Ezekiel 36:8-15

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Ezekiel 36:1-15

The prophet had been ordered to set his face towards the mountains of Israel and prophesy against them, Ezek. 6:2. Then God was coming forth to contend with his people; but now that God is returning in mercy to them he must speak good words and comfortable words to these mountains, Ezek. 36:1, 4. You mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord; and what he says to them he says to the hills, to the rivers, to the valleys, to the desolate wastes in the country, and to the cities that are... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 36:8

But ye, O mountains of Israel ,.... Literally understood, as appears by what follows; for though they could not hear what was said, the proprietors of them could, now in captivity; and the efficacy of the word should be seen on them, producing the following effects: ye shall shoot forth your branches ; that is, the trees that grew upon them should; the vines, and the olive trees, planted on hills and mountains, as was usual, as appears from the mount of Olives, and other places: and... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 36:9

For, behold, I am for you ,.... For the mountains, that they might be cultivated and become fruitful, and be of advantage to their proprietors, and appear beautiful and lovely to behold, as well as to be useful: and I will turn unto you ; the Lord had turned from them, and left them a prey to the enemy, whereby they were become desolate; but now he would turn unto them, and bless them, and make them fruitful, and return the right owners of them to them, who should greatly improve them: ... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 36:10

And I will multiply men upon you ,.... Who should inhabit the cities on the mountains, and increase very much: all the house of Israel, even all of it : not the Heathens should be multiplied on them, but the Israelites, all of them, and them only; all the tribes of Israel, the ten tribes as well as the other; and which is repeated for the confirmation of it: by this it appears that the prophecy has a further view than to the return of the Jews from the Babylonish captivity; for all did... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 36:11

And I will multiply upon you man and beast ,.... Not only men, but beasts also, of which the mountains had been deprived, being killed by the enemy for present use, or drove off for future subsistence; but now there should be an increase of them, which should feed upon the herbage of the mountains, and the rich pastures on them, to the great advantage of the proprietors: and they shall increase and bring forth ; or, "multiply and increase" F8 ורבו ופרו "multiplicabuntur et... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 36:12

Yea, I will cause men to walk upon you ,.... And not beasts, as during the captivity; and that without fear of wild beasts, or any enemy; and not as travellers upon them, but as inhabitants of them; who shall walk to and fro upon them, as the owners of them, and doing their proper business there: even my people Israel ; and them only: some read it, "with my people Israel" F9 את עמי ישראל "cum populo meo Israele", Junius & Tremcellius. ; as if other men, Gentiles called by... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 36:13

Thus saith the Lord God, because they say unto you ,.... The Heathens that dwelt round about the land of Judea said to the mountains, or to the whole land, thou land devourest up men ; eats up the inhabitants of it; which is part of the ill report the spies, in the times of Moses, brought on it, Numbers 13:32 , to which the allusion is here; suggesting, that either the air was unwholesome; or that the land did not produce a sufficiency of food to support the inhabitants of it; or that... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 36:14

Therefore thou shalt devour men no more ,.... Or they shall be no more destroyed in thee by pestilence, famine, sword, or other means: neither bereave that nations any more, saith the Lord ; or, "thou shalt not cause them to fall any more" F11 לא תכשלי "non impingere facies", Montanus, Vatablus; "non offendere facies", Starckius. , for so it is written, as in Ezekiel 36:15 , though the marginal reading is, "thou shalt not bereave", which we follow; and both are to be... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 36:15

Neither will I cause men to hear in thee the shame of the Heathen any more ,.... Their calumnies and revilings, their scoffs and jeers: neither shalt thou bear the reproach of the people any more ; or be any more a taunt and a curse, a proverb and a byword of the people; or be their laughing stock, and the object of their derision: neither shalt thou cause thy nations to fall any more, saith the Lord God ; by famine, sword, or pestilence, or any other judgment caused by sin: or,... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 36:8

For 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. read more

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