Ezekiel 36:8-38

8But you, O mountainsH2022 of IsraelH3478, you will 1putH5414 forth your branchesH6057 and bearH5375 your fruitH6529 for My peopleH5971 IsraelH3478; for they will soonH7126 comeH935. 9For, beholdH2009, I am for you, and I will 2turnH6437 to you, and you will be 3cultivatedH5647 and sownH2232. 10I will multiplyH7235 menH120 on you, 4allH3605 the houseH1004 of IsraelH3478, allH3605 of it; and the 5citiesH5892 will be inhabitedH3427 and the wasteH2723 placesH2723 will be rebuiltH1129. 11I will multiplyH7235 on you manH120 and beastH929; and they will increaseH7235 and be fruitfulH6509; and I will cause you to be inhabitedH3427 as you were 6formerlyH6927 and will 7treatH3190 you 8betterH3190 thanH4480 at the firstH7221. Thus you will knowH3045 that I am the LordH3068. 12Yes, I will cause 9menH120--My peopleH5971 IsraelH3478--to walkH1980 on you and possessH3423 you, so that you will becomeH1961 their 10inheritanceH5159 and neverH3808H5750 againH3254 11bereaveH7921 them of childrenH7921.’

13“ThusH3541 saysH559 the LordH136 GodH3068, ‘BecauseH3282 they sayH559 to you, “You are a 12devourerH398 of menH120 and have bereavedH7921 your 13nationH1471 of childrenH7921,” 14thereforeH3651 you will noH3808 longerH5750 devourH398 menH120 and noH3808 longerH5750 bereaveH7921 your nationH1471 of childrenH7921,’ declaresH5002 the LordH136 GodH3068. 15I will not let you hearH8085 14insultsH3639 from the nationsH1471 anymoreH5750, norH3808 will you bearH5375 15disgraceH2781 from the peoplesH5971 anyH5750 longerH5750, norH3808 will you cause your nationH1471 to 16stumbleH3782 anyH5750 longerH5750,” declaresH5002 the LordH136 GodH3068.’”

16Then the wordH1697 of the LordH3068 cameH1961 to me sayingH559, 17“SonH1121 of manH120, when the houseH1004 of IsraelH3478 was livingH3427 in their own landH127, they 17defiledH2930 it by their waysH1870 and their deedsH5949; their wayH1870 beforeH6440 Me was like 18the uncleannessH2932 of a woman in her impurityH5079. 18Therefore I 19pouredH8210 out My wrathH2534 on them for the bloodH1818 whichH834 they had shedH8210 on the landH776, because they had defiledH2930 it with their idolsH1544. 19Also I 20scatteredH6327 them among the nationsH1471 and they were dispersedH2219 throughout the landsH776. 21According to their waysH1870 and their deedsH5949 I judgedH8199 them. 20When they cameH935 to the nationsH1471 whereH834H8033 they wentH935, they 22profanedH2490 My holyH6944 nameH8034, because it was saidH559 of them, ‘TheseH428 are the 23peopleH5971 of the LordH3068; yet they have comeH3381 out of His landH776.’ 21But I had 24concernH2550 for My 25holyH6944 nameH8034, whichH834 the houseH1004 of IsraelH3478 had profanedH2490 among the nationsH1471 whereH834H8033 they wentH935.

22“ThereforeH3651 sayH559 to the houseH1004 of IsraelH3478, ‘ThusH3541 saysH559 the LordH136 GodH3068, “It is 26not for your sakeH4616, O houseH1004 of IsraelH3478, that I am about to actH6213, but for My holyH6944 nameH8034, whichH834 you have profanedH2490 among the nationsH1471 whereH834H8033 you wentH935. 23I will 27vindicateH6942 the holinessH6942 of My greatH1419 nameH8034 which has been profanedH2490 among the nationsH1471, whichH834 you have profanedH2490 in their midstH8432. Then the 28nationsH1471 will knowH3045 that I am the LordH3068,” declaresH5002 the LordH136 GodH3068, “when I proveH6942 Myself holyH6942 among you in their sightH5869. 24For I will 29takeH3947 you from the nationsH1471, gatherH6908 you from allH3605 the landsH776 and bringH935 you into your own landH127. 25Then I will 30sprinkleH2236 cleanH2889 waterH4325 on you, and you will be cleanH2891; I will cleanseH2891 you from allH3605 your 31filthinessH2932 and from allH3605 your 32idolsH1544. 26Moreover, I will giveH5414 you a 33newH2319 heartH3820 and putH5414 a newH2319 spiritH7307 withinH7130 you; and I will removeH5493 the 34heartH3820 of stoneH68 from your fleshH1320 and giveH5414 you a heartH3820 of fleshH1320. 27I will 35putH5414 My SpiritH7307 withinH7130 you and causeH6213 you to walkH1980 in My statutesH2706, and you will be carefulH8104 to observeH6213 My ordinancesH4941. 28You will liveH3427 in the landH776 that I gaveH5414 to your forefathersH1; so you will be 36My peopleH5971, and I will be your GodH430. 29Moreover, I will saveH3467 you from allH3605 your uncleannessH2932; and I will callH7121 for the grainH1715 and multiplyH7235 it, and I 37will not 38bringH5414 a famineH7458 on you. 30I will 39multiplyH7235 the fruitH6529 of the treeH6086 and the produceH8570 of the fieldH7704, soH4616 that you will not receiveH3947 againH5750 the disgraceH2781 of famineH7458 among the nationsH1471. 31Then you will 40rememberH2142 your evilH7451 waysH1870 and your deedsH4611 that were not goodH2896, and you will loatheH6962 yourselves in your own sightH6440 for your iniquitiesH5771 and your abominationsH8441. 32I am not doingH6213 this 41for your sakeH4616,” declaresH5002 the LordH136 GodH3068, “let it be knownH3045 to you. Be ashamedH954 and confoundedH3637 for your waysH1870, O houseH1004 of IsraelH3478!”

33‘ThusH3541 saysH559 the LordH136 GodH3068, “On the dayH3117 that I cleanseH2891 you from allH3605 your iniquitiesH5771, I will cause the 42citiesH5892 to be inhabitedH3427, and the 43wasteH2723 placesH2723 will be rebuiltH1129. 34The desolateH8074 landH776 will be cultivatedH5647 insteadH8478 of beingH1961 a desolationH8077 in the sightH5869 of everyoneH3605 who passesH5674 by. 35They will sayH559, ‘ThisH1976 desolateH8074 landH776 has becomeH1961 like the 44gardenH1588 of EdenH5731; and the wasteH2720, desolateH8074 and ruinedH2040 citiesH5892 are fortifiedH1219 and inhabitedH3427.’ 36Then the nationsH1471 that are leftH7604 roundH5439 aboutH5439 you will knowH3045 that I, the LordH3068, have rebuiltH1129 the ruinedH2040 places and plantedH5193 that which was desolateH8074; I, the LordH3068, have spokenH1696 and 45will doH6213 it.”

37‘ThusH3541 saysH559 the LordH136 GodH3068, “ThisH2088 alsoH5750 I will let the houseH1004 of IsraelH3478 askH1875 Me to doH6213 for them: I will increaseH7235 their menH120 like a flockH6629. 38Like the 46flockH6629 47for sacrificesH6944, like the flockH6629 at JerusalemH3389 during her appointedH4150 feastsH4150, soH3651 will the wasteH2720 citiesH5892 be filledH4392 with 48flocksH6629 of menH120. Then they will knowH3045 that I am the LordH3068.”’”