D.
Recovery of the good land
36:1-21
Ezek. 36
:1
36:1
And you,
ason of man, prophesy to the mountains of Israel and say, O mountains of Israel, hear the word of Jehovah.
Ezek. 36
:2
36:2
Thus says the Lord Jehovah, Because the enemy has said against you, Aha! Even the ancient high places have become our possession!
Ezek. 36
:3
36:3
Therefore prophesy and say, Thus says the Lord Jehovah, Because, even because, they have desolated and crushed you from every side so that you might become the possession of the remnant of the nations, and you have been taken up in the talk of
different tongues and in the whispering of people;
Ezek. 36
:4
36:4
Therefore, O mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord Jehovah. Thus says the Lord Jehovah to the mountains and the hills, to the ravines and the valleys, to the desolate ruins and to the forsaken cities, which have become plunder and a mocking to the remnant of the nations which are all around;
Ezek. 36
:5
36:5
Therefore thus says the Lord Jehovah, Surely in the fire of My jealousy I have spoken against the remnant of the nations and against Edom, all of whom have appointed My land to themselves for a
apossession with the joy of all their heart, with despising in
their soul, for their pasture
and plunder.
Ezek. 36
:6
36:6
Therefore prophesy concerning the land of Israel, and say to the mountains and to the hills, to the ravines and to the valleys, Thus says the Lord Jehovah, Indeed I am speaking in My jealousy and in My wrath because you have borne the disgrace of the nations.
Ezek. 36
:7
36:7
Therefore thus says the Lord Jehovah, I swear,
saying, Surely the nations that surround you will bear their own disgrace.
Ezek. 36
:8
36:8
But you, O
1mountains of Israel, you will shoot forth your branches and
ayield your fruit for My people Israel, for their coming is near.
Ezek. 36
:9
36:9
For indeed I am for you, and I will turn to you, and you will be tilled and sown;
Ezek. 36
:10
36:10
And I will multiply people upon you, the entire house of Israel, all of it! The cities will also be inhabited, and the waste places will be
arebuilt.
Ezek. 36
:11
36:11
I will also multiply upon you man and beast, and they will increase and be fruitful, and I will make you inhabited as you were formerly, and I will make it better
for you than when you began. Then you will
aknow that I am Jehovah.
Ezek. 36
:12
36:12
Yes, I will cause men to walk upon you, My people Israel; and they will possess you, and you will be their inheritance, and you will no longer bereave them of children again.
Ezek. 36
:13
36:13
Thus says the Lord Jehovah, Because they are saying of you, You are
a land that
adevours men and bereaves your nation of children;
Ezek. 36
:14
36:14
Therefore you will no longer devour men or any longer bereave your nation of children, declares the Lord Jehovah.
Ezek. 36
:15
36:15
And I will no longer let you hear the disgrace of the nations nor any longer bear the reproach of the peoples, and you will no longer cause your nation to stumble, declares the Lord Jehovah.
Ezek. 36
:16
36:16
Moreover the word of Jehovah came to me, saying,
Ezek. 36
:17
36:17
Son of man, when the house of Israel dwelt in their own land, they
adefiled it by their way and by their doings; their way before Me was like the uncleanness of a woman in her impurity.
Ezek. 36
:18
36:18
Therefore I poured out My wrath upon them because of the blood which they had poured out upon the land and because they had defiled it with their idols.
Ezek. 36
:19
36:19
And I
ascattered them among the nations, and they were dispersed through the countries. According to their way and according to their doings I judged them.
Ezek. 36
:20
36:20
And when they came to the nations where they went, they profaned My holy name, inasmuch as it was said of them, These are the people of Jehovah, and they have gone forth out of His land.
Ezek. 36
:21
36:21
But I had regard for My holy name, which the house of Israel had profaned among the nations where they went.
E.
Inward recovery
36:22-33
Ezek. 36
:22
36:22
Therefore say to the house of Israel, Thus says the Lord Jehovah, I am not doing
this for your sake, O house of Israel, but for
1aMy holy name, which you have profaned among the nations where you went.
Ezek. 36
:23
36:23
And I will
asanctify My great name, which has been profaned among the nations, which you have profaned in their midst; and the nations will know that I am Jehovah, declares the Lord Jehovah, when I am sanctified in you in their sight.
Ezek. 36
:24
36:24
And I will take you from the nations and
agather you from all the countries and bring you into your own land.
Ezek. 36
:25
36:25
And I will sprinkle
1clean water upon you, and you will be
aclean; from all your filthiness and from all your idols I will cleanse you.
Ezek. 36
:26
36:26
aI will also give you a
1new bheart, and a
1new spirit I will put within you; and I will take away the heart of stone out of your flesh, and I will give you a heart of flesh.
Ezek. 36
:27
36:27
And I will put
1My aSpirit within you and cause you to
2walk in My statutes, and My ordinances you shall keep and do.
Ezek. 36
:28
36:28
And you shall dwell in the
aland which I gave to your fathers; and you will be My
bpeople, and I will be your God.
Ezek. 36
:29
36:29
And I will save you from all your uncleanness, and I will summon the grain and multiply it, and bring no famine upon you.
Ezek. 36
:30
36:30
And I will multiply the fruit of the trees and the produce of the field, that you may no longer receive the reproach of famine among the nations.
Ezek. 36
:31
36:31
aThen you will remember your evil ways and your doings that were not good, and you will loathe yourselves in your own sight for your iniquities and for your abominations.
Ezek. 36
:32
36:32
It is not for your sake that I am doing
this, declares the Lord Jehovah; let it be known to you. Be ashamed and humiliated on account of your ways, O house of Israel.
Ezek. 36
:33
36:33
Thus says the Lord Jehovah, On the day that I cleanse you from all your iniquities, I will cause the cities to be inhabited, and the waste places will be rebuilt.
F.
Making the land like the garden of Eden
36:34-36
Ezek. 36
:34
36:34
And the land that was desolate will be tilled instead of being desolate in the sight of all who passed by.
Ezek. 36
:35
36:35
And they will say, This land that was desolate has become like the
1agarden of Eden, and the waste and desolate and ruined cities are fortified
and inhabited.
Ezek. 36
:36
36:36
Then the nations that are left all around you will know that I, Jehovah, have rebuilt the ruined places
and planted that which was desolate. I, Jehovah, have spoken, and I will do
it.
G.
Increasing the house of Israel with men like a flock
36:37-38
Ezek. 36
:37
36:37
Thus says the Lord Jehovah, Moreover for this I will be
1ainquired of by the house of Israel to do
it for them; I will
bincrease them with men like a flock.
Ezek. 36
:38
36:38
Like the holy flock
for sacrifices, like the flock of Jerusalem in her appointed feasts, so will the waste cities be filled with flocks of men; and they will know that I am Jehovah.
