Ezekiel 36:1 - Exposition

Prophesy unto the mountains of Israel . This prediction must be read in contrast, first, to that delivered against the mountains of Seir in the last chapter (35.), and, secondly, to that uttered against the mountains of Israel at an earlier stage of Ezekiel's activity ( Ezekiel 6:1-14 .). That "the mountains of Israel" was a familiar expression for the land of Israel, see Ezekiel 6:1 ; Ezekiel 17:22 ; Ezekiel 33:28 ; Ezekiel 34:14 ; Ezekiel 37:22 ; Ezekiel 38:8 ; and comp. Psalms 121:1 ; Isaiah 52:7 .