¹ And the word of Jehovah was 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 Jehovih^*; Thus says the Lord Jehovih to the mountains, and to the hills, to the channels, and to the ravines; Behold, I^◦, even I^◦, will bring a sword on you, and I will make· your high·​·places ·perish.

⁴ And your altars shall be desolate, and your sun·​·statues shall be broken; and I will cause your slain to fall before your idols.

⁵ And I will put^◦ the corpses of the sons of Israel before their idols; and I will disperse your bones all around your altars.

⁶ In all your dwellings the cities shall be laid waste, and the high·​·places shall be·​·desolate; so·​·that your altars may be laid waste and desolated^*, and your idols may be broken and cease, and your sun·​·statues may be hewn·​·down, and your deeds may be wiped·​·away.

⁷ And the slain shall fall in the midst of you, and you shall know that I^◦ am Jehovah.

⁸ And I will cause there to be a remnant, when there shall be to thee some who shall escape^◦ the sword among the nations, when you shall be dispersed among the lands.

⁹ And they that escape^◦ of you shall remember Me among^◦ the nations where^▵ they shall be taken·​·captive, because I am broken with^◦ their harlot heart, which has turned·​·aside from Me, and with^◦ their eyes, which commit·​·harlotry after their idols; and they shall loathe^◦ their faces for^◦ the evils which they have done for all their abominations.

¹⁰ And they shall know that I^◦ am Jehovah, and that I have not spoken without·​·cause, to do this evil unto them.

¹¹ Thus says the Lord Jehovih; Smite with the palm of thy hand, and stamp^* with thy foot, and say, Ah! for^◦ all the evil abominations of the house of Israel, which 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 is left and is besieged^* shall·​·die by the famine; and I will complete My fury on^◦ them.

¹³ And you shall know that I^◦ am Jehovah, when their slain men shall be in the midst of their idols all around their altars, to^▵ every high hill, on^◦ all the heads of the mountains, and under every green tree, and under every intertwined oak, the place where they gave a restful smell to all their idols.

¹⁴ And I will stretch·​·out My hand upon them, and make the land desolate, yea, more desolate than the wilderness toward Diblath, in all their dwellings; and they shall know that I^◦ am Jehovah.

^{19 24} And thou^◦ son of man, set for thee two ways for the sword of the king of Babylon to come; from one land shall the two of them go·​·out: and cut·​·down a space, at the head of the way of the city, cut· it ·down.