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Chapter 36 |
| 1 | Also, thou son
of man, prophesy unto the mountains of Israel, and say, Ye mountains of Israel,
hear the word of the LORD: |
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2 | Thus saith the Lord GOD; Because the
enemy hath said against you, Aha, even the ancient high places are ours in
possession: |
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| Therefore prophesy and say, Thus saith the Lord 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: |
| 4 | Therefore,
ye mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord GOD; Thus saith the Lord 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; |
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Therefore thus saith the Lord 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. |
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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 the Lord GOD; Behold, I have spoken
in my jealousy and in my fury, because ye have borne the shame of the
heathen: |
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| Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; I have lifted up mine
hand, Surely the heathen that are about you, they shall bear their shame.
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| 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.
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| 9 | For, behold, I am for you, and I will turn unto you, and ye shall be
tilled and sown: |
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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: |
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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 LORD. |
| 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. |
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Thus saith the Lord GOD; Because they say unto you, Thou land devourest up men,
and hast bereaved thy nations: |
| 14 | Therefore thou shalt devour
men no more, neither bereave thy nations any more, saith the Lord GOD.
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| 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 the Lord GOD. |
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Moreover the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, |
| 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. |
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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: |
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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. |
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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 LORD, and are gone forth out of his land.
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| 21 | But I had pity for mine holy name, which the house of Israel had
profaned among the heathen, whither they went. |
| 22 | Therefore
say unto the house of Israel, thus saith the Lord 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. |
| 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 the LORD, saith the Lord GOD,
when I shall be sanctified in you before their eyes. |
| 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. |
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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. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 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
God. |
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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. |
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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. |
| 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. |
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32 | Not for your sakes do I this, saith the Lord GOD,
be it known unto you: be ashamed and confounded for your own ways, O house of
Israel. |
| 33
| Thus saith the Lord 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. |
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34 | And the desolate land
shall be tilled, whereas it lay desolate in the sight of all that passed
by. |
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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. |
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36 | Then the heathen that are left round
about you shall know that I the LORD build the ruined places, and plant that
that was desolate: I the LORD have spoken it, and I will do it. |
| 37 | Thus
saith the Lord 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. |
| 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 the
LORD. |
