But you, O mountains of Israel, you shall shoot forth your branches and yield your fruit to My people Israel, for they are about to come.
Parallel translations
- WEB But you, mountains of Israel, you shall shoot out your branches, and yield your fruit to my people Israel; for they are at hand to come.
- KJV But ye, O mountains of Israel, ye shall shoot forth your branches, and yield your fruit to my people of Israel; for they are at hand to come.
- BSB But you, O mountains of Israel, will produce branches and bear fruit for My people Israel, for they will soon come home.
- NASB But as for you, mountains of Israel, you will grow your branches and bear fruit for My people Israel; for they are about to come.
- NLT “But the mountains of Israel will produce heavy crops of fruit for my people—for they will be coming home again soon!
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Quick answer
The mountains of Israel will again grow branches and bear fruit for God's people, who are soon to return. Restoration is near at hand.
Overview
Addressing the land directly, God promises renewed fertility 'for my people Israel,' 'for they are at hand to come.' The barren hills will flourish again as the exiles return. This reverses the desolation and signals that the promise is imminent, not distant. The fruitful land foreshadows the abundant life God grants His people in the renewed creation through Christ.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 13
- Isa 27:6In days to come, Jacob will take root. Israel will blossom and bud. They will fill the surface of the world with fruit.
- Heb 10:37“In a very little while, he who comes will come, and will not wait.
- Ezek 34:26–29I will make them and the places around my hill a blessing; and I will cause the shower to come down in its season; there shall be showers of blessing.
- Ezek 17:23I will plant it in the mountain of the height of Israel; and it will produce boughs, and bear fruit, and be a good cedar. Birds of every kind will dwell in the shade of its branches.
- Ps 85:12Yes, Yahweh will give that which is good. Our land will yield its increase.
- Hos 2:21–23It will happen in that day, I will respond,” says Yahweh, “I will respond to the heavens, and they will respond to the earth;
- Isa 4:2In that day, Yahweh’s branch will be beautiful and glorious, and the fruit of the land will be the beauty and glory of the survivors of Israel.
- Isa 30:23He will give the rain for your seed, with which you will sow the ground; and bread of the increase of the ground will be rich and plentiful. In that day, your livestock will feed in large pastures.
- Jas 5:8–9You also be patient. Establish your hearts, for the coming of the Lord is at hand.
- Phil 4:5Let your gentleness be known to all men. The Lord is at hand.
- Ezek 12:25For I am Yahweh. I will speak, and the word that I speak will be performed. It will be no more deferred; for in your days, rebellious house, I will speak the word, and will perform it,” says the Lord Yahweh.’”
- Ps 67:6The earth has yielded its increase. God, even our own God, will bless us.
- Amos 9:13–15“Behold, the days come,” says Yahweh, “that the plowman shall overtake the reaper, and the one treading grapes him who sows seed; and sweet wine will drip from the mountains, and flow from the hills.
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