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Mountains of Israel to Be Blessed |
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Ezekiel 36:1
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"And you, son of man, prophesy to the mountains
of Israel and say, 'O mountains of Israel, hear the word of the LORD. |
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Ezekiel 36:2
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'Thus says the Lord GOD, "Because the enemy
has spoken against you, 'Aha!' and, 'The everlasting heights have become our possession,' |
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Ezekiel 36:3
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therefore prophesy and say, 'Thus says the Lord
GOD, "For good reason they have made you desolate and crushed you from every side,
that you would become a possession of the rest of the nations and you have been
taken up in the talk and the whispering of the people."'" |
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Ezekiel 36:4
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'Therefore, O mountains of Israel, hear the
word of the Lord GOD. Thus says the Lord GOD to the mountains and to the hills,
to the ravines and to the valleys, to the desolate wastes and to the forsaken
cities which have become a prey and a derision to the rest of the nations which
are round about, |
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Ezekiel 36:5
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therefore thus says the Lord GOD, "Surely in
the fire of My jealousy I have spoken against the rest of the nations, and against
all Edom, who appropriated My land for themselves as a possession with wholehearted
joy and with scorn of soul, to drive it out for a prey." |
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Ezekiel 36:6
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'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 GOD, 'Behold, I have spoken in My jealousy and in My wrath
because you have endured the insults of the nations.' |
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Ezekiel 36:7
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"Therefore thus says the Lord GOD, 'I have sworn
that surely the nations which are around you will themselves endure their insults. |
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Ezekiel 36:8
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'But you, O mountains of Israel, you will put
forth your branches and bear your fruit for My people Israel; for they will soon
come. |
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Ezekiel 36:9
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'For, behold, I am for you, and I will turn
to you, and you will be cultivated and sown. |
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Ezekiel 36:10
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'I will multiply men on you, all the house of
Israel, all of it; and the cities will be inhabited and the waste places will
be rebuilt. |
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Ezekiel 36:11
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'I will multiply on you man and beast; and they
will increase and be fruitful; and I will cause you to be inhabited as you were
formerly and will treat you better than at the first. Thus you will know that
I am the LORD. |
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Ezekiel 36:12
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'Yes, I will cause men--My people Israel--to
walk on you and possess you, so that you will become their inheritance and never
again bereave them of children.' |
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Ezekiel 36:13
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"Thus says the Lord GOD, 'Because they say to
you, "You are a devourer of men and have bereaved your nation of children," |
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Ezekiel 36:14
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therefore you will no longer devour men and
no longer bereave your nation of children,' declares the Lord GOD. |
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Ezekiel 36:15
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"I will not let you hear insults from the nations
anymore, nor will you bear disgrace from the peoples any longer, nor will you
cause your nation to stumble any longer," declares the Lord GOD.'" |
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Ezekiel 36:16
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Then the word of the LORD came to me saying,
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Ezekiel 36:17
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"Son of man, when the house of Israel was living
in their own land, they defiled it by their ways and their deeds; their way before
Me was like the uncleanness of a woman in her impurity. |
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Ezekiel 36:18
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"Therefore I poured out My wrath on them for
the blood which they had shed on the land, because they had defiled it with their
idols. |
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Ezekiel 36:19
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"Also I scattered them among the nations and
they were dispersed throughout the lands. According to their ways and their deeds
I judged them. |
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Ezekiel 36:20
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"When they came to the nations where they went,
they profaned My holy name, because it was said of them, 'These are the people
of the LORD; yet they have come out of His land.' |
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Ezekiel 36:21
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"But I had concern for My holy name, which the
house of Israel had profaned among the nations where they went. |
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Israel to Be Renewed for His Name's Sake |
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Ezekiel 36:22
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"Therefore say to the house of Israel, 'Thus
says the Lord GOD, "It is not for your sake, O house of Israel, that I am about
to act, but for My holy name, which you have profaned among the nations where
you went. |
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Ezekiel 36:23
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"I will vindicate the holiness of My great name
which has been profaned among the nations, which you have profaned in their midst.
Then the nations will know that I am the LORD," declares the Lord GOD, "when I
prove Myself holy among you in their sight. |
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Ezekiel 36:24
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"For I will take you from the nations, gather
you from all the lands and bring you into your own land. |
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Ezekiel 36:25
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"Then I will sprinkle clean water on you, and
you will be clean; I will cleanse you from all your filthiness and from all your
idols. |
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Ezekiel 36:26
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"Moreover, I will give you a new heart and put
a new spirit within you; and I will remove the heart of stone from your flesh
and give you a heart of flesh. |
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Ezekiel 36:27
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"I will put My Spirit within you and cause you
to walk in My statutes, and you will be careful to observe My ordinances. |
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Ezekiel 36:28
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"You will live in the land that I gave to your
forefathers; so you will be My people, and I will be your God. |
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Ezekiel 36:29
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"Moreover, I will save you from all your uncleanness;
and I will call for the grain and multiply it, and I will not bring a famine on
you. |
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Ezekiel 36:30
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"I will multiply the fruit of the tree and the
produce of the field, so that you will not receive again the disgrace of famine
among the nations. |
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Ezekiel 36:31
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"Then you will remember your evil ways and your
deeds that were not good, and you will loathe yourselves in your own sight for
your iniquities and your abominations. |
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Ezekiel 36:32
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"I am not doing this for your sake," declares
the Lord GOD, "let it be known to you. Be ashamed and confounded for your ways,
O house of Israel!" |
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Ezekiel 36:33
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'Thus says the Lord GOD, "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. |
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Ezekiel 36:34
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"The desolate land will be cultivated instead
of being a desolation in the sight of everyone who passes by. |
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Ezekiel 36:35
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"They will say, 'This desolate land has become
like the garden of Eden; and the waste, desolate and ruined cities are fortified
and inhabited.' |
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Ezekiel 36:36
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"Then the nations that are left round about
you will know that I, the LORD, have rebuilt the ruined places and planted that
which was desolate; I, the LORD, have spoken and will do it." |
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Ezekiel 36:37
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'Thus says the Lord GOD, "This also I will let
the house of Israel ask Me to do for them: I will increase their men like a flock.
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Ezekiel 36:38
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"Like the flock for sacrifices, like the flock
at Jerusalem during her appointed feasts, so will the waste cities be filled with
flocks of men. Then they will know that I am the LORD."'" |
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