Ezechiel 36
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Profeţie cu privire la restaurarea lui Israel
36 „Tu, fiul omului, profeţeşte cu privire la munţii lui Israel şi spune-le: «Munţi ai lui Israel, ascultaţi Cuvântul Domnului! 2 Aşa vorbeşte Stăpânul Domn: duşmanul a zis despre voi: ‘Ha! Ha! Aceste înălţimi străvechi au devenit moştenirea noastră!’»
3 De aceea profeţeşte şi spune că aşa vorbeşte Stăpânul Domn: «Da, pentru că v-au pustiit şi v-au strivit din toate părţile, devenind astfel proprietatea celorlalte neamuri, şi pentru că aţi ajuns o pricină de batjocură şi de bârfă pentru popoare, 4 de aceea, munţi ai lui Israel, ascultaţi Cuvântul Stăpânului Domn! Aşa vorbeşte Stăpânul Domn munţilor, dealurilor, albiilor, văilor, ruinelor pustii şi cetăţilor părăsite, care au fost jefuite şi batjocorite de restul neamurilor din jurul vostru. 5 Aşa vorbeşte Stăpânul Domn: ‘În focul geloziei Mele am ceva de spus împotriva neamurilor înconjurătoare şi împotriva întregului Edom, pentru că au făcut din ţara Mea moştenirea lor şi s-au bucurat din toată inima lor şi cu dispreţ în sufletul lor să-i jefuiască păşunea.’»
6 Profeţeşte cu privire la ţara lui Israel şi spune-le munţilor, dealurilor, albiilor şi văilor că aşa vorbeşte Stăpânul Domn: «Iată, în gelozia şi furia Mea am ceva de spus, din pricina batjocurii pe care aţi suferit-o din partea neamurilor. 7 Aşa vorbeşte Stăpânul Domn: Îmi ridic mâna şi jur că neamurile din jurul vostru îşi vor purta şi ele partea lor de batjocură.
8 Cât despre voi, munţi ai lui Israel, veţi avea iarăşi ramuri şi veţi purta din nou rod pentru poporul Meu, Israel, căci se va întoarce în curând. 9 Iată, Eu Însumi sunt alături de voi! Mă voi întoarce spre voi şi astfel veţi fi lucraţi şi semănaţi. 10 Voi pune să locuiască pe voi mulţi oameni, toţi cei din Casa lui Israel! Cetăţile vor fi din nou locuite, iar ruinele vor fi rezidite. 11 Voi înmulţi pe voi numărul oamenilor şi al animalelor; ei vor deveni numeroşi şi vor fi roditori. Voi face să fiţi locuiţi ca odinioară şi vă voi face mai mult bine decât la început. Şi veţi şti astfel că Eu sunt Domnul. 12 Voi face să umble iarăşi pe voi oameni şi anume cei din poporul Meu, Israel. Ei vă vor lua din nou în stăpânire şi veţi fi moştenirea lor; nu-i veţi mai lăsa niciodată fără urmaşi.»
13 Aşa vorbeşte Stăpânul Domn: «Ţară, pentru că s-a zis despre tine că devorezi oameni şi că ţi-ai sărăcit neamul de copii, 14 de aceea nu vei mai devora oameni şi nu-ţi vei mai sărăci neamul de copii, zice Stăpânul Domn. 15 Nu-ţi voi mai da prilej să auzi batjocura neamurilor îndreptată spre tine, nu vei mai purta dispreţul popoarelor şi nu-ţi vei mai face neamul să cadă, zice Stăpânul Domn.»“
16 Cuvântul Domnului a venit la mine şi mi-a zis: 17 „Fiul omului, cei din Casa lui Israel locuiau în patria lor, dar au spurcat-o prin purtarea lor şi prin faptele lor. Purtarea lor era înaintea Mea la fel de necurată ca necurăţia femeii. 18 Atunci Mi-am revărsat furia peste ei din pricina sângelui pe care îl vărsaseră în ţară şi din pricina idolilor cu care o spurcaseră. 19 I-am risipit printre neamuri şi ei au fost împrăştiaţi prin ţări străine, din pricina purtării lor şi din pricina faptelor lor. 20 Când au ajuns printre neamuri, oriunde s-au dus, au profanat Numele Meu cel sfânt, căci se zicea despre ei: «Aceştia sunt cei din poporul Domnului care au trebuit să iasă din ţara lor!» 21 Dar am vrut să scap cinstea Numelui Meu cel sfânt pe care-l profanau cei din Casa lui Israel printre neamurile unde ajunseseră.“
22 Prin urmare, spune-le celor din Casa lui Israel că aşa vorbeşte Stăpânul Domn: «Nu de dragul vostru fac aceste lucruri, Casă a lui Israel, ci de dragul Numelui Meu cel sfânt, pe care voi l-aţi profanat în mijlocul neamurilor unde aţi ajuns. 23 Îmi voi sfinţi Numele Meu cel mare care a fost profanat printre neamuri, Numele pe care voi l-aţi profanat în mijlocul lor. Şi neamurile vor şti că Eu sunt Domnul, zice Stăpânul Domn, când Mă voi arăta sfânt prin voi înaintea ochilor lor.
24 Vă voi lua dintre neamuri, vă voi strânge din toate ţările străine şi vă voi aduce în patria voastră. 25 Vă voi stropi cu apă curată şi veţi fi curăţiţi. Vă voi curăţi de toate necurăţiile voastre şi de toţi idolii voştri. 26 Vă voi da o inimă nouă şi voi pune înăuntrul vostru un duh nou. Voi îndepărta inima de piatră din trupul vostru şi vă voi da o inimă de carne. 27 Voi pune Duhul Meu înăuntrul vostru şi vă voi face să urmaţi hotărârile Mele, să păziţi legile Mele şi să le împliniţi. 28 Veţi locui în ţara pe care am dat-o strămoşilor voştri. Voi veţi fi poporul Meu, iar Eu voi fi Dumnezeul vostru. 29 Vă voi scăpa de toate necurăţiile voastre. Voi chema grânele şi le voi înmulţi şi nu voi mai trimite foametea peste voi. 30 Voi înmulţi roadele pomilor şi recolta câmpului, ca să nu mai fiţi de dispreţ printre neamuri din cauza foametei. 31 Atunci vă veţi aduce aminte de purtarea voastră cea rea şi de faptele voastre care n-au fost bune şi vă va fi scârbă de voi înşivă din pricina fărădelegilor şi urâciunilor voastre. 32 Dar să ştiţi că lucrurile acestea nu le fac de dragul vostru, zice Stăpânul Domn. Ruşinaţi-vă şi umiliţi-vă din pricina umbletelor voastre, voi, cei din Casa lui Israel!»
33 Aşa vorbeşte Stăpânul Domn: «În ziua când vă voi curăţi de toate fărădelegile voastre, voi face ca cetăţile voastre să fie din nou locuite şi ruinele să fie rezidite. 34 Ţara pustiită va fi din nou lucrată şi nu va mai fi o pustietate în ochii tuturor trecătorilor. 35 Atunci ei vor spune: ‘Ţara aceasta care era pustiită, a ajuns precum grădina Edenului, iar cetăţile care zăceau în ruine, pustiite şi dărâmate, au ajuns aşezări fortificate!’ 36 Şi neamurile care vor rămâne împrejurul vostru vor şti atunci că Eu, Domnul, am rezidit dărâmăturile şi am resădit ce fusese pustiit. Eu, Domnul, am vorbit şi voi face întocmai.»
37 Aşa vorbeşte Stăpânul Domn: «Pe lângă toate aceste lucruri Mă voi lăsa înduplecat de cei din Casa lui Israel şi iată ce voi face pentru ei: îi voi înmulţi pe oameni ca pe o turmă de oi. 38 La fel de numeroase ca turmele pentru jertfe, ca turmele care sunt aduse la Ierusalim la sărbătorile periodice, aşa de pline cu turme de oameni vor fi şi cetăţile lor părăsite. Şi vor şti astfel că Eu sunt Domnul.»“
Ezekiel 36
King James Version
36 Also, thou son of man, prophesy unto the mountains of Israel, and say, Ye mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord:
2 Thus saith the Lord God; Because the enemy hath said against you, Aha, even the ancient high places are ours in possession:
3 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;
5 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.
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:
7 Therefore thus saith the Lord God; I have lifted up mine hand, Surely the heathen that are about you, they shall bear their shame.
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.
9 For, behold, I am for you, and I will turn unto you, and ye shall be tilled and sown:
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:
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.
13 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.
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.
16 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.
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:
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.
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.
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.
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.
29 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.
30 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.
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.
34 And the desolate land shall be tilled, whereas it lay desolate in the sight of all that passed by.
35 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.
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.
Ezekiel 36
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Det gamle er forbi
36 Du menneske, giv Israels bjergland følgende budskab fra mig:
2 Jeres fjender siger: ‚De ældgamle helligsteder tilhører nu os.’ 3 Fra alle sider har jeres fjender angrebet jer og raseret jeres land. De har hånet jer og ført jer bort som slaver. 4 Men hør, hvad Herren siger til jer, Israels bjergland, til højene og bakkerne, til floderne og dalene, til de øde ruiner og forladte byer, der blev plyndret og forhånet af alle folkeslagene rundt omkring jer: 5 Min vrede er blusset op imod de andre folkeslag, især imod Edom, fordi de med skadefryd og foragt besatte mit land og plyndrede det.
6 Profetér derfor til Israels høje og bakker, dets floder og dale: Jeg er vred, fordi Israel har lidt under andre folkeslags hån og spot. 7 Derfor lover jeg højtideligt, at de skal få igen med samme mønt. 8 Men træerne i Israels bjergland skal skyde nye grene og bugne af frugt, for mit folk skal snart vende hjem. 9 Jeg er med jer og velsigner jer. Jorden skal igen opdyrkes og tilsås. 10 Israels befolkning skal vokse, og de ødelagte byer skal genopbygges og bebos. 11 Både mennesker og husdyr skal vokse i antal. Israels land skal igen befolkes og blive frodigere end nogen sinde før. Da skal I indse, at jeg er Herren. 12 Mit folk skal igen tage landet i besiddelse, og der skal være mad nok til, at ingen dør af sult. 13 Gud Herren siger: Nabolandene hånede jer ved at sige, at jeres land var så goldt, at det førte til død. 14 Men nu skal det være slut med sult og død, siger Herren. 15 De skal ikke længere få grund til at håne jer, for Israels land skal brødføde mit folk.”
En ny ånd kommer til
16 Herren sagde til mig: 17 „Du menneske, dengang Israels folk endnu boede i deres eget land, gjorde de det urent ved deres onde handlinger. Rituelt set var deres opførsel lige så uren som menstruationsblod. 18 De forurenede landet med mord og modbydeligt afguderi i en sådan grad, at jeg måtte straffe dem hårdt. 19 Jeg sendte dem i eksil i fjerne lande som straf for deres ondskab og afgudsdyrkelse. 20 Efter at jeg havde sendt dem i landflygtighed, vanærede andre folkeslag mit hellige navn ved at sige: ‚Israel kalder sig Guds folk, men deres Gud kunne ikke redde dem fra at blive sendt i eksil.’ 21 Men jeg vil ikke have mit gode navn og rygte spoleret rundt omkring i verden.
22 Sig derfor til Israels folk: Hør, hvad Herren siger: Jeg vil føre jer hjem igen, ikke fordi I fortjener det, men for mit eget hellige navns skyld, som har fået et dårligt ry over hele verden på grund af jer. 23 Jeg vil genoprette mit gode navn og rygte, og når folkeslagene ser min magt udfolde sig, vil de erkende, at jeg er Herren. 24 Jeg vil samle jer sammen fra alle de forskellige lande og føre jer tilbage til Israels land, 25 og jeg vil rense jer for jeres afgudsdyrkelse og rituelle urenhed ved at stænke vand på jer. 26 Jeg vil forandre jer indefra ved at give jer et helt nyt hjerte, der længes efter at gøre det rigtige, og en ny ånd i jeres indre, så I lærer at tænke på en helt ny måde. Jeg vil tage jeres gamle og stædige stenhjerte ud og give jer et nyt og lydigt hjerte. 27 Jeg vil give jer min Ånd, så I adlyder mine love og gør, hvad jeg befaler jer.
28 Da skal I bo i det land, jeg gav jeres forfædre. I skal være mit folk, og jeg vil være jeres Gud. 29 Jeg vil rense jer for jeres synd og sørge for, at høsten ikke slår fejl, og at der ikke mere kommer hungersnød i landet. 30 Jeres frugtplantager og kornmarker skal give en rigelig høst, og aldrig mere skal nabofolkene se ned på jer på grund af hungersnød. 31 Da vil I skamme jer, når I tænker tilbage på jeres dårlige opførsel og onde handlinger. 32 Husk, at det ikke er for jeres skyld, at jeg griber ind, det er for mit eget omdømmes skyld. Åh Israel, mit folk, hvor burde I dog skamme jer over al den ondskab, I har begået, siger Herren.
33 Når jeg har renset jer for jeres synd, vil jeg føre jer hjem til Israel og genopbygge landets ruinbyer. 34 Jorden skal igen opdyrkes, efter at den i mange år har ligget brak. 35 Når jeg fører jer hjem, vil folkeslagene udbryde: ‚Se! Dette gudsforladte land er blevet frugtbart som Edens have. De ødelagte byer, der længe lå som forladte ruiner, er nu genopbygget, befæstet og beboet.’ 36 Så vil de nationer, som endnu er tilbage, erkende, at det er mig, Herren, som står bag genopbygningen af ruinerne og tilplantningen af det hærgede land. Det er et løfte fra mig, Herren, og det vil ske, som jeg har sagt.
37-38 Herren siger: Jeg vil høre Israels folks bønner og gøre dem så talrige som fåreflokkene, der strømmer gennem Jerusalems gader ved højtiderne. Så talrige vil jeg lade dem blive i byerne, som før lå i ruiner. Når det sker, skal alle indse, at jeg er Herren.”
以西结书 36
Chinese Union Version Modern Punctuation (Simplified)
敌以色列者必受重报
36 “人子啊,你要对以色列山发预言说:‘以色列山哪,要听耶和华的话。 2 主耶和华如此说:因仇敌说“啊哈!这永久的山冈都归我们为业了”, 3 所以要发预言说:“主耶和华如此说:因为敌人使你荒凉,四围吞吃,好叫你归于其余的外邦人为业,并且多嘴多舌的人提起你来,百姓也说你有臭名, 4 故此,以色列山要听主耶和华的话。大山小冈,水沟山谷,荒废之地,被弃之城——为四围其余的外邦人所占据、所讥刺的, 5 主耶和华对你们如此说:我真发愤恨如火,责备那其余的外邦人和以东的众人,他们快乐满怀,心存恨恶,将我的地归自己为业,又看为被弃的掠物。”’ 6 所以,你要指着以色列地说预言,对大山小冈、水沟山谷说:‘主耶和华如此说:我发愤恨和愤怒说,因你们曾受外邦人的羞辱, 7 所以我起誓说:你们四围的外邦人总要担当自己的羞辱。这是主耶和华说的。
以色列地必复蒙福
8 ‘以色列山哪,你必发枝条,为我的民以色列结果子,因为他们快要来到。 9 看哪,我是帮助你的,也必向你转意,使你得以耕种。 10 我必使以色列全家的人数在你上面增多,城邑有人居住,荒场再被建造。 11 我必使人和牲畜在你上面加增,他们必生养众多。我要使你照旧有人居住,并要赐福于你比先前更多,你就知道我是耶和华。 12 我必使人,就是我的民以色列,行在你上面。他们必得你为业,你也不再使他们丧子。 13 主耶和华如此说:因为人对你说“你是吞吃人的,又使国民丧子”, 14 所以主耶和华说:“你必不再吞吃人,也不再使国民丧子。 15 我使你不再听见各国的羞辱,不再受万民的辱骂,也不再使国民绊跌。”这是主耶和华说的。’”
以色列人因罪受鞫
16 耶和华的话又临到我说: 17 “人子啊,以色列家住在本地的时候,在行动作为上玷污那地。他们的行为在我面前,好像正在经期的妇人那样污秽。 18 所以我因他们在那地上流人的血,又因他们以偶像玷污那地,就把我的愤怒倾在他们身上。 19 我将他们分散在列国,四散在列邦,按他们的行动作为惩罚他们。 20 他们到了所去的列国,就使我的圣名被亵渎,因为人谈论他们说:‘这是耶和华的民,是从耶和华的地出来的。’ 21 我却顾惜我的圣名,就是以色列家在所到的列国中所亵渎的。
主缘己名仍施矜悯
22 “所以,你要对以色列家说:‘主耶和华如此说:以色列家啊,我行这事不是为你们,乃是为我的圣名,就是在你们到的列国中所亵渎的。 23 我要使我的大名显为圣,这名在列国中已被亵渎,就是你们在他们中间所亵渎的。我在他们眼前,在你们身上显为圣的时候,他们就知道我是耶和华。这是主耶和华说的。 24 我必从各国收取你们,从列邦聚集你们,引导你们归回本地。 25 我必用清水洒在你们身上,你们就洁净了。我要洁净你们,使你们脱离一切的污秽,弃掉一切的偶像。
许赐新心
26 ‘我也要赐给你们一个新心,将新灵放在你们里面,又从你们的肉体中除掉石心,赐给你们肉心。 27 我必将我的灵放在你们里面,使你们顺从我的律例,谨守遵行我的典章。 28 你们必住在我所赐给你们列祖之地,你们要做我的子民,我要做你们的神。 29 我必救你们脱离一切的污秽,也必命五谷丰登,不使你们遭遇饥荒。 30 我必使树木多结果子,田地多出土产,好叫你们不再因饥荒受外邦人的讥诮。 31 那时,你们必追想你们的恶行和你们不善的作为,就因你们的罪孽和可憎的事厌恶自己。
32 ‘主耶和华说:你们要知道,我这样行不是为你们。以色列家啊,当为自己的行为抱愧蒙羞! 33 主耶和华如此说:我洁净你们,使你们脱离一切罪孽的日子,必使城邑有人居住,荒场再被建造。 34 过路的人虽看为荒废之地,现今这荒废之地仍得耕种。 35 他们必说:“这先前为荒废之地,现在成如伊甸园。这荒废、凄凉、毁坏的城邑,现在坚固,有人居住。” 36 那时,在你们四围其余的外邦人必知道我耶和华修造那毁坏之处,培植那荒废之地。我耶和华说过,也必成就。
37 ‘主耶和华如此说:我要加增以色列家的人数,多如羊群。他们必为这事向我求问,我要给他们成就。 38 耶路撒冷在守节做祭物所献的羊群怎样多,照样,荒凉的城邑必被人群充满,他们就知道我是耶和华。’”
Ezekiel 36
New International Version
Hope for the Mountains of Israel
36 “Son of man, prophesy to the mountains of Israel(A) and say, ‘Mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord. 2 This is what the Sovereign Lord says:(B) The enemy said of you, “Aha!(C) The ancient heights(D) have become our possession.(E)”’ 3 Therefore prophesy and say, ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: Because they ravaged(F) and crushed you from every side so that you became the possession of the rest of the nations and the object of people’s malicious talk and slander,(G) 4 therefore, mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Sovereign Lord: This is what the Sovereign Lord says to the mountains and hills, to the ravines and valleys,(H) to the desolate ruins(I) and the deserted(J) towns that have been plundered and ridiculed(K) by the rest of the nations around you(L)— 5 this is what the Sovereign Lord says: In my burning(M) zeal I have spoken against the rest of the nations, and against all Edom, for with glee and with malice in their hearts they made my land their own possession so that they might plunder its pastureland.’(N) 6 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.(O) 7 Therefore this is what the Sovereign Lord says: I swear with uplifted hand(P) that the nations around you will also suffer scorn.(Q)
8 “‘But you, mountains of Israel, will produce branches and fruit(R) for my people Israel, for they will soon come home. 9 I am concerned for you and will look on you with favor; you will be plowed and sown,(S) 10 and I will cause many people to live on you—yes, all of Israel. The towns will be inhabited and the ruins(T) rebuilt.(U) 11 I will increase the number of people and animals living on you, and they will be fruitful(V) and become numerous. I will settle people(W) on you as in the past(X) and will make you prosper more than before.(Y) 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;(Z) you will never again deprive them of their children.
13 “‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: Because some say to you, “You devour people(AA) and deprive your nation of its children,” 14 therefore you will no longer devour people or make your nation childless, declares the Sovereign Lord. 15 No longer will I make you hear the taunts of the nations, and no longer will you suffer the scorn of the peoples or cause your nation to fall, declares the Sovereign Lord.(AB)’”
Israel’s Restoration Assured
16 Again the word of the Lord came to me: 17 “Son of man, when the people of Israel were living in their own land, they defiled it by their conduct and their actions. Their conduct was like a woman’s monthly uncleanness(AC) in my sight.(AD) 18 So I poured out(AE) my wrath on them because they had shed blood in the land and because they had defiled it with their idols. 19 I dispersed them among the nations, and they were scattered(AF) through the countries; I judged them according to their conduct and their actions.(AG) 20 And wherever they went among the nations they profaned(AH) my holy name, for it was said of them, ‘These are the Lord’s people, and yet they had to leave his land.’(AI) 21 I had concern for my holy name, which the people of Israel profaned among the nations where they had gone.(AJ)
22 “Therefore say to the Israelites, ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: It is not for your sake, people of Israel, that I am going to do these things, but for the sake of my holy name,(AK) which you have profaned(AL) among the nations where you have gone.(AM) 23 I will show the holiness of my great name,(AN) which has been profaned(AO) among the nations, the name you have profaned among them. Then the nations will know that I am the Lord,(AP) declares the Sovereign Lord, when I am proved holy(AQ) through you before their eyes.(AR)
24 “‘For I will take you out of the nations; I will gather you from all the countries and bring you back into your own land.(AS) 25 I will sprinkle(AT) clean water on you, and you will be clean; I will cleanse(AU) you from all your impurities(AV) and from all your idols.(AW) 26 I will give you a new heart(AX) and put a new spirit in you; I will remove from you your heart of stone(AY) and give you a heart of flesh.(AZ) 27 And I will put my Spirit(BA) in you and move you to follow my decrees(BB) and be careful to keep my laws.(BC) 28 Then you will live in the land I gave your ancestors; you will be my people,(BD) and I will be your God.(BE) 29 I will save you from all your uncleanness. I will call for the grain and make it plentiful and will not bring famine(BF) upon you. 30 I will increase the fruit of the trees and the crops of the field, so that you will no longer suffer disgrace among the nations because of famine.(BG) 31 Then you will remember your evil ways and wicked deeds, and you will loathe yourselves for your sins and detestable practices.(BH) 32 I want you to know that I am not doing this for your sake, declares the Sovereign Lord. Be ashamed(BI) and disgraced for your conduct, people of Israel!(BJ)
33 “‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: On the day I cleanse(BK) you from all your sins, I will resettle your towns, and the ruins(BL) will be rebuilt.(BM) 34 The desolate land will be cultivated instead of lying desolate in the sight of all who pass through it. 35 They will say, “This land that was laid waste has become like the garden of Eden;(BN) the cities that were lying in ruins, desolate and destroyed, are now fortified and inhabited.(BO)” 36 Then the nations around you that remain will know that I the Lord have rebuilt what was destroyed and have replanted what was desolate. I the Lord have spoken, and I will do it.’(BP)
37 “This is what the Sovereign Lord says: Once again I will yield to Israel’s plea(BQ) and do this for them: I will make their people as numerous as sheep,(BR) 38 as numerous as the flocks for offerings(BS) at Jerusalem during her appointed festivals. So will the ruined cities be filled with flocks of people. Then they will know that I am the Lord.(BT)”
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