Eze 36 | ABEn | STEP | And you, O son of man, prophesy against the mountains of Israel! and say to the mountains of Israel! Hear the word of the lord !

Ezekiel 36

CHAPTER 36 The Prophecy against the Mountains of Israel

1 And you, O son of man, prophesy against the mountains of Israel! and say to the mountains of Israel! Hear the word of the lord! 2 Thus says the Lord the lord; Because [³said ⁴against you ¹the ²enemy], Well done, [³desolate places ²the eternal ¹for now ⁵our possession ⁴became]. 3 On account of this, prophesy and say! Thus says the Lord the lord; Because of you being dishonored, and being detested by the ones round about you, for you to be for a possession to the rest of the nations, and you ascended [²of discussion ¹as a tongue], and a scorn to nations. 4 On account of this, O mountains of Israel, hear the word of the lord. Thus says the lord to the mountains, and to the hills, and to the rushing streams, and to the ravines, and to the places being made quite desolate, and being obliterated, and to the cities being abandoned, and became for plunder and for trampling to the [³being left behind ²nations ¹surrounding]. 5 On account of this, thus says the Lord the lord; Assuredly by fire of my rage I spoke against the remaining nations, and against all Edom; for they gave my land to themselves for a possession with gladness, dishonoring lives, to obliterate in plunder. 6 On account of this, prophesy over the land of Israel! and say to the mountains, and to the hills, and to the ravines, and to the groves! Thus says the lord; Behold, I in my zeal and in my rage spoke against your scorning which nations bore to you. 7 On account of this, thus says the Lord the lord; I shall lift my hand against the nations, the ones surrounding you; these [²their dishonor ¹shall bear]. 8 But your [⁶O mountains ⁷of Israel ¹grape ²and ³your fruit ⁵shall eat ⁴my people]; for they are hoping to come. 9 For behold, I am for you, and I will look upon you, and you shall be worked and sown. 10 And I will multiply upon you men, all the house of Israel to the end. And [³shall be inhabited ¹the ²cities], and the place being made desolate shall be built. 11 And I will multiply upon you men and cattle; and they shall be multiplied, and they shall be increased. And I will settle you as the time in your beginning. And [³good ¹I will do ²you] as the things prior of you. And you shall know that I am the lord. 12 And I will engender unto you men against my people Israel; and they shall inherit you, and you will be to them for a possession, and in no way shall you be added still to be made childless of them. 13 Thus says the Lord the lord; Because they said to you, O her devouring men, and [²made childless ³by ⁴your nation ¹you were]. 14 On account of this [³men ¹no longer ²shall you devour], and [²your nation ¹you shall not make] childless any more, says the Lord the lord. 15 And [³shall not be heard ⁴any longer ⁵against ⁶you ¹dishonor ²of nations]. And the scorning of peoples no way shall you bear any more, and your nation shall not be childless still, says the Lord the lord.

The House of Israel Punished for Idolatry

16 And [³came ¹the word ²of the lord] to me, saying, 17 O son of man, the house of Israel dwelt upon their land, and they defiled it by their way, and by their uncleannesses; and according to the uncleanness of a woman sitting apart was their way before my face. 18 And I poured out my rage upon them for the blood of which they poured out upon the land; and in their abominations they tainted it. 19 And I scattered them into the nations, and winnowed them into the places. According to their way and according to their sin I judged them. 20 And they entered unto the nations of which they entered there. And they profaned [³name ¹my ²holy] in the saying of them, [²the people ³of the lord ¹These are], and [²from out of ³his land ¹they went forth]. 21 And I spared them on account of [³name ¹my ²holy], which [³profaned ¹the house ²of Israel] among the nations of which they entered there. 22 On account of this, say to the house of Israel! Thus says the Lord the lord; Not to you do I act, O house of Israel, but because of [³name ¹my ²holy] which you profaned among the nations of which you entered there. 23 And I will sanctify [³name ¹my ²great] being profaned among the nations, which you profaned in the midst of them. And [³shall know ¹the ²nations] that I am the lord, says the Lord the lord, in my being sanctified among you before their eyes. 24 And I will take you from out of the nations, and I will gather you from out of all the lands, and I will bring you into your land. 25 And I will sprinkle upon you clean water, and you shall be cleansed from all your uncleannesses; and [³from ⁴all ⁵your idols ¹I will cleanse ²you].

The Promise of a New Heart and Spirit

26 And I will put in you [²heart ¹a new], and [³spirit ²a new ¹I will put] in you, and I will remove the [²heart ¹stone] from your flesh, and I will give to you a heart of flesh. 27 And [²my spirit ¹I will put] in you, and I shall make it that [²by ³my ordinances ¹you shall go], and [²my judgments ¹you shall keep], and you shall observe them. 28 And you shall dwell upon the land which I gave to your fathers; and you will be to me for a people, and I will be to you for God. 29 And I will deliver you from out of all your uncleannesses. And I will call for the grain, and I will multiply it, and I will not appoint [²unto ³you ¹famine]. 30 And I will multiply the fruit of the tree, and the produce of the field, so that you should not take still the scorn of famine among the nations. 31 And you shall remember [³ways ¹your ²evil], and your practices, the ones not good. And you shall loathe in front of them in your lawless deeds, and for your abominations. 32 Not for your sakes do I do this, says the Lord the lord, [²made known ¹it is ³to you]. Be ashamed and feel remorse for your ways, O house of Israel! 33 Thus says the Lord the lord; In the day in which I shall cleanse you from out of all your lawless deeds, even I will settle the cities and [²shall be built up ¹desolate places]. 34 And the land having been obliterated shall be worked; for reason that being obliterated according to the eyes of all traveling by. 35 And they shall say, That land, the one being obliterated was become as a garden of luxury; and the cities -- the desolate and ones having been obliterated, and having been razed, [²fortified ¹they sat]. 36 And [³shall know ¹the ²nations], as many as might be left behind round about you, that I the lord built up the places having been demolished; and I planted the places having been obliterated. For I the lord spoke, and I will act. 37 Thus says the Lord the lord; Again for this I shall be sought by the house of Israel to deal with them; I will multiply them -- [²as ³sheep ¹men], 38 as [²sheep ¹holy], as sheep of Jerusalem in her holiday feasts; thus [⁴will be ¹the ³cities ²desolate] full of sheep of men. And they shall know that I am the lord.