Judgment on the Mountains of Israel
1The word of the
2“Son of man, turn toward the mountains of Israel and prophesy against them:
3Say, ‘Mountains of Israel, Hear the word of the sovereign
4Your altars will be ruined and your incense altars will be broken. I will throw down your slain in front of your idols.
5I will place the corpses of the people of Israel in front of their idols, and I will scatter your bones around your altars.
6In all your dwellings, the cities will be laid waste and the high places ruined so that your altars will be laid waste and ruined, your idols will be shattered and demolished, your incense altars will be broken down, and your works wiped out.
7The slain will fall among you and then you will know that I am the
8“‘But I will spare some of you. Some will escape the sword when you are scattered in foreign lands.
9Then your survivors will remember me among the nations where they are exiled. They will realize how I was crushed by their unfaithful heart which turned from me and by their eyes which lusted after their idols. They will loathe themselves because of the evil they have done and because of all their abominable practices.
10They will know that I am the
11“‘This is what the sovereign
12The one far away will die by pestilence, the one close by will fall by the sword, and whoever is left and has escaped these will die by famine. I will fully vent my rage against them.
13Then you will know that I am the
14I will stretch out my hand against them and make the land a desolate waste from the wilderness to Riblah, in all the places where they live. Then they will know that I am the