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The towns will be inhabited and the ruins rebuilt.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/ezekiel/36.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />I will greatly increase the population of Israel, and the ruined cities will be rebuilt and 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 I will multiply people on you, the whole house of Israel, all of it. The cities shall be inhabited and the waste places rebuilt.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/ezekiel/36.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />I will multiply the people upon you—the house of Israel in its entirety. The cities will be inhabited and the ruins rebuilt.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/ezekiel/36.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />And I will multiply men upon you, all the house of Israel, <i>even</i> all of it: and the cities shall be inhabited, and the wastes shall be builded:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/ezekiel/36.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />I will multiply men upon you, all the house of Israel, all of it; and the cities shall be inhabited and the ruins rebuilt.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/ezekiel/36.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />And I will multiply people on you, all the house of Israel, all of it; and the cities will be inhabited and the ruins will be rebuilt.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/ezekiel/36.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8216I will multiply men on you, all the house of Israel, all of it; and the cities will be inhabited and the waste places will be rebuilt.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/ezekiel/36.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />‘And I will multiply men on you, all the house of Israel, all of it; and the cities will be inhabited, and the waste places will be rebuilt.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/ezekiel/36.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />I will multiply men on you, all the house of Israel, all of it; and the cities will be inhabited, and the waste places will be rebuilt.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/ezekiel/36.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />I will multiply people on you, all the house of Israel, [indeed] all of it; the cities shall be inhabited and the ruins will be rebuilt.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/ezekiel/36.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />I will fill you with people, with the whole house of Israel in its entirety. The cities will be inhabited and the ruins rebuilt.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/ezekiel/36.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />I will fill you with people, with the whole house of Israel in its entirety. The cities will be inhabited and the ruins rebuilt. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/ezekiel/36.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />and I will multiply men upon you, all the house of Israel, even all of it; and the cities shall be inhabited, and the waste places shall be builded;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/ezekiel/36.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />The people of Israel will return and rebuild your ruined towns and live in them. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/ezekiel/36.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />and I will multiply men upon you, all the house of Israel, even all of it: and the cities shall be inhabited, and the waste places shall be builded:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/ezekiel/36.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />I will increase the number of people who live on you. All the people of Israel, all of them, will live on you. The cities will be inhabited, and the ruins will be rebuilt.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/ezekiel/36.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />I will make your population grow. You will live in the cities and rebuild everything that was left in ruins. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/ezekiel/36.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />I'm going to make the entire house of Israel grow—every single member —and their cities will be inhabited with all the ruins rebuilt. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/ezekiel/36.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />I will multiply the people upon you?the house of Israel in its entirety. The cities will be inhabited and the ruins rebuilt.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/ezekiel/36.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />I will multiply your people--the whole house of Israel, all of it. The cities will be populated and the ruins rebuilt.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/ezekiel/36.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />and I will multiply men on you, all the house of Israel, even all of it; and the cities shall be inhabited, and the waste places shall be built;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/ezekiel/36.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />And I will multiply men upon you, all the house of Israel, even all of it: and the cities shall be inhabited, and the wastes shall be built.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/ezekiel/36.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />I will multiply men on you, all the house of Israel, even all of it. The cities will be inhabited and the waste places will be built. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/ezekiel/36.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />And I have multiplied men on you, "" All the house of Israel—all of it, "" And the cities have been inhabited, "" And the ruins are built.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/ezekiel/36.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> And I have multiplied on you men, All the house of Israel -- all of it, And the cities have been inhabited, And the wastes are built.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/ezekiel/36.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And I multiplied man upon you, all the house of Israel, all of it: and the cities were inhabited and the wastes shall be built.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/ezekiel/36.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />And I will multiply men upon you, and all the house of Israel: and the cities shall be inhabited, and the ruinous places shall be repaired. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/ezekiel/36.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />And I will multiply men among you and among all the house of Israel. And the cities shall be inhabited, and the ruinous places shall be restored.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/ezekiel/36.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />Upon you I will multiply the whole house of Israel; cities shall be resettled and ruins rebuilt.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/ezekiel/36.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />and I will multiply your population, the whole house of Israel, all of it; the towns shall be inhabited and the waste places rebuilt;<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/ezekiel/36.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />And I will multiply men upon you, all the house of Israel, even all of it; and the cities shall be inhabited, and the ruined places shall be rebuilt.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/ezekiel/36.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And I shall multiply children of men for you, the entire house of Israel, and the cities shall be inhabited and the desolations shall be built<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/ezekiel/36.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />and I will multiply men upon you, all the house of Israel, even all of it; and the cities shall be inhabited, and the waste places shall be builded;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/ezekiel/36.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />and I will multiply men upon you, <i>even</i> all the house of Israel to the end: and the cities shall be inhabited, and the desolate land shall be built upon.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/ezekiel/36-10.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=10584" 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">9</span>For behold, I am on your side; I will turn toward you, and you will be tilled and sown. <span class="reftext">10</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/7235.htm" title="7235: wə·hir·bê·ṯî (Conj-w:: V-Hifil-ConjPerf-1cs) -- To be or become much, many or great. A primitive root; to increase.">I will multiply</a> <a href="/hebrew/120.htm" title="120: ’ā·ḏām (N-ms) -- Man, mankind. From 'adam; ruddy i.e. A human being.">the people</a> <a href="/hebrew/5921.htm" title="5921: ‘ă·lê·ḵem (Prep:: 2mp) -- Properly, the same as al used as a preposition; above, over, upon, or against in a great variety of applications.">upon you</a> <a href="/hebrew/3605.htm" title="3605: kāl- (N-msc) -- The whole, all. Or kowl; from kalal; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every.">—</a> <a href="/hebrew/1004.htm" title="1004: bêṯ (N-msc) -- A house. Probably from banah abbreviated; a house.">the house</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/3605.htm" title="3605: kul·lōh (N-msc:: 3ms) -- The whole, all. Or kowl; from kalal; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every.">in its entirety.</a> <a href="/hebrew/5892.htm" title="5892: he·‘ā·rîm (Art:: N-fp) -- Excitement. Or par; or ayar; from uwr a city in the widest sense.">The cities</a> <a href="/hebrew/3427.htm" title="3427: wə·nō·šə·ḇū (Conj-w:: V-Nifal-ConjPerf-3cp) -- A primitive root; properly, to sit down; by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry.">will be inhabited</a> <a href="/hebrew/2723.htm" title="2723: wə·he·ḥo·rā·ḇō·wṯ (Conj-w, Art:: N-fp) -- Waste, desolation, ruin. Feminine of choreb; properly, drought, i.e. a desolation.">and the ruins</a> <a href="/hebrew/1129.htm" title="1129: tib·bā·ne·nāh (V-Nifal-Imperf-3fp) -- To build. A primitive root; to build.">rebuilt.</a> </span><span class="reftext">11</span>I will fill you with people and animals, and they will multiply and be fruitful. I will make you as inhabited as you once were, and I will make you prosper more than before. Then you will know that I am the LORD.…<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="/jeremiah/31-27.htm">Jeremiah 31:27-28</a></span><br />“The days are coming,” declares the LORD, “when I will sow the house of Israel and the house of Judah with the seed of man and of beast. / 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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/11-11.htm">Isaiah 11:11-12</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/amos/9-14.htm">Amos 9:14-15</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. / 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="/zechariah/8-7.htm">Zechariah 8:7-8</a></span><br />This is what the LORD of Hosts says: “I will save My people from the land of the east and from the land of the west. / I will bring them back to dwell in Jerusalem, where they will be My people, and I will be their faithful and righteous God.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/49-19.htm">Isaiah 49:19-20</a></span><br />For your ruined and desolate places and your ravaged land will now indeed be too small for your people, and those who devoured you will be far away. / Yet the children of your bereavement will say in your hearing, ‘This place is too small for us; make room for us to live here.’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/30-18.htm">Jeremiah 30:18-19</a></span><br />This is what the LORD says: “I will restore the fortunes of Jacob’s tents and have compassion on his dwellings. And the city will be rebuilt on her own ruins, and the palace will stand in its rightful place. / Thanksgiving will proceed from them, a sound of celebration. I will multiply them, and they will not be decreased; I will honor them, and they will not be belittled.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/54-3.htm">Isaiah 54:3</a></span><br />For you will spread out to the right and left; your descendants will dispossess the nations and inhabit the desolate cities.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hosea/1-10.htm">Hosea 1:10-11</a></span><br />Yet the number of the Israelites will be like the sand of the sea, which cannot be measured or counted. And it will happen that in the very place where it was said to them, ‘You are not My people,’ they will be called ‘sons of the living God.’ / Then the people of Judah and of Israel will be gathered together, and they will appoint for themselves one leader, and will go up out of the land. For great will be the day of Jezreel.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/60-21.htm">Isaiah 60:21-22</a></span><br />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. / The least of you will become a thousand, and the smallest a mighty nation. I am the LORD; in its time I will accomplish it quickly.<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="/romans/11-25.htm">Romans 11:25-26</a></span><br />I do not want you to be ignorant of this mystery, brothers, so that you will not be conceited: A hardening in part has come to Israel, until the full number of the Gentiles has come in. / And so all Israel will be saved, as it is written: “The Deliverer will come from Zion; He will remove godlessness from Jacob.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/3-19.htm">Acts 3:19-21</a></span><br />Repent, then, and turn back, so that your sins may be wiped away, / that times of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord, and that He may send Jesus, the Christ, who has been appointed for you. / Heaven must take Him in until the time comes for the restoration of all things, which God announced long ago through His holy prophets.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/9-25.htm">Romans 9:25-26</a></span><br />As He says in Hosea: “I will call them ‘My People’ who are not My people, and I will call her ‘My Beloved’ who is not My beloved,” / and, “It will happen that in the very place where it was said to them, ‘You are not My people,’ they will be called ‘sons of the living God.’”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ephesians/2-12.htm">Ephesians 2:12-13</a></span><br />remember that at that time you were separate from Christ, alienated from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers to the covenants of the promise, without hope and without God in the world. / But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far away have been brought near through the blood of Christ.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/21-3.htm">Revelation 21:3-4</a></span><br />And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying: “Behold, the dwelling place of God is with man, and He will dwell with them. They will be His people, and God Himself will be with them as their God. / ‘He will wipe away every tear from their eyes,’ and there will be no more death or mourning or crying or pain, for the former things have passed away.”</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">And I will multiply men on you, all the house of Israel, even all of it: and the cities shall be inhabited, and the wastes shall be built:</p><p class="hdg">I will</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/ezekiel/36-37.htm">Ezekiel 36:37</a></b></br> Thus saith the Lord GOD; I will yet <i>for</i> this be inquired of by the house of Israel, to do <i>it</i> for them; I will increase them with men like a flock.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/27-6.htm">Isaiah 27:6</a></b></br> He shall cause them that come of Jacob to take root: Israel shall blossom and bud, and fill the face of the world with fruit.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/30-19.htm">Jeremiah 30:19</a></b></br> And out of them shall proceed thanksgiving and the voice of them that make merry: and I will multiply them, and they shall not be few; I will also glorify them, and they shall not be small.</p><p class="hdg">the wastes</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/ezekiel/36-33.htm">Ezekiel 36:33</a></b></br> Thus saith the Lord GOD; In the day that I shall have cleansed you from all your iniquities I will also cause <i>you</i> to dwell in the cities, and the wastes shall be builded.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/51-3.htm">Isaiah 51:3</a></b></br> For the LORD shall comfort Zion: he will comfort all her waste places; and he will make her wilderness like Eden, and her desert like the garden of the LORD; joy and gladness shall be found therein, thanksgiving, and the voice of melody.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/52-9.htm">Isaiah 52:9</a></b></br> Break forth into joy, sing together, ye waste places of Jerusalem: for the LORD hath comforted his people, he hath redeemed Jerusalem.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/lamentations/3-5.htm">Builded</a> <a href="/jeremiah/31-4.htm">Buildings</a> <a href="/ezekiel/27-5.htm">Built</a> <a href="/ezekiel/35-5.htm">Children</a> <a href="/ezekiel/36-4.htm">Cities</a> <a href="/ezekiel/35-15.htm">House</a> <a href="/ezekiel/31-5.htm">Increased</a> <a href="/ezekiel/35-9.htm">Inhabited</a> <a href="/ezekiel/36-8.htm">Israel</a> <a href="/ezekiel/35-13.htm">Multiplied</a> <a href="/ezekiel/21-15.htm">Multiply</a> <a href="/ezekiel/32-9.htm">Numbers</a> <a href="/ezekiel/26-17.htm">Peopled</a> <a href="/ezekiel/36-2.htm">Places</a> <a href="/ezekiel/26-14.htm">Rebuilt</a> <a href="/ezekiel/35-4.htm">Ruins</a> <a href="/ezekiel/35-9.htm">Towns</a> <a href="/ezekiel/36-2.htm">Waste</a> <a href="/ezekiel/36-4.htm">Wastes</a> <a href="/ezekiel/35-14.htm">Whole</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/ezekiel/36-33.htm">Builded</a> <a href="/ezekiel/40-2.htm">Buildings</a> <a href="/ezekiel/36-33.htm">Built</a> <a href="/ezekiel/36-12.htm">Children</a> <a href="/ezekiel/36-33.htm">Cities</a> <a href="/ezekiel/36-17.htm">House</a> <a href="/ezekiel/36-11.htm">Increased</a> <a href="/ezekiel/36-11.htm">Inhabited</a> <a href="/ezekiel/36-12.htm">Israel</a> <a href="/ezekiel/36-29.htm">Multiplied</a> <a href="/ezekiel/36-11.htm">Multiply</a> <a href="/ezekiel/37-26.htm">Numbers</a> <a href="/ezekiel/36-33.htm">Peopled</a> <a href="/ezekiel/36-33.htm">Places</a> <a href="/ezekiel/36-33.htm">Rebuilt</a> <a href="/ezekiel/36-33.htm">Ruins</a> <a href="/ezekiel/36-33.htm">Towns</a> <a href="/ezekiel/36-33.htm">Waste</a> <a href="/ezekiel/36-33.htm">Wastes</a> <a href="/ezekiel/37-11.htm">Whole</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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Historically, this promise comes after the Babylonian exile, a period of desolation and loss for the Israelites. The multiplication of people signifies not only a return to the land but also a divine blessing of growth and prosperity. This echoes the Abrahamic covenant in <a href="/genesis/12-2.htm">Genesis 12:2</a>, where God promises to make Abraham's descendants numerous.<p><b>the house of Israel in its entirety</b><br>This indicates the reunification of the divided kingdoms of Israel and Judah. The phrase emphasizes the completeness of the restoration, suggesting that all tribes of Israel will be gathered together. This reunification is a recurring theme in prophetic literature, as seen in passages like <a href="/jeremiah/31-31.htm">Jeremiah 31:31-34</a>, which speaks of a new covenant with the whole house of Israel.<p><b>The cities will be inhabited</b><br>The repopulation of cities signifies a return to normalcy and stability. In the ancient Near East, cities were centers of culture, commerce, and governance. The inhabitation of cities implies economic recovery and social order. This promise is a reversal of the judgment seen in <a href="/ezekiel/5-14.htm">Ezekiel 5:14</a>, where cities were left desolate due to Israel's disobedience.<p><b>and the ruins rebuilt</b><br>Rebuilding ruins symbolizes restoration and renewal. This is not just physical reconstruction but also spiritual revival. The imagery of rebuilding is prevalent in prophetic texts, such as <a href="/isaiah/61-4.htm">Isaiah 61:4</a>, which speaks of rebuilding ancient ruins. This can also be seen as a type of Christ, who is the ultimate restorer and rebuilder of broken lives, as reflected in His ministry of healing and redemption.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/e/ezekiel.htm">Ezekiel</a></b><br>A prophet during the Babylonian exile, Ezekiel's messages often focused on both judgment and restoration for Israel.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/h/house_of_israel.htm">House of Israel</a></b><br>Refers to the collective people of Israel, God's chosen nation, who were in exile due to their disobedience.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/c/cities_of_israel.htm">Cities of Israel</a></b><br>The cities that had been destroyed or depopulated due to the Babylonian conquest and exile.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/b/babylonian_exile.htm">Babylonian Exile</a></b><br>The period when the Israelites were taken captive to Babylon, a significant event in Israel's history.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/r/restoration.htm">Restoration</a></b><br>The promise of God to bring back the people of Israel to their land and restore their cities and communities.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_faithfulness_in_restoration.htm">God's Faithfulness in Restoration</a></b><br>Despite Israel's disobedience, God remains faithful to His covenant promises. This assures us that God is committed to restoring His people, even after periods of judgment.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_repentance_and_obedience.htm">The Importance of Repentance and Obedience</a></b><br>The promise of restoration comes after a call to repentance. This highlights the importance of turning back to God and living in obedience to His commands.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/h/hope_in_times_of_desolation.htm">Hope in Times of Desolation</a></b><br>Just as God promised to rebuild the ruins of Israel, He can bring restoration and hope to areas of our lives that seem desolate or broken.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/c/community_and_rebuilding.htm">Community and Rebuilding</a></b><br>The multiplication of people and rebuilding of cities emphasizes the importance of community and working together in God's plans for restoration.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_sovereignty_over_nations.htm">God's Sovereignty Over Nations</a></b><br>The prophecy underscores God's control over history and nations, reminding us that He can use even difficult circumstances for His purposes.<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/does_ezekiel_35_conflict_with_other_scriptures.htm">Does Ezekiel 35 conflict with other scriptures that suggest different fates or timelines for Edom?</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/how_does_tyre's_prophecy_match_history.htm">In Ezekiel 27, how can the prophecy of Tyre's total destruction be reconciled with historical evidence that Tyre persisted for centuries?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/is_there_evidence_for_ezekiel_48's_tribes.htm">What archaeological evidence supports the precise tribal divisions described in Ezekiel 48, or is there any at all?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/ezekiel/36.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verses 10, 11.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">I will multiply men upon you</span>. Jehovah's promise contemplated a return of both sections of the <span class="accented">Golah</span>, <span class="accented"><span class="cmt_word"></span>the whole house of Israel</span>, Ephraim as well as Judah (comp. <a href="/ezekiel/20-40.htm">Ezekiel 20:40</a>), to the land from which they had been deported, and a restoration of the united kingdom to a condition of prosperity in which its cities should again be inhabited, its ruined homesteads repaired, its fields cultivated, and its flocks and herds multiplied (see <a href="/ezekiel/16-55.htm">Ezekiel 16:55</a>; <a href="/isaiah/44-26.htm">Isaiah 44:26</a>; <a href="/isaiah/54-3.htm">Isaiah 54:3</a>; <a href="/isaiah/61-4.htm">Isaiah 61:4</a>) - a condition of prosperity so great that it should surpass any measure or degree of good fortune previously enjoyed (comp. <a href="/deuteronomy/30-5.htm">Deuteronomy 30:5</a>; <a href="/job/42-12.htm">Job 42:12</a>). <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/ezekiel/36-10.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">I will multiply</span><br /><span class="heb">וְהִרְבֵּיתִ֤י</span> <span class="translit">(wə·hir·bê·ṯî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7235.htm">Strong's 7235: </a> </span><span class="str2">To be or become much, many or great</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the people</span><br /><span class="heb">אָדָ֔ם</span> <span class="translit">(’ā·ḏām)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_120.htm">Strong's 120: </a> </span><span class="str2">Ruddy, a human being</span><br /><br /><span class="word">upon you</span><br /><span class="heb">עֲלֵיכֶם֙</span> <span class="translit">(‘ă·lê·ḵem)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition | second person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5921.htm">Strong's 5921: </a> </span><span class="str2">Above, over, upon, against</span><br /><br /><span class="word">with the whole</span><br /><span class="heb">כָּל־</span> <span class="translit">(kāl-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3605.htm">Strong's 3605: </a> </span><span class="str2">The whole, all, any, every</span><br /><br /><span class="word">house</span><br /><span class="heb">בֵּ֥ית</span> <span class="translit">(bêṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1004.htm">Strong's 1004: </a> </span><span class="str2">A house</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of Israel</span><br /><span class="heb">יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל</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">in its entirety.</span><br /><span class="heb">כֻּלֹּ֑ה</span> <span class="translit">(kul·lōh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3605.htm">Strong's 3605: </a> </span><span class="str2">The whole, all, any, every</span><br /><br /><span class="word">The cities</span><br /><span class="heb">הֶֽעָרִ֔ים</span> <span class="translit">(he·‘ā·rîm)</span><br /><span class="parse">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">will be inhabited</span><br /><span class="heb">וְנֹֽשְׁבוּ֙</span> <span class="translit">(wə·nō·šə·ḇū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Nifal - Conjunctive 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 /><br /><span class="word">and the ruins</span><br /><span class="heb">וְהֶחֳרָב֖וֹת</span> <span class="translit">(wə·he·ḥo·rā·ḇō·wṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw, Article | Noun - feminine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2723.htm">Strong's 2723: </a> </span><span class="str2">Waste, desolation, ruin</span><br /><br /><span class="word">rebuilt.</span><br /><span class="heb">תִּבָּנֶֽינָה׃</span> <span class="translit">(tib·bā·ne·nāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Nifal - Imperfect - third person feminine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1129.htm">Strong's 1129: </a> </span><span class="str2">To build</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/ezekiel/36-10.htm">Ezekiel 36:10 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/ezekiel/36-10.htm">Ezekiel 36:10 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/ezekiel/36-10.htm">Ezekiel 36:10 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/ezekiel/36-10.htm">Ezekiel 36:10 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/ezekiel/36-10.htm">Ezekiel 36:10 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/ezekiel/36-10.htm">Ezekiel 36:10 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/ezekiel/36-10.htm">Ezekiel 36:10 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/ezekiel/36-10.htm">Ezekiel 36:10 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/ezekiel/36-10.htm">Ezekiel 36:10 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/ezekiel/36-10.htm">Ezekiel 36:10 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/ezekiel/36-10.htm">OT Prophets: Ezekiel 36:10 And I will multiply men on you (Ezek. 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