Prophecy against Israel’s Idolatry

The word of the Lord came to me: “Son of man, face the mountains of Israel(A) and prophesy against them. You are to say: Mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord God! This is what the Lord God says to the mountains and the hills, to the ravines and the valleys: I am about to bring a sword against you, and I will destroy your high places.(B) Your altars will be desolated and your shrines[a] smashed. I will throw down your slain in front of your idols. I will lay the corpses of the Israelites in front of their idols and scatter your bones around your altars. Wherever you live the cities will be in ruins and the high places will be desolate, so that your altars will lie in ruins and be desecrated,[b] your idols smashed and obliterated, your shrines cut down, and what you have made wiped out. The slain will fall among you, and you will know that I am the Lord.

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Footnotes

  1. 6:4 Or incense altars, also in v. 6
  2. 6:6 Hb obscure

Against the mountains of Israel

The Lord’s word came to me: Human one, face Israel’s mountains, and prophesy to them. Say:

Hear the Lord God’s word, mountains of Israel!
The Lord God proclaims to the mountains and hills,
    to the valleys and their deepest ravines:
I’m about to bring a sword against you
    and destroy your shrines.
Your altars will be destroyed,
    your incense altars broken.
    And I’ll make your slain fall in front of your idols.
I’ll throw the Israelites’ corpses in front of their idols,
    and I’ll scatter your bones all around your altars.
Wherever you live,
    cities will be in ruins, shrines made desolate,
    turned into utter ruin.
Your altars will be punished
    and then broken down.
Your idols will be demolished,
    your incense altars shattered,
    and all your works wiped out.
The slain will fall among you,
    and you will know that I am the Lord.

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