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Ezekiel 36

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“And you , son of man, prophesy to the mountains of Israel and say : O mountains of Israel, hear the word of the LORD .
Also , thou son of man, prophesy unto the mountains of Israel , and say , Ye mountains of Israel, hear the word of the LORD :
This is what the Lord GOD says: Because the enemy has said of you, ‘ Aha ! The ancient heights have become our possession ,’
Thus saith the Lord GOD ; Because the enemy hath said against you, Aha , even the ancient high places are ours in possession :
therefore prophesy and declare that this is what the Lord GOD says: Because they have made you desolate and have trampled you on every side, so that you became a possession of the rest of the nations and were taken up in slander by the lips of their talkers,
Therefore prophesy and say, Thus saith the Lord GOD ; Because they have made you desolate , and swallowed you up on every side, that ye might be a possession unto the residue of the heathen, and ye are taken up in the lips of talkers, and are an infamy of the people:
therefore, O mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord GOD . This is what the Lord GOD says to the mountains and hills, to the ravines and valleys, to the desolate ruins and abandoned cities, which have become a spoil and a mockery to the rest of the nations around you.
Therefore, ye mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord GOD ; Thus saith the Lord GOD to the mountains , and to the hills, to the rivers, and to the valleys, to the desolate wastes, and to the cities that are forsaken , which became a prey and derision to the residue of the heathen that are round about;
Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: Surely in My burning zeal I have spoken against the rest of the nations , and against all Edom , who took My land as their own possession with wholehearted joy and utter contempt , so that its pastureland became plunder .
Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD ; Surely in the fire of my jealousy have I spoken against the residue of the heathen , and against all Idumea , which have appointed my land into their possession with the joy of all their heart , with despiteful minds, to cast it out for a prey .
Therefore, prophesy concerning the land of Israel and tell the mountains and hills, the ravines and valleys, that this is what the Lord GOD says: Behold, I have spoken in My burning zeal because you have endured the reproach of the nations.
Prophesy therefore concerning the land of Israel , and say unto the mountains , and to the hills, to the rivers, and to the valleys, Thus saith the Lord GOD ; Behold, I have spoken in my jealousy and in my fury, because ye have borne the shame of the heathen:
Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: I have sworn with an uplifted hand that surely the nations around you will endure reproach of their own .
Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD ; I have lifted up mine hand , Surely the heathen that are about you , they shall bear their shame .
But you , O mountains of Israel, will produce branches and bear fruit for My people Israel , for they will soon come home .
But ye , O mountains of Israel, ye shall shoot forth your branches , and yield your fruit to my people of Israel ; for they are at hand to come.
For behold, I am on your side; I will turn toward you, and you will be tilled and sown .
For , behold, I am for you, and I will turn unto you, and ye shall be tilled and sown :
I will multiply the people upon you — the house of Israel in its entirety. The cities will be inhabited and the ruins rebuilt.
And I will multiply men upon you , all the house of Israel , even all of it: and the cities shall be inhabited , and the wastes shall be builded:
I will fill you with people and animals, and they will multiply and be fruitful. I will make you as inhabited as you once were , and I will make you prosper more than before. Then you will know that I am the LORD.
And I will multiply upon you man and beast; and they shall increase and bring fruit: and I will settle you after your old estates , and will do better unto you than at your beginnings: and ye shall know that I am the LORD.
Yes , I will cause My people Israel to walk upon you; they will possess you , and you will be their inheritance, and you will no longer deprive them of their children .
Yea , I will cause men to walk upon you , even my people Israel ; and they shall possess thee , and thou shalt be their inheritance, and thou shalt no more henceforth bereave them of men .
For this is what the Lord GOD says: Because people say to you, ‘You devour men and deprive your nation of its children , ’
Thus saith the Lord GOD ; Because they say unto you, Thou land devourest up men, and hast bereaved thy nations:
therefore you will no longer devour men or deprive your nation of its children , declares the Lord GOD.
Therefore thou shalt devour men no more , neither bereave thy nations any more, saith the Lord GOD.
I will no longer allow the taunts of the nations to be heard against you , and you will no longer endure the reproach of the peoples or cause your nation to stumble , declares the Lord GOD. ”
Neither will I cause men to hear in thee the shame of the heathen any more , neither shalt thou bear the reproach of the people any more, neither shalt thou cause thy nations to fall any more , saith the Lord GOD.
Again the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
Moreover the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
“ Son of man, when the people of Israel lived in their land, they defiled it by their own ways and deeds. Their behavior before Me was like the uncleanness of a woman’s impurity .
Son of man, when the house of Israel dwelt in their own land, they defiled it by their own way and by their doings: their way was before me as the uncleanness of a removed woman .
So I poured out My wrath upon them because of the blood they had shed on the land, and because they had defiled it with their idols.
Wherefore I poured my fury upon them for the blood that they had shed upon the land, and for their idols wherewith they had polluted it :
I dispersed them among the nations , and they were scattered throughout the lands. I judged them according to their ways and deeds .
And I scattered them among the heathen , and they were dispersed through the countries: according to their way and according to their doings I judged them .
And wherever they went among the nations , they profaned My holy name, because it was said of them, ‘ These are the people of the LORD, yet they had to leave His land. ’
And when they entered unto the heathen , whither they went, they profaned my holy name, when they said to them, These are the people of the LORD, and are gone forth out of his land.
But I had concern for My holy name, which the house of Israel had profaned among the nations to which they had gone .
But I had pity for mine holy name, which the house of Israel had profaned among the heathen, whither they went .
Therefore tell the house of Israel that this is what the Lord GOD says: It is not for your sake that I will act , O house of Israel, but for My holy name , which you profaned among the nations to which you went.
Therefore say unto the house of Israel , thus saith the Lord GOD ; I do not this for your sakes , O house of Israel, but for mine holy name's sake , which ye have profaned among the heathen, whither ye went.
I will show the holiness of My great name, which has been profaned among the nations—the name you have profaned among them . Then the nations will know that I am the LORD, declares the Lord GOD, when I show My holiness in you before their eyes.
And I will sanctify my great name, which was profaned among the heathen, which ye have profaned in the midst of them ; and the heathen shall know that I am the LORD, saith the Lord GOD, when I shall be sanctified in you before their eyes.
For I will take you from among the nations and gather you out of all the countries, and I will bring you back into your own land.
For I will take you from among the heathen, and gather you out of all countries, and will bring you into your own land.
I will also sprinkle clean water on you, and you will be clean . I will cleanse you from all your impurities and all your idols.
Then will I sprinkle clean water upon you, and ye shall be clean : from all your filthiness, and from all your idols , will I cleanse you .
I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit within you ; I will remove your heart of stone and give you a heart of flesh.
A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you : and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you an heart of flesh.
And I will put My Spirit within you and cause you to walk in My statutes and to carefully observe My ordinances .
And I will put my spirit within you , and cause you to walk in my statutes , and ye shall keep my judgments, and do them .
Then you will live in the land that I gave your forefathers ; you will be My people, and I will be your God.
And ye shall dwell in the land that I gave to your fathers ; and ye shall be my people, and I will be your God.
I will save you from all your uncleanness. I will summon the grain and make it plentiful , and I will not bring famine upon you.
I will also save you from all your uncleannesses: and I will call for the corn, and will increase it, and lay no famine upon you.
I will also make the fruit of the trees and the crops of the field plentiful , so that you will no longer bear reproach among the nations on account of famine.
And I will multiply the fruit of the tree, and the increase of the field, that ye shall receive no more reproach of famine among the heathen .
Then you will remember your evil ways and wicked deeds , and you will loathe yourselves for your iniquities and abominations.
Then shall ye remember your own evil ways , and your doings that were not good , and shall lothe yourselves in your own sight for your iniquities and for your abominations.
It is not for your sake that I will act , declares the Lord GOD —let it be known to you . Be ashamed and disgraced for your ways, O house of Israel !
Not for your sakes do I this , saith the Lord GOD , be it known unto you : be ashamed and confounded for your own ways, O house of Israel .
This is what the Lord GOD says: On the day I cleanse you from all your iniquities , I will cause the cities to be resettled and the ruins to be rebuilt .
Thus saith the Lord GOD ; In the day that I shall have cleansed you from all your iniquities I will also cause you to dwell in the cities , and the wastes shall be builded .
The desolate land will be cultivated instead of lying desolate in the sight of all who pass through .
And the desolate land shall be tilled, whereas it lay desolate in the sight of all that passed by .
Then they will say, ‘ This land that was desolate has become like the garden of Eden . The cities that were once ruined, desolate , and destroyed are now fortified and inhabited. ’
And they shall say, This land that was desolate is become like the garden of Eden ; and the waste and desolate and ruined cities are become fenced, and are inhabited.
Then the nations around you that remain will know that I , the LORD , have rebuilt what was destroyed , and I have replanted what was desolate . I , the LORD , have spoken, and I will do it.
Then the heathen that are left round about you shall know that I the LORD build the ruined places , and plant that that was desolate : I the LORD have spoken it , and I will do it.
This is what the Lord GOD says: Once again I will hear the plea of the house of Israel and do for them this: I will multiply their people like a flock.
Thus saith the Lord GOD ; I will yet for this be enquired of by the house of Israel , to do it for them ; I will increase them with men like a flock.
Like the numerous flocks for sacrifices at Jerusalem during her appointed feasts , so the ruined cities will be filled with flocks of people. Then they will know that I am the LORD. ”
As the holy flock, as the flock of Jerusalem in her solemn feasts ; so shall the waste cities be filled with flocks of men: and they shall know that I am the LORD.

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