Ezekiel 36:33-38
“And I will multiply the fruit of the tree, and the increase of the field, that ye shall receive no more reproach of famine among the heathen.”
King James Version
Israel's agricultural restoration as a sign of divine blessing, nations acknowledging God when the land blooms.
Fulfillment References
Amos 9:13-14 Isaiah 35:1-2 Revelation 22:2
How Traditions Read This Prophecy
Apostolic (Oneness) PentecostalAfter cleansing His people, God makes the desolate land 'like the garden of Eden,' the cities inhabited and the flocks multiplied, 'that they may know that I the LORD have built the ruined places.' The restoration of Eden's abundance points beyond any earthly renewal to the new creation, where the tree of life bears fruit (Rev. 22:2). The God who rebuilds and replants is the one God, restoring all things in Christ.
JewishThe promise that the cleansed land will be transformed to Edenic fruitfulness, the ruined cities rebuilt and filled; restoration as a new creation.
CatholicThe Edenic restoration read as a sign of the renewal of creation God accomplishes, consummated in the new heavens and earth.
ProtestantThe land restored to Eden-like abundance — literal for dispensationalists, a type of the new creation for others.
AcademicThe 'like the garden of Eden' motif links restoration to primeval creation; the recognition formula closes the unit.
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