9For, behold, I am for you, and I will turn unto you, and ye shall be tilled and sown:
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The LORD of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our refuge. Selah.
And it shall come to pass in that day, I will hear, saith the LORD, I will hear the heavens, and they shall hear the earth; …
And the desolate land shall be tilled, whereas it lay desolate in the sight of all that passed by.
What shall we then say to these things? If God be for us, who can be against us?
For the seed shall be prosperous; the vine shall give her fruit, and the ground shall give her increase, and the heavens shall give their dew; and I will cause the remnant of this people to possess all these things.
Commentary
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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