Ezekiel:36-38
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Also ,
thou son of man ,
prophesy unto the mountains of Israel ,
and say ,
Ye mountains of Israel ,
hear the word of the LORD :
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Thus saith the Lord GOD ;
Because the enemy hath said against you ,
Aha ,
even the ancient high places are ours in possession :
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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 :
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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 ;
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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 .
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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 :
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Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD ;
I have lifted up mine hand ,
Surely the heathen that are about you ,
they shall bear their shame .
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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 .
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For ,
behold ,
I am for you ,
and I will turn unto you ,
and ye shall be tilled and sown :
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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 :
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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 .
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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 .
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Thus saith the Lord GOD ;
Because they say unto you ,
Thou land devourest up men ,
and hast bereaved thy nations ;
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Therefore thou shalt devour men no more ,
neither bereave thy nations any more ,
saith the Lord GOD .
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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 .
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Moreover the word of the LORD came unto me ,
saying ,
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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 .
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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 :
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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 .
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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 .
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But I had pity for mine holy name ,
which the house of Israel had profaned among the heathen ,
whither they went .
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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 .
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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 .
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For I will take you from among the heathen ,
and gather you out of all countries ,
and will bring you into your own land .
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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 .
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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 .
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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 .
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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 .
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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 .
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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 .
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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 .
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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 .
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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 .
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And the desolate land shall be tilled ,
whereas it lay desolate in the sight of all that passed by .
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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 .
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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 .
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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 .
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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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The hand of the LORD was upon me ,
and carried me out in the spirit of the LORD ,
and set me down in the midst of the valley which was full of bones ,
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And caused me to pass by them round about :
and ,
behold ,
there were very many in the open valley ;
and ,
lo ,
they were very dry .
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And he said unto me ,
Son of man ,
can these bones live ?
And I answered ,
O Lord GOD ,
thou knowest .
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Again he said unto me ,
Prophesy upon these bones ,
and say unto them ,
O ye dry bones ,
hear the word of the LORD .
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Thus saith the Lord GOD unto these bones ;
Behold ,
I will cause breath to enter into you ,
and ye shall live :
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And I will lay sinews upon you ,
and will bring up flesh upon you ,
and cover you with skin ,
and put breath in you ,
and ye shall live ;
and ye shall know that I am the LORD .
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So I prophesied as I was commanded :
and as I prophesied ,
there was a noise ,
and behold a shaking ,
and the bones came together ,
bone to his bone .
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And when I beheld ,
lo ,
the sinews and the flesh came up upon them ,
and the skin covered them above :
but there was no breath in them .
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Then said he unto me ,
Prophesy unto the wind ,
prophesy ,
son of man ,
and say to the wind ,
Thus saith the Lord GOD ;
Come from the four winds ,
O breath ,
and breathe upon these slain ,
that they may live .
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So I prophesied as he commanded me ,
and the breath came into them ,
and they lived ,
and stood up upon their feet ,
an exceeding great army .
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Then he said unto me ,
Son of man ,
these bones are the whole house of Israel :
behold ,
they say ,
Our bones are dried ,
and our hope is lost :
we are cut off for our parts .
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Therefore prophesy and say unto them ,
Thus saith the Lord GOD ;
Behold ,
O my people ,
I will open your graves ,
and cause you to come up out of your graves ,
and bring you into the land of Israel .
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And ye shall know that I am the LORD ,
when I have opened your graves ,
O my people ,
and brought you up out of your graves ,
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And shall put my spirit in you ,
and ye shall live ,
and I shall place you in your own land :
then shall ye know that I the LORD have spoken it ,
and performed it ,
saith the LORD .
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The word of the LORD came again unto me ,
saying ,
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Moreover ,
thou son of man ,
take thee one stick ,
and write upon it ,
For Judah ,
and for the children of Israel his companions :
then take another stick ,
and write upon it ,
For Joseph ,
the stick of Ephraim ,
and for all the house of Israel his companions :
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And join them one to another into one stick ;
and they shall become one in thine hand .
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And when the children of thy people shall speak unto thee ,
saying ,
Wilt thou not shew us what thou meanest by these ?
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Say unto them ,
Thus saith the Lord GOD ;
Behold ,
I will take the stick of Joseph ,
which is in the hand of Ephraim ,
and the tribes of Israel his fellows ,
and will put them with him ,
even with the stick of Judah ,
and make them one stick ,
and they shall be one in mine hand .
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And the sticks whereon thou writest shall be in thine hand before their eyes .
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And say unto them ,
Thus saith the Lord GOD ;
Behold ,
I will take the children of Israel from among the heathen ,
whither they be gone ,
and will gather them on every side ,
and bring them into their own land :
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And I will make them one nation in the land upon the mountains of Israel ;
and one king shall be king to them all :
and they shall be no more two nations ,
neither shall they be divided into two kingdoms any more at all :
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Neither shall they defile themselves any more with their idols ,
nor with their detestable things ,
nor with any of their transgressions :
but I will save them out of all their dwellingplaces ,
wherein they have sinned ,
and will cleanse them :
so shall they be my people ,
and I will be their God .
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And David my servant shall be king over them ;
and they all shall have one shepherd :
they shall also walk in my judgments ,
and observe my statutes ,
and do them .
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And they shall dwell in the land that I have given unto Jacob my servant ,
wherein your fathers have dwelt ;
and they shall dwell therein ,
even they ,
and their children ,
and their children '
s children for ever :
and my servant David shall be their prince for ever .
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Moreover I will make a covenant of peace with them ;
it shall be an everlasting covenant with them :
and I will place them ,
and multiply them ,
and will set my sanctuary in the midst of them for evermore .
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My tabernacle also shall be with them :
yea ,
I will be their God ,
and they shall be my people .
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And the heathen shall know that I the LORD do sanctify Israel ,
when my sanctuary shall be in the midst of them for evermore .
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And the word of the LORD came unto me ,
saying ,
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Son of man ,
set thy face against Gog ,
the land of Magog ,
the chief prince of Meshech and Tubal ,
and prophesy against him ,
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And say ,
Thus saith the Lord GOD ;
Behold ,
I am against thee ,
O Gog ,
the chief prince of Meshech and Tubal :
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And I will turn thee back ,
and put hooks into thy jaws ,
and I will bring thee forth ,
and all thine army ,
horses and horsemen ,
all of them clothed with all sorts of armour ,
even a great company with bucklers and shields ,
all of them handling swords :
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Persia ,
Ethiopia ,
and Libya with them ;
all of them with shield and helmet :
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Gomer ,
and all his bands ;
the house of Togarmah of the north quarters ,
and all his bands :
and many people with thee .
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Be thou prepared ,
and prepare for thyself ,
thou ,
and all thy company that are assembled unto thee ,
and be thou a guard unto them .
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After many days thou shalt be visited :
in the latter years thou shalt come into the land that is brought back from the sword ,
and is gathered out of many people ,
against the mountains of Israel ,
which have been always waste :
but it is brought forth out of the nations ,
and they shall dwell safely all of them .
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Thou shalt ascend and come like a storm ,
thou shalt be like a cloud to cover the land ,
thou ,
and all thy bands ,
and many people with thee .
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Thus saith the Lord GOD ;
It shall also come to pass ,
that at the same time shall things come into thy mind ,
and thou shalt think an evil thought :
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And thou shalt say ,
I will go up to the land of unwalled villages ;
I will go to them that are at rest ,
that dwell safely ,
all of them dwelling without walls ,
and having neither bars nor gates ,
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To take a spoil ,
and to take a prey ;
to turn thine hand upon the desolate places that are now inhabited ,
and upon the people that are gathered out of the nations ,
which have gotten cattle and goods ,
that dwell in the midst of the land .
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Sheba ,
and Dedan ,
and the merchants of Tarshish ,
with all the young lions thereof ,
shall say unto thee ,
Art thou come to take a spoil ?
hast thou gathered thy company to take a prey ?
to carry away silver and gold ,
to take away cattle and goods ,
to take a great spoil ?
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Therefore ,
son of man ,
prophesy and say unto Gog ,
Thus saith the Lord GOD ;
In that day when my people of Israel dwelleth safely ,
shalt thou not know it ?
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And thou shalt come from thy place out of the north parts ,
thou ,
and many people with thee ,
all of them riding upon horses ,
a great company ,
and a mighty army :
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And thou shalt come up against my people of Israel ,
as a cloud to cover the land ;
it shall be in the latter days ,
and I will bring thee against my land ,
that the heathen may know me ,
when I shall be sanctified in thee ,
O Gog ,
before their eyes .
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Thus saith the Lord GOD ;
Art thou he of whom I have spoken in old time by my servants the prophets of Israel ,
which prophesied in those days many years that I would bring thee against them ?
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And it shall come to pass at the same time when Gog shall come against the land of Israel ,
saith the Lord GOD ,
that my fury shall come up in my face .
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For in my jealousy and in the fire of my wrath have I spoken ,
Surely in that day there shall be a great shaking in the land of Israel ;
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So that the fishes of the sea ,
and the fowls of the heaven ,
and the beasts of the field ,
and all creeping things that creep upon the earth ,
and all the men that are upon the face of the earth ,
shall shake at my presence ,
and the mountains shall be thrown down ,
and the steep places shall fall ,
and every wall shall fall to the ground .
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And I will call for a sword against him throughout all my mountains ,
saith the Lord GOD :
every man '
s sword shall be against his brother .
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And I will plead against him with pestilence and with blood ;
and I will rain upon him ,
and upon his bands ,
and upon the many people that are with him ,
an overflowing rain ,
and great hailstones ,
fire ,
and brimstone .
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Thus will I magnify myself ,
and sanctify myself ;
and I will be known in the eyes of many nations ,
and they shall know that I am the LORD .
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Therefore ,
thou son of man ,
prophesy against Gog ,
and say ,
Thus saith the Lord GOD ;
Behold ,
I am against thee ,
O Gog ,
the chief prince of Meshech and Tubal :