Ezekiel 36:37
ContextNET © | “This is what the sovereign Lord says: I will allow the house of Israel to ask me to do this for them: 1 I will multiply their people like sheep. 2 |
NIV © | "This is what the Sovereign LORD says: Once again I will yield to the plea of the house of Israel and do this for them: I will make their people as numerous as sheep, |
NASB © | ‘Thus says the Lord GOD, "This also I will let the house of Israel ask Me to do for them: I will increase their men like a flock. |
NLT © | "This is what the Sovereign LORD says: I am ready to hear Israel’s prayers for these blessings, and I am ready to grant them their requests. |
MSG © | "'Message of GOD, the Master: Yet again I'm going to do what Israel asks. I'll increase their population as with a flock of sheep. |
BBE © | This is what the Lord has said: The children of Israel will again make prayer to me for this, that I may do it for them; I will make them increased with men like a flock. |
NRSV © | Thus says the Lord GOD: I will also let the house of Israel ask me to do this for them: to increase their population like a flock. |
NKJV © | ‘Thus says the Lord GOD: "I will also let the house of Israel inquire of Me to do this for them: I will increase their men like a flock. |
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NET © | “This is what the sovereign Lord says: I will allow the house of Israel to ask me to do this for them: 1 I will multiply their people like sheep. 2 |
NET © Notes |
1 tn The Niphal verb may have a tolerative function here, “Again (for) this I will allow myself to be sought by the house of Israel to act for them.” Or it may be reflexive: “I will reveal myself to the house of Israel by doing this also.” 2 sn Heb “I will multiply them like sheep, human(s).” |