Ezekiel:36

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* Also , thou son of man , prophesy to the mountains of Israel , and say : Ye mountains of Israel , hear the word of Jehovah . * Thus saith the Lord Jehovah : Because the enemy hath said concerning you , "Aha ! the everlasting heights have become our possession "; * therefore prophesy and say , Thus saith the Lord Jehovah : Because , yea , because they have made you desolate , and swallowed you up on every side , so that ye have become a possession to the residue of the nations , and a subject for the lips of talkers , and a derision to the people ; * therefore , ye mountains of Israel , hear the word of the Lord Jehovah . Thus saith the Lord Jehovah , to the mountains and the hills , the valleys and the plain , to the desolate wastes and to the forsaken cities , which are become a prey and a derision to the residue of the nations which are round about ,–– * therefore thus saith the Lord Jehovah : Surely in the fire of my jealousy have I spoken against the residue of the nations , and against all Edom , who have allotted my land to themselves for a possession , with joy of their whole heart , and with a despiteful mind , to cast it out for a prey . * Prophesy , therefore , concerning the land of Israel , and say to the mountains and to the hills , to the valleys and the plains , Thus saith the Lord Jehovah : Behold , I have spoken in my jealousy and in my fury , because ye have borne the reproach of the nations . * Therefore thus saith the Lord Jehovah : I have lifted up my hand , that the nations that are round about you , that they shall bear their reproach . * But ye , O mountains of Israel , shall shoot forth your branches , and bear your fruit for my people Israel ; for they are near coming . * For behold , I am for you , and I will turn to you , and ye shall be tilled and sown ; * and I will multiply men upon you , even all the house of Israel , all of it ; and the cities shall be inhabited , and the waste places shall be built . * I will multiply men upon you , and beasts ; and they shall increase and be fruitful ; and I will cause you to be inhabited as of old , and will do better to you than in the ancient time ; and ye shall know that I am Jehovah . * Yea , I will cause men , even my people Israel , to walk upon you , 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 of you , "Thou hast devoured men , and made thy people childless !" * therefore thou shalt devour men no more , and no more make thy people childless , saith the Lord Jehovah . * Neither will I cause the reproach of the nations to be heard against thee any more , neither shalt thou bear the derision of the nations any more , neither shalt thou make thy nation childless any more , saith the lord Jehovah . * Moreover , the word of Jehovah came to 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 before me was as the impurity of an unclean woman . * Wherefore I poured my fury upon them for the blood which they had shed in the land , and because they had polluted 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 polluted my holy name , in that it was said of them , "These are the people of Jehovah , and they are gone forth out of his land ." * Therefore I will have regard to my holy name , which the house of Israel have polluted among the nations whither they are gone . * Therefore say to the house of Israel , Thus saith the Lord Jehovah : Not for your own sakes do I this , O house of Israel , but for my holy name , which ye have polluted among the nations whither ye are gone . * And I will sanctify my great name , which hath been polluted among the nations , which ye have profaned in the midst of them ; and the nations shall know that I am Jehovah , when I shall be sanctified in regard to you , before their eyes , saith the Lord Jehovah . * For I will take you from among the nations , and gather you out of all countries , and bring you into your own land . * Then will I sprinkle clean water upon you , and ye shall be clean . From all your uncleanness and from all your idols will I cleanse you . * A new heart also will I give you , and a new spirit will I put within you ; and I will take out of your body the heart of stone , 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 ye shall keep my commandments and do them . * And ye shall dwell in the land which 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 uncleanness . And I will call for the corn , and will increase it , and bring no famine upon you . * And I will multiply the fruit of the tree , and the increase of the field , that ye may receive no more the reproach of famine among the nations . * Then shall ye remember your evil ways , and your doings which were not good , and ye shall loathe yourselves for your iniquities , and for your abominations . * Not for your own sakes do I this , saith the Lord Jehovah , be it known to you . Be ye ashamed and confounded for your ways , O house of Israel ! * Thus saith the Lord Jehovah : In the day when I shall cleanse you from all your iniquities , then will I cause the cities to be inhabited , and the waste places to be rebuilt ; * and the desolate land shall be tilled , whereas it lay desolate in the sight of all that passed by . * Then shall it be said , "This land , that was desolate , is become as the garden of Eden ; and the waste and desolate and ruined cities are become fenced , and are inhabited ." * Then the nations that are left around you shall know that I , Jehovah , have built that which was ruined , and planted that which was desolate . I , Jehovah , have spoken it , and I will do it . * Thus saith the Lord Jehovah : Yet will I listen to the house of Israel , and do this for them . I will increase * them with men like a flock ; 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 Jehovah .

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