And the
word of the Lord came unto me, saying,
02 Son of man, set thy face toward the mountains
of Israel, and prophesy against them,
03 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.
04 And your altars shall be desolate, and your
images shall be broken: and I will cast down your
slain men before your idols.
05 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.
06 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.
07 And the slain shall fall in the midst of you,
and ye shall know that I am the Lord.
08 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.
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09 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.
10 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.
11 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.
12 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.
13 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.
14 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.
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