remain low, and the waters sluggish and stagnant. The 

 translation should probably have been "Then will I make 

 their deep waters to run like oil." The restoration of 

 Israel to their own land when the drought shall have ended, 

 and good seasons returned, is described in Ezekiel xxxiv. 

 B.C. 587:— 



"13. And I will bring them out from the people, and gather 

 them from the countries, and will bring them to their own land, 

 and feed them upon the mountains of Israel by the rivers, and in 

 all inhabited places of the country. 



"14. I will feed them in a good pasture, and upon the high 

 mountaims of Israel shall their fold be; there they shall be in a 

 good fold, and in a fat pasture shall they feed upon the mountains 

 of Israel." 



" 26. And I will make them, and the places round about my 

 hill, a blessing ; and I will cause the shower to come down in his 

 season ; there shall be showers of blessing. 



"27. And the tree of the field shall yield her fruit, and the 

 * -iitii sh ill yield her increase, and they shall be safe in their land." 



Reference is made again to the restoration after the 

 period of drought and desolation shall have ended. 



Ezekiel xxxvi, 8, B.C. 587. " But ye, Oh 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. 



" 9. For, behold, I am for you, and I will turn unto you, and 

 ye shall be tilled and sown. 



" 10. And I will multiply men upon you, all the house of Israel, 

 even all of it; and the cities shall be inhabited, and the wastes 

 shall be builded. 



"11. And I will multiply upon you man and beast; and they 

 shall increase and bring fruit; and I will settle you after your old 

 estates, and will do better unto you than at your beginnings. 



" 34. And the desolate land shall be tilled, whereas it lay desolate 

 in the sight of all that passed by. 



