OET interlinear EZEK 36:37

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

(Occurrence 0) I will be asked by the house of Israel

(Some words not found in UHB: thus he/it_had_said my=master GOD again/more this(f) let_~_ask by,the_house_of Yisrael for=doing to/for=them I_will_increase DOM=them like,flock humankind )

Here “house” represents people. If your language does not use the passive form in this way, you can state this in active form or in another way that is natural in your language. Alternate translation: [The people of Israel will ask me] (See also: figs-activepassive)

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

(Occurrence 0) to increase them like a flock of people

(Some words not found in UHB: thus he/it_had_said my=master GOD again/more this(f) let_~_ask by,the_house_of Yisrael for=doing to/for=them I_will_increase DOM=them like,flock humankind )

Yahweh causing the people to multiply greatly and quickly is spoken of as if they were a flock of sheep. Sheep multiply very quickly. Alternate translation: [to make them multiply like a flock of sheep] or [to make the people multiply quickly like sheep]