| New King James Version | English Standard Version |
| 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, set your face 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. | 3and say, You mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord GOD! Thus says the Lord GOD to the mountains and the hills, to the ravines and the valleys: Behold, I, even I, will bring a sword upon 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 shall become desolate, and your incense altars shall be broken, 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. | 5And I will lay the dead bodies of the people of Israel before 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. | 6Wherever you dwell, the cities shall be waste and the high places ruined, so that your altars will be waste and ruined, your idols broken and destroyed, your incense altars cut down, and your works wiped out. |
| 7The slain shall fall in your midst, and you shall know that I am the LORD. | 7And the slain shall fall in your midst, and you shall 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“Yet I will leave some of you alive. When you have among the nations some who escape the sword, and when you are scattered through the countries, |
| 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 those of you who escape will remember me among the nations where they are carried captive, how I have been broken over their whoring heart that has departed from me and over their eyes that go whoring after their idols. And they will be loathsome in their own sight for the evils that they have committed, 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 shall know that I am the LORD. I have not said in vain that I would do this evil to 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. | 11Thus says the Lord GOD: “Clap your hands and stamp your foot and say, Alas, because of all the evil abominations of the house of Israel, for they shall fall by the sword, by famine, and by 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. | 12He who is far off shall die of pestilence, and he who is near shall fall by the sword, and he who is left and is preserved shall die of famine. Thus I will spend 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. | 13And you shall know that I am the LORD, when their slain lie among their idols around their altars, on every high hill, on all the mountaintops, under every green tree, and under every leafy oak, wherever they offered pleasing aroma 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.’ ” ’ ” | 14And I will stretch out my hand against them and make the land desolate and waste, in all their dwelling places, from the wilderness to Riblah. Then they will know that I am the LORD.” |
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