10 and I will cause many people to live on you-yes, all of Israel. The towns will be inhabited and the ruins rebuilt.

Other Translations of Ezekiel 36:10

King James Version

10 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 builded:

English Standard Version

10 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.

The Message

10 I'll see to it that your population grows all over Israel, that the towns fill up with people, that the ruins are rebuilt.

New King James Version

10 I will multiply men upon you, all the house of Israel, all of it; and the cities shall be inhabited and the ruins rebuilt.

New Living Translation

10 I will greatly increase the population of Israel, and the ruined cities will be rebuilt and filled with people.

Matthew Henry's Commentary on Ezekiel 36:10

Commentary on Ezekiel 36:1-15

(Read Ezekiel 36:1-15)

Those who put contempt and reproach on God's people, will have them turned on themselves. God promises favour to his Israel. We have no reason to complain, if the more unkind men are, the more kind God is. They shall come again to their own border. It was a type of the heavenly Canaan, of which all God's children are heirs, and into which they all shall be brought together. And when God returns in mercy to a people who return to him in duty, all their grievances will be set right. The full completion of this prophecy must be in some future event.