Ezekiel 6:1-7

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Judgment on Idolatrous Israel

6 The word of the Lord came to me: ² O mortal, set your face toward the mountains of Israel and prophesy against them ³ and say: You mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord God! Thus says the Lord God to the mountains and the hills, to the ravines and the valleys: I, I myself, will bring a sword upon you, and I will destroy your high places.^{(A) 4} Your altars shall become desolate, and your incense stands shall be broken, and I will throw down your slain in front of your idols.^{(B) 5} I will lay the corpses of the people of Israel in front of their idols, and I will scatter your bones around your altars. ⁶ Wherever you live, your towns shall be waste and your high places ruined, so that your altars will be waste and ruined,^[a] your idols broken and destroyed, your incense stands cut down, and your works wiped out.^{(C) 7} The slain shall fall in your midst; then you shall know that I am the Lord.^(D)