1 A nd there is a word of Jehovah unto me, saying:

The Word of the Lord came to me, saying,

2 ` Son of man, set thy face unto mountains of Israel, and prophesy concerning them:

“Son of man, turn your face toward the mountains of Israel, and tell what is going to happen against them.

3 A nd thou hast said: Mountains of Israel, Hear ye a word of the Lord Jehovah: Thus said the Lord Jehovah To the mountains, and to the hills, To the streams, and to the valleys, Lo, I, I am bringing in against you a sword, And I have destroyed your high places.

Say, ‘Mountains of Israel, listen to the Word of the Lord God! This is what the Lord God says to the mountains, the hills, the deep and wide valleys: “I Myself am going to bring a sword against you. And I will destroy your high places.

4 A nd desolated have been your altars, And broken your images, And I have caused your wounded to fall before your idols,

So your altars will be laid waste. Your altars for special perfume will be broken. And I will kill your people in front of your false gods.

5 A nd put the carcases of the sons of Israel before their idols, And scattered your bones round about your altars.

I will lay the dead bodies of the sons of Israel in front of their false gods, and spread your bones around your altars.

6 I n all your dwellings the cities are laid waste, And the high places are desolate, So that waste and desolate are your altars, And broken and ceased have your idols, And cut down have been your images, And blotted out have been your works.

In every place you live, cities will be laid waste and the high places will be destroyed. Your altars will be laid waste and destroyed. Your false gods will be broken and destroyed. Your altars for special perfume will come to an end.

7 A nd fallen hath the wounded in your midst, And ye have known that I Jehovah.

Your people will fall dead among you, and you will know that I am the Lord.

8 A nd I have caused to remain, In their being to you the escaped of the sword among nations, In your being scattered through lands.

“But I will leave some of you alive. For some of you will get away from the sword when you are spread among the lands and nations.

9 A nd remembered Me have your escaped among nations, Whither they have been taken captive, Because I have been broken with their heart that is going a-whoring, That hath turned aside from off Me, And with their eyes they are going a-whoring after their idols, And they have been loathsome in their own faces, For the evils that they have done -- all their abominations.

Then those who get away will remember Me in the nations where they have been taken. They will remember how I have been hurt by their sinful hearts which turned away from Me, and by their sinful eyes which followed after their false gods. And they will hate themselves in their own eyes for the sins they have done, for all their sinful ways.

10 A nd they have known that I Jehovah, Not for nought have I spoken to do to them this evil.

Then they will know that I am the Lord. I have not spoken with empty words that I would bring this trouble upon them.”’

11 T hus said the Lord Jehovah: `Smite with thy palm, and stamp with thy foot, And say: Alas, for all the evil abominations of the house of Israel, Who by sword, by famine, and by pestilence do fall.

“The Lord God says, ‘Clap your hands, and step hard with your feet, and say, “It is bad because of all the hated sins of the people of Israel! They will fall by the sword, hunger, and disease.

12 T he far-off by pestilence dieth, And the near by sword falleth, And the left and the besieged by famine dieth, And I have completed my fury upon them.

He who is far away will die by disease. And he who is near will be killed by the sword. He who stays and is shut in by armies will die by hunger. This is how I will send My anger upon them.

13 A nd ye have known that I Jehovah, In their wounded being in the midst of their idols, Round about their altars, On every high hill, on all tops of mountains, And under every green tree, and under every thick oak, The place where they gave sweet fragrance to all their idols.

Then you will know that I am the Lord, when their dead lie among their false gods around their altars. They will lie on every high hill, on all the mountain tops, under every green tree, and under every oak tree with many leaves. Their dead will be in all the places where they burned special perfume to all their false gods.

14 A nd I have stretched out my hand against them, And have made the land a desolation, Even a desolation from the wilderness to Diblath, In all their dwellings, And they have known that I Jehovah!'

I will put out My hand against them in every place they live. I will make the land more of a waste than the desert toward Diblah. Then they will know that I am the Lord.”’”