Azaky'AL (Ezekiel) — 36

Restoration for Yashar'AL 

1 “Son of man, prophesy to Yashar'AL’s mountains, Give them this message: O mountains of Yashar'AL, hear the Dabar of 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄_YAHUAH! 

2 This is what 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄_YAHUAH Dabar: Your enemies have taunted you, saying, ‘Aha! Now the ancient heights belong to us!’ 

3 Therefore, son of man, give the mountains of Yashar'AL this message from 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄_YAHUAH Tsaba'ut: Your enemies have attacked you from all directions, making you the property of many nations and the object of much mocking and slander. 

4 Therefore, O mountains of Yashar'AL, hear the Dabar of 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄_YAHUAH. He speaks to the hills and mountains, ravines and valleys, and to ruined wastes and long deserted cities that have been destroyed and mocked by the surrounding nations. 

5 This is what 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄_YAHUAH Dabar: My jealous anger burns against these nations, especially Adum, because they have shown utter contempt for me by gleefully taking my land for themselves as plunder.

6 “Therefore, prophesy to the hills and mountains, the ravines and valleys of Yashar'AL, this is what  𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄_YAHUAH Dabar: I am furious that you have suffered shame before the surrounding nations. 

7 Therefore, this is what  𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄_YAHUAH Dabar: I have taken a solemn oath that those nations will soon have their own shame to endure.

8 “But the mountains of Yashar'AL will produce heavy crops of fruit for my people, for they will be coming home again soon! 

9 See, I care about you, and I will pay attention to you, your ground will be plowed and your crops planted. 

10 I will greatly increase the population of Yashar'AL, and the ruined cities will be rebuilt and filled with people. 

11 I will increase not only the people, but also your animals. O mountains of Yashar'AL, I will bring people to live on you once again, I will make you even more prosperous than you were before, then you will know that I Am  𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄_YAHUAH the AL'Mighty One. 

12 I will cause my people to walk on you once again, and you will be their territory. You will never again rob them of their children.

13 “This is what 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄_YAHUAH Dabar: The other nations taunt you, saying, Yashar'AL is a land that devours its own people and robs them of their children!’ 

14 But you will never again devour your people or rob them of their children, says 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄_YAHUAH. 

15 I will not let you hear those other nations insult you, and you will no longer be mocked by them, you will not be a land that causes its nation to fall, says 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄_YAHUAH Tsaba'ut.”

16 Then this further message came to me from 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄_YAHUAH: 

17 “Son of man, when the people of Yashar'AL were living in their own land, they defiled it by the evil way they lived, to me their conduct was as unclean as a woman’s menstrual cloth. 

18 They polluted the land with murder and the worship of idols, so I poured out my fury on them. 

19 I scattered them to many lands to punish them for the evil way they had lived. 

20 But when they were scattered among the nations, they brought shame on my Qadash Name. For the nations said, ‘These are the people of 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄_YAHUAH, but He could not keep them safe in his own land!’ 

21 Then I was concerned for my Qadash Name, on which my people brought shame among the nations.

22 “Therefore, give the people of Yashar'AL this message from 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄_YAHUAH: I AM bringing you back, but not because you deserve it. I am doing it to protect my Qadash Name, on which you brought shame while you were scattered among the nations. 

23 I will show how Qadash my great Name is, the Name on which you brought shame among the nations, and when I reveal my Qadash Name through you before their very eyes, says 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄_YAHUAH, then the nations will know that I AM 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄_YAHUAH Tsaba'ut. 

24 For I will gather you up from all the nations and bring you home again to your land.

25 “Then I will sprinkle clean water on you, and you will be clean, your filth will be washed away, and you will no longer worship idols. 

26 And I will give you a new heart, and I will put a new ruach in you. I will take out your stony, stubborn heart and give you a tender, responsive heart. 

27 And I will put my RUACH in you so that you will follow my decrees and be careful to obey my regulations.

28 “And you will live in Yashar'AL, the land I gave your ancestors long ago, You will be my people, and I will be your 𐤀𐤋𐤅𐤄_ALUAH. 

29 I will cleanse you of your filthy behavior, I will give you good crops of grain, and I will send no more famines on the land. 

30 I will give you great harvests from your fruit trees and fields, and never again will the surrounding nations be able to scoff at your land for its famines. 

31 Then you will remember your past sins and despise yourselves for all the detestable things you did. 

32 But remember, says 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄_YAHUAH, I AM not doing this because you deserve it, O my people of Yashar'AL, you should be utterly ashamed of all you have done!

33 “This is what 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄_YAHUAH Dabar: When I cleanse you from your sins, I will repopulate your cities, and the ruins will be rebuilt. 

34 The fields that used to lie empty and desolate in plain view of everyone will again be farmed. 

35 And when I bring you back, people will say, ‘This former wasteland is now like the Garden of Adan! The abandoned and ruined cities now have strong walls and are filled with people!’ 

36 Then the surrounding nations that survive will know that I, 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄_YAHUAH have rebuilt the ruins and replanted the wasteland. For I, 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄_YAHUAH have spoken, and I will do what I Dabar.

37 “This is what 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄_YAHUAH Dabar: I Am ready to hear Yashar'AL’s prayers and to increase their numbers like a flock. 

38 They will be as numerous as the sacred flocks that fill Yahushalam’s streets at the time of her festivals, the ruined cities will be crowded with people once more, and everyone will know that I Am 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄_YAHUAH the AL'Mighty One.”