⁴ 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,^(A) to the desolate ruins^(B) and the deserted^(C) towns that have been plundered and ridiculed^(D) by the rest of the nations around you^(E)—

⁷ Therefore this is what the Sovereign Lord says: I swear with uplifted hand^(A) that the nations around you will also suffer scorn.^(B)