1 Depois recebi nova mensagem do Senhor:

2 Homem mortal, fala na direcção das montanhas de Israel e profetiza contra elas

3 Diz-lhes assim, ó montanhas de Israel, ouçam a palavra que o Senhor dirige contra vocês, assim como contra os rios e os vales. Eu, sim eu mesmo, o Senhor, farei vir guerra sobre vocês para destruir os vossos ídolos. Todas as vossas povoações serão arrasadas e queimadas, e os altares dos ídolos abandonados. Os vossos deuses serão quebrados, e os ossos dos seus adoradores espalhados por entre os restos dos altares. Então, por fim, hão-de reconhecer que sou o Senhor.

8 Mas deixarei ficar um pequeno punhado do meu povo que escapará a isso tudo, e que será espalhado por entre as nações do mundo. Depois, quando se encontrarem assim exilados pelo mundo inteiro, lembrar-se-ão de mim, pois que tirarei deles esse coração adúltero, que está cheio de amor pelos ídolos, e mudarei os seus olhos lascivos que andam só à procura de novas imagens de ídolos. E acabarão por se sentirem profundamente envergonhados, por causa da sua grande maldade. Hão-de reconhecer que só eu sou Deus e que não estava a enganá-los quando lhes garantia que tudo isto iria acontecer-lhes.

11 Diz o Senhor Deus: Levantem as mãos em sinal de espanto, abanem a cabeça em atitude de grande consternação e digam: Ai de nós que praticámos tanta coisa má! E hão-de perecer pela guerra, pela fome e pelas pestes. A doença ferirá os que escaparam para o exílio; a guerra destruirá os que ficaram na terra de Israel. E os que tiverem conseguido escapar morrerão pela fome e nos ataques dos inimigos. É assim que derramarei o meu furor contra eles. Quando virem os corpos mortos jazendo espalhados por entre os restos dos ídolos e dos altares, no cima de cada colina e de cada montanha, debaixo de cada árvore verde e de grande carvalho, os sítios onde oferecem incenso aos seus deuses - dar-se-ão então conta de que só eu sou Deus. Esmargar-vos-ei e tornarei desoladas as vossas cidades, desde o deserto do sul até às bandas de Ribla no norte. E todos saberão que eu sou o Senhor.

1 Then came the word of Yahweh. unto me saying,

2 Son of man, Set thy face against the mountains of Israel, and prophesy unto them;

3 and say, Ye mountains of Israel, hear ye the word of My Lord Yahweh, Thus saith My Lord, Yahweh- To the mountains and to the hills to the hollows and to the valleys,- Behold me! I, am bringing upon you a sword, And I will destroy your high places;

4 And your altars shall be laid waste, And your sun-pillars shall be broken in pieces, And I will cause your slain to fall before your manufactured gods;

5 And I will lay the carcases of the sons of Israel before their manufactured gods, And 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 made desolate, To the end your altar may be laid waste and become desolate. And your manufactured gods be broken in pieces and cease, And your sun-pillars be cut down, And your handiworks be abolished.

7 And the slain shall fall in your midst, So shall ye nod that I a Yahweh.

8 Yet will I leave a remnant: In that ye shall have such as are escaped of the sword throughout the nations, when ye are scattered throughout the lands.

9 Then shall they who have escaped of you remember me, among the nations whither they have been carried captive, In that I have broken their adulterous heart, which hath turned aside from me, And their eyes which have adulterously gone after their manufactured gods, So shall they become loathsome in their own sight, for the wicked things which they have done in all their abominations.

10 Then shall they know that, I, Yahweh,not in vain, had threatened to bring upon them this calamity.

11 Thus saith My Lord. Yahweh, Smite with thy hand, and stamp with thy foot and say, Alas! regarding all the wicked abominations of the house of Israel,in that by sword, by famine, and by pestilence, shall they fall:

12 He that is far off by pestilence, shall die and He that is near by the sword, shall fall, and He that is left and is besieged by the famine, shall die; Thus will I make an end of mine indignation against them.

13 So shall ye know that I, am Yahweh, In that their slain are in the midst of their manufactured gods, on every side of their altars, Upon every high hl In all the tops of the mountains and Under every green tree and Under every tangled oak, The place where they offered a satisfying odour to all their manufactured gods.

14 Thus will I stretch out my hand upon them, and make the land a greater waste and devastation than the desert toward Diblah throughout all their dwelling-places,- And they shall know that, I, am Yahweh.