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for they are at hand to come.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/ezekiel/36.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />But you, O mountains of Israel, you shall shoot forth your branches and yield your fruit to My people Israel, for they are about to come.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/ezekiel/36.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />But as for you, mountains of Israel, you will grow your branches and bear fruit for My people Israel; for they are about to come.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/ezekiel/36.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8216But you, O mountains of Israel, you will put forth your branches and bear your fruit for My people Israel; for they will soon come.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/ezekiel/36.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />‘But you, O mountains of Israel, you will put forth your branches and bear your fruit for My people Israel; for they will soon come.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/ezekiel/36.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />But you, O mountains of Israel, you will put forth your branches and bear your fruit for My people Israel; for they will soon come.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/ezekiel/36.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />But you, O mountains of Israel, will put out your branches and bear your fruit to My people Israel; for they will soon come [home].<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/ezekiel/36.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />“ ‘You, mountains of Israel, will produce your branches and bear your fruit for my people Israel, since their arrival is near.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/ezekiel/36.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />You, mountains of Israel, will produce your branches and bear your fruit for My people Israel, since their arrival is near. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/ezekiel/36.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />But ye, O mountains of Israel, ye shall shoot forth your branches, and yield your fruit to my people Israel; for they are at hand to come.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/ezekiel/36.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />Trees will grow on you mountains of Israel and produce fruit for my people, because they will soon come home. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/ezekiel/36.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />But ye, O mountains of Israel, ye shall shoot forth your branches, and yield your fruit to my people Israel; for they are at hand to come.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/ezekiel/36.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />" 'But you, mountains of Israel, will grow branches and bear fruit for my people Israel. My people will come home soon.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/ezekiel/36.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />But on the mountains of Israel the trees will again grow leaves and bear fruit for you, my people Israel. You are going to come home soon. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/ezekiel/36.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />But you mountains of Israel are going to sprout branches and bear fruit for my people Israel, because they'll be coming soon.'"<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/ezekiel/36.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />But you, O mountains of Israel, will produce branches and bear fruit for My people Israel, for they will soon come home.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/ezekiel/36.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />"'But you, mountains of Israel, will grow your branches, and bear your fruit for my people Israel; for they will arrive soon.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/ezekiel/36.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />"'"'But you, mountains of Israel, you shall shoot forth your branches, and yield your fruit to my people Israel; for they are at hand to come.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/ezekiel/36.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />But ye, O mountains of Israel, ye shall shoot forth your branches, and yield your fruit to my people of Israel; for they are at hand to come.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/ezekiel/36.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />“‘“But you, mountains of Israel, you shall shoot out your branches and yield your fruit to my people Israel; for they are at hand to come. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/ezekiel/36.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />And you, O mountains of Israel, "" You give out your branch, "" And you bear your fruits for My people Israel, "" For they have drawn near to come.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/ezekiel/36.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> And ye, O mountains of Israel, Your branch ye give out, and your fruits ye bear for My people Israel, For they have drawn near to come.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/ezekiel/36.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And ye mountains of Israel, ye shall give your branch, and ye shall bear your fruit to my people Israel; for they drew near to come.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/ezekiel/36.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />But as for you, O mountains of Israel, shoot ye forth your branches, and yield your fruit to my people of Israel: for they are at hand to come. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/ezekiel/36.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />But as for you, O mountains of Israel, spring forth your branches, and bear your fruit, to my people Israel. For they are close to their advent.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/ezekiel/36.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />But you, mountains of Israel, you will sprout branches and bear fruit for my people Israel, for they are coming soon.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/ezekiel/36.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />But you, O mountains of Israel, shall shoot out your branches, and yield your fruit to my people Israel; for they shall soon come home.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/ezekiel/36.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />But you, O mountains of Israel, you shall shoot forth your grass and yield your fruit to my people Israel; for they are ready to come.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/ezekiel/36.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />But you, mountains of Israel, you shall give your branches, and you shall grow your fruit for my people Israel, because they are near to come<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/ezekiel/36.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />But ye, O mountains of Israel, ye shall shoot forth your branches, and yield your fruit to My people Israel; for they are at hand to come.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/ezekiel/36.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />But your grapes and your fruits, O mountains of Israel, shall my people eat; for they are hoping to come.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/ezekiel/36-8.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/vET3Gmwku4s?start=10565" 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 Prophecy to the Mountains of Israel</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">7</span>Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: I have sworn with an uplifted hand that surely the nations around you will endure reproach of their own. <span class="reftext">8</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/859.htm" title="859: wə·’at·tem (Conj-w:: Pro-2mp) -- You (masc. sing.). ">But you,</a> <a href="/hebrew/2022.htm" title="2022: hā·rê (N-mpc) -- Mountain, hill, hill country. A shortened form of harar; a mountain or range of hills.">O mountains</a> <a href="/hebrew/3478.htm" title="3478: yiś·rā·’êl (N-proper-ms) -- From sarah and 'el; he will rule as God; Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also of his posterity.">of Israel,</a> <a href="/hebrew/5414.htm" title="5414: tit·tê·nū (V-Qal-Imperf-2mp) -- To give, put, set. A primitive root; to give, used with greatest latitude of application.">will produce</a> <a href="/hebrew/6057.htm" title="6057: ‘an·pə·ḵem (N-msc:: 2mp) -- A branch, bough. From an unused root meaning to cover; a twig.">branches</a> <a href="/hebrew/5375.htm" title="5375: tiś·’ū (V-Qal-Imperf-2mp) -- Or nacah ('abad); a primitive root; to lift, in a great variety of applications, literal and figurative, absol. And rel.">and bear</a> <a href="/hebrew/6529.htm" title="6529: ū·p̄er·yə·ḵem (Conj-w:: N-msc:: 2mp) -- Fruit. From parah; fruit.">fruit</a> <a href="/hebrew/5971.htm" title="5971: lə·‘am·mî (Prep-l:: N-msc:: 1cs) -- From amam; a people; specifically, a tribe; hence troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock.">for My people</a> <a href="/hebrew/3478.htm" title="3478: yiś·rā·’êl (N-proper-ms) -- From sarah and 'el; he will rule as God; Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also of his posterity.">Israel,</a> <a href="/hebrew/3588.htm" title="3588: kî (Conj) -- That, for, when. ">for</a> <a href="/hebrew/7126.htm" title="7126: qê·rə·ḇū (V-Piel-Perf-3cp) -- To come near, approach. A primitive root; to approach for whatever purpose.">they will soon</a> <a href="/hebrew/935.htm" title="935: lā·ḇō·w (Prep-l:: V-Qal-Inf) -- To come in, come, go in, go. A primitive root; to go or come.">come home.</a> </span><span class="reftext">9</span>For behold, I am on your side; I will turn toward you, and you will be tilled and sown.…<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/55-12.htm">Isaiah 55:12-13</a></span><br />You will indeed go out with joy and be led forth in peace; the mountains and hills will burst into song before you, and all the trees of the field will clap their hands. / Instead of the thornbush, the cypress will grow, and instead of the brier, the myrtle will spring up; this will make a name for the LORD, an everlasting sign, never to be destroyed.”<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="/amos/9-13.htm">Amos 9:13-15</a></span><br />“Behold, the days are coming,” declares the LORD, “when the plowman will overtake the reaper and the treader of grapes, the sower of seed. The mountains will drip with sweet wine, with which all the hills will flow. / 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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/joel/2-21.htm">Joel 2:21-24</a></span><br />Do not be afraid, O land; rejoice and be glad, for the LORD has done great things. / Do not be afraid, O beasts of the field, for the open pastures have turned green, the trees bear their fruit, and the fig tree and vine yield their best. / Be glad, O children of Zion, and rejoice in the LORD your God, for He has given you the autumn rains for your vindication. He sends you showers, both autumn and spring rains, as before. ...<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="/isaiah/61-11.htm">Isaiah 61:11</a></span><br />For as the earth brings forth its growth, and as a garden enables seed to spring up, so the Lord GOD will cause righteousness and praise to spring up before all the nations.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/32-41.htm">Jeremiah 32:41-42</a></span><br />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. / For this is what the LORD says: Just as I have brought all this great disaster on this people, so I will bring on them all the good I have promised them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/zechariah/8-12.htm">Zechariah 8:12</a></span><br />“For the seed will be prosperous, the vine will yield its fruit, the ground will yield its produce, and the skies will give their dew. To the remnant of this people I will give all these things as an inheritance.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/leviticus/26-4.htm">Leviticus 26:4</a></span><br />I will give you rains in their season, and the land will yield its produce, and the trees of the field will bear their fruit.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/30-9.htm">Deuteronomy 30:9</a></span><br />So the LORD your God will make you abound in all the work of your hands and in the fruit of your womb, the offspring of your livestock, and the produce of your land. Indeed, the LORD will again delight in your prosperity, as He delighted in that of your fathers,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/8-19.htm">Romans 8:19-21</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/13-23.htm">Matthew 13:23</a></span><br />But the seed sown on good soil is the one who hears the word and understands it. He indeed bears fruit and produces a crop—a hundredfold, sixtyfold, or thirtyfold.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/15-5.htm">John 15:5</a></span><br />I am the vine and you are the branches. The one who remains in Me, and I in him, will bear much fruit. For apart from Me you can do nothing.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/11-17.htm">Romans 11:17-24</a></span><br />Now if some branches have been broken off, and you, a wild olive shoot, have been grafted in among the others to share in the nourishment of the olive root, / do not boast over those branches. If you do, remember this: You do not support the root, but the root supports you. / You will say then, “Branches were broken off so that I could be grafted in.” ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_corinthians/9-10.htm">2 Corinthians 9:10</a></span><br />Now He who supplies seed to the sower and bread for food will supply and multiply your store of seed and will increase the harvest of your righteousness.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">But you, O mountains of Israel, you shall shoot forth your branches, and yield your fruit to my people of Israel; for they are at hand to come.</p><p class="hdg">ye shall</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/ezekiel/34-26.htm">Ezekiel 34:26-29</a></b></br> And I will make them and the places round about my hill a blessing; and I will cause the shower to come down in his season; there shall be showers of blessing… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/67-6.htm">Psalm 67:6</a></b></br> <i>Then</i> shall the earth yield her increase; <i>and</i> God, <i>even</i> our own God, shall bless us.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/85-12.htm">Psalm 85:12</a></b></br> Yea, the LORD shall give <i>that which is</i> good; and our land shall yield her increase.</p><p class="hdg">for.</p><p class="hdg">at hand</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/ezekiel/12-25.htm">Ezekiel 12:25</a></b></br> For I <i>am</i> the LORD: I will speak, and the word that I shall speak shall come to pass; it shall be no more prolonged: for in your days, O rebellious house, will I say the word, and will perform it, saith the Lord GOD.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/philippians/4-5.htm">Philippians 4:5</a></b></br> Let your moderation be known unto all men. The Lord <i>is</i> at hand.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/hebrews/10-37.htm">Hebrews 10:37</a></b></br> For yet a little while, and he that shall come will come, and will not tarry.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/ezekiel/36-7.htm">Bear</a> <a href="/ezekiel/31-3.htm">Branch</a> <a href="/ezekiel/31-13.htm">Branches</a> <a href="/ezekiel/32-20.htm">Drawn</a> <a href="/ezekiel/33-30.htm">Forth</a> <a href="/ezekiel/34-27.htm">Fruit</a> <a href="/ezekiel/25-4.htm">Fruits</a> <a href="/ezekiel/36-7.htm">Hand</a> <a href="/lamentations/1-20.htm">Home</a> <a href="/ezekiel/36-6.htm">Israel</a> <a href="/ezekiel/36-6.htm">Mountains</a> <a href="/ezekiel/34-27.htm">Produce</a> <a href="/ezekiel/33-22.htm">Ready</a> <a href="/ezekiel/31-14.htm">Shoot</a> <a href="/ezekiel/23-16.htm">Soon</a> <a href="/ezekiel/34-27.htm">Yield</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/ezekiel/36-15.htm">Bear</a> <a href="/daniel/1-17.htm">Branch</a> <a href="/daniel/4-12.htm">Branches</a> <a href="/daniel/3-8.htm">Drawn</a> <a href="/ezekiel/36-11.htm">Forth</a> <a href="/ezekiel/36-11.htm">Fruit</a> <a href="/ezekiel/44-30.htm">Fruits</a> <a href="/ezekiel/37-1.htm">Hand</a> <a href="/ezekiel/37-12.htm">Home</a> <a href="/ezekiel/36-10.htm">Israel</a> <a href="/ezekiel/37-22.htm">Mountains</a> <a href="/ezekiel/36-30.htm">Produce</a> <a href="/ezekiel/38-7.htm">Ready</a> <a href="/daniel/11-7.htm">Shoot</a> <a href="/daniel/6-14.htm">Soon</a> <a href="/ezekiel/36-37.htm">Yield</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'; </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><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <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> <br /><br /> </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><b>But you, O mountains of Israel,</b><br>This phrase addresses the physical land of Israel, often personified in prophetic literature. The mountains symbolize the entire land, which holds significant historical and spiritual importance for the Israelites. The land is central to God's covenant with Abraham (<a href="/genesis/12-7.htm">Genesis 12:7</a>) and is a recurring theme in the promises of restoration throughout the Old Testament. The mountains of Israel are also a geographical reality, forming a central spine through the country, and have been the site of many biblical events.<p><b>will produce branches and bear fruit</b><br>This imagery of branches and fruit signifies fertility and abundance, contrasting with the desolation described earlier in Ezekiel. It reflects the blessings of God upon the land, reminiscent of the promises in <a href="/deuteronomy/28-11.htm">Deuteronomy 28:11-12</a>. The agricultural metaphor is common in Scripture, symbolizing spiritual renewal and divine favor. This promise of productivity is both literal, concerning the land's physical restoration, and metaphorical, indicating spiritual revival.<p><b>for My people Israel,</b><br>The phrase emphasizes God's covenant relationship with Israel. Despite their previous disobedience and exile, God remains committed to His people. This reflects the theme of divine faithfulness found throughout the Bible, such as in <a href="/jeremiah/31-33.htm">Jeremiah 31:33-34</a>. The restoration of the land is directly linked to the restoration of the people, underscoring the inseparable bond between Israel and their God-given inheritance.<p><b>for they will soon come home.</b><br>This prophecy foretells the return of the Israelites from exile, a central theme in Ezekiel and other prophetic books like Isaiah and Jeremiah. Historically, this was fulfilled when the exiles returned from Babylon under leaders like Zerubbabel and Ezra. Theologically, it points to God's redemptive plan and foreshadows the ultimate gathering of His people, as seen in eschatological passages like <a href="/revelation/21.htm">Revelation 21:1-3</a>. The return home is not just a physical relocation but a spiritual restoration to a right relationship with God.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/m/mountains_of_israel.htm">Mountains of Israel</a></b><br>Symbolic of the land of Israel, representing the physical and spiritual restoration of the nation.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/p/people_of_israel.htm">People of Israel</a></b><br>The chosen people of God, who are promised restoration and return to their homeland.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/g/god.htm">God</a></b><br>The speaker in this passage, promising restoration and blessing to His people.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/r/restoration.htm">Restoration</a></b><br>The event of Israel's return to their land and the renewal of their covenant relationship with God.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/f/fruitfulness.htm">Fruitfulness</a></b><br>A metaphor for the blessings and prosperity that will come upon Israel as they are restored.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_faithfulness.htm">God's Faithfulness</a></b><br>God's promises are sure and steadfast. Just as He promised restoration to Israel, He is faithful to fulfill His promises to us.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/s/spiritual_restoration.htm">Spiritual Restoration</a></b><br>The physical restoration of Israel is a picture of the spiritual restoration available to all believers through Christ.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/f/fruitfulness_in_life.htm">Fruitfulness in Life</a></b><br>Just as the mountains of Israel are to bear fruit, believers are called to bear spiritual fruit in their lives through the Holy Spirit.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/h/hope_in_god's_timing.htm">Hope in God's Timing</a></b><br>The phrase "for they will soon come home" reminds us to trust in God's perfect timing for His plans and purposes in our lives.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/c/covenant_relationship.htm">Covenant Relationship</a></b><br>The restoration of Israel emphasizes the importance of maintaining a covenant relationship with God, marked by obedience and faith.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_ezekiel_36.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Ezekiel 36</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><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><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_does_conflict_persist_despite_ezekiel_36.htm">In light of Ezekiel 36’s promise of restoration, why does the historical record show so much continued conflict in the region, seeming to contradict the prophecy? </a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_does_ezekiel_36_align_with_other_prophecies.htm">How do claims in Ezekiel 36 about Israel’s future prosperity reconcile with other biblical passages that predict ongoing hardship for the same people? </a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_does_the_region_still_face_droughts.htm">If the land was to become abundantly fruitful (Ezekiel 36:8-9), why does modern agriculture in that region still struggle with droughts and other environmental challenges?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/ezekiel/36.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(8) <span class= "bld">Shoot forth your branches.--</span>The land of Israel, represented by its mountains, is now to put forth its fruit, for the time is at hand when the people will return--a strong and vivid way of setting forth at once the certainty and the nearness of the return.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/ezekiel/36.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 8.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">For they are at hand to come</span>. Keil and Plumptre make the subject of the verb the material blessings in which Israel's prosperity is depicted as consisting, viz. the foliage and fruit her mountains were soon to bear for the people of Jehovah. The majority of expositors believe the subject to be the people whose return from exile was in this way declared to be approaching. Nor is there any reason why Ezekiel should not have represented the return from exile as an event soon to take place, since of the seventy years of captivity predicted by Jeremiah (<a href="/jeremiah/25-11.htm">Jeremiah 25:11</a>) at least twenty years had passed, if its commencement be dated from the fourth year of Jehoiakim (<a href="/ezekiel/33-21.htm">Ezekiel 33:21</a>); and the fulfillment of Jehovah's promise was to the prophet so much a matter of certainty (<a href="/ezekiel/11-17.htm">Ezekiel 11:17</a>) that his fervent imagination conceived it as at hand. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/ezekiel/36-8.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">But you,</span><br /><span class="heb">וְאַתֶּ֞ם</span> <span class="translit">(wə·’at·tem)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Pronoun - second person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_859.htm">Strong's 859: </a> </span><span class="str2">Thou and thee, ye and you</span><br /><br /><span class="word">O mountains</span><br /><span class="heb">הָרֵ֤י</span> <span class="translit">(hā·rê)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2022.htm">Strong's 2022: </a> </span><span class="str2">Mountain, hill, hill country</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of Israel,</span><br /><span class="heb">יִשְׂרָאֵל֙</span> <span class="translit">(yiś·rā·’êl)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3478.htm">Strong's 3478: </a> </span><span class="str2">Israel -- 'God strives', another name of Jacob and his desc</span><br /><br /><span class="word">will produce</span><br /><span class="heb">תִּתֵּ֔נוּ</span> <span class="translit">(tit·tê·nū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5414.htm">Strong's 5414: </a> </span><span class="str2">To give, put, set</span><br /><br /><span class="word">branches</span><br /><span class="heb">עַנְפְּכֶ֣ם</span> <span class="translit">(‘an·pə·ḵem)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6057.htm">Strong's 6057: </a> </span><span class="str2">A branch, bough</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and bear</span><br /><span class="heb">תִּשְׂא֖וּ</span> <span class="translit">(tiś·’ū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5375.htm">Strong's 5375: </a> </span><span class="str2">To lift, carry, take</span><br /><br /><span class="word">fruit</span><br /><span class="heb">וּפֶרְיְכֶ֥ם</span> <span class="translit">(ū·p̄er·yə·ḵem)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6529.htm">Strong's 6529: </a> </span><span class="str2">Fruit</span><br /><br /><span class="word">for My people</span><br /><span class="heb">לְעַמִּ֣י</span> <span class="translit">(lə·‘am·mî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5971.htm">Strong's 5971: </a> </span><span class="str2">A people, a tribe, troops, attendants, a flock</span><br /><br /><span class="word">Israel,</span><br /><span class="heb">יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל</span> <span class="translit">(yiś·rā·’êl)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3478.htm">Strong's 3478: </a> </span><span class="str2">Israel -- 'God strives', another name of Jacob and his desc</span><br /><br /><span class="word">for</span><br /><span class="heb">כִּ֥י</span> <span class="translit">(kî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunction<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> </span><span class="str2">A relative conjunction</span><br /><br /><span class="word">they will soon</span><br /><span class="heb">קֵרְב֖וּ</span> <span class="translit">(qê·rə·ḇū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Piel - Perfect - third person common plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7126.htm">Strong's 7126: </a> </span><span class="str2">To come near, approach</span><br /><br /><span class="word">come home.</span><br /><span class="heb">לָבֽוֹא׃</span> <span class="translit">(lā·ḇō·w)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_935.htm">Strong's 935: </a> </span><span class="str2">To come in, come, go in, go</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/ezekiel/36-8.htm">Ezekiel 36:8 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/ezekiel/36-8.htm">Ezekiel 36:8 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/ezekiel/36-8.htm">Ezekiel 36:8 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/ezekiel/36-8.htm">Ezekiel 36:8 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/ezekiel/36-8.htm">Ezekiel 36:8 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/ezekiel/36-8.htm">Ezekiel 36:8 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/ezekiel/36-8.htm">Ezekiel 36:8 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/ezekiel/36-8.htm">Ezekiel 36:8 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/ezekiel/36-8.htm">Ezekiel 36:8 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/ezekiel/36-8.htm">Ezekiel 36:8 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/ezekiel/36-8.htm">OT Prophets: Ezekiel 36:8 But you mountains of Israel you shall (Ezek. 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