Eze 36:1-15 | ESV | STEP | And you , son of man , prophesy to the mountains of Israel , and say , O mountains of Israel , hear the word of the Lord .

1 “And you, ^ason of man, prophesy to ^bthe mountains of Israel, and say, O mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord. 2 Thus says the Lord God: Because ^cthe enemy said of you, ^d‘Aha!’ and, ‘The ancient ^eheights have become our possession,’ 3 therefore prophesy, and say, Thus says the Lord God: Precisely because ^fthey made you desolate and crushed you from all sides, so that you became the possession of the rest of the nations, and ^gyou became the talk and evil gossip of the people, 4 therefore, O mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord God: Thus says the Lord God to ^hthe mountains and the hills, the ravines and the valleys, ⁱthe desolate wastes and the deserted cities, which have become ^ja prey and derision to the rest of the nations all around, 5 therefore thus says the Lord God: Surely I have spoken in ^kmy hot jealousy against the rest of the nations and ^lagainst all Edom, who ^mgave my land to themselves as a possession ⁿwith wholehearted joy and ^outter contempt, that they might make its pasturelands a prey. 6 Therefore prophesy concerning the land of Israel, and say to ^pthe mountains and hills, to the ravines and valleys, Thus says the Lord God: ^qBehold, I have spoken in my jealous wrath, because you have suffered ^rthe reproach of the nations. 7 Therefore thus says the Lord God: ^sI swear that the nations that are all around you ^tshall themselves suffer reproach.

8 “But you, O mountains of Israel, ^ushall shoot forth your branches and yield your fruit to my people Israel, for ^vthey will soon come home. 9 For ^wbehold, I am for you, and I will turn to you, and ^xyou shall be tilled and sown. 10 And ^yI will multiply people on you, the whole house of Israel, all of it. ^zThe cities shall be inhabited and the waste places rebuilt. 11 And I will multiply on you ^aaman and beast, and ^abthey shall multiply and be fruitful. And I will cause you to be inhabited as in ^acyour former times, and ^adwill do more good to you than ever before. ^aeThen you will know that I am the Lord. 12 I will let people walk on you, even my people Israel. ^afAnd they shall possess you, and you shall be their inheritance, and you shall no longer ^agbereave them of children. 13 Thus says the Lord God: Because they say to you, ^ah‘You devour people, and you bereave your nation of children,’ 14 therefore you shall no longer devour people and no longer bereave your nation of children, declares the Lord God. 15 And I will not let you hear anymore ^aithe reproach of the nations, and you shall no longer bear the disgrace of the peoples and no longer cause your nation to stumble, declares the Lord God.”