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Major Prophets

Ezekiel 36

A Prophecy to the Mountains of Israel

1“And you, son of man, prophesy to the mountains of Israel and say: O mountains of Israel, hear the word of the LORD.

1“ And you, son of man, prophesy to the mountains of Israel, and say: O mountains of Israel, hear the word of YHWH!

2This is what the Lord GOD says: Because the enemy has said of you, ‘Aha! The ancient heights have become our possession,’

2Thus says the Lord YHWH: Because the enemy has said of you, ‘Aha, the heights of old have become as a possession unto us,’

3therefore prophesy and declare that this is what the Lord GOD says: Because they have made you desolate and have trampled you on every side, so that you became a possession of the rest of the nations and were taken up in slander by the lips of their talkers,

3therefore prophesy and say, thus says the Lord YHWH: Because, even because of making you desolate and swallowing you up from all around for your being the possession of the rest of the nations, and you were taken up on the lip of the tongue in slander of the people,

4therefore, O mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord GOD.

This is what the Lord GOD says to the mountains and hills, to the ravines and valleys, to the desolate ruins and abandoned cities, which have become a spoil and a mockery to the rest of the nations around you.

4therefore, O mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord YHWH, thus says the Lord YHWH to the mountains, and to the hills, to the rivers, and to the valleys, and to the desolate ruins, and to the abandoned cities that became as plunder and as derision to the rest of the nations that are all around,

5Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: Surely in My burning zeal I have spoken against the rest of the nations, and against all Edom, who took My land as their own possession with wholehearted joy and utter contempt, so that its pastureland became plunder.

5therefore, thus says the Lord YHWH: Surely in the burning of My jealousy that I have spoken against the rest of the nations and against Edom—all those who gave My land to themselves as a possession, with joy in all of the heart, and with scorn in the soul, in order to graze upon it as prey.

6Therefore, prophesy concerning the land of Israel and tell the mountains and hills, the ravines and valleys, that this is what the Lord GOD says: Behold, I have spoken in My burning zeal because you have endured the reproach of the nations.

6Therefore prophesy concerning the land of Israel and say to the mountains, and to the hills, to the rivers, and to the valleys, thus says the Lord YHWH: Behold, I, in My jealousy and in My fury, have spoken, because you have carried the shame of the nations.

7Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: I have sworn with an uplifted hand that surely the nations around you will endure reproach of their own.

7Therefore, thus says the Lord YHWH: I—I have lifted up My hand that surely the nations that are surrounding you, they will bear their own shame!

8But you, O mountains of Israel, will produce branches and bear fruit for My people Israel, for they will soon come home.

8And you, O mountains of Israel, your branches you will give forth, and your fruit you will bear for My people Israel, for they are soon to come in!

9For behold, I am on your side; I will turn toward you, and you will be tilled and sown.

9For behold, I am toward you, and I will turn to you, and you will be tilled and sown.

10I will multiply the people upon you—the house of Israel in its entirety. The cities will be inhabited and the ruins rebuilt.

10And I will multiply upon you man—all the house of Israel, all of it—and the cities will be inhabited, and the ruins will be rebuilt.

11I will fill you with people and animals, and they will multiply and be fruitful. I will make you as inhabited as you once were, and I will make you prosper more than before. Then you will know that I am the LORD.

11And I will multiply upon you man and beast, and they will multiply and will be fruitful; and I will make you inhabited as of old, and I will make you prosper more than before, and you will know that I am YHWH.

12Yes, I will cause My people Israel to walk upon you; they will possess you, and you will be their inheritance, and you will no longer deprive them of their children.

12And I will cause man to walk over you—My people Israel—they will possess you, and you will be unto them as an inheritance, and you will no more bereave them.

13For this is what the Lord GOD says: Because people say to you, ‘You devour men and deprive your nation of its children,’

13Thus says the Lord YHWH: Because of their saying to you, ‘You are devouring man, and you are bereaving your nations!’

14therefore you will no longer devour men or deprive your nation of its children, declares the Lord GOD.

14Therefore man you will devour no more, and your nations you will not bereave any longer, a declaration of the Lord YHWH.

15I will no longer allow the taunts of the nations to be heard against you, and you will no longer endure the reproach of the peoples or cause your nation to stumble, declares the Lord GOD.”

15And I will not let you hear anymore the taunt of the nations, and the reproach of the peoples you will bear no more, and your nation will be made to stumble no longer, a declaration of the Lord YHWH.”

A New Heart and a New Spirit

16Again the word of the LORD came to me, saying,

16And the word of YHWH came to me, saying:

17“Son of man, when the people of Israel lived in their land, they defiled it by their own ways and deeds. Their behavior before Me was like the uncleanness of a woman’s impurity.

17“Son of man, the house of Israel were dwelling in their own land, and they defiled it by their ways and by their deeds; like the uncleanness of a woman’s impurity was their way before My face.

18So I poured out My wrath upon them because of the blood they had shed on the land, and because they had defiled it with their idols.

18And I poured out My fury upon them for the blood that they had poured out upon the land and because they had defiled her with their idols.

19I dispersed them among the nations, and they were scattered throughout the lands. I judged them according to their ways and deeds.

19And I dispersed them among the nations, and they were scattered among the lands; according to their ways and according to their deeds I judged them.

20And wherever they went among the nations, they profaned My holy name, because it was said of them, ‘These are the people of the LORD, yet they had to leave His land.’

20And they came to the nations, to which they came there, and they profaned name of My holiness by saying to them, ‘These are the people of YHWH, and from His land they have gone out!’

21But I had concern for My holy name, which the house of Israel had profaned among the nations to which they had gone.

21And I had pity for the name of My holiness, which the house of Israel had profaned among the nations to which they had gone in there.

22Therefore tell the house of Israel that this is what the Lord GOD says: It is not for your sake that I will act, O house of Israel, but for My holy name, which you profaned among the nations to which you went.

22Therefore say to the house of Israel, thus says the Lord YHWH: It is not for your sake that I am doing this, O house of Israel, for but the name of My holiness, which you have profaned among the nations to which you have gone in there.

23I will show the holiness of My great name, which has been profaned among the nations—the name you have profaned among them. Then the nations will know that I am the LORD, declares the Lord GOD, when I show My holiness in you before their eyes.

23And I will sanctify My great name, which has been profaned among the nations, which you have profaned in their midst, and the nations will know that I am YHWH, a declaration of the Lord YHWH, in My showing My holiness in you before their eyes.

24For I will take you from among the nations and gather you out of all the countries, and I will bring you back into your own land.

24For I will take you from the nations, and I will gather you from all of the lands, and I will bring you into your own land.

25I will also sprinkle clean water on you, and you will be clean. I will cleanse you from all your impurities and all your idols.

25And I will sprinkle on you pure water, and you will be pure from all your uncleannesses, and from all your idols I will purify you.

26I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit within you; I will remove your heart of stone and give you a heart of flesh.

26And I will give to you a new heart, and a new spirit I will put within you; and I will take away the heart of stone from your flesh, and I will give to you a heart of flesh.

27And I will put My Spirit within you and cause you to walk in My statutes and to carefully observe My ordinances.

27And My Spirit I will put within you, and I will make it that you will walk in My statutes and My ordinances you will keep and you will do them.

28Then you will live in the land that I gave your forefathers; you will be My people, and I will be your God.

28And you will dwell in the land that I gave to your fathers and you will be unto Me a people, and I will be unto you God.

29I will save you from all your uncleanness. I will summon the grain and make it plentiful, and I will not bring famine upon you.

29And I will deliver you from all your uncleannesses, and I will call for the grain, and I will multiply it, and I will not put famine upon you.

30I will also make the fruit of the trees and the crops of the field plentiful, so that you will no longer bear reproach among the nations on account of famine.

30And I will multiply the fruit of the tree and the produce of the field, so that you will no longer receive the reproach of famine among the nations.

31Then you will remember your evil ways and wicked deeds, and you will loathe yourselves for your iniquities and abominations.

31And you will remember your evil ways and your deeds that were not good, and you will loathe in your faces over your iniquities and over your abominations.

32It is not for your sake that I will act, declares the Lord GOD—let it be known to you. Be ashamed and disgraced for your ways, O house of Israel!

32It is not for your sake that I am doing this, a declaration of the Lord YHWH, let it be known to you. Be ashamed and disgraced for your ways, O house of Israel!

33This is what the Lord GOD says: On the day I cleanse you from all your iniquities, I will cause the cities to be resettled and the ruins to be rebuilt.

33Thus says the Lord YHWH: On the day of My cleansing you from all your iniquities, I will make you dwell in the cities, and the ruins will be rebuilt.

34The desolate land will be cultivated instead of lying desolate in the sight of all who pass through.

34And the land that was desolate will be tilled, instead of that it has been a desolation before the eyes of all passing by.

35Then they will say, ‘This land that was desolate has become like the garden of Eden. The cities that were once ruined, desolate, and destroyed are now fortified and inhabited.’

35And they will say, ‘This land that was desolate has become like the garden of Eden, and the ruined cities, desolate and overthrown, are fortified and they are inhabited.’

36Then the nations around you that remain will know that I, the LORD, have rebuilt what was destroyed, and I have replanted what was desolate. I, the LORD, have spoken, and I will do it.

36And the nations that remain all around you will know that I, YHWH, have rebuilt the ruins, and I have replanted what was desolate. I, YHWH, have spoken, and I will do it.

37This is what the Lord GOD says: Once again I will hear the plea of the house of Israel and do for them this: I will multiply their people like a flock.

37Thus says the Lord YHWH: Again in this I will be sought out by the house of Israel, to do this for them; I will increase them like a flock of people.

38Like the numerous flocks for sacrifices at Jerusalem during her appointed feasts, so the ruined cities will be filled with flocks of people. Then they will know that I am the LORD.”

38Like a flock of consecration, like the flock at Jerusalem on its feast s, so the ruined cities will be filled with a flock of people. And they will know that I am YHWH.”