John Gill's Exposition on Ezekiel 36:1

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Exposition of the Old and New Testament
John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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Also, thou son of man, prophesy unto the mountains of Israel, &c.] The land of Judah, which was very mountainous, at least one part of it, called the hill country, (<420139>Luke 1:39,65) 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”f600; 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”f601; 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.

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