Ezekiel 36:4
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Ezek 36:4
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~`Therefore, O 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 prey and a derision to the rest of the nations which are round about,
Ezek 36:5
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therefore thus says the Lord GOD, "Surely in the fire of My jealousy I have spoken against the rest of the nations, and against all Edom, who appropriated My land for themselves as a possession with wholehearted joy {and} with scorn of soul, to drive it out for a prey."
Ezek 36:6
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~`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 endured the insults of the nations.'
Ezek 36:7
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~"Therefore thus says the Lord GOD, `I have sworn that surely the nations which are around you will themselves endure their insults.
Ezek 36:8
Ezek 36:9
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~`For, behold, I am for you, and I will turn to you, and you will be cultivated and sown.
Ezek 36:10
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~`I will multiply men on you, all the house of Israel, all of it; and the cities will be inhabited and the waste places will be rebuilt.
Ezek 36:11
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~`I will multiply on you man and beast; and they will increase and be fruitful; and I will cause you to be inhabited as you were formerly and will treat you better than at the first. Thus you will know that I am the LORD.
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