And the word of the Lord came unto me, saying,

 2 Son of man, set thy ^aface toward the ^bmountains of Israel, and prophesy against them,

 3 And say, Ye mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord God; Thus saith the Lord God to the mountains, and to the hills, to the rivers, and to the valleys; Behold, I, even I, will bring a sword upon you, and I will destroy your high places.

 4 And your altars shall be desolate, and your images shall be broken: and I will cast down your slain men before your idols.

 5 And I will lay the dead ^acarcases of the children of Israel before their idols; and I will scatter your bones round about your altars.

 6 In all your dwellingplaces the cities shall be laid waste, and the high places shall be desolate; that your altars may be laid waste and made desolate, and your idols may be broken and cease, and your images may be cut down, and your works may be abolished.

 7 And the slain shall fall in the midst of you, and ye shall ^aknow that I am the Lord.

 8 Yet will I leave a ^aremnant, that ye may have some that shall ^bescape the sword among the nations, when ye shall be ^cscattered through the countries.

 9 And they that escape of you shall remember me among the nations whither they shall be carried captives, because I am broken with their whorish heart, which hath departed from me, and with their eyes, which go a ^awhoring after their idols: and they shall ^blothe themselves for the ^cevils which they have committed in all their abominations.

 10 And they shall know that I am the Lord, and that I have not said in vain that I would do this evil unto them.