Therefore prophesy concerning the land of Israel and say to the mountains and hills, to the ravines and valleys: ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: I speak in my jealous wrath because you have suffered the scorn of the nations.(A) Therefore this is what the Sovereign Lord says: I swear with uplifted hand(B) that the nations around you will also suffer scorn.(C)

“‘But you, mountains of Israel, will produce branches and fruit(D) for my people Israel, for they will soon come home. I am concerned for you and will look on you with favor; you will be plowed and sown,(E) 10 and I will cause many people to live on you—yes, all of Israel. The towns will be inhabited and the ruins(F) rebuilt.(G) 11 I will increase the number of people and animals living on you, and they will be fruitful(H) and become numerous. I will settle people(I) on you as in the past(J) and will make you prosper more than before.(K) Then you will know that I am the Lord. 12 I will cause people, my people Israel, to live on you. They will possess you, and you will be their inheritance;(L) you will never again deprive them of their children.

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