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Also, thou son[H1121] of man[H120], prophesy[H5012] unto the mountains[H2022] of Israel[H3478], and say[H559], Ye mountains[H2022] of Israel[H3478], hear[H8085] the word[H1697] of the LORD[H3068]:
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Thus saith[H559] the Lord[H136]GOD[H3069]; Because the enemy[H341] hath said[H559] against you, Aha[H1889], even the ancient[H5769] high places[H1116] are ours in possession[H4181]:
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Therefore prophesy[H5012] and say[H559], Thus saith[H559] the Lord[H136]GOD[H3069]; Because they have made you desolate[H8074], and swallowed you up[H7602] on every side[H5439], that ye might be a possession[H4181] unto the residue[H7611] of the heathen[H1471], and ye are taken up[H5927] in the lips[H8193] of talkers[H3956], and are an infamy[H1681] of the people[H5971]:
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Therefore, ye mountains[H2022] of Israel[H3478], hear[H8085] the word[H1697] of the Lord[H136]GOD[H3069]; Thus saith[H559] the Lord[H136]GOD[H3069] to the mountains[H2022], and to the hills[H1389], to the rivers[H650], and to the valleys[H1516], to the desolate[H8074]wastes[H2723], and to the cities[H5892] that are forsaken[H5800], which became a prey[H957] and derision[H3933] to the residue[H7611] of the heathen[H1471] that are round about[H5439];
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Therefore thus saith[H559] the Lord[H136]GOD[H3069]; Surely in the fire[H784] of my jealousy[H7068] have I spoken[H1696] against the residue[H7611] of the heathen[H1471], and against all Idumea[H123], which have appointed[H5414] my land[H776] into their possession[H4181] with the joy[H8057] of all their heart[H3824], with despiteful[H7589]minds[H5315], to cast it out[H4054] for a prey[H957].
6Prophesy[H5012] therefore concerning the land[H127] of Israel[H3478], and say[H559] unto the mountains[H2022], and to the hills[H1389], to the rivers[H650], and to the valleys[H1516], Thus saith[H559] the Lord[H136]GOD[H3069]; Behold, I have spoken[H1696] in my jealousy[H7068] and in my fury[H2534], because ye have borne[H5375] the shame[H3639] of the heathen[H1471]:
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Therefore thus saith[H559] the Lord[H136]GOD[H3069]; I have lifted up[H5375] mine hand[H3027], Surely the heathen[H1471] that are about[H5439] you, they shall bear[H5375] their shame[H3639].
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But ye, O mountains[H2022] of Israel[H3478], ye shall shoot forth[H5414] your branches[H6057], and yield[H5375] your fruit[H6529] to my people[H5971] of Israel[H3478]; for they are at hand[H7126] to come[H935].
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For, behold, I am for you, and I will turn[H6437] unto you, and ye shall be tilled[H5647] and sown[H2232]:
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And I will multiply[H7235]men[H120] upon you, all the house[H1004] of Israel[H3478], even all of it: and the cities[H5892] shall be inhabited[H3427], and the wastes[H2723] shall be builded[H1129]:
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And I will multiply[H7235] upon you man[H120] and beast[H929]; and they shall increase[H7235] and bring fruit[H6509]: and I will settle[H3427] you after your old estates[H6927], and will do better[H2895] unto you than at your beginnings[H7221]: and ye shall know[H3045] that I am the LORD[H3068].
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Yea, I will cause men[H120] to walk[H3212] upon you, even my people[H5971]Israel[H3478]; and they shall possess[H3423] thee, and thou shalt be their inheritance[H5159], and thou shalt no more[H3254] henceforth bereave[H7921] them of men[H120].
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Thus saith[H559] the Lord[H136]GOD[H3069]; Because they say[H559] unto you, Thou land devourest up[H398]men[H120], and hast bereaved[H7921] thy nations[H1471];
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Therefore thou shalt devour[H398]men[H120] no more, neither bereave[H7921] thy nations[H1471] any more, saith[H5002] the Lord[H136]GOD[H3069].
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Neither will I cause men to hear[H8085] in thee the shame[H3639] of the heathen[H1471] any more, neither shalt thou bear[H5375] the reproach[H2781] of the people[H5971] any more, neither shalt thou cause thy nations[H1471] to fall[H3782] any more, saith[H5002] the Lord[H136]GOD[H3069].
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Moreover the word[H1697] of the LORD[H3068] came unto me, saying[H559],
17Son[H1121] of man[H120], when the house[H1004] of Israel[H3478]dwelt[H3427] in their own land[H127], they defiled[H2930] it by their own way[H1870] and by their doings[H5949]: their way[H1870] was before[H6440] me as the uncleanness[H2932] of a removed woman[H5079].
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Wherefore I poured[H8210] my fury[H2534] upon them for the blood[H1818] that they had shed[H8210] upon the land[H776], and for their idols[H1544] wherewith they had polluted[H2930] it:
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And I scattered[H6327] them among the heathen[H1471], and they were dispersed[H2219] through the countries[H776]: according to their way[H1870] and according to their doings[H5949] I judged[H8199] them.
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And when they entered[H935] unto the heathen[H1471], whither they went[H935], they profaned[H2490] my holy[H6944]name[H8034], when they said[H559] to them, These are the people[H5971] of the LORD[H3068], and are gone forth[H3318] out of his land[H776].
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But I had pity[H2550] for mine holy[H6944]name[H8034], which the house[H1004] of Israel[H3478] had profaned[H2490] among the heathen[H1471], whither they went[H935].
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Therefore say[H559] unto the house[H1004] of Israel[H3478], Thus saith[H559] the Lord[H136]GOD[H3069]; I do[H6213] not this for your sakes, O house[H1004] of Israel[H3478], but for mine holy[H6944] name's sake, which ye have profaned[H2490] among the heathen[H1471], whither ye went[H935].
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And I will sanctify[H6942] my great[H1419]name[H8034], which was profaned[H2490] among the heathen[H1471], which ye have profaned[H2490] in the midst[H8432] of them; and the heathen[H1471] shall know[H3045] that I am the LORD[H3068], saith[H5002] the Lord[H136]GOD[H3069], when I shall be sanctified[H6942] in you before their eyes[H5869].
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For I will take[H3947] you from among[H4480] the heathen[H1471], and gather[H6908] you out of all countries[H776], and will bring[H935] you into your own land[H127].
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Then will I sprinkle[H2236]clean[H2889]water[H4325] upon you, and ye shall be clean[H2891]: from all your filthiness[H2932], and from all your idols[H1544], will I cleanse[H2891] you.
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A new[H2319]heart[H3820] also will I give[H5414] you, and a new[H2319]spirit[H7307] will I put[H5414]within[H7130] you: and I will take away[H5493] the stony[H68]heart[H3820] out of your flesh[H1320], and I will give[H5414] you an heart[H3820] of flesh[H1320].
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And I will put[H5414] my spirit[H7307]within[H7130] you, and cause[H6213] you to walk[H3212] in my statutes[H2706], and ye shall keep[H8104] my judgments[H4941], and do[H6213] them.
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And ye shall dwell[H3427] in the land[H776] that I gave[H5414] to your fathers[H1]; and ye shall be my people[H5971], and I will be your God[H430].
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I will also save[H3467] you from all your uncleannesses[H2932]: and I will call[H7121] for the corn[H1715], and will increase[H7235] it, and lay[H5414] no famine[H7458] upon you.
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And I will multiply[H7235] the fruit[H6529] of the tree[H6086], and the increase[H8570] of the field[H7704], that ye shall receive[H3947] no more reproach[H2781] of famine[H7458] among the heathen[H1471].
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Then shall ye remember[H2142] your own evil[H7451]ways[H1870], and your doings[H4611] that were not good[H2896], and shall lothe[H6962] yourselves in your own sight[H6440] for your iniquities[H5771] and for your abominations[H8441].
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Not for your sakes do[H6213] I this, saith[H5002] the Lord[H136]GOD[H3069], be it known[H3045] unto you: be ashamed[H954] and confounded[H3637] for your own ways[H1870], O house[H1004] of Israel[H3478].
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Thus saith[H559] the Lord[H136]GOD[H3069]; In the day[H3117] that I shall have cleansed[H2891] you from all your iniquities[H5771] I will also cause you to dwell[H3427] in the cities[H5892], and the wastes[H2723] shall be builded[H1129].
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And the desolate[H8074]land[H776] shall be tilled[H5647], whereas it lay desolate[H8077] in the sight[H5869] of all that passed by[H5674].
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And they shall say[H559], This[H1977]land[H776] that was desolate[H8074] is become like the garden[H1588] of Eden[H5731]; and the waste[H2720] and desolate[H8074] and ruined[H2040]cities[H5892] are become fenced[H1219], and are inhabited[H3427].
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Then the heathen[H1471] that are left[H7604] round about[H5439] you shall know[H3045] that I the LORD[H3068]build[H1129] the ruined[H2040] places, and plant[H5193] that that was desolate[H8074]: I the LORD[H3068] have spoken[H1696] it, and I will do[H6213] it.
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Thus saith[H559] the Lord[H136]GOD[H3069]; I will yet for this be enquired[H1875] of by the house[H1004] of Israel[H3478], to do[H6213] it for them; I will increase[H7235] them with men[H120] like a flock[H6629].
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As the holy[H6944]flock[H6629], as the flock[H6629] of Jerusalem[H3389] in her solemn feasts[H4150]; so shall the waste[H2720]cities[H5892] be filled[H4392] with flocks[H6629] of men[H120]: and they shall know[H3045] that I am the LORD[H3068].