <i>was</i> well watered every where, before the LORD destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah, <i>even</i> as the garden of the LORD, like the land of Egypt, as thou comest unto Zoar.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/ezekiel/34-27.htm">Broken</a> <a href="/ezekiel/36-33.htm">Cities</a> <a href="/ezekiel/36-34.htm">Desolate</a> <a href="/ezekiel/35-15.htm">Desolated</a> <a href="/ezekiel/32-13.htm">Destroyed</a> <a href="/ezekiel/31-18.htm">Eden</a> <a href="/ezekiel/21-20.htm">Fenced</a> <a href="/ezekiel/27-32.htm">Fortified</a> <a href="/ezekiel/31-9.htm">Garden</a> <a href="/ezekiel/36-33.htm">Inhabited</a> <a href="/ezekiel/35-12.htm">Laid</a> <a href="/ezekiel/36-33.htm">Peopled</a> <a href="/ezekiel/36-33.htm">Places</a> <a href="/lamentations/3-11.htm">Pulled</a> <a href="/ezekiel/30-7.htm">Ruined</a> <a href="/ezekiel/36-33.htm">Ruins</a> <a href="/ezekiel/36-33.htm">Towns</a> <a href="/ezekiel/35-9.htm">Unpeopled</a> <a href="/lamentations/3-9.htm">Walled</a> <a href="/ezekiel/36-34.htm">Waste</a> <a href="/ezekiel/34-29.htm">Wasted</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/ezekiel/44-7.htm">Broken</a> <a href="/ezekiel/36-38.htm">Cities</a> <a href="/ezekiel/36-36.htm">Desolate</a> <a href="/ezekiel/36-36.htm">Desolated</a> <a href="/ezekiel/36-36.htm">Destroyed</a> <a href="/joel/2-3.htm">Eden</a> <a href="/daniel/11-15.htm">Fenced</a> <a href="/daniel/11-15.htm">Fortified</a> <a href="/joel/2-3.htm">Garden</a> <a href="/ezekiel/38-12.htm">Inhabited</a> <a href="/ezekiel/39-21.htm">Laid</a> <a href="/joel/3-20.htm">Peopled</a> <a href="/ezekiel/36-36.htm">Places</a> <a href="/ezekiel/36-36.htm">Pulled</a> <a href="/ezekiel/36-36.htm">Ruined</a> <a href="/daniel/2-5.htm">Ruins</a> <a href="/ezekiel/36-38.htm">Towns</a> <a href="/ezekiel/36-38.htm">Unpeopled</a> <a href="/ezekiel/46-22.htm">Walled</a> <a href="/ezekiel/36-36.htm">Waste</a> <a href="/ezekiel/39-10.htm">Wasted</a><div class="vheading2">Ezekiel 36</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/ezekiel/36-1.htm">The land of Israel is comforted, by destruction of the heathen, who spitefully used it</a></span><br><span class="reftext">8. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/ezekiel/36-8.htm">and by the blessings of God promised unto it</a></span><br><span class="reftext">16. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/ezekiel/36-16.htm">Israel was rejected for their sin</a></span><br><span class="reftext">21. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/ezekiel/36-21.htm">and shall be restored without their desert</a></span><br><span class="reftext">25. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/ezekiel/36-25.htm">The blessings of Christ's kingdom</a></span><br></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'; 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In the Hebrew text, the verb used here suggests a definitive declaration, emphasizing the certainty of God's promises. Historically, this reflects the prophetic nature of Ezekiel's message, where the restoration of Israel serves as a testament to God's faithfulness and power. It is a call to witness the miraculous change that only God can bring about.<p><b>This land that was desolate</b><br />The word "desolate" in Hebrew is "shamem," which conveys a sense of utter devastation and emptiness. This reflects the historical context of Israel's exile and the physical and spiritual desolation experienced by the people. The land, once vibrant and full of life, had become barren due to the people's disobedience. This phrase sets the stage for the miraculous transformation that God promises, highlighting His ability to bring life to what was once lifeless.<p><b>has become like the garden of Eden</b><br />The "garden of Eden" is a powerful biblical symbol of perfection, abundance, and divine presence. In Hebrew, "Eden" means delight or pleasure, representing the ideal state of creation before the fall. By comparing the restored land to Eden, the text emphasizes the completeness and beauty of God's restoration. It is a promise of not just physical renewal but also spiritual restoration, where God's presence and blessings are fully realized.<p><b>The cities that were once ruined, desolate, and destroyed</b><br />This phrase underscores the extent of the devastation that had befallen the cities of Israel. The repetition of terms like "ruined," "desolate," and "destroyed" in Hebrew serves to emphasize the totality of the destruction. Historically, this reflects the consequences of Israel's disobedience and the resulting exile. Yet, it also sets the stage for the miraculous work of God, who can rebuild and restore what seems beyond repair.<p><b>are now fortified and inhabited</b><br />The transformation from desolation to being "fortified and inhabited" signifies security, strength, and community. In Hebrew, the word for "fortified" suggests a strong, impenetrable defense, while "inhabited" indicates a thriving, vibrant population. This reflects God's promise to not only restore the physical structures but also to bring back His people, ensuring their safety and prosperity. It is a vision of hope and renewal, where God's people live in peace and abundance under His protection.<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/ezekiel/36.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(35) <span class= "bld">Like the garden of Eden.--</span>This may be meant merely to describe the exceeding excellence and prosperity of the land; but, in connection with what has been previously said, it seems rather to point forward to that state in which man shall again be entirely freed from sin, which has been the state for which the Church in all ages has been preparing.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/ezekiel/36.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 35.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">This land that was desolate is become like the garden of Eden.</span> (For the reverse picture, see <a href="/joel/2-3.htm">Joel 2:3</a>.) The thought of the first Paradise (<a href="/genesis/2-8.htm">Genesis 2:8</a>), in the historicity of which clearly Ezekiel believed, was one on which his mind often dwelt (<a href="/ezekiel/28-13.htm">Ezekiel 28:13</a>; <a href="/ezekiel/31-9.htm">Ezekiel 31:9</a>) as an ideal of earthly beauty and fertility which should recur in the closing age of the world - a hope which appears to have been shared by Isaiah (<a href="/isaiah/51-3.htm">Isaiah 51:3</a>), and taken up by John (<a href="/revelation/2-7.htm">Revelation 2:7</a>; <a href="/revelation/22-1.htm">Revelation 22:1-3</a>). In the day when that hope should be realized for Israel, the <span class="cmt_word">waste, desolate, and ruined cities</span>, on which the passers-by who visited Palestine gazed, should be <span class="cmt_word">fenced and inhabited</span>; literally, <span class="accented">inhabited as fortresses</span>. The three predicates, "waste," "desolate," and" ruined," have been distinguished as signifying "stripped of its inhabitants," "untilled in its lands," and "broken down in its buildings;" in contrast with which, in the golden era of the future, the towns should be inhabited, the fields tilled, and the ruined fortresses built. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/ezekiel/36-35.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">Then they will say,</span><br /><span class="heb">וְאָמְר֗וּ</span> <span class="translit">(wə·’ā·mə·rū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_559.htm">Strong's 559: </a> </span><span class="str2">To utter, say</span><br /><br /><span class="word">“This</span><br /><span class="heb">הַלֵּ֙זוּ֙</span> <span class="translit">(hal·lê·zū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Pronoun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1977.htm">Strong's 1977: </a> </span><span class="str2">This </span><br /><br /><span class="word">land</span><br /><span class="heb">הָאָ֤רֶץ</span> <span class="translit">(hā·’ā·reṣ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_776.htm">Strong's 776: </a> </span><span class="str2">Earth, land</span><br /><br /><span class="word">that was desolate</span><br /><span class="heb">הַנְּשַׁמָּ֔ה</span> <span class="translit">(han·nə·šam·māh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Verb - Nifal - Participle - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8074.htm">Strong's 8074: </a> </span><span class="str2">To stun, devastate, stupefy</span><br /><br /><span class="word">has become</span><br /><span class="heb">הָיְתָ֖ה</span> <span class="translit">(hā·yə·ṯāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1961.htm">Strong's 1961: </a> </span><span class="str2">To fall out, come to pass, become, be</span><br /><br /><span class="word">like the garden</span><br /><span class="heb">כְּגַן־</span> <span class="translit">(kə·ḡan-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-k | Noun - common singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1588.htm">Strong's 1588: </a> </span><span class="str2">An enclosure, garden</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of Eden.</span><br /><span class="heb">עֵ֑דֶן</span> <span class="translit">(‘ê·ḏen)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5731.htm">Strong's 5731: </a> </span><span class="str2">Eden -- the garden home of Adam and Eve</span><br /><br /><span class="word">The cities</span><br /><span class="heb">וְהֶעָרִ֧ים</span> <span class="translit">(wə·he·‘ā·rîm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw, Article | Noun - feminine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5892.htm">Strong's 5892: </a> </span><span class="str2">Excitement</span><br /><br /><span class="word">that were once ruined,</span><br /><span class="heb">הֶחֳרֵב֛וֹת</span> <span class="translit">(he·ḥo·rê·ḇō·wṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Adjective - feminine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2720.htm">Strong's 2720: </a> </span><span class="str2">Parched, ruined</span><br /><br /><span class="word">desolate,</span><br /><span class="heb">וְהַֽנְשַׁמּ֥וֹת</span> <span class="translit">(wə·han·šam·mō·wṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw, Article | Verb - Nifal - Participle - feminine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8074.htm">Strong's 8074: </a> </span><span class="str2">To stun, devastate, stupefy</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and destroyed</span><br /><span class="heb">וְהַנֶּהֱרָס֖וֹת</span> <span class="translit">(wə·han·ne·hĕ·rā·sō·wṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw, Article | Verb - Nifal - Participle - feminine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2040.htm">Strong's 2040: </a> </span><span class="str2">To pull down, in pieces, break, & destroy</span><br /><br /><span class="word">are now fortified</span><br /><span class="heb">בְּצוּר֥וֹת</span> <span class="translit">(bə·ṣū·rō·wṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adjective - feminine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1219.htm">Strong's 1219: </a> </span><span class="str2">To cut off, make inaccessible, enclose</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and inhabited.”</span><br /><span class="heb">יָשָֽׁבוּ׃</span> <span class="translit">(yā·šā·ḇū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3427.htm">Strong's 3427: </a> </span><span class="str2">To sit down, to dwell, to remain, to settle, to marry</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/ezekiel/36-35.htm">Ezekiel 36:35 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/ezekiel/36-35.htm">Ezekiel 36:35 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/ezekiel/36-35.htm">Ezekiel 36:35 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/ezekiel/36-35.htm">Ezekiel 36:35 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/ezekiel/36-35.htm">Ezekiel 36:35 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/ezekiel/36-35.htm">Ezekiel 36:35 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/ezekiel/36-35.htm">Ezekiel 36:35 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/ezekiel/36-35.htm">Ezekiel 36:35 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/ezekiel/36-35.htm">Ezekiel 36:35 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/ezekiel/36-35.htm">Ezekiel 36:35 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/ezekiel/36-35.htm">OT Prophets: Ezekiel 36:35 They shall say This land that was (Ezek. 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