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 En jy, mensekind, profeteer tot die berge van Israel en sê: Berge van Israel, hoor die woord van die HERE!

2 So sê die Here HERE: Omdat die vyand ha, ha! oor julle roep; en: Die ewige hoogtes het vir ons 'n besitting geword! --

3 daarom profeteer en sê: So spreek die Here HERE: Omdat, ja, omdat hulle julle van alle kante verwoes en vertrap het, sodat julle vir die oorblyfsel van die nasies 'n besitting kan wees, en julle in opspraak gekom het en deur die mense beskinder is --

4 daarom, o berge van Israel, hoor die woord van die Here HERE. So spreek die Here HERE tot die berge en die heuwels, tot die klowe en die dale, tot die verwoeste puinhope en die verlate stede wat 'n buit en 'n spot geword het vir die oorblyfsel van die nasies wat rondom is --

5 daarom, so sê die Here HERE: Waarlik, in die vuur van my ywer spreek Ek teen die oorblyfsel van die nasies en teen die hele Edom wat my land vir hulleself as besitting bestem het -- in volle vreugde van die hart, met diepste veragting -- sodat die weiveld daarvan 'n buit sou wees.

6 Daarom, profeteer oor die land van Israel, en spreek tot die berge en die heuwels, tot die klowe en die dale: So spreek die Here HERE: Kyk, Ek spreek in my ywer en in my grimmigheid, omdat julle die smaad van die nasies gedra het.

7 Daarom, so sê die Here HERE, hef Ek my hand op: Waarlik, die nasies wat rondom julle is -- hulle sal hul smaad dra.

8 Maar julle, o berge van Israel, sal jul takke gee en jul vrugte dra vir my volk Israel; want hulle koms is naby.

9 Want kyk, Ek kom na julle en wend My na julle toe, en julle sal bewerk en besaai word.

10 En Ek sal mense op julle vermenigvuldig, die hele huis van Israel, almal saam; en die stede sal bewoon en die puinhope opgebou word.

11 Ja, Ek sal mense en diere op julle vermenigvuldig, en hulle sal vermenigvuldig en vrugbaar wees; en Ek sal julle laat bewoon soos in jul voortyd en aan julle weldoen meer as in julle vroeër dae, en julle sal weet dat Ek die HERE is.

12 En Ek sal mense op julle laat loop, my volk Israel; en hulle sal jou in besit neem, en jy sal vir hulle 'n erfenis wees en hulle verder nie meer kinderloos maak nie.

13 So spreek die Here HERE: Omdat hulle vir julle sê: 'n Menseter is jy en een wat sy eie nasie kinderloos maak --

14 daarom sal jy nie meer mense opeet en jou nasie nie meer laat struikel nie, spreek die Here HERE.

15 En Ek sal nie meer teen jou laat hoor die skimp van die nasies nie, en die smaad van die volke sal jy nie meer dra nie; en jy sal jou nasie nie meer laat struikel nie, spreek die Here HERE.

16 Verder het die woord van die HERE tot my gekom en gesê:

17 Mensekind, toe die huis van Israel in hulle land gewoon het, het hulle dit verontreinig met hul wandel en met hul handelinge; hulle wandel was voor my aangesig soos die besoedeling van die maandelikse onreinheid.

18 Daarom het Ek my grimmigheid oor hulle uitgegiet, vanweë die bloed wat hulle in die land vergiet het, terwyl hulle dit met hul drekgode verontreinig het.

19 En Ek het hulle verstrooi onder die nasies en hulle is versprei in die lande; Ek het hulle geoordeel volgens hul wandel en hul handelinge.

20 En toe hulle by die nasies kom waarheen hulle getrek het, het hulle my heilige Naam ontheilig deurdat van hulle gesê is: Hierdie mense is die volk van die HERE, en hulle moes uit sy land uittrek.

21 Toe het dit My ter harte gegaan om my heilige Naam ontwil wat die huis van Israel ontheilig het onder die nasies waar hulle gekom het.

22 Daarom, sê vir die huis van Israel: So spreek die Here HERE: Ek doen dit nie om julle ontwil nie, o huis van Israel, maar ter wille van my heilige Naam wat julle ontheilig het onder die nasies waar julle gekom het.

23 En Ek sal my grote Naam heilig wat onder die nasies ontheilig is, wat julle onder hulle ontheilig het; en die nasies sal weet dat Ek die HERE is, spreek die Here HERE, as Ek My in julle voor hul oë as die Heilige laat ken.

24 En Ek sal julle uit die nasies gaan haal en julle uit al die lande bymekaar laat kom, en Ek sal julle in jul land bring.

25 Dan sal Ek skoon water op julle giet, sodat julle rein kan word; van al jul onreinhede en van al jul drekgode sal Ek julle reinig.

26 En Ek sal julle 'n nuwe hart gee en 'n nuwe gees in jul binneste gee; en Ek sal die hart van klip uit julle vlees wegneem en julle 'n hart van vlees gee.

27 En Ek sal my Gees in jul binneste gee en sal maak dat julle in my insettinge wandel en my verordeninge onderhou en doen.

28 En julle sal woon in die land wat Ek aan jul vaders gegee het; en julle sal vir My 'n volk en Ek sal vir julle 'n God wees.

29 En Ek sal julle verlos van al jul onreinhede; en Ek sal roep na die koring en dit vermenigvuldig, en Ek sal geen hongersnood op julle lê nie.

30 En Ek sal die vrugte van die bome en die opbrings van die veld vermenigvuldig, sodat julle die smaad van hongersnood nie meer hoef te verdra onder die nasies nie.

31 Dan sal julle dink aan jul verkeerde weë en aan jul handelinge wat nie goed was nie; en julle sal vir julleself walglik wees oor jul ongeregtighede en oor jul gruwels.

32 Ek doen dit nie om julle ontwil nie, spreek die Here HERE; laat dit julle bekend wees! Skaam julle en bloos oor jul weë, o huis van Israel.

33 So sê die Here HERE: In die dag as Ek julle reinig van al jul ongeregtighede, sal Ek die stede laat bewoon, en die puinhope sal opgebou word.

34 En die verwoeste land sal bewerk word, in plaas dat dit 'n wildernis is voor die oë van almal wat verbygaan.

35 En hulle sal sê: Hierdie land wat verwoes was, het geword soos die tuin van Eden; en die stede wat in puin gelê het en verwoes en afgebreek was, is versterk en bewoon.

36 Dan sal die nasies weet wat rondom julle oorgebly het, dat Ek, die HERE, opgebou het wat afgebreek was, beplant het wat verwoes was; Ek, die HERE, het dit gespreek en sal dit doen.

37 So sê die Here HERE: Ook dit sal Ek My laat vra deur die huis van Israel om dit vir hulle te doen: Ek sal hulle mense vermenigvuldig soos skape.

38 Soos die geheiligde skape, soos die skape van Jerusalem op sy feestye, so sal die stede wat in puin lê, vol wees van kuddes van mense; en hulle sal weet dat Ek die HERE is.