Ezekiel 36

1 and you(m. s.) son: child man to prophesy to(wards) mountain: mount Israel and to say mountain: mount Israel to hear: hear word LORD

You human, prophesy about the mountains in Israel. Say to them, “You mountains in Israel, listen to what Yahweh says.

2 thus to say Lord YHWH/God because to say [the] enemy upon you Aha! and high place forever: antiquity to/for possession to be to/for us

This is what Yahweh the Lord says: Your enemies [happily] said about you, ‘Aha! The mountains in Israel that have existed for a long time have become ours!’”

3 to/for so to prophesy and to say thus to say Lord YHWH/God because in/on/with because be desolate: destroyed and to crush [obj] you from around: side to/for to be you possession to/for remnant [the] nation and to ascend: rise upon lip: words tongue and slander people

Therefore prophesy about those mountains and say, “This is what Yahweh the Lord declares: [Armies of other nations] attacked you [DOU] from every direction, with the result that your land became abandoned, and people of other nations occupied you, and they spoke maliciously about you and slandered you.

4 to/for so mountain: mount Israel to hear: hear word Lord YHWH/God thus to say Lord YHWH/God to/for mountain: mount and to/for hill to/for channel and to/for valley and to/for desolation [the] devastated and to/for city [the] to leave: forsake which to be to/for plunder and to/for derision to/for remnant [the] nation which from around

Therefore, you mountains in Israel, listen to this message from me. I, Yahweh the Lord, have something to say to the hills and mountains, to the ravines and valleys, to the deserted ruins and towns whose valuable possessions have been taken and their people ridiculed by the people of other nations around them. This is what I, Yahweh the Lord, declare: I am very angry [DOU] with the people of Edom and other nations; they have forced you [Israeli people] to endure them insulting you.

5 to/for so thus to say Lord YHWH/God if: surely yes not in/on/with fire jealousy my to speak: speak upon remnant [the] nation and upon Edom all her which to give: give [obj] land: country/planet my to/for them to/for possession in/on/with joy all heart in/on/with scorn soul: myself because pasture her to/for plunder

6 to/for so to prophesy upon land: soil Israel and to say to/for mountain: mount and to/for hill to/for channel and to/for valley thus to say Lord YHWH/God look! I in/on/with jealousy my and in/on/with rage my to speak: speak because shame nation to lift: bear

7 to/for so thus to say Lord YHWH/God I to lift: vow [obj] hand: vow my if: surely yes not [the] nation which to/for you from around they(masc.) shame their to lift: vow

Therefore, this is what I, Yahweh the Lord, say: Lifting up my arm, I solemnly declare that the people of the nations that are around you will also endure being insulted.

8 and you(m. p.) mountain: mount Israel branch your to give: give and fruit your to lift: bear to/for people my Israel for to present: come to/for to come (in): come

But [I say to] you mountains in Israel that huge crops of fruit will grow on your trees for my Israeli people, because they will soon return home [from Babylonia].

9 for look! I to(wards) you and to turn to(wards) you and to serve: labour and to sow

I (am concerned about/will take care of) you, and I will bless you. I will [enable farmers to] plow the ground and plant seed there.

10 and to multiply upon you man all house: household Israel all his and to dwell [the] city and [the] desolation to build

I will cause the number of people who live on you mountains and everywhere else in Israel to greatly increase. People will live in the towns and rebuild [houses where there are now only] ruins.

11 and to multiply upon you man and animal and to multiply and be fruitful and to dwell [obj] you like/as former your and be good from beginning your and to know for I LORD

I will cause the number of people and domestic animals to increase. People will have many children [IDM, DOU]. I will enable people to live there like they did previously, and I will enable them to prosper like they did before. Then you will know that it is I, Yahweh, [who have the power to do what I say that I will do].

12 and to go: walk upon you man [obj] people my Israel and to possess: possess you and to be to/for them to/for inheritance and not to add: again still to/for be bereaved them

I will enable my Israeli people to walk through your mountains. They will own you; you will be their permanent possession. Never again will their children die.

13 thus to say Lord YHWH/God because to say to/for you to eat man (you(f. s.) *Q(K)*) and be bereaved (nation your *Q(K)*) to be

This is also what I, Yahweh the Lord, say to you: People say that [only a small amount of food is produced on your mountains, and as a result the people of Israel] die from hunger.

14 to/for so man not to eat still (and nation your *Q(K)*) not (be bereaved *Q(K)*) still utterance Lord YHWH/God

Therefore, I, Yahweh the Lord, declare that no longer will that happen.

15 and not to hear: hear to(wards) you still shame [the] nation and reproach people not to lift: bear still (and nation your *Q(K)*) not to stumble still utterance Lord YHWH/God

No longer will the people of other nations ridicule you; no longer will they laugh at you; no longer will [the armies of] other nations conquer you. [That will surely happen because] I, Yahweh, have declared that it will happen.”

16 and to be word LORD to(wards) me to/for to say

Yahweh gave me another message. He said,

17 son: child man house: household Israel to dwell upon land: soil their and to defile [obj] her in/on/with way: conduct their and in/on/with wantonness their like/as uncleanness [the] impurity to be way: conduct their to/for face: before my

“You human, when the Israeli people were living in their own land, they (defiled it/caused it to become unacceptable to me) by the things that they did. I considered that their behavior was [disgusting], like [SIM] the rags/cloths that women use during their monthly menstrual periods.

18 and to pour: pour rage my upon them upon [the] blood which to pour: kill upon [the] land: country/planet and in/on/with idol their to defile her

So I severely punished [MTY] them, because they had murdered [MTY] many people and because they had defiled the land by [worshiping] idols there.

19 and to scatter [obj] them in/on/with nation and to scatter in/on/with land: country/planet like/as way: conduct their and like/as wantonness their to judge them

I caused them to be scattered among many nations [DOU]. I punished [MTY] them like they deserved to be punished because of their very evil behavior [DOU].

20 and to come (in): come to(wards) [the] nation which to come (in): come there and to profane/begin: profane [obj] name holiness my in/on/with to say to/for them people LORD these and from land: country/planet his to come out: come

And wherever they went among those nations, they caused my reputation [MTY] to be disgraced. What has happened is that the people in those countries said about the Israeli people, ‘They belong to Yahweh, but they were forced to leave the land that he [gave to them].’

21 and to spare upon name holiness my which to profane/begin: profane him house: household Israel in/on/with nation which to come (in): come there [to]

But I was concerned about my reputation, which the people of Israel had disgraced among the nations to which they were forced to go.

22 to/for so to say to/for house: household Israel thus to say Lord YHWH/God not because you I to make: do house: household Israel that if: except if: except to/for name holiness my which to profane/begin: profane in/on/with nation which to come (in): come there

Therefore, say to the Israeli people, ‘This is what Yahweh the Lord says: You Israeli people, it is not for your sake that I am going to do these things. Instead, it is for the sake of my sacred reputation, which you have disgraced among the nations to which you were forced to go.

23 and to consecrate: holiness [obj] name my [the] great: large [the] to profane/begin: profane in/on/with nation which to profane/begin: profane in/on/with midst their and to know [the] nation for I LORD utterance Lord YHWH/God in/on/with to consecrate: holiness I in/on/with you to/for eye their

I will show that my reputation is sacred, a reputation which you have disgraced among the nations to which you were forced to go. And when I show the nations that I am holy, the people of those nations will know that I, Yahweh, [have the power to do what I say that I will do].

24 and to take: take [obj] you from [the] nation and to gather [obj] you from all [the] land: country/planet and to come (in): bring [obj] you to(wards) land: soil your

What I will do is to bring you back from those nations. I will gather you from all the countries [to which you were forced to go], and bring you back to your own land.

25 and to scatter upon you water pure and be pure from all uncleanness your and from all idol your be pure [obj] you

[It will be as though] [MET] I will sprinkle clean water on you, and then you will be clean. I will cause you to be cleansed from everything that has defiled you, and I will cause you to stop worshiping idols.

26 and to give: give to/for you heart new and spirit new to give: put in/on/with entrails: among your and to turn aside: remove [obj] heart [the] stone from flesh your and to give: give to/for you heart flesh

I will give you a completely new way of thinking [IDM]. I will enable you to stop being stubborn [IDM], and I will enable you to obey me from your inner beings [IDM].

27 and [obj] spirit my to give: put in/on/with entrails: among your and to make: do [obj] which in/on/with statute: decree my to go: walk and justice: judgement my to keep: careful and to make: do

I will put my Spirit within you and enable you to carefully obey all my laws [DOU].

28 and to dwell in/on/with land: country/planet which to give: give to/for father your and to be to/for me to/for people and I to be to/for you to/for God

You will again live in the land that I gave to your ancestors. You will be my people, and I will be your God.

29 and to save [obj] you from all uncleanness your and to call: call to to(wards) [the] grain and to multiply [obj] him and not to give: put upon you famine

I will free you from all your disgraceful behavior. I will cause your grain to be plentiful, and I will not send a famine to you again.

30 and to multiply [obj] fruit [the] tree and fruit [the] land: country because which not to take: recieve still reproach famine in/on/with nation

I will cause your fruit trees to produce plenty of fruit and your ground to produce plenty of good crops, with the result that you will no longer be ridiculed by the people of other nations because of your not having enough food.

31 and to remember [obj] way: conduct your [the] bad: evil and deed your which not pleasant and to loath in/on/with face of your upon iniquity: crime your and upon abomination your

When that happens, you will think about your previous evil behavior and wicked deeds, and you will (be very displeased with/hate) yourselves for your sins and the detestable things that you did.

32 not because you I to make: do utterance Lord YHWH/God to know to/for you be ashamed and be humiliated from way: journey your house: household Israel

But I, Yahweh the Lord, declare that I want you to know that it is not for your sake that I will do those things. You Israeli people ought to be ashamed of your behavior.

33 thus to say Lord YHWH/God in/on/with day be pure I [obj] you from all iniquity: crime your and to dwell [obj] [the] city and to build [the] desolation

This is also what I, Yahweh the Lord, say: At the time that I forgive you for all the sins that you have committed, I will enable you to live in your towns again and to build houses where there are now only ruins.

34 and [the] land: country/planet [the] be desolate: destroyed to serve: labour underneath: instead which to be devastation to/for eye: seeing all to pass

People who walk through your country will see that your land is again cultivated instead of (being desolate/having nothing growing in it).

35 and to say [the] land: country/planet this [the] be desolate: destroyed to be like/as garden Eden and [the] city [the] desolate and [the] be desolate: destroyed and [the] to overthrow to gather/restrain/fortify to dwell

They will say, “This land that was ruined has become [very fertile/productive] like [SIM] the garden of Eden! The cities that were piles of ruins, empty and destroyed, now have walls around them, and people live in those cities.”

36 and to know [the] nation which to remain around you for I LORD to build [the] to overthrow to plant [the] be desolate: destroyed I LORD to speak: speak and to make: do

When that happens, the people in the nations that are around you that still exist will know that it is I, Yahweh, who have enabled you to rebuild what was destroyed, and to again plant crops in the fields that had nothing growing in them. I, Yahweh, have said [that it will happen], and I will cause it to happen.

37 thus to say Lord YHWH/God still this to seek to/for house: household Israel to/for to make: do to/for them to multiply [obj] them like/as flock man

This is also what I, Yahweh the Lord, say: Again I will heed what you Israeli people are pleading for me to do for you. I will cause your people to be as numerous as your sheep,

38 like/as flock holiness like/as flock Jerusalem in/on/with meeting: festival her so to be [the] city [the] desolate full flock man and to know for I LORD

as numerous as the flocks of sheep that will be needed for offerings in Jerusalem during your regular festivals. The cities that are now ruined will be filled with people, and then you will know that I, Yahweh the Lord, [have the power to do what I say that I will do].’”