1 ¶ Then the word of the LORD came to me, saying,

2 Son of man, turn 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; The Lord GOD says to the mountains, and to the hills, to the rivers, and to the valleys; Behold, I am about to bring a sword upon you, and I will destroy your high places.

4 And your altars will be demolished, and your images will be smashed: and I will throw your slain men down in front of your idols.

5 And I will lay the dead bodies of the children of Israel before their idols; and I will scatter your bones around your altars.

6 In everyplace you live the cities will be laid waste, and the high places will be destroyed; that your altars may lie in ruins and be desecrated, and your idols may be shattered and cease, and your incense burners may be cut down, and what you have made may be wiped out.

7 And the slain will fall in your midst, and you will know that I am the LORD.

8 ¶ Still I will leave a remnant, when you have some who escape the sword, when you are scattered among the nations.

9 And those of you who escape will remember me among the nations where they have been carried as captives, because I was crushed by their adulterous heart, which has departed from me, and by their eyes, that lusted after their disgusting idols: and they will loathe themselves because of the evils that they have committed with all their abominations.

10 And they will know that I am the LORD, and that I did not say that I would bring this evil upon them as an empty threat.

11 ¶ The Lord GOD says; Strike with your fist, and stamp with your foot, and cry out over all the evil abominations of the house of Israel! for they will be struck down by the sword, by famine, and by pestilence.

12 He who is far away will die by the plague; and he who is near will fall by the sword; and he who remains and is besieged will die by famine: in that way I will expend my fury upon them.

13 Then you will know that I am the LORD, when those slain among them lie among their idols around their altars, on every high hill, on all the tops of the mountains, under every spreading tree, and under every leafy oak, wherever they offered sweet incense to all their idols.

14 So will I stretch out my hand upon them, and lay the land waste, wherever they live, from the desert to Riblah: and they will know that I am the LORD.