Ezekiel 36:1-15

1“And you, son of man, prophesy to the mountains of Israel and say, ‘O mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord. 2Thus says the Lord 1God, “Because the enemy has spoken against you, ‘Aha!’ and, ‘The everlasting 23heights have become our possession,’ 3therefore prophesy and say, ‘Thus says the Lord God, “4For good reason they have made you 5desolate and crushed you from every side, that you would become a possession of the rest of the nations and you have been taken up in the 67talk and the whispering of the people.”’” 4Therefore, O 8mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord God. Thus says the Lord God to the mountains and to the hills, to the ravines and to the valleys, to the desolate wastes and to the forsaken cities which have become a 9prey and a derision to the rest of the nations which are round about, 5therefore thus says the Lord God, “Surely in the fire of My 10jealousy I have spoken against the 11rest of the nations, and against all Edom, who 12appropriated My land for themselves as a possession with wholehearted 13joy and with scorn of soul, to drive it out for a prey.” 6Therefore prophesy concerning the land of Israel and say to the mountains and to the hills, to the ravines and to the valleys, “Thus says the Lord God, ‘Behold, I have spoken in My jealousy and in My wrath because you have 14endured the insults of the nations.’ 7Therefore thus says the Lord God, ‘I have 15sworn that surely the nations which are around you will themselves endure their insults. 8But you, O mountains of Israel, you will 16put forth your branches and bear your fruit for My people Israel; for they will soon come. 9For, behold, I am for you, and I will 17turn to you, and you will be 18cultivated and sown. 10I will multiply men on you, 19all the house of Israel, all of it; and the 20cities will be inhabited and the waste places will be rebuilt. 11I will multiply on you man and beast; and they will increase and be fruitful; and I will cause you to be inhabited as you were 21formerly and will 22treat you 23better than at the first. Thus you will know that I am the Lord. 12Yes, I will cause 24men--My people Israel--to walk on you and possess you, so that you will become their 25inheritance and never again 26bereave them of children.’

13“Thus says the Lord God, ‘Because they say to you, “You are a 27devourer of men and have bereaved your 28nation of children,” 14therefore you will no longer devour men and no longer bereave your nation of children,’ declares the Lord God. 15I will not let you hear 29insults from the nations anymore, nor will you bear 30disgrace from the peoples any longer, nor will you cause your nation to 31stumble any longer,” declares the Lord God.’”