33 ‘This is what the Lord God says: “On the day that I cleanse you from all your wrongdoings, I will populate the (A)cities, and the (B)places of ruins will be rebuilt. 34 The desolated land will be cultivated instead of being a desolation in the sight of everyone who passes by. 35 And they will say, ‘This desolated land has become like the (C)Garden of Eden; and the waste, desolated and ruined cities are fortified and inhabited.’ 36 Then the nations around you that are left will know that I, the Lord, have rebuilt the ruined places and planted that which was desolated; I, the Lord, have spoken, and I (D)will do it.”

37 ‘This is what the Lord God says: “This too I will let the house of Israel ask Me to do for them: I will increase their people like a flock. 38 Like the (E)flock [a]for sacrifices, like the flock at Jerusalem during her appointed feasts, so will the waste cities be filled with (F)flocks of people. Then they will know that I am the Lord.”’”

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 36:38 Lit of holy things

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