Ezekiel 36:37

Easy-to-Read Version

This is what the Lord God says: "I will also let the family of Israel come to me and ask me to do these things for them. I will make them grow and become many people. They will be like flocks of sheep.

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
“‘This is what the Lord God says: I will respond to the house of Israel and do this for them: I will multiply them in number like a flock.

Hebrew Names Version
Thus says the Lord GOD: For this, moreover, will I be inquired of by the house of Yisra'el, to do it for them: I will increase them with men like a flock.

King James Version
Thus saith the Lord God ; I will yet for this be enquired of by the house of Israel, to do it for them; I will increase them with men like a flock.

English Standard Version
"Thus says the Lord God : This also I will let the house of Israel ask me to do for them: to increase their people like a flock.

New American Standard Bible
'This is what the Lord GOD says: "This too I will let the house of Israel ask Me to do for them: I will increase their people like a flock.

New Century Version
"This is what the Lord God says: I will let myself be asked by the people of Israel to do this for them again: I will make their people grow in number like a flock.

Amplified Bible
'Thus says the Lord GOD, "This too I will let the house of Israel ask Me to do for them: I will increase their people like a flock.

Geneva Bible (1587)
Thus saith the Lord God, I will yet for this be sought of ye house of Israel, to performe it vnto them: I wil encrease them with men like a flocke.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
'Thus says the Lord GOD, "This also I will let the house of Israel ask Me to do for them: I will increase their men like a flock.

Legacy Standard Bible
‘Thus says Lord Yahweh, "This also I will let the house of Israel inquire of Me to do for them: I will increase their men like a flock.

Berean Standard Bible
This is what the Lord GOD says: 'Once again I will hear the plea of the house of Israel and do for them this: I will multiply their people like a flock.

Contemporary English Version
I will once again answer your prayers, and I will let your nation grow until you are like a large flock of sheep.

Complete Jewish Bible
"Adonai Elohim says, ‘In addition, I will let the house of Isra'el pray to me to do this for them: to increase their numbers like sheep —

Darby Translation
Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: I will yet for this be inquired of by the house of Israel, to do it unto them; I will increase them with men like a flock.

George Lamsa Translation
Thus says the LORD God: Moreover in this shall I avenge the house of Israel, to do these things for them; and I will increase them with men like a flock.

Good News Translation
The Sovereign Lord says, "I will once again let the Israelites ask me for help, and I will let them increase in numbers like a flock of sheep.

Lexham English Bible
"Thus says the Lord Yahweh: ‘Again this time I will let myself be inquired of by the house of Israel, to do something for them; I will cause them to increase their population like a flock.

Literal Translation
So says the Lord Jehovah: Yet for this I will be sought by the house of Israel, to work for them. I will increase them with men like a flock.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Thus saieth the LORDE God: I wil yet once be founde agayne of ye house of Israel, & do this for them: I shal increase them as a flocke of men.

American Standard Version
Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: For this, moreover, will I be inquired of by the house of Israel, to do it for them: I will increase them with men like a flock.

Bible in Basic English
This is what the Lord has said: The children of Israel will again make prayer to me for this, that I may do it for them; I will make them increased with men like a flock.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
Thus saith the Lord GOD: I will yet for this be inquired of by the house of Israel, to do it for them; I will increase them with men like a flock.

King James Version (1611)
Thus saith the Lord God, I wil yet for this bee enquired of by the house of Israel, to doe it for them: I will increase them with men like a flocke.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
Thus saith the Lorde God: I wyll yet for this be sought of the house of Israel, to do it for them, I wyll multiplie them as a flocke of men,

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
Thus saith the Lord God; Yet for this will I be sought by the house of Israel, to establish them; I will multiply them even men as sheep;

English Revised Version
Thus saith the Lord GOD: For this moreover will I be inquired of by the house of Israel; to do it for them; I will increase them with men like a flock.

World English Bible
Thus says the Lord Yahweh: For this, moreover, will I be inquired of by the house of Israel, to do it for them: I will increase them with men like a flock.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
The Lord God seith these thingis, Yit in this thing the hous of Israel schulen fynde me, that Y do to hem; Y schal multiplie hem as the floc of men, as an hooli floc,

Update Bible Version
Thus says the Lord Yahweh: For this, moreover, I will be inquired of by the house of Israel, to do it for them: I will increase them with man like a flock.

Webster's Bible Translation
Thus saith the Lord GOD; I will yet [for] this be inquired of by the house of Israel, to do [it] for them; I will increase them with men like a flock.

New English Translation
"This is what the sovereign Lord says: I will allow the house of Israel to ask me to do this for them: I will multiply their people like sheep.

New King James Version
"Thus says the Lord GOD: "I will also let the house of Israel inquire of Me to do this for them: I will increase their men like a flock.

New Living Translation
"This is what the Sovereign Lord says: I am ready to hear Israel's prayers and to increase their numbers like a flock.

New Life Bible
‘The Lord God says, "I will also let the people of Israel ask Me to do this for them: I will give them many people, like the sheep of a flock.

New Revised Standard
Thus says the Lord God : I will also let the house of Israel ask me to do this for them: to increase their population like a flock.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Thus saith My Lord, Yahweh, Even yet - for this, will I be prevailed upon by the house of Israel to work for them, - I will multiply them-Like a flock - with men:Like a flock of holy offerings.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Thus saith the Lord God: Moreover in this shall the house of Israel find me, that I will do it for them: I will multiply them as a flock of men,

Revised Standard Version
"Thus says the Lord GOD: This also I will let the house of Israel ask me to do for them: to increase their men like a flock.

Young's Literal Translation
Thus said the Lord Jehovah: Yet this I am required, By the house of Israel to do to them, I multiply them as a flock of men,

THE MESSAGE
"‘Message of God , the Master: Yet again I'm going to do what Israel asks. I'll increase their population as with a flock of sheep. Like the milling flocks of sheep brought for sacrifices in Jerusalem during the appointed feasts, the ruined cities will be filled with flocks of people. And they'll realize that I am God .'"

Contextual Overview

²⁵ Then I will sprinkle pure water on you and make you pure. I will wash away all your filth, the filth from those nasty idols, and I will make you pure. ²⁶ I will also put a new spirit in you to change your way of thinking. I will take out the heart of stone from your body and give you a tender, human heart. ²⁷ I will put my Spirit inside you and change you so that you will obey my laws. You will carefully obey my commands. ²⁸ Then you will live in the land that I gave to your ancestors. You will be my people, and I will be your God. ²⁹ Also, I will save you and keep you from becoming unclean. I will command the grain to grow. I will not bring a famine against you. ³⁰ I will give you large crops of fruit from your trees and the harvest from your fields so that you will never again feel the shame of being hungry in a foreign country. ³¹ You will remember the bad things you did. You will remember that those things were not good. Then you will hate yourselves because of your sins and the terrible things you did." ³² The Lord God says, "I want you to remember this: I am not doing these things for your good! I am doing them for my good name. Family of Israel, you should be ashamed and embarrassed about the way you lived!" ³³ This is what the Lord God says: "On the day that I wash away your sins, I will bring people back to your cities. The ruined cities will be rebuilt. ³⁴ People will begin again to work the land so when other people pass by they will not see ruins anymore.

Bible Verse Review
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I will yet: Ezekiel 14:3, Ezekiel 20:3, Ezekiel 20:31, Psalms 10:17, Psalms 102:17, Isaiah 55:6, Isaiah 55:7, Jeremiah 29:11-13, Jeremiah 50:4, Jeremiah 50:5, Zechariah 10:6, Zechariah 10:9, Zechariah 13:9, Matthew 7:7, Matthew 7:8, Philippians 4:6, Hebrews 4:16, Hebrews 10:21, Hebrews 10:22, James 4:2, James 4:3, 1 John 5:14

I will increase: Ezekiel 36:10

Reciprocal: Genesis 25:22 - inquire Exodus 8:12 - General 2 Samuel 2:1 - inquired 2 Samuel 7:25 - establish it 1 Kings 8:26 - let thy word 2 Kings 19:4 - lift up 1 Chronicles 17:25 - found 2 Chronicles 6:16 - keep Psalms 51:10 - clean Psalms 86:5 - unto all Isaiah 30:19 - he will Isaiah 43:26 - Put Isaiah 45:11 - Ask Jeremiah 13:27 - wilt Jeremiah 23:3 - General Jeremiah 29:12 - General Jeremiah 30:19 - and I Lamentations 5:21 - Turn Ezekiel 37:26 - multiply Daniel 9:3 - I set Micah 2:12 - they Zechariah 10:1 - ye Zechariah 10:8 - and they Matthew 20:32 - What Acts 27:31 - Except

Cross-References

Genesis 10:11
Nimrod also went into Assyria. In Assyria, Nimrod built the cities of Nineveh, Rehoboth Ir, Calah, and

1 Chronicles 1:48
When Samlah died, Shaul became the new king. Shaul was from Rehoboth by the Euphrates River.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Thus saith the Lord God, I will yet for this be inquired of by the house of Israel,.... Besought and prayed unto for the accomplishment of the above promises, as well as what follows: for though God has promised and will perform, yet he expects that his people will apply to him for it; it is our duty to put the Lord in mind of his promises, to plead them with him, and pray unto him for the fulfilment of them. The Syriac version is, "even for this I seek Israel"; and so the Arabic version; as if the sense was, that the Lord will seek the people of Israel wherever they are, and find them out, and call them by his grace, and gather them out of all countries, and bring them into their own land: "to do it for them"; everything before promised, and what next follows:

I will increase them with men like a flock; as a flock of sheep is increased, which is a very increasing creature: or, "as a flock of men" p; it signifies that the people of the Jews will be very numerous at their conversion; see Hosea 1:10.

p כצאן אדם "sicut gregem hominum", V. L. Syr.; "sicut pecus hominus", Montanus; "pecudes hominum", Pagninus.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Their sin had prevented God’s hearing them. Now their purification opens God’s ears to their words.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Ezekiel 36:37. Thus saith the Lord God — In answer to the question, "Who shall have such blessings?" we say, they that pray, that seek earnestly, that strive to enter in at the strait gate. "Thus saith the Lord, I will yet for this be inquired of by the house of Israel." Neither Jew nor Gentile shall be thus saved who do not earnestly pray to God; and for this thing; for this complete salvation; this setting up of the kingdom of Christ upon earth, and particularly in their own souls.