36:1 And thou, son of man, prophesy to the
mountains of Israel, and say to the mountains of Israel, Hear ye the word of
Yehovah:
36:2 Thus saith Yehovah Elohim; Because the enemy has said against you, Aha,
the old waste places are become a possession for us:
36:3 therefore prophesy, and say, Thus saith Yehovah Elohim; Because ye have
been dishonoured, and hated by those round about you, that ye might be a
possession to the remainder of the nations, and ye became a by-word, and a
reproach to the nations:
36:4 therefore, ye mountains of Israel, hear the word of Yehovah; Thus
saith Yehovah to the mountains, and to the hills, and to the streams, and
to the valleys, and to [the places] that have been made desolate and
destroyed, and to the cities that have been deserted, and have become a
spoil and a trampling to the nations that were left round about;
36:5 therefore, thus saith Yehovah; Verily in the fire of my wrath have I
spoken against the rest of the nations, and against all Idumea, because they
have appropriated my land to themselves for a possession with joy,
disregarding the lives [of the inhabitants], to destroy [it] by plunder:
36:6 therefore prophesy concerning the land of Israel, and say to the
mountains, and to the hills, and to the valleys, and to the forests, Thus
saith Yehovah; Behold, I have spoken in my jealousy and in my wrath,
because ye have borne the reproaches of the heathen:
36:7 therefore I will lift up my hand against the nations that are round
about you; they shall bear their reproach.
36:8 But your grapes and your fruits, O mountains of Israel, shall my people
eat; for they are hoping to come.
36:9 For, behold, I am toward you, and I will have respect to you, and ye
shall be tilled and sown:
36:10 and I will multiply men upon you, [even] all the house of Israel to
the end: and the cities shall be inhabited, and the desolate land shall be
built upon.
36:11 And I will multiply men and cattle upon you; and I will cause you to
dwell as at the beginning, and will treat you well, as in your former
[times]: and ye shall know that I am Yehovah.
36:12 And I will increase men upon you, [even] my people Israel; and they
shall inherit you, and ye shall be to them for a possession; and ye shall no
more be bereaved of them.
36:13 Thus saith Yehovah Elohim: Because they said to thee, Thou [land]
devourest men, and hast been bereaved of thy nation;
36:14 therefore thou shalt no more devour men, and thou shalt no more
bereave thy nation, saith Yehovah Elohim.
36:15 And there shall no more be heard against you the reproach of the
nations, and ye shall no more bear the revilings of the peoples, saith the
Lord Elohim.
36:16 And the word of Yehovah came to me, saying,
36:17 Son of man, the house of Israel dwelt upon their land, and defiled it
by their way, and with their idols, and with their uncleannesses; and their
way was before me like the uncleanness of a removed woman.
36:18 So I poured out my wrath upon them:
36:19 and I dispersed them among the nations, and utterly scattered them
through the countries: I judged them according to their way and according to
their sin.
36:20 And they went in among the nations, among which they went, and they
profaned my holy name, while it was said of them, These are the people of
Yehovah, and they came forth out of his land.
36:21 but I spared them for the sake of my holy name, which the house of
Israel profaned among the nations, among whom they went.
36:22 Therefore say to the house of Israel, Thus saith Yehovah; I do not
this, O house of Israel, for your sakes, but because of my holy name, which
ye have profaned among the nations, among whom ye went.
36:23 And I will sanctify my great name, which was profaned among the
nations, which ye profaned in the midst of them; and the nations shall know
that I am Yehovah, when I am sanctified among you before their eyes.
36:24 And I will take you out from the nations, and will gather you out of
all the lands, and will bring you into your own land:
36:25 and I will sprinkle clean water upon you, and ye shall be purged from
all your uncleannesses, and from all your idols, and I will cleanse you.
36:26 And I will give you a new heart, and will put a new spirit in you: and
I will take away the heart of stone out of your flesh, and will give you a
heart of flesh.
36:27 And I will put my Spirit in you, and will cause you to walk in mine
ordinances, and to keep my judgments, and do [them].
36:28 And ye shall dwell upon the land which I gave to your fathers; and ye
shall be to me a people, and I will be to you a Elohim.
36:29 And I will save you from all your uncleannesses: and I will call for
the corn, and multiply it, and will not bring famine upon you.
36:30 And I will multiply the fruit of the trees, and the produce of the
field, that ye may not bear the reproach of famine among the nations.
36:31 And ye shall remember your evil ways and your practices that were not
good, and ye shall be hateful in your own sight for your transgressions and
for your abominations.
36:32 Not for your sakes d I [this], saith Yehovah Elohim, [as] it is known to
you: be ye ashamed and confounded for your ways, O house of Israel.
36:33 Thus saith Yehovah Elohim; In the day wherein I shall cleanse you from
all your iniquities I will also cause the cities to be inhabited, and the
waste [places] shall be built upon:
36:34 and the desolate land shall be cultivated, whereas it was desolate in
the eyes of every one that passed by.
36:35 And they shall say, That desolate land is become like a garden of
delight; and the waste and desolate and ruined cities are inhabited.
36:36 And the nations, as many as shall have been left round about you,
shall know that I Yehovah have built the ruined [cities] and planted the
waste [lands]: I Yehovah have spoken, and will do [it].
36:37 Thus saith Yehovah Elohim; Yet [for] this will I be sought by the house
of Israel, to establish them; I will multiply them [even] men as sheep;
36:38 as holy sheep, as the sheep of Jerusalem in her feasts; thus shall the
desert cities be full of flocks of men: and they shall know that I [am] the
Lord. |
36:1 Also, thou son of man, prophesy unto
the mountains of Israel, and say, Ye mountains of Israel, hear the word of
Yehovah:
36:2 Thus saith Yehovah GOD; Because the enemy hath said against you, Aha,
even the ancient high places are ours in possession:
36:3 Therefore prophesy and say, Thus saith Yehovah GOD; Because they have
made you desolate, and swallowed you up on every side, that ye might be a
possession unto the residue of the heathen, and ye are taken up in the lips
of talkers, and are an infamy of the people:
36:4 Therefore, ye mountains of Israel, hear the word of Yehovah GOD; Thus
saith Yehovah GOD to the mountains, and to the hills, to the rivers, and to
the valleys, to the desolate wastes, and to the cities that are forsaken,
which became a prey and derision to the residue of the heathen that are
round about;
36:5 Therefore thus saith Yehovah GOD; Surely in the fire of my jealousy
have I spoken against the residue of the heathen, and against all Idumea,
which have appointed my land into their possession with the joy of all their
heart, with despiteful minds, to cast it out for a prey.
36:6 Prophesy therefore concerning the land of Israel, and say unto the
mountains, and to the hills, to the rivers, and to the valleys, Thus saith
Yehovah GOD; Behold, I have spoken in my jealousy and in my fury, because
ye have borne the shame of the heathen:
36:7 Therefore thus saith Yehovah GOD; I have lifted up mine hand, Surely
the heathen that are about you, they shall bear their shame.
36:8 But ye, O mountains of Israel, ye shall shoot forth your branches, and
yield your fruit to my people of Israel; for they are at hand to come.
36:9 For, behold, I am for you, and I will turn unto you, and ye shall be
tilled and sown:
36:10 And I will multiply men upon you, all the house of Israel, even all of
it: and the cities shall be inhabited, and the wastes shall be builded:
36:11 And I will multiply upon you man and beast; and they shall increase
and bring fruit: and I will settle you after your old estates, and will do
better unto you than at your beginnings: and ye shall know that I am the
Yehovah.
36:12 Yea, I will cause men to walk upon you, even my people Israel; and
they shall possess thee, and thou shalt be their inheritance, and thou shalt
no more henceforth bereave them of men.
36:13 Thus saith Yehovah GOD; Because they say unto you, Thou land
devourest up men, and hast bereaved thy nations:
36:14 Therefore thou shalt devour men no more, neither bereave thy nations
any more, saith Yehovah GOD.
36:15 Neither will I cause men to hear in thee the shame of the heathen any
more, neither shalt thou bear the reproach of the people any more, neither
shalt thou cause thy nations to fall any more, saith Yehovah GOD.
36:16 Moreover the word of Yehovah came unto me, saying,
36:17 Son of man, when the house of Israel dwelt in their own land, they
defiled it by their own way and by their doings: their way was before me as
the uncleanness of a removed woman.
36:18 Wherefore I poured my fury upon them for the blood that they had shed
upon the land, and for their idols wherewith they had polluted it:
36:19 And I scattered them among the heathen, and they were dispersed
through the countries: according to their way and according to their doings
I judged them.
36:20 And when they entered unto the heathen, whither they went, they
profaned my holy name, when they said to them, These are the people of the
Yehovah, and are gone forth out of his land.
36:21 But I had pity for mine holy name, which the house of Israel had
profaned among the heathen, whither they went.
36:22 Therefore say unto the house of Israel, thus saith Yehovah GOD; I do
not this for your sakes, O house of Israel, but for mine holy name's sake,
which ye have profaned among the heathen, whither ye went.
36:23 And I will sanctify my great name, which was profaned among the
heathen, which ye have profaned in the midst of them; and the heathen shall
know that I am Yehovah, saith Yehovah GOD, when I shall be sanctified in
you before their eyes.
36:24 For I will take you from among the heathen, and gather you out of all
countries, and will bring you into your own land.
36:25 Then will I sprinkle clean water upon you, and ye shall be clean: from
all your filthiness, and from all your idols, will I cleanse you.
36:26 A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within
you: and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give
you an heart of flesh.
36:27 And I will put my spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my
statutes, and ye shall keep my judgments, and do them.
36:28 And ye shall dwell in the land that I gave to your fathers; and ye
shall be my people, and I will be your Elohim.
36:29 I will also save you from all your uncleannesses: and I will call for
the corn, and will increase it, and lay no famine upon you.
36:30 And I will multiply the fruit of the tree, and the increase of the
field, that ye shall receive no more reproach of famine among the heathen.
36:31 Then shall ye remember your own evil ways, and your doings that were
not good, and shall lothe yourselves in your own sight for your iniquities
and for your abominations.
36:32 Not for your sakes do I this, saith Yehovah GOD, be it known unto
you: be ashamed and confounded for your own ways, O house of Israel.
36:33 Thus saith Yehovah GOD; In the day that I shall have cleansed you
from all your iniquities I will also cause you to dwell in the cities, and
the wastes shall be builded.
36:34 And the desolate land shall be tilled, whereas it lay desolate in the
sight of all that passed by.
36:35 And they shall say, This land that was desolate is become like the
garden of Eden; and the waste and desolate and ruined cities are become
fenced, and are inhabited.
36:36 Then the heathen that are left round about you shall know that I the
Yehovah build the ruined places, and plant that that was desolate: I Yehovah
have spoken it, and I will do it.
36:37 Thus saith Yehovah GOD; I will yet for this be enquired of by the
house of Israel, to do it for them; I will increase them with men like a
flock.
36:38 As the holy flock, as the flock of Jerusalem in her solemn feasts; so
shall the waste cities be filled with flocks of men: and they shall know
that I am Yehovah. |