Ezekiel 36:12

“Yea, I will cause men to walk upon you, &c.] And not beasts, as during the captivity; and that without fear of wild beasts, or any enemy; and not as travellers upon them, but as inhabitants of them; who shall walk to and fro upon them, as the owners of them, and doing their proper business there: even my people Israel; and them only: some read it, “with my people Israel”f605; as if other men, Gentiles called by grace, should dwell with the Jews at this time, particularly at their restoration in the latter day; which may be true, and, which seems to be the sense of the whole sixtieth chapter of Isaiah’s prophecy: and they shall possess thee, and thou shall be their inheritance; that is, thou…”

“to walk upon you--O mountains of Israel (Eze 36:8)! thee . . . thou--change from plural to singular: O hill of Zion, singled out from the other mountains of Israel (Eze 34:26); or land. thou shall no more . . . bereave them of men--Thou shalt no more provoke God to bereave them of children (so the ellipsis ought to be supplied, as Ezekiel probably alludes to Jer 15:7, "I will bereave them of children").”

“And thou - O land of Canaan. Bereave - Consume thine inhabitants. Ezekiel 36:13”

“36:12-13 God had intended for the land to provide abundantly for his people and their offspring; instead, it had robbed them of their children and devoured its own people. This was the direct result of Israel’s failure to keep the terms of the covenant, which led to the Lord’s judgment being imposed upon them with catastrophic results for them and their children (see 5:17). Now that the people were being transformed, they would receive the covenant blessing of a fruitful land.”

“I will cause: The prophet is still personifying the mountains, valleys, and wastes of Judea. they shall: Jer 32:15, Jer 32:44; Oba 1:17-21 no more: Eze 36:13; Num 13:32; Jer 15:7 Ezekiel 36:14”