Ezekiel 36:1–8

Blessing on Israel

36“And you, son of man, prophesy to the ^amountains of Israel, and say, ‘O mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord! ²Thus says the Lord God: “Because ^bthe enemy has said of you, ‘Aha! ^cThe ¹ancient heights ^dhave become our possession,’ ” ’ ³therefore prophesy, and say, ‘Thus says the Lord God: “Because they made you desolate and swallowed you up on every side, so that you became the possession of the rest of the nations, ^eand you are taken up by the lips of ^ftalkers and slandered by the people”—⁴therefore, O mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord God! Thus says the Lord God to the mountains, the hills, the ²rivers, the valleys, the desolate wastes, and the cities that have been forsaken, which ^gbecame plunder and ^hmockery to the rest of the nations all around—⁵therefore thus says the Lord God: ⁱ“Surely I have spoken in My burning jealousy against the rest of the nations and against all Edom, ^jwho gave My land to themselves as a possession, with wholehearted joy and ³spiteful minds, in order to plunder its open country.” ’

⁶“Therefore prophesy concerning the land of Israel, and say to the mountains, the hills, the rivers, and the valleys, ‘Thus says the Lord God: “Behold, I have spoken in My jealousy and My fury, because you have ^kborne the shame of the nations.” ⁷Therefore thus says the Lord God: “I have ^lraised My hand in an oath that surely the nations that are around you shall ^mbear their own shame. ⁸But you, O mountains of Israel, you shall shoot forth your branches and yield your fruit to My people Israel, for they are about to come.