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Ezekiel 36:2
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Blessing on Israel

1 “And you, son of man, prophesy to the amountains of Israel, and say, ‘O mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord!  
2 Thus says the Lord God: “Because athe enemy has said of you, ‘Aha! bThe ancient heights chave become our possession,’ ” ’  
3 therefore prophesy, and say, ‘Thus says the Lord God: “Because they made you desolate and swallowed you up on every side, so that you became the possession of the rest of the nations, aand you are taken up by the lips of btalkers and slandered by the people”—  
4 therefore, O mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord God! Thus says the Lord God to the mountains, the hills, the1 rivers, the valleys, the desolate wastes, and the cities that have been forsaken, which abecame plunder and bmockery to the rest of the nations all around—  
5 therefore thus says the Lord God: a“Surely I have spoken in My burning jealousy against the rest of the nations and against all Edom, bwho gave My land to themselves as a possession, with wholehearted joy and1 spiteful minds, in order to plunder its open country.” ’  
6 “Therefore prophesy concerning the land of Israel, and say to the mountains, the hills, the rivers, and the valleys, ‘Thus says the Lord God: “Behold, I have spoken in My jealousy and My fury, because you have aborne the shame of the nations.”  
Commentaries:
Adam Clarke
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Ezekiel 36:2

Because the enemy hath said - The Idumeans thought they would shortly be put in possession of all the strong places of Israel; the ancient high places shall be ours.


 
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