Ezekiel 36:1-7

The Mountains of Israel to Be Blessed

1 "And you, son of man, prophesy to the mountains of Israel and say, 'O mountains of Israel, hear the word of the LORD.

2 'Thus says the Lord GOD, "Because the enemy has spoken against you, 'Aha!' and, 'The everlasting ¹heights have become our possession,'

3 therefore prophesy and say, 'Thus says the Lord GOD, "For good reason they have made you ²desolate and crushed you from every side, that you would become a possession of the rest of the nations and you have been taken up in the ³talk and the whispering of the people.""'

4 'Therefore, O ⁴mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord GOD. Thus says the Lord GOD to the mountains and to the hills, to the ravines and to the valleys, to the desolate wastes and to the forsaken cities which have become a ⁵prey and a derision to the rest of the nations which are round about,

5 therefore thus says the Lord GOD, "Surely * in the fire of My ⁶jealousy I have spoken against the ⁷rest of the nations, and against all Edom, who appropriated My land for themselves as a possession with wholehearted * ⁸joy and with scorn of soul, to drive it out for a prey."

6 'Therefore prophesy concerning the land of Israel and say to the mountains and to the hills, to the ravines and to the valleys, "Thus says the Lord GOD, 'Behold, I have spoken in My jealousy and in My wrath because you have ⁹endured the insults of the nations.'

7 "Therefore thus says the Lord GOD, 'I have sworn * that surely * the nations which are around you will themselves endure their insults.

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Ezekiel 36:1-7 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO EZEKIEL 36

This chapter is a prophecy concerning the desolations of the land of Israel, and the causes of them; of the return of the people to it, and the fruitfulness of it; and of spiritual blessings bestowed upon them in the latter day. And first, for the comfort of the people of Israel, it is observed that their enemies that insulted them will suffer the vengeance of God's wrath, particularly the Edomites, Eze 36:1-7, that the land of Israel should again become fruitful, its cities rebuilt, men and beasts be multiplied upon it, and be no more liable to destruction, nor bear any more the reproach of the Heathen, Eze 36:8-15, the causes of its desolation and destruction, the sins of its inhabitants, especially bloodshed, idolatry, and profanation of the name of God, Eze 36:16-20, nevertheless the Lord promises to have mercy on them, and return them to their own land, not for their sakes, but for his own name's sake, Eze 36:21-24, then follow promises of spiritual blessings to them: as purification from all sin by the blood of Christ; regeneration by his Spirit and grace; and evangelical obedience as the fruit of that, Eze 36:25-27, and others of a mixed kind, respecting partly temporal and partly spiritual blessings, Eze 36:28-36, for all which it is expected of the Lord that he should be prayed unto for them; particularly their inhabitation in their own land, and the multiplication of them in it, with which the chapter concludes, Eze 36:37,38.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

Cross References 9

1. Deuteronomy 32:13; Psalms 78:69; Isaiah 58:14; Habakkuk 3:19
2. Jeremiah 2:15
3. Psalms 44:13, 14; Jeremiah 18:16; Ezekiel 35:13
4. Deuteronomy 11:11; Ezek 36:1, 6, 8
5. Ezekiel 34:8, 28
6. Ezekiel 5:13; Ezekiel 36:6; Ezekiel 38:19
7. Jer 25:9, 15-29; Ezekiel 36:3
8. Jeremiah 50:11; Ezekiel 35:15; Micah 7:8
9. Psalms 74:10; Psalms 123:3, 4; Ezekiel 34:29

Footnotes 6

[a]. Heb "YHWH," usually rendered LORD, and so throughout the ch
[b]. Heb "Bamoth"
[c]. Lit "Because;" or "By the cause"
[d]. Lit "lip of the tongue"
[e]. Lit "gave"
[f]. Lit "lifted up My hand"