8. But you, O mountains of Israel, you shall shoot forth your branches and yield your fruit for My people Israel. For they shall come soon.
9. For I am for you, and I will turn to you, and you shall be tilled and sown.
10. And I will multiply men upon you, all the house of Israel, all of it. And the cities shall be inhabited, and the waste places shall be built.
11. And I will multiply man and beast upon you. And they shall increase and bring forth fruit. AndI will settle you as you were before and do better to you than at the beginning. Thus you shall know that I am the Lord.
12. Indeed, I will cause men to walk upon you, My people Israel, and they shall possess you, and you shall be their inheritance, and you shall no longer bereave them of children.
13. Thus says the Lord God: Because they say to you, “You are a devourer of men and have bereaved your nation of children,”
14. therefore you shall devour men no more or bereave your nation of children anymore, says the Lord God.
15. Nor will I cause men to hear in you the invectives of the nations anymore, nor shall you bear the reproach of the peoples anymore, nor shall you cause your nation to fall anymore, says the Lord God.
16. Moreover the word of the Lord came to me, saying: