Therefore prophesy concerning the land of Israel and say to the mountains and to the hills, to the ravines and to the valleys, “Thus says the Lord God, ‘Behold, I have spoken in My jealousy and in My wrath because you have (A)endured the insults of the nations.’ Therefore thus says the Lord God, ‘I have [a]sworn that surely the nations which are around you will themselves endure their insults. But you, O mountains of Israel, you will (B)put forth your branches and bear your fruit for My people Israel; for they will soon come.

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 36:7 Lit lifted up My hand

Therefore prophesy concerning the land of Israel and say to the mountains and hills, to the ravines and valleys: ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: I speak in my jealous wrath because you have suffered the scorn of the nations.(A) Therefore this is what the Sovereign Lord says: I swear with uplifted hand(B) that the nations around you will also suffer scorn.(C)

“‘But you, mountains of Israel, will produce branches and fruit(D) for my people Israel, for they will soon come home.

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