Ezekiel 36:10-11 - Exposition

I will multiply men upon you . Jehovah's promise contemplated a return of both sections of the Golah , the whole house of Israel , Ephraim as well as Judah (comp. Ezekiel 20:40 ), to the land from which they had been deported, and a restoration of the united kingdom to a condition of prosperity in which its cities should again be inhabited, its ruined homesteads repaired, its fields cultivated, and its flocks and herds multiplied (see Ezekiel 16:55 ; Isaiah 44:26 ; Isaiah 54:3 ; Isaiah 61:4 )—a condition of prosperity so great that it should surpass any measure or degree of good fortune previously enjoyed (comp. Deuteronomy 30:5 ; Job 42:12 ).