1 And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, 2 Son of man, set thy face toward the mountains 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 carcases 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 know that I am the LORD.

8 Yet will I leave a remnant, that ye may have some that shall escape the sword among the nations, when ye shall be scattered 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 whoring after their idols: and they shall lothe themselves for the evils 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.

11 Thus saith the Lord GOD; Smite with thine hand, and stamp with thy foot, and say, Alas for 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 fury upon them. 13 Then shall ye know that I am the LORD, when their slain men shall be among their idols round about their altars, upon every high hill, in all the tops of the mountains, and under every green tree, and under every thick oak, the place where they did offer sweet savour to all their idols. 14 So will I stretch out my hand upon them, and make the land desolate, yea, more desolate than the wilderness toward Diblath, in all their habitations: and they shall know that I am the LORD.

1 En die woord van die HERE het tot my gekom en gesê:

2 Mensekind, rig jou aangesig teen die berge van Israel, en profeteer teen hulle

3 en sê: Berge van Israel, hoor die woord van die Here HERE! So sê die Here HERE vir die berge en vir die heuwels en vir die klowe en vir die dale: Kyk, Ek bring 'n swaard oor julle, en Ek sal julle hoogtes vernietig;

4 en julle altare sal verwoes en julle sonpilare verbreek word; en Ek sal die wat uit julle verslaan is, neerwerp voor julle drekgode;

5 en Ek sal die lyke van die kinders van Israel voor hulle drekgode werp en julle beendere rondom julle altare strooi.

6 In al julle woonplekke sal die stede verwoes en die hoogtes 'n wildernis word, sodat julle altare woes en eensaam sal wees, en julle drekgode verbreek sal word en verdwyn, en julle sonpilare omgekap en julle werke vernietig sal word.

7 En die wat verslaan is, sal onder julle lê, sodat julle kan weet dat Ek die HERE is.

8 Maar Ek sal 'n oorblyfsel bewaar deurdat daar vir julle sommige sal wees wat onder die nasies die swaard ontvlug, as julle verstrooi is in die lande.

9 Dan sal die wat uit julle ontvlug het, aan My dink onder die nasies waarheen hulle as gevangenes weggevoer is, as Ek hulle ontugtige hart wat van My afgewyk het, en hulle oë wat agter hulle drekgode aan hoereer, verbreek het; en hulle sal vir hulself walglik wees weens die slegte dinge wat hulle gedoen het volgens al hulle gruwels.

10 En hulle sal weet dat Ek die HERE is; Ek het nie tevergeefs gespreek dat Ek hulle hierdie onheil sal berokken nie.

11 So sê die Here HERE: Slaan in jou hand, en stamp met jou voet, en sê: Wee oor al die growwe gruweldade van die huis van Israel, omdat hulle deur die swaard, die honger en die pes moet val.

12 Hy wat ver is, sal deur die pes sterwe; en hy wat naby is, sal deur die swaard val; en hy wat oorgebly het en gespaar is, sal deur die hongersnood sterwe. So sal Ek dan my grimmigheid teen hulle laat uitwoed.

13 En julle sal weet dat Ek die HERE is, as die wat uit hulle verslaan is, onder hulle drekgode lê rondom hulle altare op elke hoë heuwel, op al die bergtoppe en onder elke groen boom en onder elke digte terpentynboom, die plek waar hulle aan al hulle drekgode 'n lieflike offergeur gebring het.

14 En Ek sal my hand teen hulle uitstrek en sal die land 'n wildernis maak en 'n woesteny, van die Woestyn af tot by Ribla in al hulle woonplekke. En hulle sal weet dat Ek die HERE is.