Prophecy to the Mountains of Israel

Ezekiel 36

1 "And you, i son of man, prophesy to j the mountains of Israel, and say, O mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord. 2 Thus says the Lord God: Because k the enemy said of you, l 'Aha!' and, 'The ancient m heights have become our possession,' 3 therefore prophesy, and say, Thus says the Lord God: Precisely because n they made you desolate and crushed you from all sides, so that you became the possession of the rest of the nations, and o you became the talk and evil gossip of the people, 4 therefore, O mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord God: Thus says the Lord God to p the mountains and the hills, the ravines and the valleys, q the desolate wastes and the deserted cities, which have become r a prey and derision to the rest of the nations all around, 5 therefore thus says the Lord God: Surely I have spoken in s my hot jealousy against the rest of the nations and t against all Edom, who u gave my land to themselves as a possession v with wholehearted joy and w utter contempt, that they might make its pasturelands a prey. 6 Therefore prophesy concerning the land of Israel, and say to j the mountains and hills, to the ravines and valleys, Thus says the Lord God: x Behold, I have spoken in my jealous wrath, because you have suffered y the reproach of the nations. 7 Therefore thus says the Lord God: z I swear that the nations that are all around you y shall themselves suffer reproach.

8 "But you, O mountains of Israel, a shall shoot forth your branches and yield your fruit to my people Israel, for b they will soon come home. 9 For c behold, I am for you, and I will turn to you, and d you shall be tilled and sown. 10 And e I will multiply people on you, the whole house of Israel, all of it. f The cities shall be inhabited and the waste places rebuilt. 11 And I will multiply on you g man and beast, and h they shall multiply and be fruitful. And I will cause you to be inhabited as in i your former times, and j will do more good to you than ever before. k Then you will know that I am the Lord. 12 I will let people walk on you, even my people Israel. l And they shall possess you, and you shall be their inheritance, and you shall no longer m bereave them of children. 13 Thus says the Lord God: Because they say to you, n 'You devour people, and you bereave your nation of children,' 14 therefore you shall no longer devour people and no longer bereave your nation of children, declares the Lord God. 15 And I will not let you hear anymore y the reproach of the nations, and you shall no longer bear the disgrace of the peoples and no longer cause your nation to stumble, declares the Lord God."

  1. Cross References
    Ezekiel 2:1
    And he said to me, "Son of man, stand on your feet, and I will speak with you.
  2. Cross References
    Ezekiel 6:2
    Son of man, set your face toward the mountains of Israel, and prophesy against them.
  3. Cross References
    Ezekiel 36:5
    Therefore thus says the Lord God : Surely I have spoken in my hot jealousy against the rest of the nations and against all Edom, who gave my land to themselves as a possession with wholehearted joy and utter contempt, that they might make its pasturelands a prey.
    Ezekiel 35:10
    Because you said, 'These two nations and these two countries shall be mine, and we will take possession of them' - although the Lord was there -
    Ezekiel 35:12
    And you shall know that I am the Lord. "I have heard all the revilings that you uttered against the mountains of Israel, saying, 'They are laid desolate; they are given us to devour.
  4. Cross References
    Ezekiel 25:3
    Say to the Ammonites, Hear the word of the Lord God : Thus says the Lord God, Because you said, 'Aha!' over my sanctuary when it was profaned, and over the land of Israel when it was made desolate, and over the house of Judah when they went into exile.
    Ezekiel 26:2
    "Son of man, because Tyre said concerning Jerusalem, 'Aha, the gate of the peoples is broken; it has swung open to me. I shall be replenished, now that she is laid waste,'
  5. Cross References
    Deuteronomy 32:13
    He made him ride on the high places of the land, and he ate the produce of the field, and he suckled him with honey out of the rock, and oil out of the flinty rock.
  6. Cross References
    Ezekiel 6:3 - 4
    And say, You mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord God! Thus says the Lord God to the mountains and the hills, to the ravines and the valleys: Behold, I, even I, will bring a sword upon you, and I will destroy your high places.
  7. Cross References
    Lamentations 2:15 - 16
    All who pass along the way clap their hands at you; they hiss and wag their heads at the daughter of Jerusalem: "Is this the city that was called the perfection of beauty, the joy of all the earth?
  8. Cross References
    Ezekiel 6:3
    And say, You mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord God! Thus says the Lord God to the mountains and the hills, to the ravines and the valleys: Behold, I, even I, will bring a sword upon you, and I will destroy your high places.
  9. Cross References
    Ezekiel 33:24
    "Son of man, the inhabitants of these waste places in the land of Israel keep saying, 'Abraham was only one man, yet he got possession of the land; but we are many; the land is surely given us to possess.'
    Ezekiel 33:27
    Say this to them, Thus says the Lord God : As I live, surely those who are in the waste places shall fall by the sword, and whoever is in the open field I will give to the beasts to be devoured, and those who are in strongholds and in caves shall die by pestilence.
  10. Cross References
    Ezekiel 7:21
    And I will give it into the hands of foreigners for prey, and to the wicked of the earth for spoil, and they shall profane it.
  11. Cross References
    Deuteronomy 4:24
    For the Lord your God is a consuming fire, a jealous God.
  12. Cross References
    Ezekiel 35:15
    As you rejoiced over the inheritance of the house of Israel, because it was desolate, so I will deal with you; you shall be desolate, Mount Seir, and all Edom, all of it. Then they will know that I am the Lord.
  13. Cross References
    Ezekiel 36:3
    Therefore prophesy, and say, Thus says the Lord God : Precisely because they made you desolate and crushed you from all sides, so that you became the possession of the rest of the nations, and you became the talk and evil gossip of the people.
    Ezekiel 35:10
    Because you said, 'These two nations and these two countries shall be mine, and we will take possession of them' - although the Lord was there -
  14. Cross References
    Ezekiel 35:15
    As you rejoiced over the inheritance of the house of Israel, because it was desolate, so I will deal with you; you shall be desolate, Mount Seir, and all Edom, all of it. Then they will know that I am the Lord.
  15. Cross References
    Ezekiel 25:6
    For thus says the Lord God : Because you have clapped your hands and stamped your feet and rejoiced with all the malice within your soul against the land of Israel.
  16. Cross References
    Ezekiel 36:1
    And you, son of man, prophesy to the mountains of Israel, and say, O mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord.
  17. Cross References
    Ezekiel 36:5
    Therefore thus says the Lord God : Surely I have spoken in my hot jealousy against the rest of the nations and against all Edom, who gave my land to themselves as a possession with wholehearted joy and utter contempt, that they might make its pasturelands a prey.
  18. Cross References
    Ezekiel 32:24
    Elam is there, and all her multitude around her grave; all of them slain, fallen by the sword, who went down uncircumcised into the world below, who spread their terror in the land of the living; and they bear their shame with those who go down to the pit.
  19. Cross References
    Ezekiel 20:5
    And say to them, Thus says the Lord God : On the day when I chose Israel, I swore to the offspring of the house of Jacob, making myself known to them in the land of Egypt; I swore to them, saying, I am the Lord your God.
  20. Cross References
    Ezekiel 36:6
    Therefore prophesy concerning the land of Israel, and say to the mountains and hills, to the ravines and valleys, Thus says the Lord God : Behold, I have spoken in my jealous wrath, because you have suffered the reproach of the nations.
  21. Cross References
    Ezekiel 17:23
    On the mountain height of Israel will I plant it, that it may bear branches and produce fruit and become a noble cedar. And under it will dwell every kind of bird; in the shade of its branches birds of every sort will nest.
  22. Cross References
    Ezekiel 12:23
    Tell them therefore, 'Thus says the Lord God : I will put an end to this proverb, and they shall no more use it as a proverb in Israel.' But say to them, The days are near, and the fulfillment of every vision.
    Isaiah 56:1
    Thus says the Lord : "Keep justice, and do righteousness, for soon my salvation will come, and my deliverance be revealed.
  23. Cross References
    Ezekiel 5:8
    Therefore thus says the Lord God : Behold, I, even I, am against you. And I will execute judgments in your midst in the sight of the nations.
  24. Cross References
    Ezekiel 36:34
    And the land that was desolate shall be tilled, instead of being the desolation that it was in the sight of all who passed by.
  25. Cross References
    Ezekiel 36:37
    Thus says the Lord God : This also I will let the house of Israel ask me to do for them: to increase their people like a flock.
    Ezekiel 37:26
    I will make a covenant of peace with them. It shall be an everlasting covenant with them. And I will set them in their land and multiply them, and will set my sanctuary in their midst forevermore.
    Jeremiah 30:19
    Out of them shall come songs of thanksgiving, and the voices of those who celebrate. I will multiply them, and they shall not be few; I will make them honored, and they shall not be small.
  26. Cross References
    Ezekiel 36:33
    Thus says the Lord God : On the day that I cleanse you from all your iniquities, I will cause the cities to be inhabited, and the waste places shall be rebuilt.
    Ezekiel 36:35
    And they will say, 'This land that was desolate has become like the garden of Eden, and the waste and desolate and ruined cities are now fortified and inhabited.
  27. Cross References
    Jeremiah 31:27
    Behold, the days are coming, declares the Lord, when I will sow the house of Israel and the house of Judah with the seed of man and the seed of beast.
    Jeremiah 33:12
    Thus says the Lord of hosts: In this place that is waste, without man or beast, and in all of its cities, there shall again be habitations of shepherds resting their flocks.
  28. Cross References
    Genesis 1:28
    And God blessed them. And God said to them, "Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth and subdue it and have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the heavens and over every living thing that moves on the earth.
  29. Cross References
    Ezekiel 16:55
    As for your sisters, Sodom and her daughters shall return to their former state, and Samaria and her daughters shall return to their former state, and you and your daughters shall return to your former state.
  30. Cross References
    Job 42:12
    And the Lord blessed the latter days of Job more than his beginning. And he had 14,000 sheep, 6,000 camels, 1,000 yoke of oxen, and 1,000 female donkeys.
  31. Cross References
    Ezekiel 6:7
    And the slain shall fall in your midst, and you shall know that I am the Lord.
  32. Cross References
    Obadiah 1:17
    But in Mount Zion there shall be those who escape, and it shall be holy, and the house of Jacob shall possess their own possessions.
  33. Cross References
    Ezekiel 5:17
    I will send famine and wild beasts against you, and they will rob you of your children. Pestilence and blood shall pass through you, and I will bring the sword upon you. I am the Lord ; I have spoken.
  34. Cross References
    Numbers 13:32
    So they brought to the people of Israel a bad report of the land that they had spied out, saying, "The land, through which we have gone to spy it out, is a land that devours its inhabitants, and all the people that we saw in it are of great height.
  35. Cross References
    Ezekiel 36:6
    Therefore prophesy concerning the land of Israel, and say to the mountains and hills, to the ravines and valleys, Thus says the Lord God : Behold, I have spoken in my jealous wrath, because you have suffered the reproach of the nations.
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