| New King James Version | NET Bible |
| 1Now the word of the LORD came to me, saying: | 1The word of the LORD came to me: |
| 2“Son of man, set your face toward the mountains of Israel, and prophesy against them, | 2"Son of man, turn toward the mountains of Israel and prophesy against them: |
| 3and say, ‘O mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord GOD! Thus says the Lord GOD to the mountains, to the hills, to the ravines, and to the valleys: “Indeed I, even I, will bring a sword against you, and I will destroy your high places. | 3Say, 'Mountains of Israel, Hear the word of the sovereign LORD! This is what the sovereign LORD says to the mountains and the hills, to the ravines and the valleys: I am bringing a sword against you, and I will destroy your high places. |
| 4Then your altars shall be desolate, your incense altars shall be broken, and I will cast down your slain men before your idols. | 4Your altars will be ruined and your incense altars will be broken. I will throw down your slain in front of your idols. |
| 5And I will lay the corpses of the children of Israel before their idols, and I will scatter your bones all around your altars. | 5I will place the corpses of the people of Israel in front of their idols, and I will scatter your bones around your altars. |
| 6In all your dwelling places the cities shall be laid waste, and the high places shall be desolate, so that your altars may be laid waste and made desolate, your idols may be broken and made to cease, your incense altars may be cut down, and your works may be abolished. | 6In all your dwellings, the cities will be laid waste and the high places ruined so that your altars will be laid waste and ruined, your idols will be shattered and demolished, your incense altars will be broken down, and your works wiped out. |
| 7The slain shall fall in your midst, and you shall know that I am the LORD. | 7The slain will fall among you and then you will know that I am the LORD. |
| 8“Yet I will leave a remnant, so that you may have some who escape the sword among the nations, when you are scattered through the countries. | 8"'But I will spare some of you. Some will escape the sword when you are scattered in foreign lands. |
| 9Then those of you who escape will remember Me among the nations where they are carried captive, because I was crushed by their adulterous heart which has departed from Me, and by their eyes which play the harlot after their idols; they will loathe themselves for the evils which they committed in all their abominations. | 9Then your survivors will remember me among the nations where they are exiled. They will realize how I was crushed by their unfaithful heart which turned from me and by their eyes which lusted after their idols. They will loathe themselves because of the evil they have done and because of all their abominable practices. |
| 10And they shall know that I am the LORD; I have not said in vain that I would bring this calamity upon them.” | 10They will know that I am the LORD; my threats to bring this catastrophe on them were not empty.' |
| 11‘Thus says the Lord GOD: “Pound your fists and stamp your feet, and say, ‘Alas, for all the evil abominations of the house of Israel! For they shall fall by the sword, by famine, and by pestilence. | 11"'This is what the sovereign LORD says: Clap your hands, stamp your feet, and say, "Ah!" because of all the evil, abominable practices of the house of Israel, for they will fall by the sword, famine, and pestilence. |
| 12He who is far off shall die by the pestilence, he who is near shall fall by the sword, and he who remains and is besieged shall die by the famine. Thus will I spend My fury upon them. | 12The one far away will die by pestilence, the one close by will fall by the sword, and whoever is left and has escaped these will die by famine. I will fully vent my rage against them. |
| 13Then you shall know that I am the LORD, when their slain are among their idols all around their altars, on every high hill, on all the mountaintops, under every green tree, and under every thick oak, wherever they offered sweet incense to all their idols. | 13Then you will know that I am the LORD--when their dead lie among their idols around their altars, on every high hill and all the mountaintops, under every green tree and every leafy oak, the places where they have offered fragrant incense to all their idols. |
| 14So I will stretch out My hand against them and make the land desolate, yes, more desolate than the wilderness toward Diblah, in all their dwelling places. Then they shall know that I am the LORD.’ ” ’ ” | 14I will stretch out my hand against them and make the land a desolate waste from the wilderness to Riblah, in all the places where they live. Then they will know that I am the LORD!" |
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