1And the word of Jehovah came unto me , saying , 2Son of man , set thy face toward the mountains of Israel , and prophesy unto them , 3and say , Ye mountains of Israel , hear the word of the Lord Jehovah : Thus saith the Lord Jehovah to the mountains and to the hills , to the watercourses and to the valleys : Behold , I , even I , will bring a sword upon you , and I will destroy your high places . 4And your altars shall become desolate , and your sun-images shall be broken ; and I will cast down your slain men before your idols . 5And I will lay the dead bodies of the children of Israel before their idols ; and I will scatter your bones round about your altars . 6In all your dwelling-places the cities shall be laid waste , and the high places shall be desolate ; that your altars may be laid waste and made desolate , and your idols may be broken and cease , and your sun-images may be hewn down , and your works may be abolished . 7And the slain shall fall in the midst of you , and ye shall know that I am Jehovah .
The Consequences of Idolatry
8Yet will I leave a remnant , in that ye shall have some that escape the sword among the nations , when ye shall be scattered through the countries. 9And those of you that escape shall remember me among the nations whither they shall be carried captive , how that I have been broken with their lewd heart , which hath departed from me , and with their eyes , which play the harlot after their idols : and they shall loathe themselves in their own sight for the evils which they have committed in all their abominations . 10And they shall know that I am Jehovah : I have not said in vain that I would do this evil unto them . 11Thus saith the Lord Jehovah : Smite with thy hand , and stamp with thy foot , and say , Alas! because of all the evil abominations of the house of Israel ; for they shall fall by the sword , by the famine , and by the pestilence . 12He that is far off shall die of the pestilence ; and he that is near shall fall by the sword ; and he that remaineth and is besieged shall die by the famine : thus will I accomplish my wrath upon them . 13And ye shall know that I am Jehovah , when their slain men shall be among their idols round about their altars , upon every high hill , on all the tops of the mountains , and under every green tree , and under every thick oak, the places where they offered sweet savor to all their idols . 14And I will stretch out my hand upon them , and make the land desolate and waste , from the wilderness toward Diblah , throughout all their habitations : and they shall know that I am Jehovah .