God's Blessing on Israel
1 The Lord said, “Mortal man, speak to the mountains of Israel and tell them to listen to the message which I, 2 the Sovereign Lord, have for them: Israel's enemies gloated and said, ‘Now those ancient hills are ours!’
3 “Prophesy, then, and announce what I, the Sovereign Lord, am saying. When the neighboring nations captured and plundered the mountains of Israel, everyone made fun of Israel. 4 So now listen to what I, the Sovereign Lord, say to you mountains and hills, to you brooks and valleys, to you places that were left in ruins, and to you deserted cities which were plundered and mocked by all the surrounding nations.
5 “I, the Sovereign Lord, have spoken out in the heat of my anger against the surrounding nations, and especially against Edom. With glee and contempt they captured my land and took possession of its pastures.
6 “So prophesy to the land of Israel; tell the mountains, hills, brooks, and valleys what I, the Sovereign Lord, am saying in jealous anger because of the way the nations have insulted and humiliated them. 7 I, the Sovereign Lord, solemnly promise that the surrounding nations will be humiliated. 8 But on the mountains of Israel the trees will again grow leaves and bear fruit for you, my people Israel. You are going to come home soon. 9 I am on your side, and I will make sure that your land is plowed again and crops are planted on it. 10 I will make your population grow. You will live in the cities and rebuild everything that was left in ruins. 11 I will make people and cattle increase in number. There will be more of you than ever before, and you will have many children. I will let you live there as you used to live, and I will make you more prosperous than ever. Then you will know that I am the Lord. 12 I will bring you, my people Israel, back to live again in the land. It will be your own land, and it will never again let your children starve.
13 “I, the Sovereign Lord, say: It is true that people say that the land eats people and that it robs the nation of its children. 14 But from now on it will no longer eat people and rob you of your children. I, the Sovereign Lord, have spoken. 15 The land will no longer have to listen to the nations making fun of it or see the peoples sneer at it. The land will no longer rob the nation of its children. I, the Sovereign Lord, have spoken.”
Israel's New Life
16 The Lord spoke to me. 17 “Mortal man,” he said, “when the Israelites were living in their land, they defiled it by the way they lived and acted. I regarded their behavior as being as ritually unclean as a woman is during her monthly period. 18 I let them feel the force of my anger because of the murders they had committed in the land and because of the idols by which they had defiled it. 19 I condemned them for the way they lived and acted, and I scattered them through foreign countries. 20 Wherever they went, they brought disgrace on my holy name, because people would say, ‘These are the people of the Lord, but they had to leave his land.’ 21 That made me concerned for my holy name, since the Israelites brought disgrace on it everywhere they went.
22 “Now then, give the Israelites the message that I, the Sovereign Lord, have for them: What I am going to do is not for the sake of you Israelites, but for the sake of my holy name, which you have disgraced in every country where you have gone. 23 When I demonstrate to the nations the holiness of my great name—the name you disgraced among them—then they will know that I am the Lord. I, the Sovereign Lord, have spoken. I will use you to show the nations that I am holy. 24 I will take you from every nation and country and bring you back to your own land. 25 I will sprinkle clean water on you and make you clean from all your idols and everything else that has defiled you. 26 I will give you a new heart and a new mind. I will take away your stubborn heart of stone and give you an obedient heart. 27 I will put my spirit in you and will see to it that you follow my laws and keep all the commands I have given you. 28 Then you will live in the land I gave your ancestors. You will be my people, and I will be your God. 29 I will save you from everything that defiles you. I will command the grain to be plentiful, so that you will not have any more famines. 30 I will increase the yield of your fruit trees and your fields, so that there will be no more famines to disgrace you among the nations. 31 You will remember your evil conduct and the wrongs that you committed, and you will be disgusted with yourselves because of your sins and your iniquities. 32 Israel, I want you to know that I am not doing all this for your sake. I want you to feel the shame and disgrace of what you are doing. I, the Sovereign Lord, have spoken.”
33 The Sovereign Lord says, “When I make you clean from all your sins, I will let you live in your cities again and let you rebuild the ruins. 34 Everyone who used to walk by your fields saw how overgrown and wild they were, but I will let you farm them again. 35 Everyone will talk about how this land, which was once a wilderness, has become like the Garden of Eden, and how the cities which were torn down, looted, and left in ruins, are now inhabited and fortified. 36 Then the neighboring nations that have survived will know that I, the Lord, rebuild ruined cities and replant waste fields. I, the Lord, have promised that I would do this—and I will.”
37 The Sovereign Lord says, “I will once again let the Israelites ask me for help, and I will let them increase in numbers like a flock of sheep. 38 The cities that are now in ruins will then be as full of people as Jerusalem was once full of the sheep which were offered as sacrifices at a festival. Then they will know that I am the Lord.”
Svētības vēstījums Israēla kalniem
1 “Cilvēka dēls, pravieto par Israēla kalniem, saki: Israēla kalni, klausieties Kunga vārdu! 2 Tā saka Kungs Dievs: tādēļ ka ienaidnieki par jums saka: rau, mūžsenie kalni nu mums mantojumā! – 3 tādēļ tu pravieto un saki: tā saka Kungs Dievs: tas ir tādēļ, ka esat deldēti un bradāti, un jūs iemantojušas citas tautas, par jums trinuši mēles, un jūs esat tikuši nevalodās! 4 Bet nu, Israēla kalni, klausieties Kunga Dieva vārdu: tā saka Kungs Dievs kalniem un pakalniem, gravām un ielejām, drupām un izpostījumiem, un pamestām pilsētām, kas kļuvušas par laupījumu un apsmieklu citām tautām, kas visapkārt vēl atlikušas.
5 Tā saka Kungs Dievs: savas dedzības kvēlē es runāšu ar atlikušajām tautām un visu Edomu, kas piesavinoties ņēmuši manu zemi, no visas sirds par to priecājušies un nicinot to postījuši un izlaupījuši. 6 Pravieto par Israēla zemi, saki kalniem un pakalniem, gravām un ielejām: tā saka Kungs Dievs: redzi, es runāšu savā dedzībā un niknumā, jo jums bija jāpacieš tautu nicinājums. 7 Tā saka Kungs Dievs: pacēlis roku, es zvēru, ka tautas, kas jums visapkārt, pašas tiks nicinātas! 8 Bet jūs, Israēla kalni, dzeniet atvases un nesiet augļus manam Israēla namam, jo tas drīz atgriezīsies! 9 Gan es nākšu pie jums, kalni, jūs atkal tiksiet iekopti un apsēti. 10 Es vairošu jūsu ļaudis, visu Israēla namu – pilsētās atkal dzīvos un atjaunos posta vietas. 11 Es vairošu cilvēkus un lopus, tie augļosies un vairosies! Es vairošu ļaudis tāpat kā agrāk un darīšu jums labu vēl vairāk nekā iepriekš, tad jūs zināsiet, ka es esmu Kungs! 12 Es atkal ļaušu cilvēkiem, savam Israēla namam, staigāt pa jums, viņi atkal iemantos jūs, un jūs būsiet viņu mantojums. Jūs vairs tiem nelaupīsiet viņu bērnus!
13 Tā saka Kungs Dievs: tādēļ ka ļaudis saka par tevi: tu esi cilvēku rijējs un savai tautai laupi bērnus! – 14 tādēļ tu vairs nerīsi cilvēkus un nelaupīsi savai tautai bērnus, saka Kungs Dievs. 15 Tautu zaimi tev vairs nebūs jāuzklausa, nedz jāpacieš ļaužu apsmiekls, un savas tautas bērnus tu vairs nelaupīsi!” saka Kungs Dievs.
Israēls tiks atjaunots Kunga vārda dēļ
16 Kunga vārds nāca pār mani: 17 “Cilvēka dēls, kamēr Israēla nams dzīvoja savā zemē, tie apgānīja to ar savām gaitām un darbiem. Viņu gaitas bija nešķīstas kā sārņainas sievas! 18 Es izlēju savu dusmu kvēli pār tiem asiņu dēļ, kuras tie izlējuši zemē, un elku dēļ, ar kuriem tie apgānījušies. 19 Es tos izkaisīju starp tautām, izsēju starp valstīm, es tos tiesāju viņu gaitu un darbu dēļ! 20 Kad viņi nonāca pie citām tautām, tie aptraipīja manu svēto vārdu, jo par viņiem teica: šie ir Kunga ļaudis, kas padzīti no savas zemes! – 21 Man bija žēl sava svētā vārda, ko Israēla nams gānīja arī starp tautām, kur tie bija nonākuši.
22 Tādēļ saki Israēla namam: tā saka Kungs Dievs: Israēla nams, es to nedaru jūsu, bet gan sava svētā vārda dēļ, kuru jūs apgānījāt, nonākuši starp citām tautām. 23 Es darīšu svētu savu vareno vārdu, kas nu aptraipīts tautās, – jūs to apgānījāt, dzīvodami starp viņām, bet tagad tautas zinās, ka es esmu Kungs, saka Kungs Dievs! Tie redzēs, kas es jums esmu svēts! 24 Es jūs ņemšu no tautām un sapulcēšu no valstīm, un vedīšu uz jūsu zemi! 25 Es slacīšu jūs ar šķīstu ūdeni, lai topat šķīsti no savas nešķīstības, es jūs šķīstīšu no visiem jūsu elkiem! 26 Es jums došu jaunu sirdi un jaunu garu – to es jums došu! Es izņemšu jums akmens sirdi un došu miesas sirdi, 27 un es jums došu savu Garu! Es došu savus likumus, un jūs tiem sekosiet, jūs ievērosiet un pildīsiet manas tiesas! 28 Jūs dzīvosiet zemē, kuru es devu jūsu tēviem, un jūs būsiet mani ļaudis, un es būšu jūsu Dievs! 29 Es jūs atbrīvošu no visas jūsu nešķīstības! Es dāsni vairošu labību, badu vairs nesūtīšu! 30 Es vairošu kokiem augļus un tāpat lauku augļus, lai tautas jūs vairs nepeļ, ka esat badā. 31 Jūs pieminēsiet savas ļaunās gaitas un savus sliktos darbus, jūs riebsieties paši sev savu vainu un preteklību dēļ. 32 Es to nedarīšu jūsu dēļ, saka Kungs Dievs, ziniet to! Israēla nams, kaunies un esi izmisis savu gaitu dēļ!
33 Tā saka Kungs Dievs: tajā dienā es jūs šķīstīšu no visām jūsu vainām, es atkal likšu apdzīvot pilsētas, un posta vietas tiks atjaunotas! 34 Izdeldētās zemes, kur posts ikvienam ceļiniekam bija acu priekšā, atkal tiks apstrādātas. 35 Tad sacīs: šī zeme, kas bija izdeldēta, nu atkal ir kā Ēdenes dārzs un pilsētas, kas bija tukšas, sagrautas un izdeldētas, nu ir nostiprinātas un apdzīvotas! 36 Tad tautas, kas atlikušas jums visapkārt, zinās, ka es esmu Kungs – es uzceļu, kur bija gruveši, un dēstu, kur bija izpostījums! Es, Kungs, to esmu teicis, un es to darīšu!
37 Tā saka Kungs Dievs: arī šo Israēla nama lūgumu es izpildīšu, es vairošu ļaudis kā avis, 38 kā svētās upura avis Jeruzālemē svētku laikā! Tukšā pilsēta būs pilna avīm un ļaudīm – tad viņi zinās, ka es esmu Kungs!”
