Ezekiel 36:4-6
New King James Version
4 therefore, O mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord God! Thus says the Lord God to the mountains, the hills, the [a]rivers, the valleys, the desolate wastes, and the cities that have been forsaken, which (A)became plunder and (B)mockery to the rest of the nations all around— 5 therefore thus says the Lord God: (C)“Surely I have spoken in My burning jealousy against the rest of the nations and against all Edom, (D)who gave My land to themselves as a possession, with wholehearted joy and [b]spiteful minds, in order to plunder its open country.” ’
6 “Therefore prophesy concerning the land of Israel, and say to the mountains, the hills, the rivers, and the valleys, ‘Thus says the Lord God: “Behold, I have spoken in My jealousy and My fury, because you have (E)borne the shame of the nations.”
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- Ezekiel 36:4 Or ravines
- Ezekiel 36:5 Lit. scorning souls
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