Ezekiel 36
1. Also, thou son of man, prophesy * unto the mountains of Israel, and say * , Ye mountains of Israel, hear * the word of the LORD:
2. Thus saith * the Lord GOD; Because the enemy * hath said * against you, Aha, even the ancient high places are ours in possession:
3. 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:
4. 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;
5. 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.
6. 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:
7. Therefore thus saith * the Lord GOD; I have lifted up * mine hand,Surely the heathen that are about you, they shall bear * their shame.
8. 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 * .
9. For, behold, I am for you, and I will turn * unto you, and ye shall be tilled * and sown * :
10. 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 * :
11. 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.
12. 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.
13. Thus saith * the Lord GOD;Because they say * unto you, Thou land devourest up * men, and hast bereaved * thy nations;
14. Therefore thou shalt devour * men no more, neither bereave * thy nations any more, saith * the Lord GOD.
15. 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.
16. Moreover the word of the LORD came unto me, saying * ,
17. 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.
18. 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:
19. 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.
20. 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.
21. But I had pity * for mine holy name, which the house of Israel had profaned * among the heathen, whither they went * .
22. 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 * .
23. 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.
24. For I will take * you from among the heathen, and gather * you out of all countries, and will bring * you into your own land.
25. 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.
26. 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.
27. 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.
28. 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.
29. 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.
30. 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.
31. 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.
32. 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.
33. 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 * .
34. And the desolate * land shall be tilled * , whereas it lay desolate in the sight of all that passed by * .
35. 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 * .
36. 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.
37. 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.
38. 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.
