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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width; initial-scale=1.0; maximum-scale=1.0; user-scalable=0;"/><title>Ezekiel 36 ISV</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/ezekiel/36.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="../topmenuchap/ezekiel/36-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="http://biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">ISV</a> > Ezekiel 36</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../ezekiel/35.htm" title="Ezekiel 35">◄</a> Ezekiel 36 <a href="../ezekiel/37.htm" title="Ezekiel 37">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">International Standard Version</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/isv/esv/ezekiel/36.shtml" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Chapters"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><p class="heading">Prophecy to Israel’s Mountains</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/36-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>“Now as for you, Son of Man, prophesy to Israel’s mountains and tell them, ‘Listen to this message from the LORD, you mountains of Israel: <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/36-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>“This is what the Lord GOD says: ‘The enemy has been saying about you, “Good! The ancient heights are back in our possession!”’”’</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/36-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>“Therefore this is what you are to prophesy: ‘Here’s what the Lord GOD says, “You’ve been turned into a desolate wasteland and crushed by everyone who surrounds you for a very, very good reason. You’ve become the property of all the other nations and you’ve become the object of gossip and whispering campaigns of the nations.”’”</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/36-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>“Therefore listen to what the Lord GOD has to say, you mountains of Israel: ‘This is what the Lord GOD says to the mountains, to the hills, to the waterways, to the valleys, to the desolate wastelands, and to the abandoned cities that have become an object of derision to the mountains that surround you: <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/36-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>“‘Because this is what the Lord GOD says: “Motivated by my burning zealousness, I have spoken against the rest of the surrounding nations, including Edom, who confiscated my land, taking possession of it with joyful enthusiasm and with animal-like malice, in order to plunder Israel’s<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="36:5 Lit. her">a</a></span> pastures.’ <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/36-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>“Therefore prophesy concerning the land of Israel and speak to its mountains, hills, ravines, and valleys. Tell them, ‘This is what the Lord GOD says: “Pay attention! In my zealous anger I’m speaking because you’ve had to endure the mockery of the world’s nations.”’”</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/36-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>“Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: “I hereby raise my hand to swear this oath: the nations that surround you will have their own mockery to endure! <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/36-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>But you mountains of Israel are going to sprout branches and bear fruit for my people Israel, because they’ll be coming soon.’”</p> <p class="heading">The Future of Israel’s Mountains</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/36-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>“Watch me! I’m on your side! I’ll be turning in your direction, and you mountains<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="36:9 The Heb. lacks mountains">b</a></span> will be plowed and planted. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/36-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>I’m going to make the entire house of Israel grow—every single member<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="36:10 Lit. every human being">c</a></span> —and their cities will be inhabited with all the ruins rebuilt. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/36-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>I’ll make both the population and the livestock increase throughout your territories. They’ll increase and be fruitful. I’ll make your territories to be settled like you were in the past, and you will be treated better than you ever were before. At that time you will know that I am the LORD.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/36-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>“I’ll lead my people, my nation of Israel, across you mountains,<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="36:12 The Heb. lacks mountains">d</a></span> and they will take possession of you again, and you’ll be their inheritance once more. Never again will you leave them robbed of children.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/36-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>“This is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Because some have been saying to you, “You mountains<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="36:13 The Heb. lacks mountains">e</a></span> have been devouring human beings and leaving people childless,” <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/36-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>therefore you will no longer devour human beings or leave their nation childless,’ declares the Lord GOD. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/36-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>‘I won’t let you hear other people mock you, and no nation will ever make you childless again,’ declares the Lord GOD.”</p> <p class="heading">Israel’s Past Punishments</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/36-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>This message came to me from the LORD: <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/36-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>“Son of Man, when the house of Israel was living on their own land, they defiled it with their lifestyles<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="36:17 Lit. ways">f</a></span> and behavior; they were as disqualified to be with me as a menstruating woman is to you.<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="36:17 The Heb. lacks is to you">g</a></span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/36-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>So I poured out my anger on them because of all the bloodshed throughout the land and because they had defiled it with their idolatry. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/36-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>Then I scattered them among the nations, dispersing them to other lands, just as their lifestyles and behavior deserved. That’s how I judged them. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/36-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>Nevertheless, when they arrived in those nations, they continued to profane my holy name. It was said about them, ‘These are the LORD’s people, even though they’ve left his land.’ <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/36-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>I’ve been concerned about my holy reputation,<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="36:21 Lit. name; and so throughout the chapter">h</a></span> which the house of Israel has been defiling throughout all of the nations where they’ve gone.”</p> <p class="heading">The Coming Renewal of Israel</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/36-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>“Therefore tell the house of Israel, ‘This is what the Lord GOD says: “I’m not about to act for your sake, you house of Israel, but for the sake of my holy reputation, which you have been defiling throughout all of the nations where you’ve gone. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/36-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>I’m going to affirm<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="36:23 Or consecrate">i</a></span> my great reputation that has been defiled among the nations (that is, that you have defiled in their midst), and those people will learn that I am the LORD,” declares the Lord GOD, “when I affirm my holiness in front of their very eyes. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/36-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>I’m going to remove you from the nations, gather you from all of the territories, and bring you all back to your own land. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/36-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>I’ll sprinkle pure water on you all, and you’ll be cleansed from your impurity and from all of your idols.”</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/36-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>“‘“I’m going to give you a new heart, and I’m going to give you a new spirit within all of your deepest parts. I’ll remove that rock-hard heart of yours<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="36:26 Lit. heart from your flesh">j</a></span> and replace it with one that’s sensitive to me.<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="36:26 Lit. with a heart of flesh">k</a></span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/36-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>I’ll place my spirit within you, empowering you to live according to<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="36:27 Lit. to walk in">l</a></span> my regulations and to keep my just decrees. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/36-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>You’ll live in the land that I gave to your ancestors, you’ll be my people, and I will be your God. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/36-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span>In addition, I’ll deliver you from everything that makes you unclean. I’ll call out to the grain you plant, ordering it to produce abundant yields, and I will never bring famine in your direction. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/36-30.htm"><b>30</b></a></span>I’ll increase the yields of your fruit trees and crops so that you’ll never again experience the disgrace of famine that occurs in other nations. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/36-31.htm"><b>31</b></a></span>Then you’ll remember your lifestyles and practices that were not good. You’ll hate yourselves as you look at your own iniquities and loathsome practices. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/36-32.htm"><b>32</b></a></span>I won’t be doing any of this for your sake,” declares the Lord GOD, “so keep that in mind. Be ashamed and frustrated because of your behavior, you house of Israel!”’”</p> <p class="heading">The Restoration of Israel’s Cities</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/36-33.htm"><b>33</b></a></span>“This is what the Lord GOD says: ‘At the same time<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="36:33 Lit. On the day">m</a></span> that I cleanse you from all of your guilt, I’ll make your cities become inhabited again and the desolate wastelands will be rebuilt. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/36-34.htm"><b>34</b></a></span>The desolate fields will be cultivated, replacing the former wasteland that everyone who passed by in times past<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="36:34 The Heb. lacks in times past">n</a></span> had noticed. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/36-35.htm"><b>35</b></a></span>They will say, “This wasteland has become like the garden of Eden, and what used to be desolate ruins are now fortified and inhabited.” <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/36-36.htm"><b>36</b></a></span>Then the surviving people that live around you will learn that I, the LORD, have rebuilt these ruins and have cultivated these pastures that used to be desolate wastelands. I, the LORD, have spoken this, and I’m going to bring it about!’</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/36-37.htm"><b>37</b></a></span>“This is what the Lord GOD has to say: ‘I’m going to allow the house of Israel to ask anything they want from me, including this: I’m going to increase their population as a shepherd increases his flock. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/36-38.htm"><b>38</b></a></span>The desolate cities will be filled with flocks of human beings, just like Jerusalem used to be filled with flocks of sheep during the times of the appointed festivals. Then they will know that I am the LORD.’”</p><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><span class="mainfootnotes"><A name="ftn"></a><span class="mainfootnoteshdg">Footnotes:</span><br><span class="fn1"><span class="fnb">a</span> 36:5 Lit. <i>her</i><br /><span class="fnb">b</span> 36:9 The Heb. lacks <i>mountains</i><br /><span class="fnb">c</span> 36:10 Lit. <i>every human being</i><br /><span class="fnb">d</span> 36:12 The Heb. lacks <i>mountains</i><br /><span class="fnb">e</span> 36:13 The Heb. lacks <i>mountains</i><br /><span class="fnb">f</span> 36:17 Lit. <i>ways</i><br /><span class="fnb">g</span> 36:17 The Heb. lacks <i>is to you</i><br /><span class="fnb">h</span> 36:21 Lit. <i>name</i>; and so throughout the chapter<br /><span class="fnb">i</span> 36:23 Or <i>consecrate</i><br /><span class="fnb">j</span> 36:26 Lit. <i>heart from your flesh</i><br /><span class="fnb">k</span> 36:26 Lit. <i>with a heart of flesh</i><br /><span class="fnb">l</span> 36:27 Lit. <i>to walk in</i><br /><span class="fnb">m</span> 36:33 Lit. <i>On the day</i><br /><span class="fnb">n</span> 36:34 The Heb. lacks <i>in times past</i><br /></span><br><br><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><div align="center"><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">The Holy Bible: International Standard Version® Release 2.1<br />Copyright © 1996-2012 The ISV Foundation<br />ALL RIGHTS RESERVED INTERNATIONALLY.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/">Bible Hub</a></div></div></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="../ezekiel/35.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Ezekiel 35"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Ezekiel 35" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="../ezekiel/37.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Ezekiel 37"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Ezekiel 37" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="rightbox"><div class="padright"><div id="pic"><iframe width="100%" height="860" scrolling="no" src="//biblescan.com/mpc/ezekiel/36-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></div></div><div id="rightbox4"><div class="padright2"><div id="spons1"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr><td class="sp1"><iframe width="122" height="860" scrolling="no" src="../sidemenu.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="bot"><div align="center" style="background-color:#F2FAFF"><br /><br /><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><script async src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js"></script>  <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:block" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="6710025936" data-ad-format="auto"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script></td></tr></table><br /><br /><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><script async src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js"></script>  <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:block" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="6710025936" data-ad-format="auto"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script></td></tr></table></div><br /><br /> </div><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="//biblehu.com/botmenubhnm2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe><div align="center"><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span></div></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>