¶ And the word¹ of the LORD came unto me, saying,

Son of man, set² thy face toward the mountains³ of Israel, and prophesy against them,

And say, Ye⁴ mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord GOD; Thus saith the Lord GOD to the mountains⁵, and to the hills, to the rivers, and to the valleys; Behold, I, even I, will bring a sword upon you, and I will⁶ destroy your high places.

And your altars shall be desolate, and your images⁷ shall be broken: and I⁸ will cast down your slain men before your idols.

And I will lay⁹ the dead carcases of the children of Israel before their idols; and I will scatter your bones round about your altars.

In all your¹⁰ dwellingplaces the cities¹¹ shall be laid waste, and the¹² high places shall be desolate; that your altars¹³ may be laid waste and made desolate, and your idols may be broken and cease, and your images may be cut down, and your works¹⁴ may be abolished.

And the slain¹⁵ shall fall in the midst of you, and ye¹⁶ shall know that I am the LORD.

¶¹⁷Yet 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 remember¹⁸ me among the nations whither they shall be carried captives, because I am¹⁹ broken with their whorish heart, which hath departed from me, and with their eyes²⁰, which go a whoring after their idols: and they shall²¹ lothe themselves for the evils which they have committed in all their abominations.

¶²²And 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; Smite²³ with thine hand, and stamp with thy foot, and say, Alas²⁴ for all the evil abominations of the house of Israel! for they shall fall²⁵ by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence.

He that is far off²⁶ 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: thus²⁷ will I accomplish my fury upon them.

Then shall ye know that I am the LORD, when²⁸ their slain men shall be among their idols round about their altars, upon²⁹ 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 I³⁰ stretch out my hand upon them, and make the land desolate, yea, more desolate than the wilderness³¹ toward Diblath, in all their habitations: and they shall know that I am the LORD.