Ezekiel 36:8-12
"'But you, O mountains of Israel, will produce branches and fruit for my
people Israel, for they will soon come home. 9 I am concerned for you and will look
on you with favor; you will be plowed and sown, 10 and I will multiply the number
of people upon you, even the whole house of Israel. The towns will be inhabited and
the ruins rebuilt. 11 I will increase the number of men and animals upon you, and
they will be fruitful and become numerous. I will settle people on you as in the
past and will make you prosper more than before. Then you will know that I am the
LORD. 12 I will cause people, my people Israel, to walk upon you. They will possess
you, and you will be their inheritance; you will never again deprive them of their
children. The New International Version
Ezekiel 36:16-21
Again the word of the LORD came to me: 17 "Son of man, when the people of Israel
were living in their own land, they defiled it by their conduct and their actions.
Their conduct was like a woman's monthly uncleanness in my sight. 18 So I poured
out my wrath on them because they had shed blood in the land and because they had
defiled it with their idols. 19 I dispersed them among the nations, and they were
scattered through the countries; I judged them according to their conduct and their
actions. 20 And wherever they went among the nations they profaned my holy name,
for it was said of them, 'These are the LORD's people, and yet they had to leave
his land.' 21 I had concern for my holy name, which the house of Israel profaned
among the nations where they had gone. The New International Version
Ezekiel 36:22-32
"Therefore say to the house of Israel, 'This is what the Sovereign LORD
says: It is not for your sake, O house of Israel, that I am going to do these things,
but for the sake of my holy name, which you have profaned among the nations where
you have gone. 23 I will show the holiness of my great name, which has been profaned
among the nations, the name you have profaned among them. Then the nations will know
that I am the LORD, declares the Sovereign LORD, when I show myself holy through
you before their eyes.
24 "'For I will take you out of the nations; I will gather you from all
the countries and bring you back into your own land. 25 I will sprinkle clean water
on you, and you will be clean; I will cleanse you from all your impurities and from
all your idols. 26 I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit in you; I will
remove from you your heart of stone and give you a heart of flesh. 27 And I will
put my Spirit in you and move you to follow my decrees and be careful to keep my
laws. 28 You will live in the land I gave your forefathers; you will be my people,
and I will be your God. 29 I will save you from all your uncleanness. I will call
for the grain and make it plentiful and will not bring famine upon you. 30 I will
increase the fruit of the trees and the crops of the field, so that you will no longer
suffer disgrace among the nations because of famine. 31 Then you will remember your
evil ways and wicked deeds, and you will loathe yourselves for your sins and detestable
practices. 32 I want you to know that I am not doing this for your sake, declares
the Sovereign LORD. Be ashamed and disgraced for your conduct, O house of Israel!
The New International Version
Ezekiel 36:33-38
33 "'This is what the Sovereign LORD says: On the day I cleanse you from
all your sins, I will resettle your towns, and the ruins will be rebuilt. 34 The
desolate land will be cultivated instead of lying desolate in the sight of all who
pass through it. 35 They will say, "This land that was laid waste has become
like the garden of Eden; the cities that were lying in ruins, desolate and destroyed,
are now fortified and inhabited." 36 Then the nations around you that remain
will know that I the LORD have rebuilt what was destroyed and have replanted what
was desolate. I the LORD have spoken, and I will do it.'
37 "This is what the Sovereign LORD says: Once again I will yield to the plea
of the house of Israel and do this for them: I will make their people as numerous
as sheep, 38 as numerous as the flocks for offerings at Jerusalem during her appointed
feasts. So will the ruined cities be filled with flocks of people. Then they will
know that I am the LORD."The New International Version