Ezekiel 36:1 (YLT)

Passage

And thou, son of man, prophesy unto mountains of Israel, and thou hast said, O mountains of Israel, hear a word of Jehovah.

Nearby Context

Ezekiel 36:1 And thou, son of man, prophesy unto mountains of Israel, and thou hast said, O mountains of Israel, hear a word of Jehovah.

Ezekiel 36:2 Thus said the Lord Jehovah: Because the enemy said against you, Aha, and the high places of old for a possession have been to us,

Ezekiel 36:3 therefore, prophesy, and thou hast said: Thus said the Lord Jehovah: Because, even because, of desolating, And of swallowing you up from round about, For your being a possession to the remnant of the nations, And ye are taken up on the tip of the tongue, And <FI>are<Fi> an evil report of the people.

Study Lenses

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

The next verse adds "Thus said the Lord Jehovah Because the...", so "thou" and "prophesy" 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 "thou" and "prophesy" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.