¹ At ang salita ng Panginoon ay dumating sa akin, na nagsasabi,

² Anak ng tao, itingin mo ang iyong mukha sa mga bundok ng Israel, at ikaw ay manghula tungkol sa mga yaon.

³ At magsabi, Kayong mga bundok ng Israel, pakinggan ang salita ng Panginoong Dios. Ganito ang sabi ng Panginoong Dios sa mga bundok at sa mga burol, sa mga batis at sa mga libis: Narito, ako sa makatuwid baga'y ako, magpaparating ng tabak sa inyo, at aking sisirain ang inyong mga mataas na dako.

⁴ At ang inyong mga dambana ay masisira, at ang inyong mga larawang araw ay mababasag; at aking ibubulagta ang inyong mga patay na tao sa harap ng inyong mga diosdiosan.

⁵ At aking ilalapag ang mga bangkay ng mga anak ni Israel sa harap ng kanilang mga diosdiosan; at aking ikakalat ang inyong mga buto sa palibot ng inyong mga dambana.

⁶ Sa lahat ng inyong mga tahanang dako ay mawawasak ang mga bayan, at ang mga mataas na dako ay mangasisira; upang ang inyong mga dambana ay mangawasak at mangagiba, at ang inyong mga diosdiosan ay mangabasag at mangaglikat, at ang inyong mga larawang araw ay mangabagsak, at ang inyong mga gawa ay mangawawala.

⁷ At ang mga patay ay mangabubuwal sa gitna ninyo, at inyong malalaman na ako ang Panginoon.

⁸ Gayon ma'y magiiwan ako ng nalabi, upang magkaroon sa inyo ng ilan na nakatanan sa tabak sa gitna ng mga bansa, pagka kayo'y mangangalat sa mga lupain.

⁹ At silang nangakatanan sa inyo ay aalalahanin ako sa gitna ng mga bansa na pagdadalhan sa kanilang bihag, kung paanong ako'y nakipagkasira sa kanilang masamang kalooban na humiwalay sa akin, at sa kanilang mga mata, na yumaong sumamba sa kanilang mga diosdiosan; at sila'y magiging kasuklamsuklam sa kanilang sariling paningin dahil sa mga kasamaan na kanilang nagawa sa lahat nilang kasuklamsuklam.

¹⁰ At kanilang malalaman na ako ang Panginoon: hindi ako nagsalita ng walang kabuluhan na aking gagawin ang kasamaang ito sa kanila.

¹¹ Ganito ang sabi ng Panginoong Dios, Saktan mo ng iyong kamay, at sikaran mo ng iyong paa, at iyong sabihin, Sa aba nila! dahil sa lahat na masamang kasuklamsuklam ng sangbahayan ni Israel; sapagka't sila'y mangabubuwal sa pamamagitan ng tabak, ng kagutom, at ng salot.

¹² Ang malayo ay mamamatay sa salot; at ang malapit ay mabubuwal sa pamamagitan ng tabak; at ang malabi at makubkob ay mamamatay sa pamamagitan ng kagutom: ganito ko gaganapin ang aking kapusukan sa kanila.

¹³ At inyong malalaman na ako ang Panginoon, pagka ang kanilang mga patay na tao ay mangalalagay sa gitna ng kanilang mga diosdiosan sa palibot ng kanilang mga dambana, sa ibabaw ng bawa't mataas na burol, sa lahat na taluktok ng mga bundok, at sa ilalim ng bawa't sariwang punong kahoy, at sa ilalim ng bawa't mayabong na encina, na kanilang pinaghandugan ng masarap na amoy sa lahat nilang diosdiosan.

¹⁴ At aking iuunat ang kamay ko laban sa kanila, at gagawin kong sira at giba ang lupa, mula sa ilang hanggang sa Diblah, sa lahat nilang tahanan; at kanilang malalaman na ako ang Panginoon.

¹ Yet listen now, Jacob my servant, and Israel, whom I have chosen.

² This is what Yahweh who made you, and formed you from the womb, who will help you says: "Don't be afraid, Jacob my servant; and you, Jeshurun, whom I have chosen.

³ For I will pour water on him who is thirsty, and streams on the dry ground. I will pour my Spirit on your seed, and my blessing on your offspring:

⁴ and they will spring up among the grass, as willows by the watercourses.

⁵ One will say, 'I am Yahweh's;' and another will be called by the name of Jacob; and another will write with his hand 'to Yahweh,' and honor the name of Israel."

⁶ This is what Yahweh, the King of Israel, and his Redeemer, Yahweh of Armies, says: "I am the first, and I am the last; and besides me there is no God.

⁷ Who is like me? Who will call, and will declare it, and set it in order for me, since I established the ancient people? Let them declare the things that are coming, and that will happen.

⁸ Don't fear, neither be afraid. Haven't I declared it to you long ago, and shown it? You are my witnesses. Is there a God besides me? Indeed, there is not. I don't know any other Rock."

⁹ Everyone who makes an engraved image is vain. The things that they delight in will not profit. Their own witnesses don't see, nor know, that they may be disappointed.

¹⁰ Who has fashioned a god, or molds an image that is profitable for nothing?

¹¹ Behold, all his fellows will be disappointed; and the workmen are mere men. Let them all be gathered together. Let them stand up. They will fear. They will be put to shame together.

¹² The blacksmith takes an axe, works in the coals, fashions it with hammers, and works it with his strong arm. He is hungry, and his strength fails; he drinks no water, and is faint.

¹³ The carpenter stretches out a line. He marks it out with a pencil. He shapes it with planes. He marks it out with compasses, and shapes it like the figure of a man, with the beauty of a man, to reside in a house.

¹⁴ He cuts down cedars for himself, and takes the cypress and the oak, and strengthens for himself one among the trees of the forest. He plants a fir tree, and the rain nourishes it.

¹⁵ Then it will be for a man to burn; and he takes some of it, and warms himself. Yes, he burns it, and bakes bread. Yes, he makes a god, and worships it; he makes it an engraved image, and falls down to it.

¹⁶ He burns part of it in the fire. With part of it, he eats meat. He roasts a roast, and is satisfied. Yes, he warms himself, and says, "Aha! I am warm. I have seen the fire."

¹⁷ The rest of it he makes into a god, even his engraved image. He bows down to it and worships, and prays to it, and says, "Deliver me; for you are my god!"

¹⁸ They don't know, neither do they consider: for he has shut their eyes, that they can't see; and their hearts, that they can't understand.

¹⁹ No one thinks, neither is there knowledge nor understanding to say, "I have burned part of it in the fire. Yes, I have also baked bread on its coals. I have roasted meat and eaten it. Shall I make the rest of it into an abomination? Shall I bow down to a tree trunk?"

²⁰ He feeds on ashes. A deceived heart has turned him aside; and he can't deliver his soul, nor say, "Isn't there a lie in my right hand?"

²¹ Remember these things, Jacob and Israel; for you are my servant. I have formed you. You are my servant. Israel, you will not be forgotten by me.

²² I have blotted out, as a thick cloud, your transgressions, and, as a cloud, your sins. Return to me, for I have redeemed you.

²³ Sing, you heavens, for Yahweh has done it! Shout, you lower parts of the earth! Break out into singing, you mountains, O forest, all of your trees, for Yahweh has redeemed Jacob, and will glorify himself in Israel.

²⁴ Thus says Yahweh, your Redeemer, and he who formed you from the womb: "I am Yahweh, who makes all things; who alone stretches out the heavens; who spreads out the earth by myself;

²⁵ who frustrates the signs of the liars, and makes diviners mad; who turns wise men backward, and makes their knowledge foolish;

²⁶ who confirms the word of his servant, and performs the counsel of his messengers; who says of Jerusalem, 'She will be inhabited;' and of the cities of Judah, 'They will be built,' and 'I will raise up its waste places;'

²⁷ who says to the deep, 'Be dry,' and 'I will dry up your rivers;'

²⁸ Who says of Cyrus, 'He is my shepherd, and shall perform all my pleasure,' even saying of Jerusalem, 'She will be built;' and of the temple, 'Your foundation will be laid.'"