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.

EZEKIEL 36:30KJV
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Ezekiel 36:30 (KJV)

What does Ezekiel 36:30 mean?

Ezekiel 36:30 promises that God will provide abundant crops and fruit for the people, so they will no longer suffer the shame of famine among other nations. This verse assures the Israelites that their land will be fruitful again, removing the disgrace they experienced when they lacked food.

In this verse, God is speaking through the prophet Ezekiel to the people of Israel, who had faced exile and hardship because of their unfaithfulness. The promise of restored abundance is part of a larger message where God pledges to renew Israel, both physically and spiritually, so that other nations will no longer look down on them for their past suffering.

The Hebrew behind Ezekiel 36:30

  • "Multiply" (רָבָה, ravah): This word means to increase or make much. Here, it emphasizes not just a return to normal harvests, but a significant, overflowing abundance.
  • "Reproach" (חֶרְפָּה, cherpah): This word means shame or disgrace. The verse highlights that famine brought public humiliation, and God’s promise is to remove that shame from Israel’s experience.
  • "Heathen" (גּוֹי, goy): This word refers to the nations or peoples outside Israel. The verse points out that Israel’s suffering was visible to others, making their restoration a public sign of God’s favor.

Why Ezekiel 36:30 matters

  • Ezekiel 36:30 clarifies that God’s restoration is not just spiritual but also practical, involving real changes in daily life like food and harvests.
  • The verse shows that Israel’s hardships were not only personal but also affected their reputation among other nations, making restoration a matter of public honor.
  • This promise connects to the wider chapter, where God’s actions are shown to be for the sake of His name and reputation, demonstrating His faithfulness to both Israel and the watching world.

Where else these words appear

“increase” Hebrew H8570 · used in 5 verses

  • Deuteronomy 32:13 He made him ride on the high places of the earth, that he might eat the increase of the fields; and he made him to suck honey out of the rock, and oil out of the flinty rock;
  • Judges 9:11 But the fig tree said unto them, Should I forsake my sweetness, and my good fruit, and go to be promoted over the trees?
  • Isaiah 27:6 He shall cause them that come of Jacob to take root: Israel shall blossom and bud, and fill the face of the world with fruit.

“reproach” Hebrew H2781 · used in 72 verses

  • Genesis 30:23 And she conceived, and bare a son; and said, God hath taken away my reproach:
  • Psalms 71:13 Let them be confounded and consumed that are adversaries to my soul; let them be covered with reproach and dishonour that seek my hurt.
  • Jeremiah 31:19 Surely after that I was turned, I repented; and after that I was instructed, I smote upon my thigh: I was ashamed, yea, even confounded, because I did bear the reproach of my youth.

“famine” Hebrew H7458 · used in 88 verses

  • Genesis 12:10 And there was a famine in the land: and Abram went down into Egypt to sojourn there; for the famine was grievous in the land.
  • 2 Kings 25:3 And on the ninth day of the fourth month the famine prevailed in the city, and there was no bread for the people of the land.
  • Jeremiah 29:18 And I will persecute them with the sword, with the famine, and with the pestilence, and will deliver them to be removed to all the kingdoms of the earth, to be a curse, and an astonishment, and an hissing, and a reproach, among all the nations whither I have driven them:

“fruit” Hebrew H6529 · used in 107 verses

  • Genesis 1:11 And God said, Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed, and the fruit tree yielding fruit after his kind, whose seed is in itself, upon the earth: and it was so.
  • Nehemiah 10:35 And to bring the firstfruits of our ground, and the firstfruits of all fruit of all trees, year by year, unto the house of the LORD:
  • Isaiah 37:30 And this shall be a sign unto thee, Ye shall eat this year such as groweth of itself; and the second year that which springeth of the same: and in the third year sow ye, and reap, and plant vineyards, and eat the fruit thereof.