The Meaning of Ezekiel 36:9 Explained

Ezekiel 36:9

KJV: For, behold, I am for you, and I will turn unto you, and ye shall be tilled and sown:

YLT: For, lo, I am for you, and have turned to you, And ye have been tilled and sown.

Darby: For behold, I am for you, and I will turn unto you, and ye shall be tilled and sown.

ASV: For, behold, I am for you, and I will turn into you, and ye shall be tilled and sown;

KJV Reverse Interlinear

For, behold, I [am] for you, and I will turn  unto you, and ye shall be tilled  and sown: 

What does Ezekiel 36:9 Mean?

Chapter Summary: Ezekiel 36

1  The land of Israel is comforted, by destruction of the heathen, who spitefully used it
8  and by the blessings of God promised unto it
16  Israel was rejected for their sin
21  and shall be restored without their desert
25  The blessings of Christ's kingdom

What do the individual words in Ezekiel 36:9 mean?

For indeed I [am] for you and I will turn to you and you shall be tilled and sown
כִּ֖י הִנְנִ֣י אֲלֵיכֶ֑ם וּפָנִ֣יתִי אֲלֵיכֶ֔ם וְנֶעֱבַדְתֶּ֖ם וְנִזְרַעְתֶּֽם

הִנְנִ֣י  indeed  I  [am] 
Parse: Interjection, first person common singular
Root: הֵן  
Sense: behold, lo, though hypothetical part.
אֲלֵיכֶ֑ם  for  you 
Parse: Preposition, second person masculine plural
Root: אֶל  
Sense: to, toward, unto (of motion).
וּפָנִ֣יתִי  and  I  will  turn 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Conjunctive perfect, first person common singular
Root: פֹּונֶה 
Sense: to turn.
אֲלֵיכֶ֔ם  to  you 
Parse: Preposition, second person masculine plural
Root: אֶל  
Sense: to, toward, unto (of motion).
וְנֶעֱבַדְתֶּ֖ם  and  you  shall  be  tilled 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Nifal, Conjunctive perfect, second person masculine plural
Root: עָבַד  
Sense: to work, serve.
וְנִזְרַעְתֶּֽם  and  sown 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Nifal, Conjunctive perfect, second person masculine plural
Root: זָרַע  
Sense: to sow, scatter seed.