Charles Spurgeon Commentary Ezekiel 36:36-37

"Then the nations that are left round about you shall know that I, Jehovah, have builded the ruined places, and planted that which was desolate: I, Jehovah, have spoken it, and I will do it. Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: For this, moreover, will I be inquired of by the house of Israel, to do it for them: I will increase them with men like a flock." — Ezekiel 36:36-37 (ASV)

Then the heathen that are left round about you shall know that I the LORD build the ruined places, and plant that that was desolate: I the Lord have spoken it, and I will do it. Thus saith the Lord God; I will yet for this be enquired of by the house of Israel, to do it for them;–

The blessing shall come, but not without prayer for it,–not without a hopeful expectancy of it,–not without a faithful belief in it: I will yet for this be enquired of by the house of Israel, to do it for them;–