Ezekiel:36

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* Also , son of man , prophesy to the mountains of Israel , and say , Mountains of Israel , hear the Word of the LORD . * So says the Lord Jehovah : Because the enemy has said against you , Aha ! Even the old high places have become a possession to us . * Therefore prophesy and say , So says the Lord Jehovah : Because of the wasting and crushing of you from all around , that you might be a possession to the rest of the nations , and you were lifted up on the tip of the tongue , and the talking of the people ; * so , mountains of Israel , hear the Word of the Lord Jehovah . So says the Lord Jehovah to the mountains , and to the hills , to the rivers , and to the valleys , to the deserted wastes , and to the cities that are forsaken , which became a prey and a mockery to the rest of the nations all around . * So the Lord Jehovah says this : Surely in the fire of My jealousy I have spoken against the rest of the nations , and against all Idumea , who have given My land to themselves for a possession with all joy of heart , with scorning of soul , to make it open land for a prey . * So prophesy concerning the land of Israel , and say to the mountains and to the hills , to the rivers and to the valleys , So says the Lord Jehovah : Behold , I have spoken in My jealousy and in My fury , because you have borne the shame of the nations . * Therefore so says the Lord Jehovah : I have lifted up My hand ; surely the nations around you shall bear their shame . * But you , O mountains of Israel , you shall put out your branches and yield your fruit to My people Israel ; for they have drawn near to come . * For , behold , I [am ] for you , and I will turn to you , and you shall be tilled and sown . * And I will multiply men on you , all the house of Israel , all of it . And the cities shall have people , and the wastes shall be built . * And I will multiply men and beast on you , and they shall increase and be fruitful . And I will make you dwell as before , and I will do better [to you ] than at your beginnings . And you shall know that I [am ] the LORD . * Yea , I will cause men to walk on you , even My people Israel . And they shall possess you , and you shall be their inheritance , and not any more will increase their bereavement . * So says the Lord Jehovah : Because they say to you , You [are ] a devourer of men , and you have bereaved your nations ; * so you shall devour men no more , nor shall you bereave your nations any more , says the Lord Jehovah . * Nor will I allow you to hear the shame of the nations any more , nor shall you bear the shame of the peoples any more , nor shall you cause your nations to fall any more , says the Lord Jehovah . * And the Word of the LORD came to me , saying . * Son of man , when the house of Israel lived in their own land , they defiled it by their own way and by their doings , even as the defilement of woman 's impurity , their way was before Me . * So I poured My fury on them , because of the blood that they had shed on the land , and for their idols [by which ] they defiled it . * And I scattered them among the nations , and they were scattered through the lands . I judged them according to their way and according to their doings . * And when they entered the nations where they went , they even profaned My holy name by saying to them , These [are ] the people of the Jehovah , and they are gone out of His land . * But I had pity for My holy name , which the house of Israel had profaned among the nations where they went . * Therefore say to the house of Israel , So says the Lord Jehovah : I do not do [this ] for your sake , O house of Israel , but for My holy name 's sake , which you have profaned among the nations where you went . * And I will sanctify My great name , which was profaned among the nations , which you have profaned in their midst . And the nations shall know that I [am ] the LORD , says the Lord Jehovah , 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 lands , and will gather you into your own land . * And I will sprinkle clean waters on you , and you shall be clean . I will cleanse you from all your filthiness and from your idols . * 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 you shall keep My judgments and do [them ]. * And you shall dwell in the land that I gave to your fathers . And you shall be My people , and I will be your God . * I will also save you from all your defilements , and I will call for the grain , and will increase it , and will lay no famine on you . * And I will multiply the fruits of the tree and the increase of the field , so that you shall never again receive the curse of famine among the nations . * And you shall remember your own evil ways , and your doings that [were ] not good , and shall despise yourselves in your own sight for your iniquities and for your abominations . * I do not do [this ] for your sake , says the Lord Jehovah , be it known to you . Be ashamed and confounded for your ways , O house of Israel . * So says the Lord Jehovah : In the day that I cleanse you from all your iniquities , I will also cause [you ] to dwell in the cities , and the wastes shall be built . * And the waste land shall be tilled , instead of being a ruin before all passing by . * And they shall say , This land that was wasted has become like the garden of Eden . And the wasted , deserted and ruined cities now [are ] fortified and inhabited . * And the nations that are left all around you shall know that I the LORD build the ruined [places and ] plant that which was wasted . I the LORD have spoken it , and I will do it . * So says the Lord Jehovah : yet this , I will be sought by the house of Israel to act for them . I will increase them with men like a flock . * As a holy flock , as the flock of Jerusalem in her appointed 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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