7. So this is what the sovereign Lord says: I vow that the nations around you will endure insults as well.
8. “‘But you, mountains of Israel, will grow your branches, and bear your fruit for my people Israel; for they will arrive soon.
9. For indeed, I am on your side; I will turn to you, and you will be plowed and planted.
10. I will multiply your people – the whole house of Israel, all of it. The cities will be populated and the ruins rebuilt.
11. I will increase the number of people and animals on you; they will increase and be fruitful. I will cause you to be inhabited as in ancient times, and will do more good for you than at the beginning of your history. Then you will know that I am the Lord.
12. I will lead people, my people Israel, across you; they will possess you and you will become their inheritance. No longer will you bereave them of their children.
13. “‘This is what the sovereign Lord says: Because they are saying to you, “You are a devourer of men, and bereave your nation of children,”
14. therefore you will no longer devour people and no longer bereave your nation of children, declares the sovereign Lord.
15. I will no longer subject you to the nations’ insults; no longer will you bear the shame of the peoples, and no longer will you bereave your nation, declares the sovereign Lord.’”
16. The word of the Lord came to me:
17. “Son of man, when the house of Israel was living on their own land, they defiled it by their behavior and their deeds. In my sight their behavior was like the uncleanness of a woman having her monthly period.
18. So I poured my anger on them because of the blood they shed on the land and because of the idols with which they defiled it.
19. I scattered them among the nations; they were dispersed throughout foreign countries. In accordance with their behavior and their deeds I judged them.
20. But when they arrived in the nations where they went, they profaned my holy name. It was said of them, ‘These are the people of the Lord, yet they have departed from his land.’