“See now,
I am for you.
I will turn to you.
You shall be tilled.
You shall be sown.
I will multiply
Your population,
The whole house
Of Israel,
All of it.
The towns
Shall be inhabited.
The waste places
Rebuilt.
I will multiply
Human beings,
As well as animals
Among you.
They shall increase.
They shall be fruitful.
I will cause you
To be inhabited,
As in your former times.
I will do more good
To you
Than ever before.
Then you will know
That I am Yahweh.
I will lead people
Upon you,
My people Israel.
They shall possess you.
You shall be
Their inheritance.
No longer shall you
Bereave their children.”
Yahweh, via Ezekiel, told the mountains of Israel that he was for them. He was going to turn their land into a place that was tilled and sown with crops. He was going to multiply the population of the whole house of Israel. The towns would be inhabited and the ruined places rebuilt. Humans and animals would multiply, as the land would be occupied again. Yahweh was going to do more good than ever before. They would know that he was Yahweh, their God. There would be new leaders in this inherited land, so that they would no longer mourn for their lost children. His land and his people would be reunited again.