And the word of the LORD came to me , saying ,
“ Son of man , set your face against the mountains of Israel and prophesy against them.
You are to say : ‘ O mountains of Israel , hear the word of the Lord GOD ! This is what the Lord GOD says to the mountains and hills , to the ravines and valleys : ... I am about to bring a sword against you , and I will destroy your high places.
Your altars will be demolished and your incense altars will be smashed ; and I will cast down your slain before your idols.
I will lay - the corpses vvv of the Israelites before their idols and scatter - your bones around your altars.
Wherever you live , the cities will be laid waste and the high places will be demolished , so that your altars will be laid waste and desecrated , your idols smashed and obliterated , your incense altars cut down , and your works blotted out.
The slain will fall among you , and you will know that I am the LORD.
Yet I will leave a remnant , for will escape the sword when you are scattered among the nations and throughout the lands.
Then in the nations to which they have been carried captive , your survivors will remember Me — ... how I have been grieved - by their adulterous hearts that turned away from Me , and by their eyes that lusted after idols. So they will loathe themselves for the evil - they have done and for all their abominations.
And they will know that I am the LORD ; I did not declare in vain that I would bring this calamity
This is what the Lord GOD says : Clap your hands , stomp your feet , and cry out “ Alas ! ” because of all the wicked abominations of the house of Israel , who will fall by sword and famine and plague.
He who is far off will die by the plague , he who is near will fall by the sword , and he who remains ... will die by famine. So I will vent My fury
Then you will know that I am the LORD , when their slain lie among their idols around their altars , on every high hill , on all the mountaintops ... , and under every green ... tree (and) leafy oak — the places where they offered ... fragrant incense to all their idols.
I will stretch out - My hand against them , and wherever they live I will make - the land a desolate waste , from the wilderness to Diblah. Then they will know that I am the LORD. ’”