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the Sovereign Lord, have for them: Israel's enemies gloated and said, ‘Now those ancient hills are ours!’

“Prophesy, then, and announce what I, the Sovereign Lord, am saying. When the neighboring nations captured and plundered the mountains of Israel, everyone made fun of Israel. So now listen to what I, the Sovereign Lord, say to you mountains and hills, to you brooks and valleys, to you places that were left in ruins, and to you deserted cities which were plundered and mocked by all the surrounding nations.

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Thus saith the Lord God; Because the enemy hath said against you, Aha, even the ancient high places are ours in possession:

Therefore prophesy and say, Thus saith the Lord God; Because they have made you desolate, and swallowed you up on every side, that ye might be a possession unto the residue of the heathen, and ye are taken up in the lips of talkers, and are an infamy of the people:

Therefore, 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, to the desolate wastes, and to the cities that are forsaken, which became a prey and derision to the residue of the heathen that are round about;

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Thus says the Lord God: Because (A)the enemy said of you, (B)‘Aha!’ and, ‘The ancient (C)heights have become our possession,’ therefore prophesy, and say, Thus says the Lord God: Precisely because (D)they made you desolate and crushed you from all sides, so that you became the possession of the rest of the nations, and (E)you became the talk and evil gossip of the people, therefore, O mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord God: Thus says the Lord God to (F)the mountains and the hills, the ravines and the valleys, (G)the desolate wastes and the deserted cities, which have become (H)a prey and derision to the rest of the nations all around,

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This is what the Sovereign Lord says:(A) The enemy said of you, “Aha!(B) The ancient heights(C) have become our possession.(D)”’ Therefore prophesy and say, ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: Because they ravaged(E) and crushed you from every side so that you became the possession of the rest of the nations and the object of people’s malicious talk and slander,(F) therefore, mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Sovereign Lord: This is what the Sovereign Lord says to the mountains and hills, to the ravines and valleys,(G) to the desolate ruins(H) and the deserted(I) towns that have been plundered and ridiculed(J) by the rest of the nations around you(K)

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