[1] "And you, son of man, prophesy to the mountains of Israel, and say, O
mountains of Israel, hear the word of the LORD. [2] Thus says the Lord GOD:
Because the enemy said of you, `Aha!' and, `The ancient heights have become
our possession,' [3] therefore prophesy, and say, Thus says the Lord GOD:
Because, yea, because they made you desolate, and crushed you from all
sides, so that you became the possession of the rest of the nations, and
you 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 the mountains and the hills, the ravines and the valleys, the desolate
wastes and the deserted cities, which have become a prey and derision to
the rest of the nations round about; [5] therefore thus says the Lord GOD:
I speak in my hot jealousy against the rest of the nations, and against all
Edom, who gave my land to themselves as a possession with wholehearted joy
and utter contempt, that they might possess it and plunder it. [6]
Therefore prophesy concerning the land of Israel, and say to the mountains
and hills, to the ravines and valleys, Thus says the Lord GOD: Behold, I
speak in my jealous wrath, because you have suffered the reproach of the
nations; [7] therefore thus says the Lord GOD: I swear that the nations
that are round about you shall themselves suffer reproach. [8] "But you, O
mountains of Israel, shall shoot forth your branches, and yield your fruit
to my people Israel; for they will soon come home. [9] For, behold, I am
for you, and I will turn to you, and you shall be tilled and sown; [10] and
I will multiply men upon you, the whole house of Israel, all of it; the
cities shall be inhabited and the waste places rebuilt; [11] and I will
multiply upon you man and beast; and they shall increase and be fruitful;
and I will cause you to be inhabited as in your former times, and will do
more good to you than ever before. Then you will know that I am the LORD.
[12] Yea, I will let men walk upon you, even my people Israel; and they
shall possess you, and you shall be their inheritance, and you shall no
longer bereave them of children. [13] Thus says the Lord GOD: Because men
say to you, `You devour men, and you bereave your nation of children,' [14]
therefore you shall no longer devour men and no longer bereave your nation
of children, says the Lord GOD; [15] and I will not let you hear any more
the reproach of the nations, and you shall no longer bear the disgrace of
the peoples and no longer cause your nation to stumble, says the Lord GOD."
[16] The word of the LORD came to me: [17] "Son of man, when the house of
Israel dwelt in their own land, they defiled it by their ways and their
doings; their conduct before me was like the uncleanness of a woman in her
impurity. [18] So I poured out my wrath upon them for the blood which they
had shed in the land, for the idols with which they had defiled it. [19] I
scattered them among the nations, and they were dispersed through the
countries; in accordance with their conduct and their deeds I judged them.
[20] But when they came to the nations, wherever they came, they profaned
my holy name, in that men said of them, `These are the people of the LORD,
and yet they had to go out of his land.' [21] But I had concern for my holy
name, which the house of Israel caused to be profaned among the nations to
which they came. [22] "Therefore say to the house of Israel, Thus says the
Lord GOD: It is not for your sake, O house of Israel, that I am about to
act, but for the sake of my holy name, which you have profaned among the
nations to which you came. [23] And I will vindicate the holiness of my
great name, which has been profaned among the nations, and which you have
profaned among them; and the nations will know that I am the LORD, says the
Lord GOD, when through you I vindicate my holiness before their eyes. [24]
For I will take you from the nations, and gather you from all the
countries, and bring you into your own land. [25] I will sprinkle clean
water upon you, and you shall be clean from all your uncleannesses, and
from all your idols I will cleanse you. [26] A new heart I will give you,
and a new spirit I will put within you; and I will take out of your flesh
the heart of stone and give you a heart of flesh. [27] And I will put my
spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my statutes and be careful to
observe my ordinances. [28] You shall dwell in the land which I gave to
your fathers; and you shall be my people, and I will be your God. [29] And
I will deliver you from all your uncleannesses; and I will summon the grain
and make it abundant and lay no famine upon you. [30] I will make the fruit
of the tree and the increase of the field abundant, that you may never
again suffer the disgrace of famine among the nations. [31] Then you will
remember your evil ways, and your deeds that were not good; and you will
loathe yourselves for your iniquities and your abominable deeds. [32] It is
not for your sake that I will act, says the Lord GOD; let that be known to
you. Be ashamed and confounded for your ways, O house of Israel. [33] "Thus
says the Lord GOD: On the day that I cleanse you from all your iniquities,
I will cause the cities to be inhabited, and the waste places shall be
rebuilt. [34] And the land that was desolate shall be tilled, instead of
being the desolation that it was in the sight of all who passed by. [35]
And they will say, `This land that was desolate has become like the garden
of Eden; and the waste and desolate and ruined cities are now inhabited and
fortified.' [36] Then the nations that are left round about you shall know
that I, the LORD, have rebuilt the ruined places, and replanted that which
was desolate; I, the LORD, have spoken, and I will do it. [37] "Thus says
the Lord GOD: This also I will let the house of Israel ask me to do for
them: to increase their men like a flock. [38] Like the flock for
sacrifices, like the flock at Jerusalem during her appointed feasts, so
shall the waste cities be filled with flocks of men. Then they will know
that I am the LORD."

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