[[Ezek-36]] Prev: [[Prophecies in Ezek-35]] | Next: [[Prophecies in Ezek-37]] --- ### I scattered them among the nations, and they were dispersed through the countries. I judged them according to their way and according to their deeds. *Type*: fulfillment *Summary*: The scattering of the Israelites into exile is presented as the fulfillment of the divine warnings and curses for disobedience. *Historical context*: Theological and historical consensus identifies this as the fulfillment of the Mosaic Covenant curses found in [[Lev|Leviticus 26]] and [[Deut|Deuteronomy 28]], specifically realized during the Assyrian and Babylonian conquests (722 BC and 586 BC). *Related to*: [[Lev-26#v33|Leviticus 26:33]]; [[Deut-28#v64|Deuteronomy 28:64]] ### 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. ... I will multiply men on you, all the house of Israel, even all of it. The cities will be inhabited, and the waste places will be built. *Type*: prophecy *Summary*: A prediction that the physical land of Israel will become agriculturally productive again and that the cities will be rebuilt and repopulated by the returning people of Israel. *Historical context*: Historians note an initial fulfillment in the return of Jewish exiles from Babylon starting in 538 BC under the decree of Cyrus. Many scholars and historians also point to the modern agricultural restoration of Israel and the 'greening' of the desert in the 20th century as a literal fulfillment. *Related to*: ### For I will take you from among the nations and gather you out of all the countries, and will bring you into your own land. *Type*: prophecy *Summary*: A specific prediction that the Jewish people, though scattered globally, will be gathered back to the land of Israel by divine intervention. *Historical context*: This prophecy is historically linked to the return from the Babylonian exile (6th century BC). In a modern context, it is widely cited by theologians and historians in relation to the Aliyah (immigration) of Jewish people from around the world to the State of Israel since its re-establishment in 1948. *Related to*: ### I will also give you a new heart, and I will put a new spirit within you. I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you a heart of flesh. I will put my Spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my statutes. *Type*: prophecy *Summary*: A promise of an internal, spiritual transformation where God provides the Holy Spirit to enable true obedience and a renewed relationship. *Historical context*: Christian theology identifies this as the promise of the New Covenant, fulfilled through the life and sacrifice of Jesus Christ and the subsequent outpouring of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost ([[Acts|Acts 2]]). It is also associated with the concept of the 'New Birth' described in [[John|John 3]]. *Related to*: [[Jer-31#v31|Jeremiah 31:31]]-34 ### Surely in the fire of my jealousy I have spoken against the residue of the nations, and against all Edom, that have appointed my land to themselves for a possession ... surely the nations that are around you will bear their shame. *Type*: prophecy *Summary*: A prediction of judgment and shame for Edom and surrounding nations who sought to take possession of Israel's territory during its desolation. *Historical context*: The historical nation of Edom was conquered by the Nabataeans and later the Hasmoneans and Romans, eventually disappearing from history as a distinct ethnic and political entity. This fulfills the repeated prophetic themes of Edom's total destruction. *Related to*: --- #ai_prophecy