Ezekiel 36:1-8

Prophecy to the Mountains of Israel

1“And you, ason of man, prophesy to bthe mountains of Israel, and say, O mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord. 2Thus says the Lord God: Because cthe enemy said of you, dAha!’ and, ‘The ancient eheights have become our possession,’ 3therefore 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, 4therefore, 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, 5therefore 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. 6Therefore 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. 7Therefore 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.
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