Ezekiel 36:37

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Thus saith the Lord GOD; I will yet for this be inquired of by the house of Israel, to do it for them; I will increase them with men like a flock.

I will yet

I will increase

Ezekiel 36:10

General references

Exodus 8:12

Jeremiah 23:3

Jeremiah 29:12

Bible References

I will yet

"Son of man, these men took up their idols into their heart and {they placed before themselves} a stumbling block of their guilt. {Should I really let myself be consulted by them}?

"Son of man, speak with the elders of Israel, and you must say to them, 'Thus says the Lord Yahweh: "[Are] you coming to consult me? {As I live}, I will surely not allow myself to be consulted by you!" ' {declares} the Lord Yahweh.

[The] longing of [the] afflicted you have heard, O Yahweh. You will make their heart secure. You will {listen attentively}

He will turn his attention to the prayer of the destitute and will not despise their prayer.

Seek Yahweh {while he lets himself be found}; call him {while he is} near.

For I know the plans that I [am] planning concerning you,' {declares} Yahweh, 'plans for prosperity and not for harm, to give to you a future and a hope.

In those days and in that time,'" {declares} Yahweh, "the people of Israel will come, they and the people of Judah together. {Weeping as they go}, they will go, and Yahweh their God they will seek.

And I will strengthen the house of Judah, and the house of Joseph I will save. And I will bring them back, because I have compassion on them, and they will be as if I had not rejected them, for I [am] Yahweh their God, and I will answer them.

And I will bring the [remaining] third into the fire, and I will refine them like [one] refines silver, and I will test them like [one] tests gold. They will call my name, and I will answer them. I will say, 'They are my people,' and they will say, 'Yahweh [is] my God.'"

"Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and it will be opened for you.

Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God.

Therefore let us approach with confidence to the throne of grace, in order that we may receive mercy and find grace to help in time of need.

and [since we have] a great priest over the house of God,

You desire and do not have; you murder and are filled with envy, and are not able to obtain; you fight and quarrel. You do not have because you do not ask.

And this is the confidence that we have before him: that if we ask anything according to his will, he hears us.

I will increase

And I will cause {your population} to increase for you, all of the house of Israel, all of it, and the towns will be inhabited, and the ruins will be built.

General references

And Moses and Aaron went out from Pharaoh, and Moses cried out to Yahweh over the matter of the frogs that he had brought on Pharaoh.

"Then I myself will gather together the remnant of my flock from all the lands where I have driven them, and I will bring them back to their grazing place, and they will be fruitful, and they will become numerous.

Then [when] you call me, and you come and pray to me, then I will listen to you.