²³ On the mountain heights^(A) of Israel I will plant it; it will produce branches and bear fruit^(B) and become a splendid cedar. Birds of every kind will nest in it; they will find shelter in the shade of its branches.^(C)

² In the last days^(A)

⁴⁰ For on my holy mountain, the high mountain of Israel,^(A) declares the Sovereign Lord, there in the land all the people of Israel will serve me, and there I will accept them. There I will require your offerings^(B) and your choice gifts,^[a] along with all your holy sacrifices.^(C)

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.

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.’^(A)

²² I will make them one nation in the land, on the mountains of Israel.^(A) There will be one king over all of them and they will never again be two nations or be divided into two kingdoms.^(B)

² In visions^(A) of God he took me to the land of Israel and set me on a very high mountain,^(B) on whose south side were some buildings that looked like a city.

¹² “This is the law of the temple: All the surrounding area^(A) on top of the mountain will be most holy.^(B) Such is the law of the temple.