The land of Israel is comforted, both by destruction of the heathen, who spitefully used it,

1 ¶ Also, thou² sonº of man,º prophesyºª unto² the mountainsº of Israel,º and say,ºª Ye mountainsº of Israel,º hearºª the wordº of the LORD:º 2 Thus² saithºª the Lordº GOD;º Because² the enemyºª hath saidºª against² you, Aha,º even the ancientº high placesº are² ours in possession:º 3 Therefore² prophesyºª and say,ºª Thus² saithºª the Lordº GOD;º Becauseº they have made [you] desolate,ºª and swallowed you upºª² on every side,º² that ye might be² a possessionº unto the residueº of the heathen,º and ye are taken upºª in² the lipsº of talkers,º and [are] an infamyº of the people:º 4 Therefore,² ye mountainsº of Israel,º hearºª the wordº of the Lordº GOD;º Thus² saithºª the Lordº GODº to the mountains,º and to the hills,º to the rivers,º and to the valleys,º to the desolateºª wastes,º and to the citiesº that are forsaken,ºª which² became² a preyº and derisionº to the residueº of the heathenº that² [are] round about;º² 5 Therefore² thus² saithºª the Lordº GOD;º Surely²² in the fireº of my jealousyº have I spokenºª against² the residueº of the heathen,º and against² all² Idumea,º which² have appointedºª² my landº into their possessionº with the joyº of all² [their] heart,º with despitefulº minds,º to² cast it out¹² for a prey.º 6 Prophesyºª therefore² concerning² the landº of Israel,º and sayºª unto the mountains,º and to the hills,º to the rivers,º and to the valleys,º Thus² saithºª the Lordº GOD;º Behold,² I have spokenºª in my jealousyº and in my fury,º because² ye have borneºª the shameº of the heathen:º 7 Therefore² thus² saithºª the Lordº GOD;º I² have lifted upºª² mine hand,º Surely²² the heathenº that² [are] aboutº² you, they² shall bearºª their shame.º

and by the blessings of God promised unto it.

8 ¶ But ye,² O mountainsº of Israel,º ye shall shoot forthºª your branches,º and yieldºª your fruitº to my peopleº of Israel;º for² they are at handºª to come.ºª 9 For,² behold,² I [am] for² you, and I will turnºª unto² you, and ye shall be tilledºª and sown:ºª 10 And I will multiplyºª menº upon² you, all² the houseº of Israel,º [even] all² of it: and the citiesº shall be inhabited,ºª and the wastesº shall be builded:ºª 11 And I will multiplyºª upon² you manº and beast;º and they shall increaseºª and bring fruit:ºª and I will settleºª you after your old estates,º and will do better¹ª² [unto you] than at your beginnings:º² and ye shall knowºª that² I² [am] the LORD.º 12 Yea, I will cause menº to walk¹ª² upon² you, [even]² my peopleº Israel;º and they shall possessºª thee, and thou shalt be² their inheritance,º and thou shalt no² moreºª henceforth² bereaveºª them [of men]. 13 Thus² saithºª the Lordº GOD;º Because² they sayºª unto you, Thou² [land] devourest upºª men,º and hast bereavedºª² thy nations;º 14 Therefore² thou shalt devourºª menº no² more,² neither² bereaveºª¹ thy nationsº any more,² saithºª the Lordº GOD.º 15 Neither² will I cause [men] to hearºª in² thee the shameº of the heathenº any more,² neither² shalt thou bearºª the reproachº of the peopleº any more,² neither² shalt thou cause thy nationsº to fallºª any more,² saithºª the Lordº GOD.º

Israel was rejected for their sin,

16 ¶ Moreover the wordº of the LORDº came² unto² me, saying,ºª 17 Sonº of man,º when the houseº of Israelº dweltºª in² their own land,º they defiledºª it by their own wayº and by their doings:º their wayº was² beforeº me as the uncleannessº of a removed woman.º 18 Wherefore I pouredºª my furyº upon² them for² the bloodº that² they had shedºª upon² the land,º and for their idolsº [wherewith] they had pollutedºª it: 19 And I scatteredºª them among the heathen,º and they were dispersedºª through the countries:º according to their wayº and according to their doingsº I judgedºª them. 20 And when they enteredºª unto² the heathen,º whither²² they went,ºª they profanedºª² my holyº name,º when they saidºª to them, These² [are] the peopleº of the LORD,º and are gone forthºª out of his land.º²

and shall be restored without their desert.

21 ¶ But I had pityºª for² mine holyº name,º which² the houseº of Israelº had profanedºª among the heathen,º whither²² they went.ºª 22 Therefore² sayºª unto the houseº of Israel,º Thus² saithºª the Lordº GOD;º I² doºª not² [this] for your sakes,² O houseº of Israel,º but²² for mine holyº name'sº sake, which² ye have profanedºª among the heathen,º whither²² ye went.ºª 23 And I will sanctifyºª² my greatº name,º which was profanedºª among the heathen,º which² ye have profanedºª in the midstº of them; and the heathenº shall knowºª that² I² [am] the LORD,º saithºª the Lordº GOD,º when I shall be sanctifiedºª in you before their eyes.º 24 For I will takeºª you from amongº the heathen,º and gatherºª you out of all²² countries,º and will bringºª you into² your own land.º

The blessings of Christ's Kingdom.

25 ¶ Then will I sprinkleºª cleanº waterº upon² you, and ye shall be clean:ºª from all²² your filthiness,º and from all²² your idols,º will I cleanseºª you. 26 A newº heartº also will I giveºª you, and a newº spiritº will I putºª withinº you: and I will take awayºª² the stonyº heartº out of your flesh,º² and I will giveºª you an heartº of flesh.º 27 And I will putºª my spiritº withinº you, and causeºª you to walk¹ª² in² my statutes,º and ye shall keepºª my judgments,º and doºª [them]. 28 And ye shall dwellºª in the landº that² I gaveºª to your fathers;º and ye shall be² my people,º and I² will be² your God.º 29 I will also saveºª you from all²² your uncleannesses:º and I will callºª for² the corn,º and will increaseºª it, and layºª no² famineº upon² you. 30 And I will multiplyºª² the fruitº of the tree,º and the increaseº of the field,º that²² ye shall receiveºª no² more² reproachº of famineº among the heathen.º 31 Then shall ye rememberºª² your own evilº ways,º and your doingsº that² [were] not² good,º and shall lothe¹ª yourselves² in your own sightº for² your iniquitiesº and for² your abominations.º 32 Not² for your sakes² doºª I² [this], saithºª the Lordº GOD,º be it knownºª unto you: be ashamedºª and confoundedºª for your own ways,º² O houseº of Israel.º 33 Thus² saithºª the Lordº GOD;º In the dayº that I shall have cleansedºª you from all²² your iniquitiesº I will also cause [you] to dwellºª² in the cities,º and the wastesº shall be builded.ºª 34 And the desolateºª landº shall be tilled,ºª whereas²² it lay² desolateº in the sightº of all² that passed by.ºª 35 And they shall say,ºª Thisº landº that was desolateºª is become² like the gardenº of Eden;º and the wasteº and desolateºª and ruinedºª citiesº [are become] fenced,ºª [and] are inhabited.ºª 36 Then the heathenº that² are leftºª round aboutº you shall knowºª that² I² the LORDº buildºª the ruinedºª [places, and] plantºª that that was desolate:ºª I² the LORDº have spokenºª [it], and I will doºª [it]. 37 Thus² saithºª the Lordº GOD;º I will yet² [for] this² be enquired¹ª of² by the houseº of Israel,º to doºª [it] for them; I will increaseºª them with menº like a flock.º 38 As the holyº flock,º as the flockº of Jerusalemº in her solemn feasts;º so² shall the wasteº citiesº be² filledº with flocksº of men:º and they shall knowºª that² I² [am] the LORD.º