Ezekiel 36 :: New Living Translation (NLT)

Restoration for Israel

Eze 36:1“Son of man, prophesy to Israel’s mountains. Give them this message: O mountains of Israel, hear the word of the LORD!

Eze 36:2

Eze 36:2This is what the Sovereign LORD says: Your enemies have taunted you, saying, ‘Aha! Now the ancient heights belong to us!’

Eze 36:3

Eze 36:3Therefore, son of man, give the mountains of Israel this message from the Sovereign LORD: Your enemies have attacked you from all directions, making you the property of many nations and the object of much mocking and slander.

Eze 36:4

Eze 36:4Therefore, O mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Sovereign LORD. He speaks to the hills and mountains, ravines and valleys, and to ruined wastes and long-deserted cities that have been destroyed and mocked by the surrounding nations.

Eze 36:5

Eze 36:5This is what the Sovereign LORD says: My jealous anger burns against these nations, especially Edom, because they have shown utter contempt for me by gleefully taking my land for themselves as plunder.

Eze 36:6

Eze 36:6“Therefore, prophesy to the hills and mountains, the ravines and valleys of Israel. This is what the Sovereign LORD says: I am furious that you have suffered shame before the surrounding nations.

Eze 36:7

Eze 36:7Therefore, this is what the Sovereign LORD says: I have taken a solemn oath that those nations will soon have their own shame to endure.

Eze 36:8

Eze 36:8“But the mountains of Israel will produce heavy crops of fruit for my people—for they will be coming home again soon!

Eze 36:9

Eze 36:9See, I care about you, and I will pay attention to you. Your ground will be plowed and your crops planted.

Eze 36:10

Eze 36:10I will greatly increase the population of Israel, and the ruined cities will be rebuilt and filled with people.

Eze 36:11

Eze 36:11I will increase not only the people, but also your animals. O mountains of Israel, I will bring people to live on you once again. I will make you even more prosperous than you were before. Then you will know that I am the LORD.

Eze 36:12

Eze 36:12I will cause my people to walk on you once again, and you will be their territory. You will never again rob them of their children.

Eze 36:13

Eze 36:13“This is what the Sovereign LORD says: The other nations taunt you, saying, ‘Israel is a land that devours its own people and robs them of their children!’

Eze 36:14

Eze 36:14But you will never again devour your people or rob them of their children, says the Sovereign LORD.

Eze 36:15

Eze 36:15I will not let you hear those other nations insult you, and you will no longer be mocked by them. You will not be a land that causes its nation to fall, says the Sovereign LORD.”

Eze 36:16

Eze 36:16Then this further message came to me from the LORD:

Eze 36:17

Eze 36:17“Son of man, when the people of Israel were living in their own land, they defiled it by the evil way they lived. To me their conduct was as unclean as a woman’s menstrual cloth.

Eze 36:18

Eze 36:18They polluted the land with murder and the worship of idols,[fn] so I poured out my fury on them.

Eze 36:19

Eze 36:19I scattered them to many lands to punish them for the evil way they had lived.

Eze 36:20

Eze 36:20But when they were scattered among the nations, they brought shame on my holy name. For the nations said, ‘These are the people of the LORD, but he couldn’t keep them safe in his own land!’

Eze 36:21

Eze 36:21Then I was concerned for my holy name, on which my people brought shame among the nations.

Eze 36:22

Eze 36:22“Therefore, give the people of Israel this message from the Sovereign LORD: I am bringing you back, but not because you deserve it. I am doing it to protect my holy name, on which you brought shame while you were scattered among the nations.

Eze 36:23

Eze 36:23I will show how holy my great name is—the name on which you brought shame among the nations. And when I reveal my holiness through you before their very eyes, says the Sovereign LORD, then the nations will know that I am the LORD.

Eze 36:24

Eze 36:24For I will gather you up from all the nations and bring you home again to your land.

Eze 36:25

Eze 36:25“Then I will sprinkle clean water on you, and you will be clean. Your filth will be washed away, and you will no longer worship idols.

Eze 36:26

Eze 36:26And I will give you a new heart, and I will put a new spirit in you. I will take out your stony, stubborn heart and give you a tender, responsive heart.[fn]

Eze 36:27

Eze 36:27And I will put my Spirit in you so that you will follow my decrees and be careful to obey my regulations.

Eze 36:28

Eze 36:28“And you will live in Israel, the land I gave your ancestors long ago. You will be my people, and I will be your God.

Eze 36:29

Eze 36:29I will cleanse you of your filthy behavior. I will give you good crops of grain, and I will send no more famines on the land.

Eze 36:30

Eze 36:30I will give you great harvests from your fruit trees and fields, and never again will the surrounding nations be able to scoff at your land for its famines.

Eze 36:31

Eze 36:31Then you will remember your past sins and despise yourselves for all the detestable things you did.

Eze 36:32

Eze 36:32But remember, says the Sovereign LORD, I am not doing this because you deserve it. O my people of Israel, you should be utterly ashamed of all you have done!

Eze 36:33

Eze 36:33“This is what the Sovereign LORD says: When I cleanse you from your sins, I will repopulate your cities, and the ruins will be rebuilt.

Eze 36:34

Eze 36:34The fields that used to lie empty and desolate in plain view of everyone will again be farmed.

Eze 36:35

Eze 36:35And when I bring you back, people will say, ‘This former wasteland is now like the Garden of Eden! The abandoned and ruined cities now have strong walls and are filled with people!’

Eze 36:36

Eze 36:36Then the surrounding nations that survive will know that I, the LORD, have rebuilt the ruins and replanted the wasteland. For I, the LORD, have spoken, and I will do what I say.

Eze 36:37

Eze 36:37“This is what the Sovereign LORD says: I am ready to hear Israel’s prayers and to increase their numbers like a flock.

Eze 36:38

Eze 36:38They will be as numerous as the sacred flocks that fill Jerusalem’s streets at the time of her festivals. The ruined cities will be crowded with people once more, and everyone will know that I am the LORD.”

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NLT Footnotes

(36:18)

The Hebrew term (literally round things) probably alludes to dung; also in 36:25.

(36:26)

Hebrew a heart of flesh.

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