1 Yahweh’s word came to me, saying, 2 "Son of man, set your face toward the mountains of Israel, and prophesy to them, 3 and say, ‘You mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord Yahweh! The Lord Yahweh says to the mountains and to the hills, to the watercourses and to the valleys: "Behold, I, even I, will bring a sword on you, and I will destroy your high places. 4 Your altars will become desolate, and your incense altars will be broken. I will cast down your slain men before your idols. 5 I will lay the dead bodies of the children of Israel before their idols. I will scatter your bones around your altars. 6 In all your dwelling places, the cities will be laid waste and the high places will be desolate, so that your altars may be laid waste and made desolate, and your idols may be broken and cease, and your incense altars may be cut down, and your works may be abolished. 7 The slain will fall among you, and you will know that I am Yahweh.

8 "‘"Yet I will leave a remnant, in that you will have some that escape the sword among the nations, when you are scattered through the countries. 9 Those of you that escape will remember me among the nations where they are carried captive, how I have been broken with their lewd heart, which has departed from me, and with their eyes, which play the prostitute after their idols. Then they will loathe themselves in their own sight for the evils which they have committed in all their abominations. 10 They will know that I am Yahweh. I have not said in vain that I would do this evil to them."’

11 "The Lord Yahweh says: ‘Strike with your hand, and stamp with your foot, and say, "Alas!", because of all the evil abominations of the house of Israel; for they will fall by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence. 12 He who is far off will die of the pestilence. He who is near will fall by the sword. He who remains and is besieged will die by the famine. Thus I will accomplish my wrath on them. 13 You will know that I am Yahweh when their slain men are among their idols around their altars, on every high hill, on all the tops of the mountains, under every green tree, and under every thick oak—the places where they offered pleasant aroma to all their idols. 14 I will stretch out my hand on them and make the land desolate and waste, from the wilderness toward Diblah, throughout all their habitations. Then they will know that I am Yahweh.’"

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.