The Nation’s Revival

After describing the change in the status of the people at the time of redemption, Yehezkel states that at that time the land will flourish and produce trees and bountiful, better fruit than any other land, like the utopic Garden of Eden. This completes the circle of his prophecies to the nations in which the Garden of Eden is used to describe Egypt and Tyre.

If we track the appearance of the root Darash – To Seek - throughout the book of Yehezkel we find that in the past, God’s relations with His people were in crisis, and the seeking of God by the people during the years of destruction received a negative response. With regard to the future, there is a transformation in the use of the verb in which God seeks out His people.