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Selected Verse: Ezekiel 36:8 - Strong Concordance

Verse	Translation	Text
Eze 36:8	Strong Concordance	But ye, O mountains [02022] of Israel [03478], ye shall shoot forth [05414] your branches [06057], and yield [05375] your fruit [06529] to my people [05971] of Israel [03478]; for they are at hand [07126] to come [0935].
	King James	But ye, O mountains of Israel, ye shall shoot forth your branches, and yield your fruit to my people of Israel; for they are at hand to come.

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A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]
they are at hand to come--that is the Israelites are soon about to return to their land. This proves that the primary reference of the prophecy is to the return from Babylon, which was "at hand," or comparatively near. But this only in part fulfilled the prediction, the full and final blessing in future, and the restoration from Babylon was an earnest of it.

A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]

they are at hand to come--that is the Israelites are soon about to return to their land. This proves that the primary reference of the prophecy is to the return from Babylon, which was "at hand," or comparatively near. But this only in part fulfilled the prediction, the full and final blessing in future, and the restoration from Babylon was an earnest of it.

Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834]
They are at hand to come - i. e., under Zerubbabel.

Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834]

They are at hand to come - i. e., under Zerubbabel.

Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65]
At hand - The time is near, when my people shall come out of Babylon to settle in their own land.

Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65]

At hand - The time is near, when my people shall come out of Babylon to settle in their own land.

Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826
For they are at hand to come - The restoration of the Jews is so absolutely determined that you may rest assured it will take place; and be as confident relative to it, as if you saw the different families entering into the Israelitish borders. It was near at hand in God's determination, though there were about fifty-eight of the seventy years unelapsed.

Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826

For they are at hand to come - The restoration of the Jews is so absolutely determined that you may rest assured it will take place; and be as confident relative to it, as if you saw the different families entering into the Israelitish borders. It was near at hand in God's determination, though there were about fifty-eight of the seventy years unelapsed.

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