Ezekiel 36:9 (LSB)

Passage

For, behold, I am for you, and I will turn to you, and you will be cultivated and sown.

Nearby Context

Ezekiel 36:7 Therefore thus says Lord Yahweh, ‘I have sworn that surely the nations which are around you will themselves bear their dishonor.

Ezekiel 36:8 But you, O mountains of Israel, you will put forth your branches and bear your fruit for My people Israel; for they will soon come.

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

Ezekiel 36:10 I will multiply men on you, all the house of Israel, all of it; and the cities will be inhabited, and the waste places will be rebuilt.

Ezekiel 36:11 I will multiply on you man and beast; and they will multiply and be fruitful; and I will cause you to be inhabited as you were formerly and will treat you better than at the first. Thus you will know that I am Yahweh.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "behold", "turn", "cultivated", and "sown". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "behold" and "turn", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 8's "But you O mountains of Israel you..." into verse 10's "I will multiply men on you all...", so "behold" and "turn" 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 "behold" and "turn" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.