Ezekiel 36:10
And I will multiply men upon you, all the house of Israel, even all of it: and the cities shall be inhabited, and the wastes shall be builded:
Cross-reference
In Ezekiel 36:37, God links the multiplication to prayer — adding that He will respond to Israel's requests.
Ezekiel 36:33 restates the same promise — cities inhabited and waste places rebuilt — linking it directly to the cleansing from sin.
In Ezekiel 36:28, the repopulation leads to the covenant goal: 'you shall be my people, and I will be your God.'
In Ezekiel 37:26, the same multiplication and settlement promise includes an everlasting covenant and sanctuary.
In Ezekiel 37:11, 'whole house of Israel' appears as dry bones—highlighting the hopelessness that God's promise here reverses.
Isaiah 27:6 pictures Israel taking root and filling the world with fruit — a metaphor for the multiplication promised here.
Amos 9:14 explicitly says they will rebuild ruined cities and inhabit them, matching the multiplication and rebuilding promised here.
Jeremiah 33:12 echoes the same promise of inhabited cities and restored pastures, reinforcing God's plan to repopulate the land after exile.
Jeremiah 31:28 declares God will now build and plant after judgment, matching the rebuilding and multiplying in this verse.
Jeremiah 31:27 promises sowing people and animals — another expression of the multiplication promised here.
Zechariah 8:3-6 paints a vivid picture of restored Jerusalem full of people, children playing — a concrete fulfillment of the multiplying promise here.
Jeremiah 31:10-14 expands the promise to gathering the scattered, restoring joy, and abundance — the full scope of the repopulation here.
Jeremiah 30:19 explicitly echoes 'I will multiply them' — a direct parallel promise of population increase.
Isaiah 61:4 promises raising up ruined cities and repairing devastations — the same restoration of habitation and rebuilding as here.
Isaiah 58:12 describes rebuilding ancient ruins and restoring streets — a detailed picture of the repopulation and rebuilding promised here.
Isaiah 52:9 calls the waste places to sing because God comforts and redeems — the same reversal of desolation promised here.
Isaiah 51:3 expands the restoration to include comfort, joy, and the transformation of waste places into Eden — the same hope as here.
In Zechariah 10:8, God gathers and multiplies Israel 'as many as they were before'—matching the restoration of former times.
In Zechariah 2:4, Jerusalem's multitude of people and livestock directly mirrors the multiplication and inhabitation here.
Isaiah 44:26 confirms the word that Jerusalem shall be inhabited and ruins rebuilt — the same divine decree for restoration as here.
In Zechariah 1:17, God promises cities overflowing with prosperity and comfort for Zion—echoing this repopulation hope.
In Jeremiah 31:24, the same restoration picture emerges—cities dwelt in again with farmers and shepherds, paralleling this promise.