Quotes About Land

“Son of man, those living in the ruins in the land of Israel are saying, ëAbraham was only one man, yet he possessed the land. But we are many; surely the land has been given to us as a possession.í

Therefore tell them that this is what the Lord GOD says: ëYou eat meat with the blood in it, lift up your eyes to your idols, and shed blood. Should you then possess the land?

You have relied on your swords, you have committed detestable acts, and each of you has defiled his neighborís wife. Should you then possess the land?í

I will make the land a desolate waste, and the pride of her strength will come to an end. The mountains of Israel will become desolate, so that no one will pass through.

I will bring them out from the peoples, gather them from the countries, and bring them into their own land. I will feed them on the mountains of Israel, in the ravines, and in all the settlements of the land.

I will feed them in good pasture, and the lofty mountains of Israel will be their grazing land. There they will lie down in a good grazing land; they will feed in rich pasture on the mountains of Israel.

I will make with them a covenant of peace and rid the land of wild animals, so that they may dwell securely in the wilderness and sleep in the forest.

The trees of the field will give their fruit, and the land will yield its produce; My flock will be secure in their land. Then they will know that I am the LORD, when I have broken the bars of their yoke and delivered them from the hands that enslaved them.

This is what the Lord GOD says: Because the enemy has said of you, ëAha! The ancient heights have become our possession,í

Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: Surely in My burning zeal I have spoken against the rest of the nations, and against all Edom, who took My land as their own possession with wholehearted joy and utter contempt, so that its pastureland became plunder.

Therefore, prophesy concerning the land of Israel and tell the mountains and hills, the ravines and valleys, that this is what the Lord GOD says: Behold, I have spoken in My burning zeal because you have endured the reproach of the nations.

Yes, I will cause My people Israel to walk upon you; they will possess you, and you will be their inheritance, and you will no longer deprive them of their children.

So I poured out My wrath upon them because of the blood they had shed on the land, and because they had defiled it with their idols.

And wherever they went among the nations, they profaned My holy name, because it was said of them, ëThese are the people of the LORD, yet they had to leave His land.í

For I will take you from among the nations and gather you out of all the countries, and I will bring you back into your own land.

Then you will live in the land that I gave your forefathers; you will be My people, and I will be your God.

The desolate land will be cultivated instead of lying desolate in the sight of all who pass through.

Therefore prophesy and tell them that this is what the Lord GOD says: ëO My people, I will open your graves and bring you up from them, and I will bring you back to the land of Israel.

I will put My Spirit in you and you will live, and I will settle you in your own land. Then you will know that I, the LORD, have spoken, and I will do it, declares the LORD.í”

you are to tell them that this is what the Lord GOD says: ëI will take the Israelites out of the nations to which they have gone, and I will gather them from all around and bring them into their own land.

They will live in the land that I gave to My servant Jacob, where your fathers lived. They will live there forever with their children and grandchildren, and My servant David will be their prince forever.

You and all your troops, and many peoples with you will go up, advancing like a thunderstorm; you will be like a cloud covering the land.

in order to seize the spoil and carry off the plunder, to turn a hand against the desolate places now inhabited and against a people gathered from the nations, who have acquired livestock and possessions and who live at the center of the land.í

You will advance against My people Israel like a cloud covering the land. It will happen in the latter days, O Gog, that I will bring you against My land, so that the nations may know Me when I show Myself holy in you before their eyes.