| New King James Version | Berean Study Bible |
| 1Now the word of the LORD came to me, saying: | 1And the word of the LORD came to me, saying, |
| 2“Son of man, set your face toward the mountains of Israel, and prophesy against them, | 2“Son of man, set your face against 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. | 3You 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. |
| 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 demolished and your incense altars will be smashed; and I will cast down your slain before 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 lay the corpses of the Israelites before their idols and 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. | 6Wherever 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. |
| 7The slain shall fall in your midst, and you shall know that I am the LORD. | 7The slain will fall among you, and 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. | 8Yet I will leave a remnant, for some of you will escape the sword when you are scattered among the nations and throughout the 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 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. |
| 10And they shall know that I am the LORD; I have not said in vain that I would bring this calamity upon them.” | 10And they will know that I am the LORD; I did not declare in vain that I would bring this calamity upon them. |
| 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. | 11This 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. |
| 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. | 12He 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 upon 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 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. |
| 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 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.’ ” |
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