Ezekiel 36:1-15

1“Now you, son of man, prophesy to the mountains of Israel and say, ‘You mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord. 2This is what the Lord 1God says: “Since the enemy has spoken against you, ‘Aha!’ and, ‘The everlasting 23heights have become our possession,’ 3therefore prophesy and say, ‘This is what the Lord God says: “4For good reason they have made you 5desolate and harassed you from every side, so that you would become a possession of the rest of the nations; and you have been taken up in the 67talk and the rumor of the people.”’” 4Therefore, you 8mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord God. This is what the Lord God says to the mountains and to the hills, to the ravines and to the valleys, to the desolate ruins and to the abandoned cities which have become 9plunder and an object of ridicule to the rest of the nations which are all around-- 5therefore the Lord God says this: “Certainly 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 contempt of soul, in order to make its pastureland plunder.” 6Therefore prophesy in regard to the land of Israel and say to the mountains and to the hills, to the ravines and to the valleys, “This is what the Lord God says: ‘Behold, I have spoken in My jealousy and in My wrath because you have 14endured the insults of the nations.’ 7Therefore the Lord God says this: ‘I have 15sworn that the nations that are around you will certainly endure their insults themselves. 8But as for you, mountains of Israel, you will 1617grow your branches and bear fruit for My people Israel; for they are about to come. 9For, behold, I am for you, and I will 18turn to you, and you will be 19cultivated and sown. 10And I will multiply people on you, 20all the house of Israel, all of it; and the 21cities will be inhabited and the ruins will be rebuilt. 11I will multiply on you people and animals, and they will increase and be fruitful; and I will populate you as you were 22previously, and treat you 23better than at the beginning. Then you will know that I am the Lord. 12Yes, I will have 24people--My people Israel--walk on you and possess you, so that you will become their 25inheritance and never again 26bereave them of children.’

13“The Lord God says this: ‘Since they say to you, “You are a 27devourer of people and have bereaved your nation of children,” 14for that reason you will no longer devour people and no longer bereave your nation of children,’ declares the Lord God. 15I will not let you hear 28insults from the nations anymore, nor will you suffer 29disgrace from the peoples any longer, nor will you make your nation 30stumble any longer,” declares the Lord God.’”