Ezekiel 36:8 (WEB)

Passage

“‘“But you, mountains of Israel, you shall shoot out your branches, and yield your fruit to my people Israel; for they are at hand to come.

Nearby Context

Ezekiel 36:6 Therefore prophesy concerning the land of Israel, and tell the mountains, the hills, the watercourses and the valleys, ‘Thus says the Lord Yahweh: “Behold, I have spoken in my jealousy and in my wrath, because you have borne the shame of the nations.”

Ezekiel 36:7 Therefore thus says the Lord Yahweh: “I have sworn, ‘Surely the nations that are around you will bear their shame.’

Ezekiel 36:8 “‘“But you, mountains of Israel, you shall shoot out your branches, and yield your fruit to my people Israel; for they are at hand to come.

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

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

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "mountains", "israel", "shall", "shoot", "branches", "yield", "fruit", and "people". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "mountains" and "israel", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 7's "Therefore thus says the Lord Yahweh I..." into verse 9's "For behold I am for you and...", so "mountains" and "israel" 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 "mountains" and "israel" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.