The Lord speaks to the land/territory of Israel.

Ezekiel 36:4

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 “…therefore, O mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord God! Thus says the Lord God to the mountains, the hills, the rivers, the valleys, the desolate wastes, and the cities that have been forsaken, which became plunder and mockery to the rest of the nations all around— ” Ezekiel 36:4

God is speaking to the land of Israel that had been sitting dormant as far as not having a Jewish population to occupy/rule over the land. The land of Israel had been sitting dormant since the day Titus desolated it in 70AD until 1948 when the land was declared a Jewish State in 1948. For 1878 years the land of Israel had been a desolate waste with no Jewish nation. Cities were forsaken and empty of Jewish rule/occupancy. The land of Israel was plundered in 70AD and never restored to Jewish power, which made it a mockery to the rest of the nations all around. For 1878 years, people all around the globe were making a mockery of a promised land that the Jewish people fled from, were scattered from, and dispersed from.

The Jewish people rejected Jesus Christ as their Messiah and Savior just about 37 years before the destruction of Jerusalem and the Temple in 70AD. The destruction was part of the judgment of God against them for turning from His will for them to accept Jesus Christ. Today, if the Jewish people would have received Jesus as their Christ and Savior, the Jewish State of Israel would never have existed. Instead of being Jewish, they would be Christian and as Christians we do not have a nation on this earth to call our own. Our nation is the New Jerusalem in the new heaven and earth. “Therefore let all the house of Israel know assuredly that God has made this Jesus, whom you crucified, both Lord and Christ.” Ats 2:36

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“….to you who do not hold to her teaching and have not learned Satan’s so-called deep secrets,“
‘I will not impose any other burden on you, except to hold on to what you have until I come.’”
“I am coming soon. Hold on to what you have, so that no one will take your crown.”
Revelation 2:24-25, 3:1