4Therefore, ye mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord GOD; Thus saith the Lord GOD to the mountains, and to the hills, to the rivers, and to the valleys, to the desolate wastes, and to the cities that are forsaken, which became a prey and derision to the residue of the heathen that are round about;
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And they shall no more be a prey to the heathen, neither shall the beast of the land devour them; but they shall dwell safely, and none shall make them afraid.
But the land, whither ye go to possess it, is a land of hills and valleys, and drinketh water of the rain of heaven:
Also, thou son of man, prophesy unto the mountains of Israel, and say, Ye mountains of Israel, hear the word of the LORD:
Prophesy therefore concerning the land of Israel, and say unto the mountains, and to the hills, to the rivers, and to the valleys, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I have spoken in my jealousy and in my fury, because ye have borne the shame of the heathen:
We are become a reproach to our neighbours, a scorn and derision to them that are round about us.
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-15)The prophet had been ordered to set his face towards the mountains of Israel and prophesy against them , Ezek. 6:2. Then God was coming forth to contend with his people; but now that God is returning in mercy to them he must speak good words and comfortable words to these mountains, Ezek. 36:1 , 4 . You mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord ; and what he says to them he says to the hills,…
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