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Blessing on Israel
1“And you, son of man, prophesy to the ⚓mountains of Israel, and say, ‘O mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord!
2Thus says the Lord God: “Because ⚓the enemy has said of you, ‘Aha! ⚓The ancient heights ⚓have become our possession,’ ” ’
3therefore prophesy, and say, ‘Thus says the Lord God: “Because they made you desolate and swallowed you up on every side, so that you became the possession of the rest of the nations, ⚓and you are taken up by the lips of ⚓talkers and slandered by the people”—
4therefore, O mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord God! Thus says the Lord God to the mountains, the hills, the rivers, the valleys, the desolate wastes, and the cities that have been forsaken, which ⚓became plunder and ⚓mockery to the rest of the nations all around—
5therefore thus says the Lord God: ⚓“Surely I have spoken in My burning jealousy against the rest of the nations and against all Edom, ⚓who gave My land to themselves as a possession, with wholehearted joy and spiteful minds, in order to plunder its open country.” ’
6“Therefore prophesy concerning the land of Israel, and say to the mountains, the hills, the rivers, and the valleys, ‘Thus says the Lord God: “Behold, I have spoken in My jealousy and My fury, because you have ⚓borne the shame of the nations.”
7Therefore thus says the Lord God: “I have ⚓raised My hand in an oath that surely the nations that are around you shall ⚓bear their own shame.
8But you, O mountains of Israel, you shall shoot forth your branches and yield your fruit to My people Israel, for they are about to come.
9For indeed I am for you, and I will turn to you, and you shall be tilled and sown.
10I will multiply men upon you, all the house of Israel, all of it; and the cities shall be inhabited and ⚓the ruins rebuilt.
11⚓I will multiply upon you man and beast; and they shall increase and bear young; I will make you inhabited as in former times, and do ⚓better for you than at your beginnings. ⚓Then you shall know that I am the Lord.
12Yes, I will cause men to walk on you, My people Israel; ⚓they shall take possession of you, and you shall be their inheritance; no more shall you ⚓bereave them of children.”
13‘Thus says the Lord God: “Because they say to you, ⚓‘You devour men and bereave your nation of children,’
14therefore you shall devour men no more, nor bereave your nation anymore,” says the Lord God.
15⚓“Nor will I let you hear the taunts of the nations anymore, nor bear the reproach of the peoples anymore, nor shall you cause your nation to stumble anymore,” says the Lord God.’ ”
The Renewal of Israel
16Moreover the word of the Lord came to me, saying:
17“Son of man, when the house of Israel dwelt in their own land, ⚓they defiled it by their own ways and deeds; to Me their way was like ⚓the uncleanness of a woman in her customary impurity.
18Therefore I poured out My fury on them ⚓for the blood they had shed on the land, and for their idols with which they had defiled it.
19So I ⚓scattered them among the nations, and they were dispersed throughout the countries; I judged them ⚓according to their ways and their deeds.
20When they came to the nations, wherever they went, they ⚓profaned My holy name—when they said of them, ‘These are the people of the Lord, and yet they have gone out of His land.’
21But I had concern ⚓for My holy name, which the house of Israel had profaned among the nations wherever they went.
22“Therefore say to the house of Israel, ‘Thus says the Lord God: “I do not do this for your sake, O house of Israel, ⚓but for My holy name’s sake, which you have profaned among the nations wherever you went.
23And I will sanctify My great name, which has been profaned among the nations, which you have profaned in their midst; and the nations shall know that I am the Lord,” says the Lord God, “when I am ⚓hallowed in you before their eyes.
24For ⚓I will take you from among the nations, gather you out of all countries, and bring you into your own land.
25⚓Then I will sprinkle clean water on you, and you shall be clean; I will cleanse you ⚓from all your filthiness and from all your idols.
26I will give you a ⚓new heart and put a new spirit within you; I will take the heart of stone out of your flesh and give you a heart of flesh.
27I will put My ⚓Spirit within you and cause you to walk in My statutes, and you will keep My judgments and do them.
28⚓Then you shall dwell in the land that I gave to your fathers; ⚓you shall be My people, and I will be your God.
29I will ⚓deliver you from all your uncleannesses. ⚓I will call for the grain and multiply it, and ⚓bring no famine upon you.
30⚓And I will multiply the fruit of your trees and the increase of your fields, so that you need never again bear the reproach of famine among the nations.
31Then ⚓you will remember your evil ways and your deeds that were not good; and you ⚓will loathe yourselves in your own sight, for your iniquities and your abominations.
32⚓Not for your sake do I do this,” says the Lord God, “let it be known to you. Be ashamed and confounded for your own ways, O house of Israel!”
33‘Thus says the Lord God: “On the day that I cleanse you from all your iniquities, I will also enable you to dwell in the cities, ⚓and the ruins shall be rebuilt.
34The desolate land shall be tilled instead of lying desolate in the sight of all who pass by.
35So they will say, ‘This land that was desolate has become like the garden of ⚓Eden; and the wasted, desolate, and ruined cities are now fortified and inhabited.’
36Then the nations which are left all around you shall know that I, the Lord, have rebuilt the ruined places and planted what was desolate. ⚓I, the Lord, have spoken it, and I will do it.”
37‘Thus says the Lord God: ⚓“I will also let the house of Israel inquire of Me to do this for them: I will ⚓increase their men like a flock.
38Like a flock offered as holy sacrifices, like the flock at Jerusalem on its feast days, so shall the ruined cities be filled with flocks of men. Then they shall know that I am the Lord.” ’ ”
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Yixayee yuav rov vaam meej
1“Tuabneeg tug tub, koj ca le cev kuv tej lug rua Yixayee tej roob has tas, ‘Yixayee tej roob 'e, ca le noog Yawmsaub tej lug.
2Vaajtswv Yawmsaub has le nuav tas, Vem koj cov yeeb ncuab nyos koj has tas, “Tej roob sab kws ib txwm muaj nyob poob ua peb tug lawm lauj.” ’
3Vem le nuav ca le cev Vaajtswv lug has tas, ‘Vaajtswv Yawmsaub has le nuav tas, Vem yog puab ua rua mej nyob do cuas ca hab tsuam mej txhua faab, ua rua mej poob moog ua luas tej tebchaws teej tug, hab mej tag luas ncauj luas lu hab raug ib tsoom tuabneeg thuaj luag saib tsw taug,
4Yixayee tej roob 'e, vem le nuav, ca le noog Vaajtswv Yawmsaub tej lug. Vaajtswv Yawmsaub has le nuav rua tej roob hab tej pov roob, tej haav dej hab tej kwj haa, hab tej chaw kws raug muab tso tseg nyob do cuas ca hab tej moos kws tsw muaj tuabneeg nyob, yog tej chaw kws raug luas lws hab raug ib tsoom tebchaws kws nyob ib ncig thuaj luag.
5Vem le nuav, Vaajtswv Yawmsaub has le nuav tas, Kuv khib xeeb sab kub quas lug has tej lug tawm tsaam luas tej tebchaws, hab tawm tsaam Entoo huvsw, yog tug kws zoo sab xyiv faab kawg muab kuv lub tebchaws ua nwg tug hab saib tsw taug heev kawg, sub nwg txhad tau lub tebchaws hov ua nwg tug hab lws tau huvsw moog.’
6Vem le nuav ca le cev lug has txug Yixayee tebchaws hab has rua tej roob hab tej pov roob, tej haav dej hab tej kwj haa tas, ‘Vaajtswv Yawmsaub has le nuav tas, Saib maj, kuv has ntawm kuv txujkev khib xeeb hab npau tawg, vem mej raug ib tsoom tebchaws thuaj hab saib tsw taug.
7Vem le nuav Vaajtswv Yawmsaub txhad has tas, kuv cog lug ruaj khov tas tej tebchaws kws nyob ib ncig ntawm mej kuj yuav raug thuaj hab raug saib tsw taug.
8“ ‘Yixayee tej roob 'e, mej yuav ncau ceg nthuav hab txw txwv rua kuv haiv tuabneeg Yixayee, tsua qhov tsw ntev puab yuav tau rov lug.
9Saib maj, kuv tuaj mej tog, kuv yuav tig rov lug rua ntawm mej, yuav muab mej laij hab muab mej cog.
10Hab kuv yuav ua kuas tuabneeg fuam vaam coob rua huv mej, yog taag nrho cov Yixayee huvsw. Yuav muaj tuabneeg nyob huv tej moos, hab tej chaw kws muab tso tseg nyob do cuas yuav raug tswm dua tshab.
11Kuv yuav ua kuas tsaj txhu hab tuabneeg fuam vaam coob rua huv mej, puab yuav muaj mivnyuas fuam vaam coob. Kuv yuav ua kuas muaj tuabneeg nyob huv mej ib yaam le yaav thau u, hab kuv yuav ua zoo rua mej ntau dua yaav thau u. Mas mej txhad yuav paub tas kuv yog Yawmsaub.
12Kuv yuav pub kuas muaj tuabneeg taug kev sau mej, yog kuv haiv tuabneeg Yixayee ntaag, hab puab yuav tau mej ua puab tug, hab mej yuav ua puab le qub txeeg qub teg, hab mej yuav tsw rhuav tshem puab tej mivnyuas dua le lawm.
13“ ‘Vaajtswv Yawmsaub has le nuav tas, Vem yog luas tej has rua mej tas, “Mej noj tuabneeg, hab mej rhuav tshem tej mivnyuas tawm huv mej lub tebchaws moog,”
14vem le nuav, Vaajtswv Yawmsaub has tas, mej yuav tsw noj tuabneeg hab yuav tsw rhuav tshem tej mivnyuas tawm huv mej lub tebchaws moog dua le lawm.
15Kuv yuav tsw pub kuas mej tau nov ib tsoom tebchaws tej lug thuaj luag dua le lawm, hab mej yuav tsw txaaj muag rua ib tsoom tuabneeg dua le lawm, hab mej yuav tsw ua rua mej lub tebchaws dawm le lawm. Vaajtswv Yawmsaub has le nuav ntaag.’ ”
16Yawmsaub has lug tuaj rua kuv tas,
17“Tuabneeg tug tub, thaus cov Yixayee nyob huv puab lub tebchaws, puab lub neej hab tej kws puab ua, qas puag tsuas lub tebchaws. Tej kws puab ua, kuv saib mas qas tsw huv ib yaam le tej quaspuj kws tseed ua quaspuj lawv lub caij qas tsw huv.
18Vem le nuav kuv txhad nchuav kuv txujkev npau tawg lug vem yog tim tej ntshaav kws puab tua lug rua huv lub tebchaws, hab tim tej txoov daab kws puab ua qas puag tsuas lub tebchaws.
19Kuv txhad ua rua puab tswv rw quas sua moog rua huv ib tsoom tebchaws, hab puab raug muab lawv moog rua luas tej tebchaws. Kuv txav txem rua puab lawv le puab lub neej hab tej kws puab ua.
20Tassws thaus puab moog rua huv luas tej tebchaws, tsw has lub tebchaws twg, puab tau ua puag tsuas kuv lub npe kws dawb huv, tsua qhov tej tuabneeg pheej has txug puab tas, ‘Cov tuabneeg nuav yog Yawmsaub haiv tuabneeg lov? Txawm yog le ntawd los puab raug tawm huv nwg lub tebchaws.’
21Tassws kuv txhawj txug kuv lub npe kws dawb huv, kws cov Yixayee muab ua puag tsuas rua huv tej tebchaws kws puab moog txug.
22“Vem le nuav, koj ca le has rua cov Yixayee tas, ‘Vaajtswv Yawmsaub has le nuav tas, Cov Yixayee 'e, tej kws kuv saamswm yuav ua nuav tsw yog saib rua mej, tassws yog saib rua kuv lub npe kws dawb huv, kws mej tau muab ua puag tsuas rua huv tej tebchaws kws mej moog txug ntawd.
23Kuv yuav ua kuv lub npe luj kawg qhov kws dawb huv tshwm lug, yog kuv lub npe kws raug muab ua qas puag tsuas rua huv ib tsoom tebchaws, tub yog mej ua qas puag tsuas huv plawv puab. Mas ib tsoom tebchaws yuav paub tas kuv yog Yawmsaub rua thaus kuv ua kuv txujkev dawb huv tshwm rua huv mej rua puab pum.
24“ ‘Kuv yuav coj mej tawm huv ib tsoom tebchaws hab sau zog mej huv txhua lub tebchaws lug, hab coj mej rov lug rua huv lub tebchaws kws yog mej le ntaag.
25Kuv yuav muab cov dej huv nchus rua mej, mej txhad le huv ntawm qhov kws mej qas tsw huv, hab kuv yuav ntxuav kuas mej huv ntawm qhov kws mej pe tej txoov daab huvsw.
26Kuv yuav pub lub sab tshab rua mej hab pub tug ntsuj plig tshab rua mej. Kuv yuav muab lub sab pob zeb rhu huv mej lub cev moog hab muab lub sab nqaj rua mej.
27Kuv yuav muab kuv tug ntsuj plig rua huv mej, hab kuv yuav ua kuas mej ua lawv le kuv tej kaab ke hab ua tuab zoo coj lawv le kuv tej kevcai.
28Mej yuav tau nyob rua huv lub tebchaws kws kuv muab pub rua mej tej laug. Mej yuav ua kuv haiv tuabneeg, hab kuv yuav ua mej tug Vaajtswv.
29Kuv yuav cawm mej dim mej tej kev qas tsw huv. Kuv yuav hu kuas muaj qoob loos nplua quas mag rua mej hab tsw kheev mej raug kev tshaib nqhes dua le lawm.
30Kuv yuav ua kuas tej ntoo huv teb txw txwv ntau hab ua rua tej teb tau qoob loos nplua quas mag, sub mej txhad tsw raug txaaj muag rua ib tsoom tebchaws vem yog qhov kws muaj kev tshaib nqhes.
31“ ‘Mej yuav ncu txug mej tej kev phem, hab ncu txug tej kws mej ua tsw zoo, mas mej yuav ntxub mej tug kheej vem yog mej tej kev txhum hab mej tej kev qas vuab tsuab.
32Vaajtswv Yawmsaub has tas, qhov kws kuv yuav ua le ntawd tsw yog saib rua mej. Mej ca le paub tseeb qhov ntawd. Cov Yixayee 'e, mej ca le txaaj muag hab poob ntsej muag rua tej kws mej ua.
33“ ‘Vaajtswv Yawmsaub has le nuav tas, Nub kws kuv ntxuav mej kev txhum pluj taag huvsw ntawd, kuv yuav ua kuas muaj tuabneeg nyob huv tej moos, hab tej chaw kws muab tso tseg nyob do cuas yuav muab tswm dua tshab.
34Hab yuav laij tej teb kws muab tso tseg nyob do cuas, yuav tsw nyob do cuas rua txhua tug kws dua kev pum.
35Luas yuav has tas, “Lub tebchaws kws muab tso tseg nuav zoo yaam nkaus le lub vaaj Etee lawm, tej moos kws raug muab tso tseg nyob do cuas hab pob taag, nwgnuav muaj tuabneeg nyob hab muaj ntsaa loog lawm.”
36Mas tej tebchaws kws tshuav nyob ib ncig mej yuav paub tas kuv kws yog Yawmsaub tau tswm tej chaw kws pob taag nuav dua tshab hab cog qoob loos rua tej teb kws nyob do cuas dua tshab. Kuv kws yog Yawmsaub tau has ca le nuav lawm, hab kuv yuav ua le ntawd.’
37“Vaajtswv Yawmsaub has le nuav tas, Kuv yuav kheev cov Yixayee thov kuv ua yaam nuav, yog thov pub kuas tuabneeg fuam vaam coob ib yaam le yaaj hab tshws.
38Tej paab yaaj paab tshws kws swv ua kevcai tua xyeem, yog tej paab yaaj paab tshws huv Yeluxalee rua thaus ua kevcai lawv swjhawm coob npaum le caag, mas tej moos kws raug muab tso tseg nyob do cuas yuav muaj tej paab tuabneeg nyob coob puv nkaus ib yaam le ntawd. Mas puab yuav paub tas kuv yog Yawmsaub.”