Ezekiel:36

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* And thou , son of man , prophesy unto the mountains of Israel , and say , Mountains of Israel , hear the word of Jehovah . * Thus saith the Lord Jehovah : Because the enemy hath said against you , Aha ! and , The ancient high places are become ours in possession ; * therefore prophesy and say , Thus saith the Lord Jehovah : Because , yea , because they have made [you ] desolate , and have swallowed you up on every side , that ye might be a possession unto the remnant of the nations , and ye are taken up in the lips of talkers , and in the defaming of the people : * therefore , ye mountains of Israel , hear the word of the Lord Jehovah . Thus saith the Lord Jehovah to the mountains and to the hills , to the water-courses and to the valleys , to the desolate wastes and to the cities that are forsaken , which are become a prey and a derision to the remnant of the nations that are round about , * -- therefore thus saith the Lord Jehovah : Surely in the fire of my jealousy have I spoken against the remnant of the nations , and against the whole of Edom , which have appointed my land unto themselves for a possession with the joy of all [their ] heart , with despite of soul , to plunder it by pillage . * Prophesy therefore concerning the land of Israel , and say to the mountains and to the hills , to the water-courses and to the valleys , Thus saith the Lord Jehovah : Behold , I have spoken in my jealousy and in my fury , because ye have borne the ignominy of the nations ; * therefore thus saith the Lord Jehovah : I have lifted up my hand , [saying ,] Verily the nations that are about you , they shall bear their shame . * And ye mountains of Israel shall shoot forth your branches , and yield your fruit to my people Israel : for they are at hand to come . * For behold , I am for you , and I will turn unto you , and ye shall be tilled and sown . * And I will multiply men upon you , all the house of Israel , the whole of it ; and the cities shall be inhabited , and the waste places shall be builded . * And I will multiply upon you man and beast , and they shall increase and bring forth fruit ; and I will cause you to be inhabited as [in ] your former times , yea , I will make it better than at your beginnings : and ye shall know that I [am ] Jehovah . * And 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 children . * Thus saith the Lord Jehovah : Because they say unto you , Thou devourest men , and hast bereaved thy nation , * therefore thou shalt devour men no more , neither bereave thy nation any more , saith the Lord Jehovah ; * neither will I cause thee to hear the ignominy of the nations any more , and thou shalt not bear the reproach of the peoples any more , neither shalt thou cause thy nation to fall any more , saith the Lord Jehovah . * And the word of Jehovah came unto me , saying , * Son of man , when the house of Israel dwelt in their own land , they defiled it by their way and by their doings : their way was before me as the uncleanness of a woman in her separation . * And I poured out my fury upon them for the blood that they had shed upon the land , and because they had defiled it with their idols . * And I scattered them among the nations , and they were dispersed through the countries : according to their way and according to their doings I judged them . * And when they came to the nations whither they went , they profaned my holy name , when it was said of them , These are the people of Jehovah , and they are gone forth out of his land . * But I had pity for my holy name , which the house of Israel had profaned among the nations whither they went . * Therefore say unto the house of Israel , Thus saith the Lord Jehovah : I do not this for your sakes , O house of Israel , but for my holy name , which ye have profaned among the nations whither ye went . * And I will hallow my great name , which was profaned among the nations , which ye have profaned in the midst of them ; and the nations shall know that I [am ] Jehovah , saith the Lord Jehovah , when I shall be hallowed in you before their eyes . * And I will take you from among the nations , and gather you out of all the countries , and will bring you into your own land . * And I will sprinkle clean water upon you , and ye shall be clean : from all your uncleannesses and from all your idols will I cleanse you . * And I will give you a new heart , and I will put a new spirit within you ; and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh , and I will give you a heart of flesh . * And I will put my Spirit within you , and cause you to walk in my statutes and keep mine ordinances , and ye shall do them . * 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 . * And I will save you from all your uncleannesses ; and I will call for the corn and will multiply it , and lay no famine upon you . * And I will multiply the fruit of the trees and the increase of the field , so that ye may receive no more the reproach of famine among the nations . * And ye shall remember your evil ways , and your doings which were not good , and shall loathe yourselves for your iniquities and for your abominations . * Not for your sakes do I this , saith the Lord Jehovah , be it known unto you : be ashamed and confounded for your ways , O house of Israel . * Thus saith the Lord Jehovah : In the day that I shall cleanse you from all your iniquities I will also cause the cities to be inhabited , and the waste places shall be builded . * And the desolate land shall be tilled , whereas it was a desolation in the sight of all that passed by . * 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 ] fortified [and ] inhabited . * And the nations that shall be left round about you shall know that I Jehovah build the ruined places [and ] plant that which was desolate : I Jehovah have spoken , and I will do [it ]. * Thus saith the Lord Jehovah : I will yet for this be inquired of by the house of Israel , to do it unto them ; I will increase them with men like a flock . * As the holy flock , as the flock of Jerusalem in her set feasts , so shall the waste cities be filled with flocks of men : and they shall know that I [am ] Jehovah .

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