Ezekiel 36:2-4

New American Standard Bible 1995

² Thus says the Lord ^[a]God, “Because the enemy has spoken against you, ‘Aha!’ and, ‘The everlasting ^[b](A)heights have become our possession,’ ³ therefore prophesy and say, ‘Thus says the Lord God, “^[c]For good reason they have made you ^(B)desolate and crushed you from every side, that you would become a possession of the rest of the nations and you have been taken up in the ^[d](C)talk and the whispering of the people.”’” ⁴ Therefore, O ^(D)mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord God. Thus says the Lord God to the mountains and to the hills, to the ravines and to the valleys, to the desolate wastes and to the forsaken cities which have become a ^(E)prey and a derision to the rest of the nations which are round about,