Ezekiel 36:1 (WEB)

Passage

You, son of man, prophesy to the mountains of Israel, and say, “You mountains of Israel, hear Yahweh’s word.

Nearby Context

Ezekiel 36:1 You, son of man, prophesy to the mountains of Israel, and say, “You mountains of Israel, hear Yahweh’s word.

Ezekiel 36:2 Thus says the Lord Yahweh: ‘Because the enemy has said against you, “Aha!” and, “The ancient high places are ours in possession!”’

Ezekiel 36:3 therefore prophesy, and say, ‘Thus says the Lord Yahweh: “Because, even because they have made you desolate, and swallowed you up on every side, that you might be a possession to the residue of the nations, and you are taken up in the lips of talkers, and the evil report of the people;”

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "prophesy", "mountains", "israel", "hear", "yahweh", and "word". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "prophesy" and "mountains", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The next verse adds "Thus says the Lord Yahweh Because the...", so "prophesy" and "mountains" should be read forward into that movement. In Ezekiel context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "prophesy" and "mountains" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.