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Ezekiel 36

“Son of man, prophesy thus to the mountains of Israel. ‘Mountains of Israel, listen to the word of the Eternal. 2 Here is what the Lord the Eternal says: Because the enemy gloated over you and cried, “The old sites on the hills are ours!” 3 therefore prophesy thus: The Lord the Eternal declares, Because you have been left desolate and crushed on every side, seized by the riff-raff of the world, the talk and evil gossip of the mob, 4 therefore, O mountains of Israel, listen to what the Lord the Eternal has to say to mountains, hills, water-courses, valleys, waste lands, and deserted cities, that have become a prey and a derision to the riff-raff of the surrounding pagans 5 --therefore, the Lord the Eternal declares, I speak in hot indignation of the riff-raff of the pagans and especially of Edom, of all Edom, for taking my land to be their own, exulting in malicious spite, to prey upon its pastures. 6 Therefore prophesy about the land of Israel and tell the mountains, hills, water-courses, and valleys that the Lord the Eternal declares: I speak in indignation and in fury, because you have had to bear the taunting of the nations. 7 Therefore, says the Lord the Eternal, I swear that the nations round you shall have to bear taunts when they are ruined. 8 But you shall put out your branches, O mountains of Israel, you shall bear fruit for Israel my people; for soon they will be coming back. 9 I am with you, I will care for you, and see that you are tilled and sown; 10 I will put many people on you, even all the Israelites, every one of them; the towns shall be re-peopled, the waste places rebuilt; 11 I will make the men and beasts upon you numerous, and settle you as you used to be--I will do better for you than at the first, and you shall learn that I am the Eternal. 12 Yes, I will make men tread you again, the men of my people Israel; they shall possess you, and you shall be their property; you shall no longer be deadly to them.

13 The Lord the Eternal declares: Because men taunt you with devouring men and being deadly to your nation, 14 you shall no longer devour men nor be deadly to your nation--says the Lord the Eternal. 15 I will no longer allow any sneer of the nations against you; you shall not suffer the taunting of the world, for you shall no longer be deadly to your nation. The Lord the Eternal has said it.’ ”

16 This word from the Eternal further came to me: 17 “Son of man, when the Israelites lived in their own land, they polluted it with their practices; to me their practices were as loathsome as a woman’s menstruous discharge; 18 so I vented my fury upon them, for drenching my land with bloodshed and polluting it with their idols; 19 I scattered them among the nations, till they were dispersed over the world; I punished them for their practices. 20 But it lowered my sacred honour to have them scattered thus among the nations; for people sneered, ‘These are the Eternal’s people, and yet they are driven out of the land!’ 21 Now I had some concern for my sacred honour thus lowered by the dispersion of the Israelites. 22 So tell the Israelites that this is what the Lord the Eternal has to say: It is not for your sakes, O Israel, that I take action, but for the sake of my own sacred honour which has been lowered by your dispersion among the nations. 23 I will uphold my high honour which has been lowered and degraded by you among the nations; and when I show them what I am, by my dealings with you, then, says the Lord the Eternal, the nations shall learn that I am the Eternal. 24 For I am about to gather you out of the nations and collect you from all countries and bring you back to your own land; 25 then I will pour clean water over you, cleansing you from all your impieties and purifying you from all your idols; 26 I will give you a new nature, and I will put a new spirit into you, I will take away your hard nature and give you a nature that can be touched; 27 I will put my own spirit within you, I will make you live by my laws, and you shall obey and observe my orders. 28 You shall live in the land that I gave to your fathers; you shall be my own people, and I will be your God; 29 I will keep you clear of all your impurities. I will call to the grain, till it multiplies; I will spare you any famine. 30 I will make your fruit and your crops abundant, that you may no longer be taunted by the nations with famine. 31 And then you shall remember your evil practices and your bad conduct, and loathe yourselves for your iniquities and detestable deeds. 32 But mark this, it is not for your sake that I act thus, says the Lord the Eternal; be ashamed and abashed for your misconduct, O Israel!”

33 This is what the Lord the Eternal says: “On the day that I cleanse you from all your iniquities, I will have the towns re-peopled and the waste places rebuilt; 34 the desolate land shall be tilled, instead of lying waste under the eyes of every passer-by, 35 till men say, ‘This land that once was desolate is like the garden of Eden to-day; waste places, desolate and ruined towns, are fortified and peopled!’ 36 It will teach the nations left around you that I the Eternal have rebuilt the ruined towns and replanted the desolate land. I the Eternal have said it, and I will do it.” 37 The Lord the Eternal declares, “I will also let Israel ask this from me and have it done for them: I will increase their numbers like a flock; 38 like large flocks for sacrifice, like the flocks at Jerusalem for the festivals, so shall the ruined towns teem with men. It will teach them that I am the Eternal.”

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