And the word of the LORD
came unto me, saying
,
Son of man
, set
thy face
toward the mountains
of Israel
, and prophesy
against them,
And say, Ye mountains
of Israel
, hear
the word
of the Lord
GOD
; Thus saith
the Lord
GOD
to the mountains
, and to the hills
, to the rivers
, and to the valleys
; Behold, I, even I, will bring
a sword
upon you, and I will destroy
your high places
.
And your altars shall be desolate
, and your images
shall be broken
: and I will cast down
your slain
men before
your idols
.
And I will lay the dead carcases
of the children
of Israel
before
their idols
; and I will scatter
your bones
round about
your altars
.
In all your dwellingplaces the cities
shall be laid waste
, and the high places
shall be desolate
; that your altars
may be laid waste
and made desolate
, and your idols
may be broken
and cease
, and your images
may be cut down
, and your works
may be abolished
.
And the slain shall fall
in the midst
of you, and ye shall know
that I am the LORD
.
Yet will I leave a remnant, that ye may have some that shall escape
the sword
among the nations
, when ye shall be scattered
through the countries
.
And they that escape of you shall remember
me among the nations
whither they shall be carried captives
, because I am broken
with their whorish
heart
, which hath departed
from me, and with their eyes
, which go a whoring
after
their idols
: and they shall lothe
themselves
for the evils
which they have committed
in all their abominations
.
And they shall know that I am the LORD
, and that I have not said
in vain
that I would do
this evil
unto them.
Thus saith the Lord
GOD
; Smite
with thine hand
, and stamp
with thy foot
, and say
, Alas
for all the evil
abominations
of the house
of Israel
! for they shall fall
by the sword
, by the famine
, and by the pestilence
.
He that is far off shall die
of the pestilence
; and he that is near
shall fall
by the sword
; and he that remaineth
and is besieged
shall die
by the famine
: thus will I accomplish
my fury
upon them.
Then shall ye know that I am the LORD
, when their slain
men shall be among
their idols
round about
their altars
, upon every high
hill
, in all the tops
of the mountains
, and under every green
tree
, and under every thick
oak
, the place
where they did offer
sweet
savour
to all their idols
.
So will I stretch out my hand
upon them, and make
the land
desolate
, yea, more desolate
than the wilderness
toward Diblath
, in all their habitations
: and they shall know
that I am the LORD
.