Ezekiel 36:1-15

The Future Restoration of Israel

36¹ And thou, son of man, prophesy unto mountains of Israel, and thou hast said, O mountains of Israel, hear a word of Jehovah. ² Thus said the Lord Jehovah: Because the enemy said against you, Aha, and the high places of old for a possession have been to us, ³ therefore, prophesy, and thou hast said: Thus said the Lord Jehovah: Because, even because, of desolating, And of swallowing you up from round about, For your being a possession to the remnant of the nations, And ye are taken up on the tip of the tongue, And 'are' an evil report of the people. ⁴ Therefore, O mountains of Israel, Hear a word of the Lord Jehovah: Thus said the Lord Jehovah, to mountains, and to hills, To streams, and to valleys, And to wastes that 'are' desolate, And to cities that are forsaken, That have been for a prey, And for a scorn, to the remnant of the nations who 'are' round about. ⁵ Therefore, thus said the Lord Jehovah: Have I not, in the fire of My jealousy, Spoken against the remnant of the nations, And against Edom—all of it, Who gave My land to themselves for a possession, With the joy of the whole heart—with despite of soul, For the sake of casting it out for a prey? ⁶ Therefore, prophesy concerning the ground of Israel, And thou hast said to mountains, and to hills, To streams, and to valleys, Thus said the Lord Jehovah: Lo, I, in My jealousy, and in My fury, I have spoken, Because the shame of nations ye have borne. ⁷ Therefore, thus said the Lord Jehovah: I—I have lifted up My hand, Do not—the nations who 'are' with you from round about—they their own shame bear? ⁸ And ye, O mountains of Israel, Your branch ye give out, and your fruits ye bear for My people Israel, For they have drawn near to come. ⁹ For, lo, I 'am' for you, and have turned to you, And ye have been tilled and sown. ¹⁰ And I have multiplied on you men, All the house of Israel—all of it, And the cities have been inhabited, And the wastes are built. ¹¹ And I have multiplied on you man and beast, And they have multiplied and been fruitful, And I have caused you to dwell according to your former states, And I have done better than at your beginnings, And ye have known that I 'am' Jehovah. ¹² And I have caused man to walk over you,—My people Israel, And they possess thee, and thou hast been to them for an inheritance, And thou dost add no more to bereave them. ¹³ Thus said the Lord Jehovah: Because they are saying to you: A devourer of men 'art' thou, And a bereaver of thy nations thou hast been, ¹⁴ Therefore, man thou devourest no more, And thy nations thou causest not to stumble any more, An affirmation of the Lord Jehovah. ¹⁵ And I proclaim not unto thee any more the shame of the nations, And the reproach of peoples thou bearest no more, And thy nations stumble not any more, An affirmation of the Lord Jehovah.'