1 Tu, ó filho do homem, profetiza aos montes de Israel e dize: Montes de Israel, ouvi a palavra do Senhor. 2 Assim diz o Senhor Deus: Visto que diz o inimigo contra vós outros: Bem feito!, e também: Os eternos lugares altos são nossa herança, 3 portanto, profetiza e dize: Assim diz o Senhor Deus: Visto que vos assolaram e procuraram abocar-vos de todos os lados, para que fôsseis possessão do resto das nações e andais em lábios paroleiros e na infâmia do povo, 4 portanto, ouvi, ó montes de Israel, a palavra do Senhor Deus: Assim diz o Senhor Deus aos montes e aos outeiros, às correntes e aos vales, aos lugares desertos e desolados e às cidades desamparadas, que se tornaram rapina e escárnio para o resto das nações circunvizinhas. 5 Portanto, assim diz o Senhor Deus: Certamente, no fogo do meu zelo, falei contra o resto das nações e contra todo o Edom. Eles se apropriaram da minha terra, com alegria de todo o coração e com menosprezo de alma, para despovoá-la e saqueá-la. 6 Portanto, profetiza sobre a terra de Israel e dize aos montes e aos outeiros, às correntes e aos vales: Assim diz o Senhor Deus: Eis que falei no meu zelo e no meu furor, porque levastes sobre vós o opróbrio das nações. 7 Portanto, assim diz o Senhor Deus: Levantando eu a mão, jurei que as nações que estão ao redor de vós levem o seu opróbrio sobre si mesmas.

8 Mas vós, ó montes de Israel, vós produzireis os vossos ramos e dareis o vosso fruto para o meu povo de Israel, o qual está prestes a vir. 9 Porque eis que eu estou convosco; voltar-me-ei para vós outros, e sereis lavrados e semeados. 10 Multiplicarei homens sobre vós, a toda a casa de Israel, sim, toda; as cidades serão habitadas, e os lugares devastados serão edificados. 11 Multiplicarei homens e animais sobre vós; eles se multiplicarão e serão fecundos; fá-los-ei habitar-vos como dantes e vos tratarei melhor do que outrora; e sabereis que eu sou o Senhor. 12 Farei andar sobre vós homens, o meu povo de Israel; eles vos possuirão, e sereis a sua herança e jamais os desfilhareis. 13 Assim diz o Senhor Deus: Visto que te dizem: Tu és terra que devora os homens e és terra que desfilha o seu povo, 14 por isso, tu não devorarás mais os homens, nem desfilharás mais o teu povo, diz o Senhor Deus. 15 Não te permitirei jamais que ouças a ignomínia dos gentios; não mais levarás sobre ti o opróbrio dos povos, nem mais farás tropeçar o teu povo, diz o Senhor Deus.

16 Veio a mim a palavra do Senhor, dizendo: 17 Filho do homem, quando os da casa de Israel habitavam na sua terra, eles a contaminaram com os seus caminhos e as suas ações; como a imundícia de uma mulher em sua menstruação, tal era o seu caminho perante mim. 18 Derramei, pois, o meu furor sobre eles, por causa do sangue que derramaram sobre a terra e por causa dos seus ídolos com que a contaminaram. 19 Espalhei-os entre as nações, e foram derramados pelas terras; segundo os seus caminhos e segundo os seus feitos, eu os julguei. 20 Em chegando às nações para onde foram, profanaram o meu santo nome, pois deles se dizia: São estes o povo do Senhor, porém tiveram de sair da terra dele. 21 Mas tive compaixão do meu santo nome, que a casa de Israel profanou entre as nações para onde foi.

22 Dize, portanto, à casa de Israel: Assim diz o Senhor Deus: Não é por amor de vós que eu faço isto, ó casa de Israel, mas pelo meu santo nome, que profanastes entre as nações para onde fostes. 23 Vindicarei a santidade do meu grande nome, que foi profanado entre as nações, o qual profanastes no meio delas; as nações saberão que eu sou o Senhor, diz o Senhor Deus, quando eu vindicar a minha santidade perante elas. 24 Tomar-vos-ei de entre as nações, e vos congregarei de todos os países, e vos trarei para a vossa terra. 25 Então, aspergirei água pura sobre vós, e ficareis purificados; de todas as vossas imundícias e de todos os vossos ídolos vos purificarei. 26 Dar-vos-ei coração novo e porei dentro de vós espírito novo; tirarei de vós o coração de pedra e vos darei coração de carne. 27 Porei dentro de vós o meu Espírito e farei que andeis nos meus estatutos, guardeis os meus juízos e os observeis. 28 Habitareis na terra que eu dei a vossos pais; vós sereis o meu povo, e eu serei o vosso Deus. 29 Livrar-vos-ei de todas as vossas imundícias; farei vir o trigo, e o multiplicarei, e não trarei fome sobre vós. 30 Multiplicarei o fruto das árvores e a novidade do campo, para que jamais recebais o opróbrio da fome entre as nações. 31 Então, vos lembrareis dos vossos maus caminhos e dos vossos feitos que não foram bons; tereis nojo de vós mesmos por causa das vossas iniquidades e das vossas abominações. 32 Não é por amor de vós, fique bem-entendido, que eu faço isto, diz o Senhor Deus. Envergonhai-vos e confundi-vos por causa dos vossos caminhos, ó casa de Israel.

33 Assim diz o Senhor Deus: No dia em que eu vos purificar de todas as vossas iniquidades, então, farei que sejam habitadas as cidades e sejam edificados os lugares desertos. 34 Lavrar-se-á a terra deserta, em vez de estar desolada aos olhos de todos os que passam. 35 Dir-se-á: Esta terra desolada ficou como o jardim do Éden; as cidades desertas, desoladas e em ruínas estão fortificadas e habitadas. 36 Então, as nações que tiverem restado ao redor de vós saberão que eu, o Senhor, reedifiquei as cidades destruídas e replantei o que estava abandonado. Eu, o Senhor, o disse e o farei.

37 Assim diz o Senhor Deus: Ainda nisto permitirei que seja eu solicitado pela casa de Israel: que lhe multiplique eu os homens como um rebanho. 38 Como um rebanho de santos, o rebanho de Jerusalém nas suas festas fixas, assim as cidades desertas se encherão de rebanhos de homens; e saberão que eu sou o Senhor.

1 And thou, son of man, prophesy unto the mountains of Israel, and say, Ye mountains of Israel, hear the word of Jehovah. 2 Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Because the enemy hath said against you, Aha! and, The ancient high places are ours in possession; 3 therefore prophesy, and say, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Because, even because they have made you desolate, and swallowed you up on every side, that ye might be a possession unto the residue of the nations, and ye are taken up in the lips of talkers, and the evil report of the people; 4 therefore, ye mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord Jehovah: Thus saith the Lord Jehovah to the mountains and to the hills, to the watercourses and to the valleys, to the desolate wastes and to the cities that are forsaken, which are become a prey and derision to the residue of the nations that are round about; 5 therefore thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Surely in the fire of my jealousy have I spoken against the residue of the nations, and against all Edom, that have appointed my land unto themselves for a possession with the joy of all their heart, with despite of soul, to cast it out for a prey. 6 Therefore prophesy concerning the land of Israel, and say unto the mountains and to the hills, to the watercourses and to the valleys, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Behold, I have spoken in my jealousy and in my wrath, because ye have borne the shame of the nations: 7 therefore thus saith the Lord Jehovah: I have sworn, saying, Surely the nations that are round about you, they shall bear their shame.

8 But ye, O mountains of Israel, ye shall shoot forth your branches, and yield your fruit to my people Israel; for they are at hand to come. 9 For, behold, I am for you, and I will turn into you, and ye shall be tilled and sown; 10 and I will multiply men upon you, all the house of Israel, even all of it; and the cities shall be inhabited, and the waste places shall be builded; 11 and I will multiply upon you man and beast; and they shall increase and be fruitful; and I will cause you to be inhabited after your former estate, and will do better unto you than at your beginnings: and ye shall know that I am Jehovah. 12 Yea, I will cause men to walk upon you, even my people Israel; and they shall possess thee, and thou shalt be their inheritance, and thou shalt no more henceforth bereave them of children. 13 Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Because they say unto you, Thou land art a devourer of men, and hast been a bereaver of thy nation; 14 therefore thou shalt devour men no more, neither bereave thy nation any more, saith the Lord Jehovah; 15 neither will I let thee hear any more the shame of the nations, neither shalt thou bear the reproach of the peoples any more, neither shalt thou cause thy nation to stumble any more, saith the Lord Jehovah.

16 Moreover the word of Jehovah came unto me, saying, 17 Son of man, when the house of Israel dwelt in their own land, they defiled it by their way and by their doings: their way before me was as the uncleanness of a woman in her impurity. 18 Wherefore I poured out my wrath upon them for the blood which they had poured out upon the land, and because they had defiled it with their idols; 19 and I scattered them among the nations, and they were dispersed through the countries: according to their way and according to their doings I judged them. 20 And when they came unto the nations, whither they went, they profaned my holy name; in that men said of them, These are the people of Jehovah, and are gone forth out of his land. 21 But I had regard for my holy name, which the house of Israel had profaned among the nations, whither they went.

22 Therefore say unto the house of Israel, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: I do not this for your sake, O house of Israel, but for my holy name, which ye have profaned among the nations, whither ye went. 23 And I will sanctify my great name, which hath been profaned among the nations, which ye have profaned in the midst of them; and the nations shall know that I am Jehovah, saith the Lord Jehovah, when I shall be sanctified in you before their eyes. 24 For I will take you from among the nations, and gather you out of all the countries, and will bring you into your own land. 25 And I will sprinkle clean water upon you, and ye shall be clean: from all your filthiness, and from all your idols, will I cleanse you. 26 A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you; and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you a heart of flesh. 27 And I will put my Spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my statutes, and ye shall keep mine ordinances, and do them. 28 And ye shall dwell in the land that I gave to your fathers; and ye shall be my people, and I will be your God. 29 And I will save you from all your uncleannesses: and I will call for the grain, and will multiply it, and lay no famine upon you. 30 And I will multiply the fruit of the tree, and the increase of the field, that ye may receive no more the reproach of famine among the nations. 31 Then shall ye remember your evil ways, and your doings that were not good; and ye shall loathe yourselves in your own sight for your iniquities and for your abominations.

32 Nor for your sake do I this, saith the Lord Jehovah, be it known unto you: be ashamed and confounded for your ways, O house of Israel. 33 Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: In the day that I cleanse you from all your iniquities, I will cause the cities to be inhabited, and the waste places shall be builded. 34 And the land that was desolate shall be tilled, whereas it was a desolation in the sight of all that passed by. 35 And they shall say, This land that was desolate is become like the garden of Eden; and the waste and desolate and ruined cities are fortified and inhabited. 36 Then the nations that are left round about you shall know that I, Jehovah, have builded the ruined places, and planted that which was desolate: I, Jehovah, have spoken it, and I will do it.

37 Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: For this, moreover, will I be inquired of by the house of Israel, to do it for them: I will increase them with men like a flock. 38 As the flock for sacrifice, as the flock of Jerusalem in her appointed feasts, so shall the waste cities be filled with flocks of men; and they shall know that I am Jehovah.

1 "Son of man, prophesy to the mountains of Israel and say, 'Mountains of Israel, hear the word of the LORD.

2 This is what the Sovereign LORD says: The enemy said of you, "Aha! The ancient heights have become our possession."'

3 Therefore prophesy and say, 'This is what the Sovereign LORD says: Because they ravaged and crushed you from every side so that you became the possession of the rest of the nations and the object of people's malicious talk and slander,

4 therefore, mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Sovereign LORD: This is what the Sovereign LORD says to the mountains and hills, to the ravines and valleys, to the desolate ruins and the deserted towns that have been plundered and ridiculed by the rest of the nations around you —

5 this is what the Sovereign LORD says: In my burning zeal I have spoken against the rest of the nations, and against all Edom, for with glee and with malice in their hearts they made my land their own possession so that they might plunder its pastureland.'

6 Therefore prophesy concerning the land of Israel and say to the mountains and hills, to the ravines and valleys: 'This is what the Sovereign LORD says: I speak in my jealous wrath because you have suffered the scorn of the nations.

7 Therefore this is what the Sovereign LORD says: I swear with uplifted hand that the nations around you will also suffer scorn.

8 "'But you, mountains of Israel, will produce branches and fruit for my people Israel, for they will soon come home.

9 I am concerned for you and will look on you with favor; you will be plowed and sown,

10 and I will cause many people to live on you —yes, all of Israel. The towns will be inhabited and the ruins rebuilt.

11 I will increase the number of people and animals living on you, and they will be fruitful and become numerous. I will settle people on you as in the past and will make you prosper more than before. Then you will know that I am the LORD.

12 I will cause people, my people Israel, to live on you. They will possess you, and you will be their inheritance; you will never again deprive them of their children.

13 "'This is what the Sovereign LORD says: Because some say to you, "You devour people and deprive your nation of its children,"

14 therefore you will no longer devour people or make your nation childless, declares the Sovereign LORD.

15 No longer will I make you hear the taunts of the nations, and no longer will you suffer the scorn of the peoples or cause your nation to fall, declares the Sovereign LORD.'"

16 Again the word of the LORD came to me:

17 "Son of man, when the people of Israel were living in their own land, they defiled it by their conduct and their actions. Their conduct was like a woman's monthly uncleanness in my sight.

18 So I poured out my wrath on them because they had shed blood in the land and because they had defiled it with their idols.

19 I dispersed them among the nations, and they were scattered through the countries; I judged them according to their conduct and their actions.

20 And wherever they went among the nations they profaned my holy name, for it was said of them, 'These are the LORD's people, and yet they had to leave his land.'

21 I had concern for my holy name, which the people of Israel profaned among the nations where they had gone.

22 "Therefore say to the Israelites, 'This is what the Sovereign LORD says: It is not for your sake, people of Israel, that I am going to do these things, but for the sake of my holy name, which you have profaned among the nations where you have gone.

23 I will show the holiness of my great name, which has been profaned among the nations, the name you have profaned among them. Then the nations will know that I am the LORD, declares the Sovereign LORD, when I am proved holy through you before their eyes.

24 "'For I will take you out of the nations; I will gather you from all the countries and bring you back into your own land.

25 I will sprinkle clean water on you, and you will be clean; I will cleanse you from all your impurities and from all your idols.

26 I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit in you; I will remove from you your heart of stone and give you a heart of flesh.

27 And I will put my Spirit in you and move you to follow my decrees and be careful to keep my laws.

28 Then you will live in the land I gave your ancestors; you will be my people, and I will be your God.

29 I will save you from all your uncleanness. I will call for the grain and make it plentiful and will not bring famine upon you.

30 I will increase the fruit of the trees and the crops of the field, so that you will no longer suffer disgrace among the nations because of famine.

31 Then you will remember your evil ways and wicked deeds, and you will loathe yourselves for your sins and detestable practices.

32 I want you to know that I am not doing this for your sake, declares the Sovereign LORD. Be ashamed and disgraced for your conduct, people of Israel!

33 "'This is what the Sovereign LORD says: On the day I cleanse you from all your sins, I will resettle your towns, and the ruins will be rebuilt.

34 The desolate land will be cultivated instead of lying desolate in the sight of all who pass through it.

35 They will say, "This land that was laid waste has become like the garden of Eden; the cities that were lying in ruins, desolate and destroyed, are now fortified and inhabited."

36 Then the nations around you that remain will know that I the LORD have rebuilt what was destroyed and have replanted what was desolate. I the LORD have spoken, and I will do it.'

37 "This is what the Sovereign LORD says: Once again I will yield to Israel's plea and do this for them: I will make their people as numerous as sheep,

38 as numerous as the flocks for offerings at Jerusalem during her appointed festivals. So will the ruined cities be filled with flocks of people. Then they will know that I am the LORD."