The
word of YHWH
came to me: O mortal, set your face toward the mountains
of Israel, and prophesy against them, and say, You mountains
of Israel, hear the word of YHWH, God! Thus says YHWH, God,
to the mountains and the hills, to the ravines and the valleys:
I, I myself will bring a sword upon you, and I will destroy
your
high places.
Your altars shall become desolate, and your incense stands
shall be broken; and I will throw down your slain in front
of your idols. I will lay the corpses of the people of Israel
in front of their idols; and I will scatter your bones around
your altars. . . .
But will I spare some. Some of you shall escape the sword
among the nations and be scattered through the countries.
Those of you who escape shall remember me among the nations
where they are carried captive, how I was crushed by their
wanton heart that turned away from me, and their wanton
eyes that turned after their idols.
Then they will be loathsome in their own sight for the evils
that they have committed, for all their abominations. And
they shall know that I am YHWH; I did not threaten in vain
to bring this disaster upon them
