3:16 multiplied and increased. These same words appear in reverse order in Gen. 1:28 (“Be fruitful and multiply”). God will make a new beginning with His people.

in those days. A future messianic age is now in view (cf. Is. 2:1–5).

The ark . . . shall not come to mind. The importance of the ark will be diminished because the Lord will be present in a new way.