EZEKIEL 6 [†]The word of the LORD came to me: 2[†] r “Son of man,  s set your face toward  t the mountains of Israel, and  u prophesy against them, 3[†]and say,  v You mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord GOD! Thus says the Lord GOD to  w the mountains and  x the hills, to  y the ravines and the valleys: Behold, I, even I, will bring a sword upon you,  z and I will destroy your high places. 4[^] z Your altars shall become desolate, and your  a incense altars shall be broken, and I will cast down your slain before your idols. 5 z And I will lay the dead bodies of the people of Israel before their idols,  b and I will scatter your bones around your altars. 6Wherever you dwell,  c the cities shall be waste and  d the high places ruined, so that your altars will be waste and ruined, [1] your idols broken and destroyed, your  a incense altars cut down, and your works wiped out. 7And the slain shall fall in your midst, and you shall know that I am the LORD.

8[†] e “Yet I will leave some of you alive. When you have among the nations  f some who escape the sword, and when you are scattered through the countries, 9then those of you who escape  g will remember me among the nations where they are carried captive, how  h I have been broken over their whoring heart that has departed from me and over their eyes  i that go whoring after their idols.  g And they will be loathsome in their own sight for the evils that they have committed, for all their abominations. 10And they shall know that I am the LORD.  j I have not said in vain that I would do this evil to them.”

11[†]Thus says the Lord GOD:  k “Clap your hands  l and stamp your foot and say, Alas, because of all the evil abominations of the house of Israel,  m for they shall fall by the sword, by famine, and by pestilence. 12 n He who is far off shall die of pestilence, and he who is near shall fall by the sword, and he who is left and is preserved shall die of famine.  o Thus I will spend my fury upon them. 13And you shall know that I am the LORD,  p when their slain lie among their idols around their altars,  q on every high hill,  r on all the mountaintops,  s under every green tree, and under  t every leafy oak, wherever  u they offered pleasing aroma to all their idols. 14[†]And  v I will stretch out my hand against them and  w make the land desolate and waste,  x in all their dwelling places, from the wilderness to  y Riblah. [2] Then  z they will know that I am the LORD.”