Verses 14-15 are God’s promise that the mountains of Israel will never again be able to destroy the inhabitants of the land, and be ridiculed and insulted by other nations. The logical connector therefore introduces this promise as the result that will change what has happened in the past. In these verses the pronoun you continues to refer to the mountains.

You shall no longer devour men and no longer bereave your nation of children: See the previous verse. Bereave your nation of children follows what is read in the margin of the Masoretic Text. What is written in this Hebrew text is “cause your nations to stumble” (similarly Traduction œcuménique de la Bible). The Hebrew verbs for bereave … of children (tishakkili) and “cause … to stumble” (tikashshili) are very similar, so a copyist could have confused them. Many other Hebrew manuscripts actually have the verb for bereave … of children in the text. This term appears in verses 12 and 13, and seems to be the most appropriate word in this context also. We recommend bereave your nation of children (so Hebrew Old Testament Text Project), although “cause your people to stumble” is also possible and would not be wrong. For “your nations” instead of your nation, see the comments on the previous verse.

Says the Lord GOD is a solemn pronouncement that emphasizes God speaks these words. For the Lord GOD, see Ezek 36.2.

Quoted with permission from Gross, Carl & Stine, Philip C. A Handbook on Ezekiel. (UBS Helps for Translators). Miami: UBS, 2016. For this and other handbooks for translators see here .