Ezequiel 36:12

12 E sobre vós farei andar homens, o meu povo de Israel; eles te possuirão, e tu serás a sua herança, e nunca mais os desfilharás.

Ezequiel 36:12 Meaning and Commentary

Ezekiel 36:12

Yea, I will cause men to walk upon you
And not beasts, as during the captivity; and that without fear of wild beasts, or any enemy; and not as travellers upon them, but as inhabitants of them; who shall walk to and fro upon them, as the owners of them, and doing their proper business there: even my people Israel;
and them only: some read it, "with my people Israel" ^F9; as if other men, Gentiles called by grace, should dwell with the Jews at this time, particularly at their restoration in the latter day; which may be true, and, which seems to be the sense of the whole sixtieth chapter of Isaiah's prophecy: and they shall possess thee, and thou shall be their inheritance;
that is, thou mountain; a change of number, meaning everyone of the mountains, even the whole land of Canaan, which was given to the Israelites for an inheritance; and was typical of the eternal inheritance in heaven: and thou shall no more henceforth bereave them;
of men, or of children; or be no more the cause of their being childless, or of bereaving them of men; sins committed on the mountains being the cause of provoking the Lord to bereave them; or men should be no more killed upon them, as they had been.

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FOOTNOTES:

F9 (larvy yme ta) "cum populo meo Israele", Junius & Tremcellius.

Ezequiel 36:12 In-Context

10 e multiplicarei homens sobre vós, a toda a casa de Israel, a toda ela; e as cidades serão habitadas, e os lugares devastados serão edificados.

11 Também sobre vós multiplicarei homens e animais, e eles se multiplicarão, e frutificarão. E farei que sejais habitados como dantes, e vos tratarei melhor do que nos vossos princípios. Então sabereis que eu sou o Senhor.

12 E sobre vós farei andar homens, o meu povo de Israel; eles te possuirão, e tu serás a sua herança, e nunca mais os desfilharás.

13 Assim diz o Senhor Deus: Visto como vos dizem: Tu devoras os homens, e tens desfilhado a tua nação;

14 por isso tu não devorarás mais os homens, nem desfilharás mais a tua nação, diz o Senhor Deus.