1-7 The land of Israel is comforted, both by destruction of the heathen, who spitefully used it 8-15 and by the blessings of God promised unto it 16-20 Israel was rejected for their sin 21-24 and shall be restored without their desert 25-38 The blessings of Christ's kingdom

the mountains Eze 6:2,3 33:28 34:14 37:22

hear Eze 36:4,8 20:47 37:4 Jer 22:29

2 Thus saith the Lord GOD; Because the enemy hath said against you, Aha, even the ancient high places are ours in possession:

Because Eze 36:5 25:3 26:2

even De 32:13 Ps 78:69 Isa 58:14 Hab 3:19

our's Eze 35:10 Jer 49:1

3 Therefore prophesy and say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Because they have made you desolate, and swallowed you up on every side, that ye might be a possession unto the residue of the heathen, and ye are taken up in the lips of talkers, and are an infamy of the people:

Because [heb] Because for because Eze 13:10 Le 26:43

they have made Jer 39:1-18 41:1-18 52:1-34 La 1:1-5:22

swallowed Ps 35:25 61:1 Pr 1:12 Jer 51:34 La 2:2,5,16

and ye De 28:37 1Ki 9:7,8 Ps 44:13,14 79:10 Jer 18:16 24:9 33:24 La 2:15 Da 9:16

taken up in the lips of talkers. or, made to come upon the lip of tongue

and are Job 30:1-10 Ps 35:15,16 69:12 Mt 27:39-44 1Co 4:13

4 Therefore, ye mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord GOD; Thus saith the Lord GOD to the mountains, and to the hills, to the rivers, and to the valleys, to the desolate wastes, and to the cities that are forsaken, which became a prey and derision to the residue of the heathen that are round about;

mountains Eze 36:1,6 De 11:11

rivers. or, bottoms, or dales
desolate Eze 36:33-35 6:14 2Ch 36:17-21 Isa 6:11 24:1-12

a prey Eze 34:28 Ps 79:4 Isa 64:10,11 Jer 25:9-13 29:10

5 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Surely in the fire of my jealousy have I spoken against the residue of the heathen, and against all Idumea, which have appointed my land into their possession with the joy of all their heart, with despiteful minds, to cast it out for a prey.

Surely Eze 38:19 De 4:24 Isa 66:15,16 Zep 3:8 Zec 1:15

against the Eze 36:3 Jer 25:9,15-29 Zep 2:8-10

against all Eze 25:8-14 35:1-15 Ps 137:7 Isa 34:1-17 63:1-6 Jer 49:7-22 La 4:21 Am 1:11,12 Ob 1:1 Mal 1:2-4

appointed Eze 35:10-12 Pr 17:5 24:17,18 Mic 7:8

with despiteful Eze 25:12,15 Am 1:11

6 Prophesy therefore concerning the land of Israel, and say unto the mountains, and to the hills, to the rivers, and to the valleys, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I have spoken in my jealousy and in my fury, because ye have borne the shame of the heathen:

Eze 36:4,5,15 34:29 Ps 74:10,18,23 123:3,4

7 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; I have lifted up mine hand, Surely the heathen that are about you, they shall bear their shame.

I have lifted Eze 20:5,15 De 32:40 Re 10:5,6

the heathen Eze 25:1-35:15 Jer 25:9,15-29 47:1-51:64 Am 1:1-15 Zep 2:1-15

8 But ye, O mountains of Israel, ye shall shoot forth your branches, and yield your fruit to my people of Israel; for they are at hand to come.

ye shall Eze 34:26-29 Ps 67:6 85:12 Isa 4:2 27:6 30:23 Ho 2:21-23 Am 9:13-15

for. The Edomites, and other enemies of the Jews, who thought they would soon be in possession of the whole land of Judea, might be assured that the predicted seventy years of the captivity were wearing away, and the time would soon arrive when the Jews would reposes and cultivate their own land, and eat its fruits.

at hand Eze 12:25 Php 4:5 Heb 10:37 Jas 5:8,9

9 For, behold, I am for you, and I will turn unto you, and ye shall be tilled and sown:

Ps 46:11 99:8 Ho 2:21-23 Joe 3:18 Hag 2:19 Zec 8:12 Mal 3:10,11 Ro 8:31

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 wastes shall be builded:

I will Eze 36:37 Isa 27:6 Jer 30:19 31:27,28 33:12 Zec 8:3-6

the wastes Eze 36:33 Isa 51:3 52:9 58:12 61:4 Jer 31:10-14 Am 9:14

11 And I will multiply upon you man and beast; and they shall increase and bring fruit: and I will settle you after your old estates, and will do better unto you than at your beginnings: and ye shall know that I am the LORD.

I will multiply Jer 31:27 33:12

and I will settle. The circumstances of the jews were never so prosperous after the captivity as they had been before; hence this prophecy must refer to the times of the Gospel and the future conversion and restoration of the Jews. Jer 30:18 31:38-40 Ob 1:19-21 Mic 7:14

will do Eze 36:35 Isa 30:26 54:7-10 Jer 23:5-8 Joe 3:18-21 Am 9:15 Hag 2:6-9 Zec 8:11-15 Heb 8:8-13 11:40

and ye Eze 35:9 37:6,13 Isa 52:4-6 Ho 2:20 1Jo 5:20

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 men.

I will cause. The prophet is still personifying the mountains, valleys, and wastes of Judea.

they shall Jer 32:15,44 Ob 1:17-21

no more Eze 36:13 Nu 13:32 Jer 15:7

13 Thus saith the Lord GOD; Because they say unto you, Thou land devourest up men, and hast bereaved thy nations:

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14 Therefore thou shalt devour men no more, neither bereave thy nations any more, saith the Lord GOD.

no more Eze 37:25-28 Isa 60:21 Am 9:15

bereave. or, cause to fail

15 Neither will I cause men to hear in thee the shame of the heathen any more, neither shalt thou bear the reproach of the people any more, neither shalt thou cause thy nations to fall any more, saith the Lord GOD.

men Eze 36:6 34:29 Isa 54:4 60:14 Mic 7:8-10 Zep 3:19,20

thou bear Ps 89:50 Zep 2:8

16 Moreover the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,

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17 Son of man, when the house of Israel dwelt in their own land, they defiled it by their own way and by their doings: their way was before me as the uncleanness of a removed woman.

they defiled Le 18:24-28 Nu 35:33,34 Ps 106:37,38 Isa 24:5 Jer 2:7 3:1,2,9 16:18 Mic 2:10

as the Le 15:19 Isa 64:6

18 Wherefore I poured my fury upon them for the blood that they had shed upon the land, and for their idols wherewith they had polluted it:

I poured Eze 7:8 14:19 21:31 2Ch 34:21,26 Isa 42:25 Jer 7:20 44:6 La 2:4 4:11 Na 1:6 Re 14:10 16:1

for the Eze 16:36-38 23:37

19 And I scattered them among the heathen, and they were dispersed through the countries: according to their way and according to their doings I judged them.

I scattered Eze 5:12 22:15 Le 26:38 De 28:64 Am 9:9

according to their way Eze 7:3,8 18:30 22:31 39:24 Ro 2:6 Re 20:12-15

20 And when they entered unto the heathen, whither they went, they profaned my holy name, when they said to them, These are the people of the LORD, and are gone forth out of his land.

they profaned, The Jews, when thus scattered, appeared to them an abject and wretched company of people. They were recognized as the worshippers of Jehovah wherever they went; but they were looked upon as a viler and more worthless race than any of the idolaters among whom they were driven. Many would ascribe their wickedness to the tendency of their religion, which they abhorred, and not to their having acted inconsistently with it; and regard their miseries, not as the punishment of their sins, but as proofs of God's inability to protect them. This profanation of his holy name, Jehovah was determined to wipe away, by shewing mercy unto them. Isa 52:5 Ro 2:24

These Ex 32:11-13 Nu 14:15,16 Jos 7:9 2Ki 18:30,35 19:10-12 Jer 33:24 Da 3:15

21 But I had pity for mine holy name, which the house of Israel had profaned among the heathen, whither they went.

Eze 20:9,14,22 De 32:26,27 Ps 74:18 Isa 37:35 48:9

22 Therefore say unto the house of Israel, thus saith the Lord GOD; I do not this for your sakes, O house of Israel, but for mine holy name's sake, which ye have profaned among the heathen, whither ye went.

Eze 36:32 De 7:7,8 9:5-7 Ps 106:8 115:1,2

23 And I will sanctify my great name, which was profaned among the heathen, which ye have profaned in the midst of them; and the heathen shall know that I am the LORD, saith the Lord GOD, when I shall be sanctified in you before their eyes.

sanctify Eze 20:41 38:22,23 Nu 20:12,13 Ps 46:10 Isa 5:16 1Pe 3:15

and the heathen Eze 39:28 Ex 15:4-16 Ps 102:13-16 126:1-3 Da 2:47 3:28,29 4:2,3 4:34-37 6:26,27

when I shall Eze 28:22 1Pe 2:9

their. or, your

24 For I will take you from among the heathen, and gather you out of all countries, and will bring you into your own land.

Eze 11:17 34:13 37:21,25 39:27,28 De 30:3-5 Ps 107:2,3 Isa 11:11-16 27:12,13 43:5,6 Jer 23:3-8 30:3,18 31:8 32:37 50:17-20 Ho 1:11 Am 9:14,15 Ro 11:25,26

25 Then will I sprinkle clean water upon you, and ye shall be clean: from all your filthiness, and from all your idols, will I cleanse you.

will I Le 14:5-7 Nu 8:7 19:13-20 Ps 51:7 Isa 52:15 Joh 3:5 Tit 3:5,6 Heb 9:13,14,19 10:22 1Jo 5:6

filthiness Eze 36:17,29 37:23 Ps 51:2 Pr 30:12 Isa 4:4 Jer 33:8 Zec 13:1 Ac 22:16 1Co 6:11 2Co 7:1 Eph 5:26,27 Tit 2:14 1Jo 1:7 Re 1:5 7:14

from all your idols Isa 2:18-20 17:7,8 Jer 3:22,23 Ho 14:3,8 Zec 13:2

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 an heart of flesh.

new heart De 30:6 Ps 51:10 Jer 32:39 Joh 3:3-5 2Co 3:18 5:17 Ga 6:15 Eph 2:10 Re 21:5

the stony Eze 11:19,20 Zec 7:12 Mt 13:5 20:21 Mr 4:16,17 2Co 3:3

27 And I will put my spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my statutes, and ye shall keep my judgments, and do them.

I will Eze 37:14 39:29 Pr 1:23 Isa 44:3,4 59:21 Joe 2:28,29 Zec 12:10 Lu 11:13 Ro 8:9,14-16 1Co 3:16 Ga 5:5,22,23 Eph 1:13,14 2Th 2:13 Tit 3:3-6 1Pe 1:2,22 1Jo 3:24

cause Eze 27:24 Jer 31:33 Ga 5:16 Col 2:6 Php 2:12,13 Tit 2:11-14 Heb 13:21 1Jo 1:6,7 2Jo 1:6

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.

dwell Eze 36:10 28:25 37:25 39:28

be people Eze 11:20 37:23,27 So 6:3 Jer 31:33 32:38 Ho 1:10 Zec 13:9 Mt 22:32 2Co 6:16-18 7:1 Heb 8:10 11:16 Re 21:3,7

29 I will also save you from all your uncleannesses: and I will call for the corn, and will increase it, and lay no famine upon you.

save Eze 36:25 Jer 33:8 Ho 14:2,4,8 Joe 3:21 Mic 7:19 Zec 13:1 Mt 1:21 Joh 1:7-9 Ro 6:14 11:26 Tit 2:14

call Eze 36:8,9 34:27-29 Ps 105:6 Ho 2:21-23 Mt 6:33

30 And I will multiply the fruit of the tree, and the increase of the field, that ye shall receive no more reproach of famine among the heathen.

reproach De 29:23-28 Joe 2:17,26

31 Then shall ye remember your own evil ways, and your doings that were not good, and shall lothe yourselves in your own sight for your iniquities and for your abominations.

shall ye Eze 6:9 16:61-63 20:43 Le 26:39 Ezr 9:6 Ne 9:26-35 Jer 31:18-20 Da 9:4-20

shall loathe Job 42:6 Isa 6:5 64:6 Zec 12:10,11 Lu 18:13 Ro 6:21 2Co 7:10,11

32 Not for your sakes do I this, saith the Lord GOD, be it known unto you: be ashamed and confounded for your own ways, O house of Israel.

for your Eze 36:22 De 9:5 Da 9:18,19 2Ti 1:9 Tit 3:3-6

be ashamed Eze 16:63 Ezr 9:6 Ro 6:21 1Pe 4:2,3

33 Thus saith the Lord GOD; In the day that I shall have cleansed you from all your iniquities I will also cause you to dwell in the cities, and the wastes shall be builded.

cause Zec 8:7,8

wastes Eze 36:10 Isa 58:12 Jer 32:43 33:10 50:19,20 Am 9:14,15

34 And the desolate land shall be tilled, whereas it lay desolate in the sight of all that passed by.

Eze 6:14 De 29:23-28 2Ch 36:21 Jer 25:9-11

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 become fenced, and are inhabited.

they shall Ps 58:11 64:9 126:2 Jer 33:9

like the Eze 37:13 Ge 2:8,9 13:10 Isa 51:3 Joe 2:3

36 Then the heathen that are left round about you shall know that I the LORD build the ruined places, and plant that that was desolate: I the LORD have spoken it, and I will do it.

know Eze 17:24 34:30 37:28 39:27-29 Mic 7:15-17

I the Lord have Eze 22:14 24:14 37:14 Nu 23:19 Ho 14:4-9 Mt 24:35

37 Thus saith the Lord GOD; I will yet for this be enquired of by the house of Israel, to do it for them; I will increase them with men like a flock.

I will yet Eze 14:3 20:3,31 Ps 10:17 102:17 Isa 55:6,7 Jer 29:11-13 50:4,5 Zec 10:6,9 13:9 Mt 7:7,8 Php 4:6 Heb 4:16 10:21,22 Jas 4:2,3 1Jo 5:14

I will increase Eze 36:10

38 As the holy flock, as the flock of Jerusalem in her solemn feasts; so shall the waste cities be filled with flocks of men: and they shall know that I am the LORD.

holy flock. [heb] flock of holy things
as the flock Ex 23:17 34:23 De 16:16 2Ch 7:8 30:21-27 35:7 Zec 8:19-23 Ac 2:5-11

the waste Eze 36:33-35 34:31 Jer 30:19 31:27,28 Joh 10:16 Re 7:4-9