Ezekiel 36:10 (DRB)

Passage

And I will multiply men upon you, and all the house of Israel: and the cities ball be inhabited, and the ruinous places shall be repaired.

Nearby Context

Ezekiel 36:8 But as for you, O mountains of Israel, shoot ye forth your branches, and yield your fruit to my people of Israel: for they are at hand to come.

Ezekiel 36:9 For I, I am for you, and I will turn to you, and you shall be ploughed and sown.

Ezekiel 36:10 And I will multiply men upon you, and all the house of Israel: and the cities ball be inhabited, and the ruinous places shall be repaired.

Ezekiel 36:11 And I will make you abound with men and with beasts: and they shall be multiplied, and increased: and I will settle you as from the beginning, and will give you greater gifts, than you had from the beginning: and you shall know that I am the Lord.

Ezekiel 36:12 And I will bring men upon you, my people Israel, and they shall possess thee for their inheritance: and thou shalt be their inheritance, and shalt no more henceforth be without them.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "multiply", "upon", "house", "israel", "cities", "ball", "inhabited", and "ruinous". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "multiply" and "upon", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 9's "For I I am for you and..." into verse 11's "And I will make you abound with...", so "multiply" and "upon" belong inside that flow. In Ezekiel context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "multiply" and "upon" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.