Ezekiel 36:1

Also, thou son of man, prophesy unto the mountains of Israel, and say, Ye mountains of Israel, hear the word of the LORD: The distinction between Israel and the pagan (as Edom) is, Israel has a covenant-relation to God, ensuring restoration after chastisement, so that the pagan's hope of getting possession of the elect people's inheritance must fail, and themselves be made desolate (Ezekiel 36:1). The reason for the chastisement of Israel was Israel's sin and profanation of God's name (Ezekiel 36:16). God has good in store for Israel, for His own name's sake, to revive His people; first, by a spiritual renewal of their hearts, and next, by an external restoration to prosperity ...

1-15 Those who put contempt and reproach on God's people, will have them turned on themselves. God promises favour to his Israel. We have no reason to complain, if the more unkind men are, the more kind God is. They shall come again to their own border. It was a type of the heavenly Canaan, of which all God's children are heirs, and into which they all shall be brought together. And when God returns in mercy to a people who return to him in duty, all their grievances will be set right. The full completion of this prophecy must be in some future event....

CHAPTER XXXVI _The Edomites or Idumeans, during the Babylonish captivity, took_ _possession of the mountainous parts of Judea, and the_ _fortresses which commanded the country, intending to exclude_ _the Jews if ever they should return from their captivity. The_ _prophet therefore, by a beautiful personification, addresses_ _the mountains of Israel; and, ascribing to them passions and_ _emotions similar to those of his own breast, consoles them with_ _the prospect of being soon rid of those usurping foes; of being_ freed from the dishonour of idols under which they g

The “mountains of Israel” are opposed to “Seir,” the mount of Edom Ezekiel 35:3....

EXPOSITION EZEKIEL 36:1 The present chapter is entirely devoted to the consolation of Israel, though its parts are derived from two separate "words" of Jehovah. Ezekiel 36:1 belong to the "word" which opened with the first verse of the preceding chapter; Ezekiel 36:16 begins another "word," which only closes at Ezekiel 37:14. The subject of the first part is the comfort offered to Israel in the destruction threatened against the heathen, and in the blessings promised to her land and people. Ezekiel

ALSO, THOU SON OF MAN, PROPHESY UNTO THE MOUNTAINS OF ISRAEL,.... The land of Judah, which was very mountainous, at least one part of it, called the hill country, Luke 1:39 and now the country being cleared of men through the captivity, and other desolating judgments, there were none but bare mountains to speak unto: or, "prophesy concerning the mountains of Israel" d; the inhabitants of them, or those that should be restored to them, concerning their future happiness and comfort: some render it, "against the mountains of Israel" e; but the later prophecies of them are in their favour, and not against them: AND SAY, YE MOUNTAINS OF ISRAEL, hear the word of the Lord; concerning the destruction of their enemies, and concerning the temporal blessings that should be bestowed on them. d אל הרי ישראל "de montibus Israelis", Junius Tremellius, Polanus. e "Contra montes I

CHAPTER 36) A beautiful order is discernible in this and the succeeding prophecies: (1) Restoration of the land (Ezekiel 36:1). (2) of the people (Ezekiel 36:16); (Ezekiel 36:28). (3) judgment on Israel's enemies. (Ezekiel 38:1); (Ezekiel 38:24). Afterward follows that which concerns the worship of Jehovah that He may dwell amongst His people....

Ezekiel 36:1. With this chapter the great prophetic utterances of Ezekiel begin concerning the future restoration and blessing of Israel. From here on to the end of the book, all is still unfulfilled, nor can it be fulfilled until the Lord Jesus Christ comes again and is enthroned as King. The first seven verses (Ezekiel 36:1)announce once more the future judgment of Israel's enemies. Then comes the promised return to the land Ezekiel 36:8. The mountains of Israel, barren so long, shall be inhabited again. Israel's past sins and chastisement are reviewed in Ezekiel 36:16, and then comes that great message of restoration and blessing th

THE RESTORATION AND RENEWAL OF ISRAEL'S LAND. This chapter is brilliant with hope and promise. First comes a fine apostrophe (Ezekiel 36:1), tremulous with emotion (_cf._ Ezekiel 36:4), to the mountain land of Israel (contrast ch. 6). Mocked and desolated as it had been by the enemy, and especially by Edom, Yahweh, whose own honour has been involved in these insults to His land, solemnly vows that the enemy shall be overtaken by the doom which they had brought upon Israel (Ezekiel 36:1). His favour, however, would restore Israel's mountain land, which, in the near future (Ezekiel 36:8) would be more fertile, prosperous, and populous

WHAT NOW FOLLOWS refers to the yet future Restoration of the People and Land of Israel and Judah, as shown in the Structure above. SON OF MAN. See note on Ezekiel 2:1, MOUNTAINS OF ISRAEL. See Ezekiel 6:1; Ezekiel 36:1. THE LORD. Hebrew. _Jehovah_. App-4,...