Ezekiel 36:1–8

RESTORATION OF ISRAEL’S MOUNTAINS

36“Son of man, prophesy to the mountains of Israel and say, ‘Mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord.^{m 2}This is what the Lord God says: Because the enemy has said about you, “Aha!ⁿ The ancient heights^o have become our possession,” ’ ³therefore, prophesy and say, ‘This is what the Lord God says: Because they have made you desolate and have trampled you from every side, so that you became a possession for the rest of the nations and an object of people’s gossip and slander,^{p 4}therefore, 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 plunder^q and a mockery to the rest of the nations all around.

⁵“ ‘This is what the Lord God says: Certainly in my burning zeal I speak against the rest of the nations and all of Edom,^r who took^B my land as their own possession with wholehearted rejoicing and utter contempt^s so that its pastureland became^C plunder. ⁶Therefore, prophesy concerning Israel’s land, and say to the mountains and hills, to the ravines and valleys: This is what the Lord God says: Look, I speak in my burning zeal^t because you have endured the insults of the nations. ⁷Therefore, this is what the Lord God says: I swear^D that the nations all around you will endure their own insults.^u

⁸“ ‘You, mountains of Israel, will produce your branches^v and bear your fruit for my people Israel, since their arrival is near.