Ezekiel 36:33
Thus saith the Lord God; In the day that I shall have cleansed you from all your iniquities I will also cause you to dwell in the cities, and the wastes shall be builded.
Cross-reference
Ezekiel 36:10 uses identical language: multiplying people, inhabited cities, rebuilt waste places—directly restating the same promise.
Ezekiel 36:4 describes the desolate wastes and deserted cities that v33 promises to rebuild—contrasting present ruin with future restoration.
Ezekiel 36:38 continues the vision: waste cities filled with flocks of people, completing the restoration picture.
Ezekiel 38:12 refers to the waste places now inhabited, showing the realized result of the restoration promised here.
Isaiah 58:12 describes rebuilding ancient ruins and restoring streets—a parallel image of restoration after judgment.
Jeremiah 33:10 promises that desolate cities will again hear joyful voices, matching Ezekiel's vision of inhabited cities.
Jeremiah 50:20 emphasizes pardon and cleansing from sin, directly paralleling the 'cleanse you from all iniquities' in Ezekiel.
Amos 9:14 explicitly states rebuilt ruined cities and restored fortunes, closely mirroring Ezekiel's promise of rebuilding waste places.
Isaiah 44:26 uses nearly identical language—cities inhabited and ruins rebuilt—directly echoing this restoration promise.
Isaiah 61:4 similarly describes rebuilding ancient ruins and repairing devastated cities, reinforcing the same restoration theme.
Jeremiah 33:8 promises cleansing from all sin and guilt, matching the 'cleanse you from all your iniquities' here.
Zechariah 1:17 prophesies cities overflowing with prosperity, echoing the rebuilding and inhabiting promised here.
Zechariah 8:8 adds the covenant relationship: they will dwell in Jerusalem as God's people, fulfilling the restored habitation.
Zechariah 8:7 reinforces the restoration promise: gathering from east and west parallels the rebuilding of waste places after cleansing.
Hosea 11:11 describes exiles returning to their homes, a parallel restoration theme though less specific about rebuilding cities.