1 Veio a mim a palavra do Senhor, dizendo: 2 Filho do homem, vira o rosto para os montes de Israel e profetiza contra eles, dizendo: 3 Montes de Israel, ouvi a palavra do Senhor Deus: Assim diz o Senhor Deus aos montes, aos outeiros, aos ribeiros e aos vales: Eis que eu, eu mesmo, trarei a espada sobre vós e destruirei os vossos altos. 4 Ficarão desolados os vossos altares, e quebrados, os vossos altares de incenso; arrojarei os vossos mortos à espada, diante dos vossos ídolos. 5 Porei os cadáveres dos filhos de Israel diante dos seus ídolos e espalharei os vossos ossos ao redor dos vossos altares. 6 Em todos os vossos lugares habitáveis, as cidades serão destruídas, e os altos ficarão desolados, para que os vossos altares sejam destruídos e arruinados, e os vossos ídolos, quebrados e extintos, e os vossos altares do incenso sejam eliminados, e desfeitas as vossas obras. 7 Os mortos à espada cairão no meio de vós, para que saibais que eu sou o Senhor.

8 Mas deixarei um resto, porquanto alguns de vós escapareis da espada entre as nações, quando fordes espalhados pelas terras. 9 Então, se lembrarão de mim os que dentre vós escaparem entre as nações para onde foram levados em cativeiro; pois me quebrantei por causa do seu coração dissoluto, que se desviou de mim, e por causa dos seus olhos, que se prostituíram após os seus ídolos. Eles terão nojo de si mesmos, por causa dos males que fizeram em todas as suas abominações. 10 Saberão que eu sou o Senhor e não disse debalde que lhes faria este mal.

11 Assim diz o Senhor Deus: Bate as palmas, bate com o pé e dize: Ah! Por todas as terríveis abominações da casa de Israel! Pois cairão à espada, e de fome, e de peste. 12 O que estiver longe morrerá de peste; o que estiver perto cairá à espada; e o que ficar de resto e cercado morrerá de fome. Assim, neles cumprirei o meu furor. 13 Então, sabereis que eu sou o Senhor, quando os seus mortos à espada jazerem no meio dos seus ídolos, em redor dos seus altares, em todo outeiro alto, em todos os cimos dos montes e debaixo de toda árvore frondosa, debaixo de todo carvalho espesso, lugares onde ofereciam suave perfume a todos os seus ídolos. 14 Estenderei a mão sobre eles e farei a terra tornar-se desolada, desolada desde o deserto até Ribla, em todas as suas habitações; e saberão que eu sou o Senhor.

1 And the word of Jehovah came unto me, saying, 2 Son of man, set thy face toward the mountains of Israel, and prophesy unto them, 3 and say, Ye mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord Jehovah: Thus saith the Lord Jehovah to the mountains and to the hills, to the watercourses 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 become desolate, and your sun-images shall be broken; and I will cast down your slain men before your idols. 5 And I will lay the dead bodies of the children of Israel before their idols; and I will scatter your bones round about your altars. 6 In all your dwelling-places 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 sun-images may be hewn down, and your works may be abolished. 7 And the slain shall fall in the midst of you, and ye shall know that I am Jehovah.

8 Yet will I leave a remnant, in that ye shall have some that escape the sword among the nations, when ye shall be scattered through the countries. 9 And those of you that escape shall remember me among the nations whither they shall be carried captive, how that I have been broken with their lewd heart, which hath departed from me, and with their eyes, which play the harlot after their idols: and they shall loathe themselves in their own sight for the evils which they have committed in all their abominations. 10 And they shall know that I am Jehovah: I have not said in vain that I would do this evil unto them.

11 Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Smite with thy hand, and stamp with thy foot, and say, Alas! because of all the evil abominations of the house of Israel; for they shall fall by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence. 12 He that is far off shall die of the pestilence; and he that is near shall fall by the sword; and he that remaineth and is besieged shall die by the famine: thus will I accomplish my wrath upon them. 13 And ye shall know that I am Jehovah, when their slain men shall be among their idols round about their altars, upon every high hill, on all the tops of the mountains, and under every green tree, and under every thick oak, the places where they offered sweet savor to all their idols. 14 And I will stretch out my hand upon them, and make the land desolate and waste, from the wilderness toward Diblah, throughout all their habitations; and they shall know that I am Jehovah.

1 The word of the LORD came to me:

2 "Son of man, set your face against the mountains of Israel; prophesy against them

3 and say: 'You mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Sovereign LORD. This is what the Sovereign LORD 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.

4 Your altars will be demolished and your incense altars will be smashed; and I will slay your people in front of your idols.

5 I will lay the dead bodies of the Israelites in front of their idols, and I will scatter your bones around your altars.

6 Wherever you live, the towns will be laid waste and the high places demolished, so that your altars will be laid waste and devastated, your idols smashed and ruined, your incense altars broken down, and what you have made wiped out.

7 Your people will fall slain among you, and you will know that I am the LORD.

8 "'But I will spare some, for some of you will escape the sword when you are scattered among the lands and nations.

9 Then in the nations where they have been carried captive, those who escape will remember me —how I have been grieved by their adulterous hearts, which have turned away from me, and by their eyes, which have lusted after their idols. They will loathe themselves for the evil they have done and for all their detestable practices.

10 And they will know that I am the LORD; I did not threaten in vain to bring this calamity on them.

11 "'This is what the Sovereign LORD says: Strike your hands together and stamp your feet and cry out "Alas!" because of all the wicked and detestable practices of the people of Israel, for they will fall by the sword, famine and plague.

12 One who is far away will die of the plague, and one who is near will fall by the sword, and anyone who survives and is spared will die of famine. So will I pour out my wrath on them.

13 And they will know that I am the LORD, when their people lie slain among their idols around their altars, on every high hill and on all the mountaintops, under every spreading tree and every leafy oak —places where they offered fragrant incense to all their idols.

14 And I will stretch out my hand against them and make the land a desolate waste from the desert to Diblah "—wherever they live. Then they will know that I am the LORD.'"