Ezekiel 36:10and I will multiply men on you, all the house of Israel, even all of it; and the cities shall be inhabited, and the waste places shall be built;
The setting
Babylon, ~587 BC. Ezekiel describes repopulation to people whose cities were rubble and whose families were decimated. Modern-day Iraq.
The emotion here: excited anticipation after years of pronouncing doom
The original word
rabah (רָבָה) — to become numerous like stars, not just adding but exponential increase
Why it matters
Archaeological evidence shows Jerusalem's population dropped from 25,000 to under 1,000 during the exile
Read with care
What most readers miss in Ezekiel 36:10
The phrase 'all the house of Israel' includes the northern tribes lost 150 years earlier - this is total family reunion
Common misconceptionPeople read this as population growth, but God is promising to reunite families and tribes that were scattered and considered permanently lost.
The thread continues
Verses that echo Ezekiel 36:10
Bible Genome reading
Ezekiel 36:10 — Bible Genome reading
Emotional genome
Ezekiel 36:10 comes from the book of Ezekiel, written during the Exile period. These words are attributed to God. The dominant emotion in this verse is growing, with a comfort power of 80% and a tone that is joyful. It belongs to the prophecy genre of biblical literature. Key themes include multiplication, restoration, rebuilding. Notable phrases: multiply men on you; cities shall be inhabited; waste places shall be built. This verse contains a promise of God. This verse contains prophecy.
Emotionally similar
Verses that meet the same growing
“Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not depart from it.”
— Proverbs 22:6
“So faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.”
— Romans 10:17
“He must increase, but I must decrease.”
— John 3:30
“Bear one another's burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ.”
— Galatians 6:2
“He believed in Yahweh; and he reckoned it to him for righteousness.”
— Genesis 15:6
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