¹ And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,

² Son of man, set thy face toward the mountains of Israel, and prophesy against them,

³ 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.

⁴ And your altars shall be desolate, and your images shall be broken: and I will cast down your slain men before your idols.

⁵ 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.

⁶ 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.

⁷ And the slain shall fall in the midst of you, and ye shall know that I am the LORD.

⁸ 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.

⁹ 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.

⁹ And I will sow them among the people: and they shall remember me in far countries; and they shall live with their children, and turn again.

¹ Praise Yahweh, my soul! All that is within me, Praise his holy name!

² Praise Yahweh, my soul, and don't forget all his benefits;

³ who forgives all your sins; who heals all your diseases;

⁴ who redeems your life from destruction; who crowns you with loving kindness and tender mercies;

⁵ who satisfies your desire with good things, so that your youth is renewed like the eagle's.

⁶ Yahweh executes righteous acts, and justice for all who are oppressed.

⁷ He made known his ways to Moses, his deeds to the children of Israel.

⁸ Yahweh is merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and abundant in loving kindness.

⁹ He will not always accuse; neither will he stay angry forever.

¹⁰ He has not dealt with us according to our sins, nor repaid us for our iniquities.

¹¹ For as the heavens are high above the earth, so great is his loving kindness toward those who fear him.

¹² As far as the east is from the west, so far has he removed our transgressions from us.

¹³ Like a father has compassion on his children, so Yahweh has compassion on those who fear him.

¹⁴ For he knows how we are made. He remembers that we are dust.

¹⁵ As for man, his days are like grass. As a flower of the field, so he flourishes.

¹⁶ For the wind passes over it, and it is gone. Its place remembers it no more.

¹⁷ But Yahweh's loving kindness is from everlasting to everlasting with those who fear him, his righteousness to children's children;

¹⁸ to those who keep his covenant, to those who remember to obey his precepts.

¹⁹ Yahweh has established his throne in the heavens. His kingdom rules over all.

²⁰ Praise Yahweh, you angels of his, who are mighty in strength, who fulfill his word, obeying the voice of his word.

²¹ Praise Yahweh, all you armies of his, you servants of his, who do his pleasure.

²² Praise Yahweh, all you works of his, in all places of his dominion. Praise Yahweh, my soul!