Ezekiel 36:1

Also, thou son of man, prophesy unto the mountains of Israel ,.... The land of Judah, which was very mountainous, at least one part of it, called the hill country, Luke 1:39 and now the country being cleared of men through the captivity, and other desolating judgments, there were none but bare mountains to speak unto: or, "prophesy concerning the mountains of Israel" F4 אל הרי ישראל "de montibus Israelis", Junius & Tremellius, Polanus. ; the inhabitants of them, or those that should be restored to them, concerning their future happiness and comfort: some render it, "against the mountains of Israel" F5 "Contra montes Israelis", Vatablus. ; but the later prophecies of them are in their favour, and not against them:

and say, ye mountains of Israel , hear the word of the Lord; concerning the destruction of their enemies, and concerning the temporal blessings that should be bestowed on them.