and look upon you, and ye shall be built, and ye shall be sown,

And I will multiply the people among you, all Israel: and the cities shall be inhabited again, and the deserts built.

Yea, I will multiply you of men and of cattle, and ye shall increase and grow. And I will restore you to your former habitation, and will do you more good than ever before: and ye shall know that I am the LORD.

I will bring you men to be my people Israel, and they shall possess thee: and thou shalt be
their inheritance, and shalt no more be without an heir.

Thus saith the LORD GOD; Because it is said of you, Thou hast devoured men, and hast made thy people without heirs,

Thou shalt not therefore eat any more people, neither shalt thou make thy people without heirs, saith the LORD GOD.

And I will not cause thee to hear the reproach of the heathen any more; neither shalt thou bear the scorn of the heathen any more, neither shalt thou make thy people without. Heirs, saith the Lord GOD.

And the word of the LORD continued unto me:

Son of man, when the house of Israel dwelt in their land, and defiled it with their manner and doings, their manner was before me as the uncleanness of a woman in her sickness, 18. Then poured I out my wrath upon them for the blood which they had shed in the land, and polluted it with their idols.

And I scattered them among the heathen, and dispersed them abroad, and judged them according to their manner and doings. .

And they kept themselves as the heathen, whither they came, and profaned my holy name, saying of them, Is this the LORD’S people, which are gone out of their own land?

But I spared because of my holy name, which the house of Israel profaned among the heathen whither they came.

Therefore shalt thou say unto the house of Israel, Thus saith the LORD GOD; I do it not for your sakes, ye of the house of Israel, but for my holy name’s sake, which ye have profaned among the Gentiles unto whom ye are come.

For I will sanctify my great name, which is profaned among you, which ye have profaned among the heathen. And the heathen shall know that I am the LORD, saith the LORD GOD, when I shew myself holy in your sight.

For I will take you out of the heathen, and gather you out of all countries, and bring you again into your own land.

And I will sprinkle clean water upon you, and ye shall be clean from all your filthiness; and from all your idols will I cleanse you.

And I will give you a new heart, and a new spirit within you; and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and will give you a heart of flesh.

And I will put my spirit within you, and will make you such men as will walk in my statutes, and keep my judgments, and do them.

And ye shall dwell in the land which I gave unto your fathers, and ye shall be my people, and I will be your God.

I will rid you of all your filthiness, and will call for the grain, and will multiply it, and will not suffer you to be troubled:

I will multiply the fruit of the trees, and the increase of the field, and the heathen shall no more mock you with plague.

Then shall ye remember your evil ways, and your doings that were not good, and shall repent of your sin and your idolatry.

These things will I do, not for your sakes, saith the LORD, that ye may know them; but ye shall be ashamed and red with shame, ye of the house of Israel, because of your nature.

Thus saith the LORD GOD; In that day, when I shall cleanse you from all your sins, I will restore the cities, and the deserts shall be built again.

The desolate land shall be plowed again, because it was desolate; and all that pass through it shall see it,

Saying, This land was desolate, and now is as a garden of pleasure; and these cities were ruined, and desolate, and broken up, and now are established.

And let the remnant of the heathen round about you know that I am the LORD, which build up that which was broken, and plant that which was waste. I the LORD say it, and do it.

Thus saith the LORD GOD; I will ask of the house of Israel again, and I will shew myself in them; and I will multiply them as a flock.

As a holy flock, as a flock at Jerusalem in her strongholds; so shall the desolate cities be filled with flocks of men; and they shall know that I am the LORD.
(Ezekial)
Chapter 37
Redemption and unification of the Israelites, confirmed by example.

And the hand of the LORD came upon me, and brought me forth in the spirit of the LORD, and set me in a wide field, which was full of legs.

And he led me through all these places. And, behold, there was much in the field, and, lo, they were very withered.

And he said unto me, Son of man, thinkest thou that these legs shall live again? And I said, O
Lord, thou knowest it.

And he said unto me, Prophesy of these legs, and speak unto them: Ye withered legs, hear the word of the LORD.

Thus saith the LORD of these bones, Behold, I will put a breath in you, and ye shall live.

I will give you veins, and flesh shall grow upon you, and cover you with skin; and I will give you breath, and ye shall live again: and ye shall know that I am the LORD.

And I prophesied as I was commanded: and, behold, there was a noise as I prophesied; and, behold, there was a stirring. And the bones came together again, every one to his own bones.

And I looked, and, behold, veins and flesh grew upon them, and he covered them with skin; but there was no breath in them yet.

And he said unto me, Prophesy unto the wind; prophesy, thou son of man, and say unto the wind, Thus saith the LORD GOD; Wind, come forth out of the four winds, and blow upon these that are slain, that they may live again.

And I prophesied as he commanded me. And the breath came into them, and they revived, and stood upon their feet. And there was a very great host of them.

And he said unto me, Son of man, these legs are all the house of Israel. Behold, now they say, Our legs are withered, and our hope is lost, and is done with us.

Therefore prophesy, and say unto them, Thus saith the LORD GOD; Behold, I will open your graves, and will bring you out of them, my people, and will bring you into the land of Israel; 13. And ye shall know that I am the LORD, when I have opened your graves, and brought you out of them, my people.

And I will put my spirit within you, and ye shall live again; and I will set you in your land, and ye shall know that I am the LORD. I speak it, and do it, saith the LORD.

And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying:

Son of man, take thee a wood, and write upon it, Judah, and the children of Israel, and their servants. And take thee another wood, and write thereon, The wood of Joseph, even the wood of Ephraim, and of all the house of Israel, and of their servants, 17. And put one thing together with another, that it may be a wood in thine hand.

Then thy people shall say unto thee, saying: Wilt thou not show us what thou meanest by this?

Say unto them, Thus saith the LORD GOD; Behold, I will take the wood of Joseph, which is in the hand of Ephraim, and their servants the tribes of Israel, and will put them with the wood of Judah, and make them a wood, and they shall be one in mine hand.

And thou shalt hold in thine hand the timbers which thou hast written thereon; that they may see.

And thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith the LORD GOD; Behold, I will bring the children of Israel out of the heathen, whither they are gone, and will gather them every where, and will bring them again into their own land.

And I will make one people of them in the land of mount Israel, and they shall all have one king; and they shall no more be divided into two nations, neither shall they be divided into two kingdoms,

Neither shall they defile themselves any more with their idols, and with their abominations, and with all manner of sins. And I will bring them out of all the places where they have
sinned, and will cleanse them, and they shall be my people, and I will be their God.

And David my servant shall be their king, and the shepherd of them all. And they shall walk in my statutes, and keep my commandments, and do them.

And they shall dwell in the land which I gave unto Jacob my servant, wherein your fathers dwelt. And they, and their children, and their children’s children, shall dwell therein for ever: and my servant David shall be their ruler for ever.

And I will make a covenant of peace with them; it shall be an everlasting covenant with them: and I will preserve them, and multiply them; and my sanctuary shall be