KJV King James Version
For, behold, I [am] for you, and I will turn unto you, and ye shall be tilled and sown:
VERSE STUDY • KJV
Ezekiel 36:9
For, behold, I [am] for you, and I will turn unto you, and ye shall be tilled and sown:
Read it in 5 translations
BSB Berean Standard Bible
For behold, I am on your side; I will turn toward you, and you will be tilled and sown.
WEB World English Bible
For, behold, I am for you, and I will turn into you, and you shall be tilled and sown;
ASV American Standard Version
For, behold, I am for you, and I will turn unto you, and ye shall be tilled and sown;
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
For, lo, I am for you, and have turned to you, And ye have been tilled and sown.
Surrounding context — Ezekiel 36
6 Prophesy therefore concerning the land of Israel, and say unto the mountains, and to the hills, to the rivers, and to the valleys, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I have spoken in my jealousy and in my fury, because ye have borne the shame of the heathen:
7 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; I have lifted up mine hand, Surely the heathen that [are] about you, they shall bear their shame.
8 But ye, O mountains of Israel, ye shall shoot forth your branches, and yield your fruit to my people of Israel; for they are at hand to come.
9 For, behold, I [am] for you, and I will turn unto you, and ye shall be tilled and sown:
10 And I will multiply men upon you, all the house of Israel, [even] all of it: and the cities shall be inhabited, and the wastes shall be builded:
11 And I will multiply upon you man and beast; and they shall increase and bring fruit: and I will settle you after your old estates, and will do better [unto you] than at your beginnings: and ye shall know that I [am] the LORD.
12 Yea, I will cause men to walk upon you, [even] my people Israel; and they shall possess thee, and thou shalt be their inheritance, and thou shalt no more henceforth bereave them [of men].
Cross-references
Psalm 46:11The LORD of hosts [is] with us; the God of Jacob [is] our refuge. Selah.Ezekiel 36:34And the desolate land shall be tilled, whereas it lay desolate in the sight of all that passed by.Hosea 2:21-23And it shall come to pass in that day, I will hear, saith the LORD, I will hear the heavens, and they shall hear the earth;Romans 8:31What shall we then say to these things? If God [be] for us, who [can be] against us?Zechariah 8:12For the seed [shall be] prosperous; the vine shall give her fruit, and the ground shall give her increase, and the heavens shall give their dew; and I will cause the remnant of this people to possess all these [things].Haggai 2:19Is the seed yet in the barn? yea, as yet the vine, and the fig tree, and the pomegranate, and the olive tree, hath not brought forth: from this day will I bless [you].Malachi 3:10-11Bring ye all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be meat in mine house, and prove me now herewith, saith the LORD of hosts, if I will not open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that [there shall] not [be room] enough [to receive it].Psalm 99:8Thou answeredst them, O LORD our God: thou wast a God that forgavest them, though thou tookest vengeance of their inventions.Joel 3:18And it shall come to pass in that day, [that] the mountains shall drop down new wine, and the hills shall flow with milk, and all the rivers of Judah shall flow with waters, and a fountain shall come forth of the house of the LORD, and shall water the valley of Shittim.
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