Ezekiel 36:1-7

Evangelical Heritage Version

Mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord.

² This is what the Lord God says.

Because the enemy said about you, “Aha! At last! The ancient heights have become our possession,” ³ you are to prophesy and say, “This is what the Lord God says.”

Because they have devastated and crushed you from all sides, so that you would become the possession of the rest of the nations and a subject of people’s gossip and slander, ⁴ therefore, you mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord God. This is what the Lord God says to the mountains, hills, valleys, ravines, desolate ruins, and abandoned cities, which have become a source of plunder and are subjected to ridicule by the rest of the nations all around.

⁵ So, this is what the Lord God says. Without fail, in my fiery zeal I am speaking against the rest of the nations and against all of Edom, because they took my land as their own with whole-hearted glee and deep-seated contempt, and they occupied its pastureland. ⁶ Therefore, prophesy about the land of Israel and say to the mountains, hills, valleys, and ravines: This is what the Lord God says. In my zeal and wrath I am speaking because you have endured the taunts of the nations.

⁷ Therefore, this is what the Lord God says. I swear with an uplifted hand that the nations all around you will endure taunts against them.