1. The Lord said:Ezekiel, son of man, tell the mountains of Israel
2. that I, the Lord God, am saying:Your enemies sneered and said that you mountains belonged to them.
3. They ruined and crushed you from every side, and foreign nations captured and made fun of you.
4. So all you mountains and hills, streams and valleys, listen to what I will do. Your towns may now lie in ruins, and nations may laugh and insult you.
5. But in my fierce anger, I will turn against those nations, and especially the Edomites, because they laughed at you the loudest and took over your pasture lands.
6. You have suffered long enough, and, I, the Lord God, am very angry! Nations have insulted you,
7. so I will now insult and disgrace them. That is my solemn promise.
8. Trees will grow on you mountains of Israel and produce fruit for my people, because they will soon come home.
9. I will take care of you by ploughing your soil and planting crops on your fertile slopes.