⁸ But as for you, mountains of Israel, you will ^[a](A)grow your branches and bear fruit for My people Israel; for they are about to come. ⁹ For, behold, I am for you, and I will ^(B)turn to you, and you will be ^(C)cultivated and sown. ¹⁰ And I will multiply people on you, ^(D)all the house of Israel, all of it; and the ^(E)cities will be inhabited and the ruins will be rebuilt. ¹¹ I will multiply on you people and animals, and they will increase and be fruitful; and I will populate you as you were ^(F)previously, and treat you ^(G)better than at the beginning. Then you will know that I am the Lord. ¹² Yes, I will have ^(H)people—My people Israel—walk on you and possess you, so that you will become their ^(I)inheritance and never again ^(J)bereave them of children.’