all thy
reproaches, that thou hast spoken against the mountains of Israel,
saying. They are desolate, they are given to us to consume.

35:13. And you rose up against me with your mouth, and have derogated
from me by your words: I have heard them.

35:14. Thus saith the Lord God: When the whole earth shall rejoice, I
will make thee a wilderness.

35:15. As thou hast rejoiced over the inheritance of the house of
Israel, because it was laid waste, so will I do to thee: thou shalt be
laid waste, O mount Seir, and all Idumea: and they shall know that I am
the Lord.

Ezechiel Chapter 36

The restoration of Israel, not for their merits, but by God's special
grace. Christ's baptism.

36:1. And thou son of man, prophesy to the mountains of Israel, and say:
Ye mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord:

36:2. Thus saith the Lord God: Because the enemy hath said to you: Aha,
the everlasting heights are given to us for an inheritance.

36:3. Therefore prophesy, and say: Thus saith the Lord God: Because you
have been desolate, and trodden under foot on every side, and made an
inheritance to the rest of the nations, and are become the subject of
the talk, and the reproach of the people:

36:4. Therefore, ye mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord God:
Thus saith the Lord God to the mountains, and to the hills, to the
brooks, and to the valleys, and to desolate places, and ruinous walls,
and to the cities that are forsaken, that are spoiled, and derided by
the rest of the nations round about.

36:5. Therefore thus saith the Lord God: In the fire of my zeal I have
spoken of the rest of the nations, and of all Edom, who have taken my
land to themselves, for an inheritance with joy, and with all the heart,
and with the mind: and have cast it out to lay it waste.

36:6. Prophesy therefore concerning the land of Israel, and say to the
mountains, and to the hills, to the ridges, and to the valleys: Thus
saith the Lord God: Behold I have spoken in my zeal, and in my
indignation, because you have borne the shame of the Gentiles.

36:7. Therefore thus saith the Lord God: I have lifted up my hand, that
the Gentiles who are round about you, shall themselves bear their shame.

36:8. But as for you, O mountains of Israel, shoot ye forth your
branches, and yield your fruit to my people of Israel: for they are at
hand to come.

36:9. For I, I am for you, and I will turn to you, and you shall be
ploughed and sown.

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