Ezekiel 36:8

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“But you, O mountains of Israel, will produce branches and bear fruit for My people Israel, for they will soon come home.”

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BSBPD

“But you, O mountains of Israel, will produce branches and bear fruit for My people Israel, for they will soon come home.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“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.”

King James Version · Public Domain
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“But ye, O mountains of Israel, ye shall shoot forth your branches, and yield your fruit to my people Israel; for they are at hand to come.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
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“And ye, O mountains of Israel, Your branch ye give out, and your fruits ye bear for My people Israel, For they have drawn near to come.”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Ezekiel 36:8 — 17 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Psalms 67:6The earth has yielded its harvest; God, our God, blesses us.
  2. Psalms 85:12The LORD will indeed provide what is good, and our land will yield its increase.
  3. Isaiah 4:2On that day the Branch of the LORD will be beautiful and glorious, and the fruit of the land will be the pride and glory of Israel’s survivors.
  4. Isaiah 27:6In the days to come, Jacob will take root. Israel will bud and blossom and fill the whole world with fruit.
  5. Isaiah 30:23Then He will send rain for the seed that you have sown in the ground, and the food that comes from your land will be rich and plentiful. On that day your cattle will graze in open pastures.
  6. Isaiah 65:9And I will bring forth descendants from Jacob, and heirs from Judah; My elect will possess My mountains, and My servants will dwell there.
  7. Ezekiel 12:25because I, the LORD, will speak whatever word I speak, and it will be fulfilled without delay. For in your days, O rebellious house, I will speak a message and bring it to pass, declares the Lord GOD.’”
  8. Ezekiel 17:23I will plant it on the mountain heights of Israel so that it will bear branches; it will yield fruit and become a majestic cedar. Birds of every kind will nest under it, taking shelter in the shade of its branches.
  9. Ezekiel 34:26I will make them and the places around My hill a blessing. I will send down showers in season—showers of blessing.
  10. Ezekiel 34:27The trees of the field will give their fruit, and the land will yield its produce; My flock will be secure in their land. Then they will know that I am the LORD, when I have broken the bars of their yoke and delivered them from the hands that enslaved them.
  11. Hosea 2:21“On that day I will respond—” declares the LORD— “I will respond to the heavens, and they will respond to the earth.
  12. Joel 2:22Do not be afraid, O beasts of the field, for the open pastures have turned green, the trees bear their fruit, and the fig tree and vine yield their best.
  13. Joel 2:24The threshing floors will be full of grain, and the vats will overflow with new wine and oil.
  14. Amos 9:13“Behold, the days are coming,” declares the LORD, “when the plowman will overtake the reaper and the treader of grapes, the sower of seed. The mountains will drip with sweet wine, with which all the hills will flow.
  15. Philippians 4:5Let your gentleness be apparent to all. The Lord is near.
  16. Hebrews 10:37For, “In just a little while, He who is coming will come and will not delay.
  17. James 5:8You, too, be patient and strengthen your hearts, because the Lord’s coming is near.

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