Ezekiel 36 :: Amplified Bible (AMP)

The Mountains of Israel to Be Blessed

“And you, son of man, prophesy to the mountains of Israel and say, ‘You mountains of Israel, hear the word of the LORD.

Eze 36:2‘Thus says the Lord GOD, “Because the enemy has said of you, ‘Aha!’ and, ‘The ancient heights have become our property,’

Eze 36:3

Eze 36:3therefore prophesy and say, ‘Thus says the Lord GOD, “For good reason they have made you a desolation, and they crushed you from every side so that you would become a possession of the rest of the nations and you have become the talk and the whispering of the people.”’”

Eze 36:4

Eze 36:4‘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 ruins and to the deserted cities which have become prey and a mockery to the rest of the nations which surround you,

Eze 36:5

Eze 36:5therefore thus says the Lord GOD, “Most certainly in the fire of My jealousy (love for that which is Mine) 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 uttermost contempt, so that they might empty it out [and possess it] as prey.”

Eze 36:6

Eze 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 GOD, ‘Behold, I have spoken in My jealousy (love for that which is Mine) and in My wrath because you have endured the [shameful] insults of the nations.’

Eze 36:7

Eze 36:7“Therefore thus says the Lord GOD, ‘I have lifted up My hand and sworn [an oath] that the nations that are around you will themselves endure their [shameful] insults.

Eze 36:8

Eze 36:8‘But you, O mountains of Israel, will put out your branches and bear your fruit to My people Israel; for they will soon come [home].

Eze 36:9

Eze 36:9‘For, behold, I am for you, and I will turn to you [in favor], and you shall be cultivated and sown.

Eze 36:10

Eze 36:10‘I will multiply people on you, all the house of Israel, [indeed] all of it; the cities shall be inhabited and the ruins will be rebuilt.

Eze 36:11

Eze 36:11‘I will multiply on you man and animal; and they will increase and be fruitful. And I will cause you to be inhabited as you were formerly, and I will do better [things] for you than at your beginning. Then you will know [with great confidence] that I am the LORD.

Eze 36:12

Eze 36:12‘Yes, [O mountains of Israel] I will cause men—My people Israel—to walk on you and take possession of you, so that you will become their inheritance and never again bereave them of children.’

Eze 36:13

“Thus says the Lord GOD, ‘Because they say to you, “You [O land] are a devourer of people and have bereaved your nation of children,”

Eze 36:14

Eze 36:14therefore you will no longer devour people, and no longer bereave your nation of children,’ says the Lord GOD.

Eze 36:15

Eze 36:15“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 [through idolatry] any longer,” says the Lord GOD.’”

Eze 36:16

Moreover, the word of the LORD came to me, saying,

Eze 36:17

Eze 36:17“Son of man, when the house of Israel was living in their own land, they defiled it by their [own] behavior and by their [idolatrous] actions. Their conduct before Me was like the uncleanness of a woman during her [physical] impurity.

Eze 36:18

Eze 36:18“So I poured out My wrath on them for the blood which they had shed on the land and because they had defiled it with their idols.

Eze 36:19

Eze 36:19“Also I scattered them among the nations and they were dispersed throughout the countries. I judged and punished them in accordance with their conduct and their [idolatrous] behavior.

Eze 36:20

Eze 36:20“When they came to the nations wherever 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.’

Eze 36:21

Eze 36:21“But I had concern for My holy name, which the house of Israel had profaned among the nations where they went.

Israel to Be Renewed for His Name’s Sake

Eze 36:22

“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.

Eze 36:23

Eze 36:23“I will vindicate the holiness of My great name which has been profaned among the nations, which you have profaned among them. Then the nations will know [without any doubt] that I am the LORD,” says the Lord GOD, “when I prove Myself holy among you in their sight.

Eze 36:24

Eze 36:24“For I will [fn]take you from the nations and gather you from all the countries and bring you into your own land.

Eze 36:25

Eze 36:25“Then I will sprinkle clean water on you, and you will be clean; I will cleanse you from all your uncleanness and from all your idols.

Eze 36:26

Eze 36:26“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.

Eze 36:27

Eze 36:27“I will put my Spirit within you and cause you to walk in My statutes, and you will keep My ordinances and do them.

Eze 36:28

Eze 36:28“You will live in the land that I gave to your fathers; and you will be My people, and I will be your God.

Eze 36:29

Eze 36:29“I will also save you from all your uncleanness, and I will call for the grain and make it abundant, and I will not bring famine on you.

Eze 36:30

Eze 36:30“I will multiply the fruit of the tree and the produce of the field, so that you will not suffer again the disgrace of famine among the nations.

Eze 36:31

Eze 36:31“Then you will remember [clearly] your [own] evil ways and your deeds that were not good, and you will loathe yourselves in your own sight for your sins and for your outrageous atrocities.

Eze 36:32

Eze 36:32“I am not doing this for your sake,” says the Lord GOD. “Let that be known to you. Be ashamed and humiliated for your [wicked] ways, O house of Israel!”

Eze 36:33

‘Thus says the Lord GOD, “On the day that I cleanse you from all your sins I will also cause the cities [of Israel] to be inhabited, and the ruins will be rebuilt.

Eze 36:34

Eze 36:34“The desolate land will be cultivated instead of being a desolation in the sight of everyone who passes by.

Eze 36:35

Eze 36:35“Then they will say, ‘This land that was deserted and desolate has become like the garden of Eden; and the waste, desolate, and ruined cities are fortified and inhabited.’

Eze 36:36

Eze 36:36“Then the nations that are left around 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.”

Eze 36:37

‘Thus says the Lord GOD, “This too I will let the house of Israel ask Me to do for them: I will increase their people like a flock.

Eze 36:38

Eze 36:38“Like the flock for sacrifices, like the flock at Jerusalem during her appointed feasts, so will the desolate cities be filled with flocks of people. Then they will know [with confident assurance] that I am the LORD.”’”

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AMP Footnotes

(36:24)

This prophecy has been in the process of fulfillment since World War II. The Jews have for centuries been dispersed among all the nations with only a few remaining in the homeland. But by A.D. 1960 one-sixth of the Jewish population of the world was in Israel. Already they had been made “one nation” (37:22a)--between sunrise of one day and sunset of the next--“a nation born in one day” (Is 66:8). But the greatest event of all is yet to come (Ezek 37:22b-25). This prophecy will be fulfilled in its entirety.

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