“‘“But you, mountains of Israel, you shall shoot out your branches and yield your fruit to my people Israel; for they are at hand to come.
THE SURROUNDING PASSAGE
Ezekiel 36:8 in context
Ezekiel 36:5–11
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therefore the Lord GOD says: “Surely in the fire of my jealousy I have spoken against the residue of the nations, and against all Edom, that have appointed my land to themselves for a possession with the joy of all their heart, with despite of soul, to cast it out for a prey.”’
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Therefore prophesy concerning the land of Israel, and tell the mountains, the hills, the watercourses and the valleys, ‘The Lord GOD says: “Behold, I have spoken in my jealousy and in my wrath, because you have borne the shame of the nations.”
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Therefore the Lord GOD says: “I have sworn, ‘Surely the nations that are around you will bear their shame.’
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“‘“But you, mountains of Israel, you shall shoot out your branches and yield your fruit to my people Israel; for they are at hand to come.
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For, behold, I am for you, and I will come to you, and you will be tilled and sown.
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I will multiply men on you, all the house of Israel, even all of it. The cities will be inhabited and the waste places will be built.
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I will multiply man and animal on you. They will increase and be fruitful. I will cause you to be inhabited as you were before, and you will do better than at your beginnings. Then you will know that I am the LORD.
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