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I will save My flock. They will no longer be hurt. And I will judge between one sheep and another.

"I will make a peace agreement with them and take away wild animals from the land. Then they will be safe as they live in the desert and sleep in the woods.

I will bring good to them and to the places around My hill. I will give them rain when they need it. Good will rain down upon them.

The trees of the field will give their fruit and the earth will give its food. They will be safe in their land. Then they will know that I am the Lord, when I have broken the load from their backs and have saved them from those who made servants of them.

They will no longer be under the power of the nations. And the wild animals of the earth will not eat them. But they will be safe, and no one will make them afraid.

I will give them a land well known for its fields of food. They will never suffer with hunger again, and will no longer be put to shame by the nations.

Then they will know that I, the Lord their God, am with them, and that they, the people of Israel, are My people," says the Lord God.

As you had joy because the land of Israel was destroyed, so I will do to you. You will be destroyed, O Mount Seir, and all Edom, all of it. Then they will know that I am the Lord."'

So tell the mountains of Israel, ‘The Lord God says, "They have made you a waste land, and destroyed you from every side. You were taken by the rest of the nations for their own. And the people have been saying bad things about you."'"

The Lord God says, "I speak in the fire of My jealousy against the rest of the nations and against all Edom. They have taken My land for themselves with hearts full of joy and hate, that they might rob its good things."

But you, O mountains of Israel, will put out your branches and give your fruit for My people Israel. For they will come home soon.

I will give you many people and animals, and they will have many young ones. You will be full of people as you were before. And I will do more good to you than ever before. Then you will know that I am the Lord.

"Son of man, when the people of Israel were living in their own land, they made it sinful by their ways and their works. The way they acted before Me was unclean, like a woman is unclean during her time each month.

So I poured out My anger upon them because of the blood they had poured on the land, and because they had made it sinful with their false gods.

They will say, ‘This waste land has become like the garden of Eden. And the destroyed cities now have strong walls and many people.'

He led me around the valley. I saw there were very many bones, and they were very dry.

I looked and saw that parts had grown to hold them together. Flesh had grown, and they were covered with skin. But there was no breath in them.

So I spoke as I had been told. The breath came into them, and they came to life and stood on their feet. They were a large army.

Then He said to me, "Son of man, these bones are all the people of Israel. They say, ‘Our bones are dried up, and our hope is gone. We are all destroyed.'

tell them, ‘The Lord God says, "I will take the stick of Joseph, which is in the hand of Ephraim, and the people of Israel who are with him. And I will put it with the stick of Judah, and make them one stick. They will be one in My hand."'