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1 And you, son of man, prophesy to the mountains of Israel and say, You* mountains of Israel, hear the word of Jehovah.
2 The lord Jehovah says thus: Because the enemy has said against you*, Aha! and, The high places of old are ours in possession,
3 therefore prophesy and say, The lord Jehovah says thus: Because, even because they have made you* desolate and swallowed you* up on every side, that you* might be a possession to the residue of the nations and you* are taken up in the lips of talkers and the evil report of the people,
4 therefore, you* mountains of Israel, hear the word of the lord Jehovah.
The lord Jehovah says thus to the mountains and to the hills, to the watercourses and to the valleys, to the desolate wastes and to the cities that are forsaken, which have become a prey and scorning to the residue of the nations that are all around, 5 therefore thus says the lord Jehovah: Surely in the fire of my jealousy I have spoken against the residue of the nations and against all Edom, who have appointed my land to themselves for a possession with the joy of all their heart, with spite of soul, to cast it out for a prey.
6 Therefore prophesy concerning the land of Israel and say to the mountains and to the hills, to the watercourses and to the valleys, The lord Jehovah says thus: Behold, I have spoken in my jealousy and in my wrath, because you* have borne the shame of the nations. 7 Therefore thus says the lord Jehovah: I have sworn, saying, Surely the nations that are all around you*, they will bear their shame.
8 But you*, O mountains of Israel, you* will shoot forth your* branches and yield your* fruit to my people Israel, for they are at hand to come. 9 For, behold, I am for you* and I will turn into you* and you* will be tilled and sown.
10 And I will multiply men upon you*, all the house of Israel, even all of it and the cities will be inhabited and the waste places will be built. 11 And I will multiply upon you* man and beast and they will increase and be fruitful. And I will cause you* to be inhabited according to your* former estate and will do better to you* than at your* beginnings. And you* will know that I am Jehovah.
12 Yes, I will cause men to walk upon you*, even my people Israel and they will possess you and you will be their inheritance and you will no more hereafter bereave them of sons.
13 The lord Jehovah says thus: Because they say to you*, You O land are a devourer of men and have been bereaved your nation, 14 therefore you will no more devour men, nor bereave your nation any more, says the lord Jehovah. 15 Neither will I let you hear any more the shame of the nations, nor will you bear the reproach of the peoples any more, nor will you cause your nation to stumble any more, says the lord Jehovah.
16 Moreover the word of Jehovah came to me, saying, 17 Son of man, when the house of Israel dwelt in their own land, they defiled it by their way and by their practices. Their way before me was as the uncleanness of a woman in her impurity.
18 Therefore I poured out my wrath upon them for the blood which they had poured out upon the land and because they had defiled it with their idols. 19 And I scattered them among the nations and they were dispersed through the countries. I judged them according to their way and according to their practices.
20 And when they came to the nations where they went, they profaned my holy name, in that men said of them, These are the people of Jehovah and have gone forth out of his land. 21 But I had regard for my holy name, which the house of Israel had profaned among the nations where they went.
22 Therefore say to the house of Israel, The lord Jehovah says thus: I do this not for your* sake, O house of Israel, but for my holy name, which you* have profaned among the nations where you* went. 23 And I will sanctify my great name, which has been profaned among the nations, which you* have profaned in the midst of them.
And the nations will know that I am Jehovah, says the lord Jehovah, when I will be made holy in you* before their eyes.
24 For I will take you* from among the nations and gather you* out of all the countries and will bring you* into your* own land. 25 And I will sprinkle clean water upon you* and you* will be clean. I will cleanse you* from all your* filthiness and from all your* idols.
26 I will also 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. 27 And I will put my Spirit within you* and cause you* to walk in my statutes and you* will keep my ordinances and do them.
28 And you* will dwell in the land that I gave to your* fathers and you* will be my people and I will be your* God. 29 And I will save you* from all your* uncleannesses. And I will call for the grain and will multiply it and lay no famine upon you*. 30 And I will multiply the fruit of the tree and the increase of the field, that you* may no more receive the reproach of famine among the nations.
31 Then you* will remember your* evil ways and your* practices that were not good. And you* will loathe yourselves in your* own sight for your* iniquities and for your* abominations. 32 I do this not for your* sake, says the lord Jehovah; be it known to you*. Be ashamed and confounded for your* ways, O house of Israel.
33 The lord Jehovah says thus: In the day that I cleanse you* from all your* iniquities, I will cause the cities to be inhabited and the waste places will be built. 34 And the land that was desolate will be tilled, rather than a desolation in the sight of all who passed by. 35 And they will say, This land that was desolate has become like the garden of Eden. And the waste and desolate and ruined cities are fortified and inhabited.
36 Then the nations that are left all aroundyou* will know that I, Jehovah, have built the ruined places and planted what was desolate. I, Jehovah, have spoken it and I will do it.
37 The lord Jehovah says thus: For this, moreover, I will be inquired of by the house of Israel, to do it for them. I will increase them with men like a flock. 38 As the flock for sacrifice, as the flock of Jerusalem in her appointed feasts, so will the waste cities be filled with flocks of men. And they will know that I am Jehovah.
The lord Jehovah says thus to the mountains and to the hills, to the watercourses and to the valleys, to the desolate wastes and to the cities that are forsaken, which have become a prey and scorning to the residue of the nations that are all around, 5 therefore thus says the lord Jehovah: Surely in the fire of my jealousy I have spoken against the residue of the nations and against all Edom, who have appointed my land to themselves for a possession with the joy of all their heart, with spite of soul, to cast it out for a prey.
6 Therefore prophesy concerning the land of Israel and say to the mountains and to the hills, to the watercourses and to the valleys, The lord Jehovah says thus: Behold, I have spoken in my jealousy and in my wrath, because you* have borne the shame of the nations. 7 Therefore thus says the lord Jehovah: I have sworn, saying, Surely the nations that are all around you*, they will bear their shame.
8 But you*, O mountains of Israel, you* will shoot forth your* branches and yield your* fruit to my people Israel, for they are at hand to come. 9 For, behold, I am for you* and I will turn into you* and you* will be tilled and sown.
10 And I will multiply men upon you*, all the house of Israel, even all of it and the cities will be inhabited and the waste places will be built. 11 And I will multiply upon you* man and beast and they will increase and be fruitful. And I will cause you* to be inhabited according to your* former estate and will do better to you* than at your* beginnings. And you* will know that I am Jehovah.
12 Yes, I will cause men to walk upon you*, even my people Israel and they will possess you and you will be their inheritance and you will no more hereafter bereave them of sons.
13 The lord Jehovah says thus: Because they say to you*, You O land are a devourer of men and have been bereaved your nation, 14 therefore you will no more devour men, nor bereave your nation any more, says the lord Jehovah. 15 Neither will I let you hear any more the shame of the nations, nor will you bear the reproach of the peoples any more, nor will you cause your nation to stumble any more, says the lord Jehovah.
16 Moreover the word of Jehovah came to me, saying, 17 Son of man, when the house of Israel dwelt in their own land, they defiled it by their way and by their practices. Their way before me was as the uncleanness of a woman in her impurity.
18 Therefore I poured out my wrath upon them for the blood which they had poured out upon the land and because they had defiled it with their idols. 19 And I scattered them among the nations and they were dispersed through the countries. I judged them according to their way and according to their practices.
20 And when they came to the nations where they went, they profaned my holy name, in that men said of them, These are the people of Jehovah and have gone forth out of his land. 21 But I had regard for my holy name, which the house of Israel had profaned among the nations where they went.
22 Therefore say to the house of Israel, The lord Jehovah says thus: I do this not for your* sake, O house of Israel, but for my holy name, which you* have profaned among the nations where you* went. 23 And I will sanctify my great name, which has been profaned among the nations, which you* have profaned in the midst of them.
And the nations will know that I am Jehovah, says the lord Jehovah, when I will be made holy in you* before their eyes.
24 For I will take you* from among the nations and gather you* out of all the countries and will bring you* into your* own land. 25 And I will sprinkle clean water upon you* and you* will be clean. I will cleanse you* from all your* filthiness and from all your* idols.
26 I will also 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. 27 And I will put my Spirit within you* and cause you* to walk in my statutes and you* will keep my ordinances and do them.
28 And you* will dwell in the land that I gave to your* fathers and you* will be my people and I will be your* God. 29 And I will save you* from all your* uncleannesses. And I will call for the grain and will multiply it and lay no famine upon you*. 30 And I will multiply the fruit of the tree and the increase of the field, that you* may no more receive the reproach of famine among the nations.
31 Then you* will remember your* evil ways and your* practices that were not good. And you* will loathe yourselves in your* own sight for your* iniquities and for your* abominations. 32 I do this not for your* sake, says the lord Jehovah; be it known to you*. Be ashamed and confounded for your* ways, O house of Israel.
33 The lord Jehovah says thus: In the day that I cleanse you* from all your* iniquities, I will cause the cities to be inhabited and the waste places will be built. 34 And the land that was desolate will be tilled, rather than a desolation in the sight of all who passed by. 35 And they will say, This land that was desolate has become like the garden of Eden. And the waste and desolate and ruined cities are fortified and inhabited.
36 Then the nations that are left all aroundyou* will know that I, Jehovah, have built the ruined places and planted what was desolate. I, Jehovah, have spoken it and I will do it.
37 The lord Jehovah says thus: For this, moreover, I will be inquired of by the house of Israel, to do it for them. I will increase them with men like a flock. 38 As the flock for sacrifice, as the flock of Jerusalem in her appointed feasts, so will the waste cities be filled with flocks of men. And they will know that I am Jehovah.