Chapter 6

And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,²

Son of man, set³ thy face toward the mountains of Israel, and prophesy¹⁰ against them,

And say,¹ Ye mountains of Israel, hear³ the word of the Lord GOD; Thus saith¹ the Lord GOD to the mountains, and to the hills, to the rivers, and to the valleys; Behold, I, [even] I, will bring⁵⁶ a sword upon you, and I will destroy¹⁴ your high places.

And your altars shall be desolate,⁸ and your images shall be broken:⁸ and I will cast down⁵² your slain [men] before your idols.

And I will lay¹ the dead carcases of the children of Israel before their idols; and I will scatter¹⁴ your bones round about your altars.

In all your dwellingplaces the cities shall be laid waste,⁴ and the high places shall be desolate;⁴ that your altars may be laid waste⁴ and made desolate,⁴ and your idols may be broken⁸ and cease,⁸ and your images may be cut down,⁸ and your works may be abolished.⁸

And the slain shall fall¹ in the midst of you, and ye shall know¹ that I [am] the LORD.

Yet will I leave a remnant,⁵² that ye may have [some] that shall escape the sword among the nations, when ye shall be scattered⁹ through the countries.

And they that escape of you shall remember¹ me among the nations whither they shall be carried captives,⁸ because I am broken⁸ with their whorish⁶ heart, which hath departed¹ from me, and with their eyes, which go a whoring⁶ after their idols: and they shall lothe⁸ themselves for the evils which they have committed¹ in all their abominations.

And they shall know¹ that I [am] the LORD, [and that] I have not said¹⁴ in vain that I would do² this evil unto them.

Thus saith¹ the Lord GOD; Smite⁵⁴ with thine hand, and stamp³ with thy foot, and say,³ Alas for all the evil abominations of the house of Israel! for they shall fall⁴ by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence.

He that is far off shall die⁴ of the pestilence; and he that is near shall fall⁴ by the sword; and he that remaineth¹² and is besieged⁷ shall die⁴ by the famine: thus will I accomplish¹⁴ my fury upon them.

Then shall ye know¹ that I [am] the LORD, when their slain [men] shall be among their idols round about their altars, upon every high⁶ hill, in all the tops of the mountains, and under every green tree, and under every thick oak, the place where they did offer¹ sweet savour to all their idols.

So will I stretch out¹ my hand upon them, and make¹ the land desolate, yea, more desolate than the wilderness toward Diblath, in all their habitations: and they shall know¹ that I [am] the LORD.