Ezekiel 36:1–8

Prophecy to the Mountains of Israel

36“And you, ⁱson of man, prophesy to ^jthe mountains of Israel, and say, O mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord. ²Thus says the Lord God: Because ^kthe enemy said of you, ^l‘Aha!’ and, ‘The ancient ^mheights have become our possession,’ ³therefore prophesy, and say, Thus says the Lord God: Precisely because ⁿthey made you desolate and crushed you from all sides, so that you became the possession of the rest of the nations, and ^oyou became the talk and evil gossip of the people, ⁴therefore, O mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord God: Thus says the Lord God to ^pthe mountains and the hills, the ravines and the valleys, ^qthe desolate wastes and the deserted cities, which have become ^ra prey and derision to the rest of the nations all around, ⁵therefore thus says the Lord God: Surely I have spoken in ^smy hot jealousy against the rest of the nations and ^tagainst all Edom, who ^ugave my land to themselves as a possession ^vwith wholehearted joy and ^wutter contempt, that they might make its pasturelands a prey. ⁶Therefore prophesy concerning the land of Israel, and say to ^jthe mountains and hills, to the ravines and valleys, Thus says the Lord God: ^xBehold, I have spoken in my jealous wrath, because you have suffered ^ythe reproach of the nations. ⁷Therefore thus says the Lord God: ^zI swear that the nations that are all around you ^yshall themselves suffer reproach.

⁸“But you, O mountains of Israel, ^ashall shoot forth your branches and yield your fruit to my people Israel, for ^bthey will soon come home.