9 I am concerned for you and will look on you with favor; you will be plowed and sown,
9 For, behold, I am for you, and I will turn unto you, and ye shall be tilled and sown:
9 For behold, I am for you, and I will turn to you, and you shall be tilled and sown.
9 Do you see? I'm back again. I'm on your side. You'll be plowed and planted as before!
9 For indeed I am for you, and I will turn to you, and you shall be tilled and sown.
9 See, I care about you, and I will pay attention to you. Your ground will be plowed and your crops planted.
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Ezekiel 36:9
Commentary on Ezekiel 36:1-15
(Read Ezekiel 36:1-15)
Those who put contempt and reproach on God's people, will have them turned on themselves. God promises favour to his Israel. We have no reason to complain, if the more unkind men are, the more kind God is. They shall come again to their own border. It was a type of the heavenly Canaan, of which all God's children are heirs, and into which they all shall be brought together. And when God returns in mercy to a people who return to him in duty, all their grievances will be set right. The full completion of this prophecy must be in some future event.