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comforting them, in the name of the Lord God, for the taunts of the enemy, that think to claim possession of their ancient strongholds. (Ezekiel 36, 2)
Thus shall thy word of prophecy begin: Desolate you lie, the Lord God says, and overrun by the invader; aliens have the lordship of you, and your name is on men’s lips, a byword of common talk. (Ezekiel 36, 3)
Yet here is word for you, mountains of Israel, from the Lord God; word from him for crag and hill, ravine and valley and barren upland, ruined wall and deserted city, empty now and a mockery to their neighbours! (Ezekiel 36, 4)
A promise, then, from the Lord God to every mountain and hill, every upland and valley in the land of Israel! Till now, the Lord God says, you have been put to the blush before your neighbours, but now my love and my indignation can contain itself no more. (Ezekiel 36, 6)
My oath upon it, the Lord God says, these neighbours of yours shall be put to the blush in their turn. (Ezekiel 36, 7)
Till now, the Lord God says, men have called thee a land that starves folk and empties cradle;✻ (Ezekiel 36, 13)
But alas, wherever they went among the heathen, they brought my holy name into ill repute; These are the Lord’s people, folk said, and here they are, exiled from the land he loves! (Ezekiel 36, 20)
Give Israel, then, this message from the Lord God: It is not for your own sakes, men of Israel, that I come forward as your champion; it is for the sake of my holy name, brought into disrepute among the Gentiles who have crossed your path. (Ezekiel 36, 22)
That great renown of mine I mean to vindicate, that is now dragged in the dust among the Gentiles, dragged in the dust because of you. The very Gentiles will recognize my power, the Lord God says, when I proclaim my majesty in their sight by delivering you.✻ (Ezekiel 36, 23)
Be assured of it, the Lord God says, it was for no deserts of yours I delivered you; blush still, men of Israel, for your crimes, hang your heads still! (Ezekiel 36, 32)
And the heathen shall know, such heathen as are your neighbours still, that I, the Lord, rebuild ruin and plant wilderness; what the Lord promises, the Lord fulfils. (Ezekiel 36, 36)
This boon, says the Lord God, Israel shall yet have of me, as a flock thrives their manhood shall thrive. (Ezekiel 36, 37)
