Also, thousonof man, prophesyuntothe mountainsof Israel, and say, Ye mountainsof Israel, hearthe wordof the LORD: Thussaiththe LordGOD; Becausethe enemyhath saidagainstyou, Aha, even the ancienthigh placesareours in possession: Thereforeprophesyand say, Thussaiththe LordGOD; Becausethey have made you desolate, and swallowed you upon every side, that ye might bea possessionunto the residueof the heathen, and ye are taken upinthe lipsof talkers, and are an infamyof the people: Therefore, ye mountainsof Israel, hearthe wordof the LordGOD; Thussaiththe LordGODto the mountains, and to the hills, to the rivers, and to the valleys, to the desolatewastes, and to the citiesthat are forsaken, whichbecamea preyand derisionto the residueof the heathenthat are round about; Thereforethussaiththe LordGOD; Surelyin the fireof my jealousyhave I spokenagainstthe residueof the heathen, and againstallIdumea, whichhave appointedmy landinto their possessionwith the joyof all their heart, with despitefulminds, tocast it outfor a prey. Prophesythereforeconcerningthe landof Israel, and sayunto the mountains, and to the hills, to the rivers, and to the valleys, Thussaiththe LordGOD; Behold, I have spokenin my jealousyand in my fury, becauseye have bornethe shameof the heathen: Thereforethussaiththe LordGOD; Ihave lifted upmine hand, Surelythe heathenthat are aboutyou, theyshall beartheir shame. But ye, O mountainsof Israel, ye shall shoot forthyour branches, and yieldyour fruitto my peopleof Israel; forthey are at handto come. For, behold, I am foryou, and I will turnuntoyou, and ye shall be tilledand sown: And I will multiplymenuponyou, allthe houseof Israel, even allof it: and the citiesshall be inhabited, and the wastesshall be built: And I will multiplyuponyou manand beast; and they shall increaseand bring fruit: and I will settleyou after your old estates, and will do better unto you than at your beginnings: and ye shall knowthatI am the LORD. Yea, I will cause mento walkuponyou, even my peopleIsrael; and they shall possessthee, and thou shalt betheir inheritance, and thou shalt nomorehenceforthbereavethem of men . Thussaiththe LordGOD; Becausethey sayunto you, Thou land devourest upmen, and hast bereavedthy nations; Thereforethou shalt devourmennomore, neitherbereavethy nationsany more, saiththe LordGOD. Neitherwill I cause men to hearinthee the shameof the heathenany more, neithershalt thou bearthe reproachof the peopleany more, neithershalt thou cause thy nationsto fallany more, saiththe LordGOD. Moreover the wordof the LORDcameuntome, saying, Sonof man, when the houseof Israeldweltintheir own land, they defiledit by their own wayand by their doings: their waywasbeforeme as the uncleannessof a removed woman. Wherefore I pouredmy furyuponthem forthe bloodthatthey had sheduponthe land, and for their idols wherewith they had pollutedit: And I scatteredthem among the heathen, and they were dispersedthrough the countries: according to their wayand according to their doingsI judgedthem. And when they entereduntothe heathen, whitherthey went, they profanedmy holyname, when they saidto them, These are the peopleof the LORD, and are gone forthout of his land. But I had pityformine holyname, whichthe houseof Israelhad profanedamong the heathen, whitherthey went. Thereforesayunto the houseof Israel, Thussaiththe LordGOD; Idonot this for your sakes, O houseof Israel, butfor mine holyname's sake, whichye have profanedamong the heathen, whitherye went. And I will sanctifymy greatname, which was profanedamong the heathen, whichye have profanedin the midstof them; and the heathenshall knowthatI am the LORD, saiththe LordGOD, when I shall be sanctifiedin you before their eyes. For I will takeyou from amongthe heathen, and gatheryou out of allcountries, and will bringyou intoyour own land. Then will I sprinklecleanwateruponyou, and ye shall be clean: from allyour filthiness, and from allyour idols, will I cleanseyou. A newheartalso will I giveyou, and a newspiritwill I putwithinyou: and I will take awaythe stonyheartout of your flesh, and I will giveyou a heartof flesh. And I will putmy spiritwithinyou, and causeyou to walkinmy statutes, and ye shall keepmy judgments, and do them . And ye shall dwellin the landthatI gaveto your fathers; and ye shall bemy people, and Iwill beyour God. I will also saveyou from allyour uncleannesses: and I will callforthe corn, and will increaseit, and laynofamineuponyou. And I will multiplythe fruitof the tree, and the increaseof the field, thatye shall receivenomorereproachof famineamong the heathen. Then shall ye rememberyour own evilways, and your doingsthat were notgood, and shall loathe yourselvesin your own sightforyour iniquitiesand foryour abominations. Notfor your sakesdoI this , saiththe LordGOD, be it knownunto you: be ashamedand confoundedfor your own ways, O houseof Israel. Thussaiththe LordGOD; In the daythat I shall have cleansedyou from allyour iniquitiesI will also cause you to dwellin the cities, and the wastesshall be built. And the desolatelandshall be tilled, whereasit laydesolatein the sightof allthat passed by. And they shall say, Thislandthat was desolateis becomelike the gardenof Eden; and the wasteand desolateand ruinedcities are become fenced, and are inhabited. Then the heathenthatare leftround aboutyou shall knowthatIthe LORDbuildthe ruined places, and plantthat that was desolate: Ithe LORDhave spoken it , and I will do it . Thussaiththe LordGOD; I will yet for thisbe inquired ofby the houseof Israel, to do it for them; I will increasethem with menlike a flock. As the holyflock, as the flockof Jerusalemin her solemn feasts; soshall the wastecitiesbefilledwith flocksof men: and they shall knowthatI am the LORD.