1 You, son of man, prophesy to the mountains of Israel, and say, "You mountains of Israel, hear Yahweh’s word. 2 The Lord Yahweh says: ‘Because the enemy has said against you, "Aha!" and, "The ancient high places are ours in possession!"’ 3 therefore prophesy, and say, ‘The Lord Yahweh says: "Because, even because they have made you desolate, and swallowed you up on every side, that you might be a possession to the residue of the nations, and you are taken up in the lips of talkers, and the evil report of the people;" 4 therefore, you mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord Yahweh: The Lord Yahweh says 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 have become a prey and derision to the residue of the nations that are all around; 5 therefore the Lord Yahweh says: "Surely in the fire of my jealousy I have spoken against the residue of the nations, and against all Edom, that have appointed my land to 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 tell the mountains, the hills, the watercourses and the valleys, ‘The Lord Yahweh says: "Behold, I have spoken in my jealousy and in my wrath, because you have borne the shame of the nations." 7 Therefore the Lord Yahweh says: "I have sworn, ‘Surely the nations that are around you will bear their shame.’
8 "‘"But you, mountains of Israel, you shall shoot out 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 come to you, and you will be tilled and sown. 10 I will multiply men on you, all the house of Israel, even all of it. The cities will be inhabited and the waste places will be built. 11 I will multiply man and animal on you. They will increase and be fruitful. I will cause you to be inhabited as you were before, and you will do better than at your beginnings. Then you will know that I am Yahweh. 12 Yes, I will cause men to walk on you, even my people Israel. They will possess you, and you will be their inheritance, and you will never again bereave them of their children."
13 "‘The Lord Yahweh says: "Because they say to you, ‘You are a devourer of men, and have been a bereaver of your nation;’ 14 therefore you shall devour men no more, and not bereave your nation any more," says the Lord Yahweh. 15 "I won’t let you hear the shame of the nations any more. You won’t bear the reproach of the peoples any more, and you won’t cause your nation to stumble any more," says the Lord Yahweh.’"
16 Moreover Yahweh’s word came to me, saying, 17 "Son of man, when the house of Israel lived in their own land, they defiled it by their ways and by their deeds. Their way before me was as the uncleanness of a woman in her impurity. 18 Therefore I poured out my wrath on them for the blood which they had poured out on the land, and because they had defiled it with their idols. 19 I scattered them among the nations, and they were dispersed through the countries. I judged them according to their way and according to their deeds. 20 When they came to the nations where they went, they profaned my holy name, in that men said of them, ‘These are Yahweh’s people, and have left his land.’ 21 But I had respect for my holy name, which the house of Israel had profaned among the nations where they went.
22 "Therefore tell the house of Israel, ‘The Lord Yahweh says: "I don’t do this for your sake, house of Israel, but for my holy name, which you have profaned among the nations where you went. 23 I will sanctify my great name, which has been profaned among the nations, which you have profaned among them. Then the nations will know that I am Yahweh," says the Lord Yahweh, "when I am proven holy 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 I will sprinkle clean water on you, and you will be clean. I will cleanse you from all your filthiness and from all your idols. 26 I will also give you a new heart, and I will put a new spirit within you. I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you a heart of flesh. 27 I will put my Spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my statutes. You will keep my ordinances and do them. 28 You will dwell in the land that I gave to your fathers. 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 will multiply it, and lay no famine on you. 30 I will multiply the fruit of the tree and the increase of the field, that you may receive no more the reproach of famine among the nations.
31 "‘"Then you will remember your evil ways, and your deeds that were not good; and you will loathe yourselves in your own sight for your iniquities and for your abominations. 32 I don’t do this for your sake," says the Lord Yahweh. "Let it be known to you. Be ashamed and confounded for your ways, house of Israel."
33 "‘The Lord Yahweh says: "In the day that I cleanse you from all your iniquities, I will cause the cities to be inhabited and the waste places will be built. 34 The land that was desolate will be tilled instead of being a desolation in the sight of all who passed by. 35 They will say, ‘This land that was desolate has become like the garden of Eden. The waste, desolate, and ruined cities are fortified and inhabited.’ 36 Then the nations that are left around you will know that I, Yahweh, have built the ruined places and planted that which was desolate. I, Yahweh, have spoken it, and I will do it."
37 "‘The Lord Yahweh says: "For this, moreover, I will 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 the waste cities will be filled with flocks of men. Then they will know that I am Yahweh.’"
1 "人子啊！ 你要向以色列的众山说预言： ‘以色列的众山啊！ 你们要听耶和华的话。
2 主耶和华这样说： 因为仇敌攻击你们说： 哈哈！ 那悠久的山冈都归给我们为业了。
3 所以你要说预言： 主耶和华这样说： 因为敌人使你们荒凉， 四围践踏你们， 好使你们归给列国中余剩的人为业， 成为人们提说和嘲笑的对象，
4 因此， 以色列的众山啊！ 你们要听主耶和华的话； 主耶和华对大山、小冈、溪涧、山谷、荒凉的废墟， 被弃的城， 就是曾被四围列国中余剩的人所劫掠、所讥笑的， 这样说：
5 主耶和华这样说： 我在妒火中说话攻击列国中余剩的人和以东众人， 因为他们全心欢喜， 满怀恨恶， 把我的地归给自己为业， 好占有它为掠物。
6 因此， 你要向以色列地说预言， 对大山、小冈、溪涧和山谷说： 主耶和华这样说： 看哪！ 我在嫉妒和烈怒中说话， 因为你们担当了列国的羞辱。
7 所以主耶和华这样说： 我举手起誓说： 你们四围的列国必亲自担当自己的羞辱。
8 "‘以色列的众山啊！ 你们必长出枝条， 为我的子民以色列结出果子， 因为他们快要回来了。
9 看哪！ 我是帮助你们的， 我必转向你们， 使人可以在你们上面耕种和撒种。
10 我要使以色列全家的人数在你们上面增多； 城市有人居住， 废墟可以重建。
11 我必使人和牲畜都在你们上面增多； 他们必繁殖增多； 我必使你们有人居住， 像从前一样， 并要使你们比先前更蒙福。你们就知道我是耶和华。
12 我必使人， 就是我的子民以色列， 在你上面行走； 他们必得你为业； 你必作他们的产业， 也不再使他们丧失子女。
13 主耶和华这样说： 因为人对你说： 你是吞吃人的， 又是使你的国民丧失子女的。
14 所以你必不再吞吃人， 也必不再使你的国民丧失子女。这是主耶和华的宣告。
15 我必使你不再听见列国的羞辱， 你必不再受万族的辱骂， 也不再使你的国民跌倒。这是主耶和华的宣告。’"
16 耶和华的话又临到我说：
17 "人子啊！ 以色列家住在他们本土的时候， 他们的所作所为玷污了那地。他们所行的在我面前， 就像在经期中的妇人那样污秽。
18 所以我因他们在那地上流人的血， 又因他们以自己可憎的像玷污那地， 就把我的烈怒倒在他们身上。
19 我使他们分散在列邦， 四散在各地； 我按着他们的所作所为审判他们。
20 他们到了所去的列邦那里， 我的圣名就被亵渎， 因为人总是谈论他们说： ‘这些是耶和华的子民， 他们却要从耶和华的地出来。’
21 我却顾惜我的圣名， 就是以色列家在他们所去的列邦那里所亵渎的。
22 "因此， 你要对以色列家说： ‘主耶和华这样说： 以色列家啊！ 我作这事， 不是为了你们， 而是为了我自己的圣名， 就是在你们所去的列邦那里所亵渎的，
23 我要使我的大名显为圣， 这名在列邦中已经被亵渎了， 是你们在他们中间所亵渎的。我在你们身上向他们显为圣的时候， 他们就知道我是耶和华。这是主耶和华的宣告。
24 我必从列国中领你们出来， 从万邦中聚集你们， 把你们带回故土。
25 我必用洁净的水洒在你们身上， 你们就洁净了； 我必洁净你们的一切污秽， 使你们远离所有可憎的像。
26 "‘我必把新心赐给你们， 把新灵放在你们里面； 我必从你们的肉体中除去石心， 把肉心赐给你们。
27 我必把我的灵放在你们里面， 使你们遵行我的律例， 谨守遵行我的典章。
28 你们要住在我赐给你们列祖的地； 你们要作我的子民， 我要作你们的 神。
29 我必拯救你们脱离你们的一切污秽； 我必叫五谷丰收， 不使你们遇见饥荒。
30 我必使树木的果子和田地的出产增多， 好使你们在列国中不再因饥荒而遭受耻辱。
31 那时， 你们必想起你们的恶行和不好的作为， 就必因你们的罪孽和可憎恶的事厌恶自己。
32 你们要知道我这样行， 不是为了你们的缘故； 以色列家啊！ 你们要因自己的行为抱愧蒙羞。这是主耶和华的宣告。
33 "‘主耶和华这样说： 我洁净你们， 使你们脱离一切罪孽的日子， 我必使城市有人居住， 废墟可以重建。
34 从前所有路过的人都看为荒凉之地， 现在却必再可以耕种。
35 他们必说： "先前这荒凉之地， 现在竟像伊甸园一样； 这些废弃、荒凉、毁坏了的城市， 现在却成了坚固城， 有人居住了。"
36 那时， 在你们四围所余剩的列国， 就必知道我是耶和华， 是我重建了那些毁坏的地方， 栽植了那些荒凉之地。我耶和华说了， 就必实行。
37 "‘主耶和华这样说： 我还要让以色列家求我为他们增加人数， 多如羊群。
38 守节的时候， 在耶路撒冷作祭牲的羊群是怎样多， 那些荒废了的城市也必照样满了人群。他们就知道我是耶和华。’"