Ezekiel 36:8
in Ezekiel 36But you, O mountains of Israel, will produce branches and bear fruit for My people Israel, for they will soon come home.
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ASV
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.
KJV
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.
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This verse in Ezekiel 36
Commentary
12 notes on this verseFor they are at hand to come - The restoration of the Jews is so absolutely determined that you may rest assured it will take place; and be as confident relative to it, as if you saw the different families entering into the Israelitish borders. It was near at hand in God’s determination, though there were about fifty-eight of the seventy years unelapsed.
This site's exposition
will produce branches and bear fruit
on Ezekiel 36:8-12
The reversal begins. Mountains that lay under a curse are promised fruit “for My people Israel, for they will soon come home”. Population and cultivation are restored, “more than before”, and the recognition formula lands again, that judgment and restoration alike teach who the Lord is.
The record, by era
The Church Fathers4 voices
I will strengthen the people's hope, and I will make steadfast their expectation of good things to come, and they will return and enjoy those fruits that are produced by you.
(Chapter XXXVI. — Verses 1 and following) \"But you, son of man, prophesy over the mountains of Israel and say, 'Mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord: Thus says the Lord God, because the enemy has said of you, 'Aha!
Therefore, we will say that the mountains of Israel are the prophets and apostles, who hear the word of God, and to whom the enemy devil insulted, saying: 'Well done, once lofty mountains, about which it is written: The mountains are round about it, and the Lord is round about His people' (Ps. 124:2), have been given to me as a possession, when they were desolated by the narrowness of persecution, and trodden down round about, and have become an inheritance to the rest of the nations, and have been blasphemed by all.
And lest this seem difficult to you, I myself will come to you, and those who had departed from you will return to you, so that you may regain your former culture and all things may be fulfilled, so that there may be many people among you, and cities, which were previously destroyed, may be inhabited.
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
It was a type of the heavenly Canaan, to which all God's children are heirs, every Israelite indeed, and into which they shall shortly be all brought together, out of the countries where they are now scattered.
5 more voices on this verse
The Puritans and the Awakening3 voices
But ye, O mountains of Israel,....
Here is another that seems chiefly to concern their spiritual estate, wherein they are reminded of their former sins and God's judgments upon them, to humble them for their sins and under God's mighty hand,
Note, It is a blessing to the earth to be made serviceable to men, especially to good men, that will serve God with cheerfulness in the use of those good things which the earth serves up to them.
The Nineteenth Century2 voices
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
they are at hand to come--that is, the Israelites are soon about to return to their land. This proves that the primary reference of the prophecy is to the return from Babylon, which was "at hand," or comparatively near. But this only in part fulfilled the prediction, the full and final blessing in future, and the restoration from Babylon was an earnest of it.
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A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
proposed
They are at hand to come - i. e., under Zerubbabel.
The words behind it
12 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְאַתֶּ֞ם | veatem | and you | H859 → | 1094 times |
| הָרֵ֤י | harei | O mountains of | H2022 → | 546 times |
| יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ | yisrael | Israel | H3478 → | 2507 times |
| עַנְפְּכֶ֣ם | ʾanpekhem | branch[es] your | H6057 → | 7 times |
| תִּתֵּ֔נוּ | titenu | you will extend | H5414 → | 2011 times |
| וּפֶרְיְכֶ֥ם | uferyekhem | and fruit your | H6529 → | 119 times |
| תִּשְׂא֖וּ | tisu | you will bear | H5375 → | 656 times |
| לְעַמִּ֣י | leami | for people my | H5971 → | 1873 times |
| יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל | yisrael | Israel | H3478 → | 2507 times |
| כִּ֥י | ki | for | H3588 → | 4482 times |
| קֵרְב֖וּ | kerevu | they have brought near | H7126 → | 280 times |
| לָבֽוֹא׃ | lavo' | to come | H935 → | 2568 times |
וְאַתֶּ֞םand you
veatemH859 →1094 times
הָרֵ֤יO mountains of
hareiH2022 →546 times
יִשְׂרָאֵל֙Israel
yisraelH3478 →2507 times
עַנְפְּכֶ֣םbranch[es] your
ʾanpekhemH6057 →7 times
תִּתֵּ֔נוּyou will extend
titenuH5414 →2011 times
וּפֶרְיְכֶ֥םand fruit your
uferyekhemH6529 →119 times
תִּשְׂא֖וּyou will bear
tisuH5375 →656 times
לְעַמִּ֣יfor people my
leamiH5971 →1873 times
יִשְׂרָאֵ֑לIsrael
yisraelH3478 →2507 times
כִּ֥יfor
kiH3588 →4482 times
קֵרְב֖וּthey have brought near
kerevuH7126 →280 times
לָבֽוֹא׃to come
lavo'H935 →2568 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Hebrews 10:37For, “In just a little while, He who is coming will come and will not delay.
it leads to
- James 5:7–9
Be patient, then, brothers, until the Lord’s coming. See how the farmer awaits the precious fruit of the soil—how patient he is for the fall and spring rains.
- Habakkuk 2:3–4
For the vision awaits an appointed time; it testifies of the end and does not lie. Though it lingers, wait for it, since it will surely come and will not delay.
- James 5:7–9
Through
Ezekiel 12:25because I, the LORD, will speak whatever word I speak, and it will be fulfilled without delay. For in your days, O rebellious house, I will speak a message and bring it to pass,…
it leads to
- Isaiah 55:11
so My word that proceeds from My mouth will not return to Me empty, but it will accomplish what I please, and it will prosper where I send it.
- Habakkuk 1:5
“Look at the nations and observe—be utterly astounded! For I am doing a work in your days that you would never believe even if someone told you.
- Isaiah 14:24
The LORD of Hosts has sworn: “Surely, as I have planned, so will it be; as I have purposed, so will it stand.
- Ezekiel 12:28
Therefore tell them that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘None of My words will be delayed any longer. The message I speak will be fulfilled, declares the Lord GOD.’”
- Matthew 24:35
Heaven and earth will pass away, but My words will never pass away.
- Isaiah 55:11
Through
Isaiah 4:2On that day the Branch of the LORD will be beautiful and glorious, and the fruit of the land will be the pride and glory of Israel’s survivors.
it leads to
- Jeremiah 23:5
Behold, the days are coming, declares the LORD, when I will raise up for David a righteous Branch, and He will reign wisely as King and will administer justice and righteousness in the land.
- Jeremiah 23:5
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About Ezekiel
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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Carl Friedrich Keil, Biblical Commentary on the Prophecies of Ezekiel; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; Jerome, Commentary on Ezekiel; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible; Patrick Fairbairn, An Exposition of Ezekiel and Theodoret of Cyrus, COMMENTARY ON EZEKIEL 14:36.