Ezekiel 36:8-14

8-14. Let the mountains of Israel rejoice and bear good crops, for the return of the rightful inhabitants is “at hand” (Ezekiel 36:8, compare Ezekiel 11:17), and Jehovah will again return to the land from which he had departed (Ezekiel 10:18-20; Ezekiel 11:13-20, etc.), and the fields shall be fruitful and the villages multiplied (Ezekiel 36:33; Ezekiel 34:13-14), and the Lord’s people shall be greater than even at the beginning (Deuteronomy 30:5), as they walk again over their old inheritance, Which shall no more deserve its former reputation of being a devourer of men (Ezekiel 36:13), and bringing destruction upon its “children” (Ezekiel 36:12, A.V., men) because of the frequent famines (Ezekiel 36:30, compare Numbers 13:32) and other judgments upon the “nation” (Ezekiel 36:13-15, Hebrews) for its wickedness (Ezekiel 36:12; Ezekiel 36:17; Ezekiel 34:28).