6. “So say these things about the land of Israel. Speak to the mountains and to the hills, to the streams, and to the valleys. Tell them that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘I will let my strong feelings and anger speak for me, because you had to suffer the insults from those nations.’”
7. So this is what the Lord GOD says: “I am the one making this promise! I swear that the nations around you will have to suffer for those insults.
8. “But mountains of Israel, you will grow new trees and produce fruit for my people Israel. My people will soon come back.
9. I am with you, and I will help you. People will till your soil and plant seeds in you.
10. There will be many people living on you. The whole family of Israel—all of them—will live there. The cities will have people living in them. The destroyed places will be rebuilt.
11. I will give you many people and animals, and they will grow and have many children. I will bring people to live on you as in the past. I will make it better for you than before. Then you will know that I am the Lord.
12. Yes, I will lead many people—my people, Israel—to your land. You will be their property, and you will not take away their children again.”
13. This is what the Lord GOD says: “Land of Israel, people say bad things to you. They say you destroyed your people. They say you took the children away from your people.
14. But you will not destroy people anymore or take away their children again.” This is what the Lord GOD said.
15. “I will not let those other nations insult you anymore. You will not be hurt by them anymore. You will not take the children away from your people again.” This is what the Lord GOD said.
16. Then the word of the Lord came to me. He said,
17. “Son of man, the family of Israel lived in their own country, but they made that land filthy by the bad things they did. To me, they were like a woman who becomes unclean because of her monthly time of bleeding.
18. They spilled blood on the ground when they murdered people in the land. They made the land filthy with their idols, so I showed them how angry I was.
19. I scattered them among the nations and spread them through all the lands. I gave them the punishment they deserved for the bad things they did.
20. But even in those other nations, they ruined my good name. How? Those nations said, ‘These are the Lord’S people, but they left his land.’