| King James Bible | International Standard Version |
| 1And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, | 1The LORD continued with his message to me. |
| 2Son of man, set thy face toward the mountains of Israel, and prophesy against them, | 2"Son of Man," he said, "turn your face to oppose the mountains of Israel and prophesy against them. |
| 3And 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. | 3Tell the mountains of Israel to listen as the Lord GOD speaks. This is what the Lord GOD has to say to the mountains, hills, streams, and the valleys: 'Look! I'm about to bring my sword against you. I'm going to destroy your high places. |
| 4And your altars shall be desolate, and your images shall be broken: and I will cast down your slain men before your idols. | 4Your altars will become desolate and your sun pillars will be shattered. I'll throw your slain down right in front of your idols. |
| 5And I will lay the dead carcases of the children of Israel before their idols; and I will scatter your bones round about your altars. | 5I'll place the corpses of the Israelis in front of their idols. I'll scatter your bones around your altar. |
| 6In 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. | 6In all the places where you live, the cities will be desolate. The high places will also be desolate so that your altars will be laid waste, bearing the punishment appropriate to them. Your idols will be shattered, your sun pillars will be hewn down, and your works will be obliterated. |
| 7And the slain shall fall in the midst of you, and ye shall know that I am the LORD. | 7The fatally wounded among you will fall, and at that time you'll know that I am the LORD. |
| 8Yet 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. | 8I'll leave a remnant among you—those who will escape the sword when I'll have scattered you throughout the earth. |
| 9And 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. | 9Your survivors will remember me among the nations where they'll be taken captives. I've been crushed by their unfaithful hearts that have turned against me. |
| 10And they shall know that I am the LORD, and that I have not said in vain that I would do this evil unto them. | 10Then they'll know that I am the LORD. I didn't declare this evil that's intended for them without a reason.'" |
| 11Thus 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. | 11This is what the Lord GOD says: "Clap your hands and stamp your feet! Say, 'Oh, no!' Because of all the detestable evil that has come from Israel's house, they'll fall by the sword, famine, and pestilence. |
| 12He 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. | 12The one who lives far away will die by pestilence and the one who is near will die violently. The survivors and their surveillance details will die by famine as I exhaust my rage against them. |
| 13Then 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. | 13"You'll learn that I am the LORD, when the fatally wounded will be among their idols, around their altars, on every hill, on top of the mountains, under every luxuriant tree, and under all the full-grown foliage—every place where they've offered fragrant aromas to all their idols. |
| 14So 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. | 14I'll stretch out my hands to strike them and send devastation to the land, from the wilderness of Diblah, throughout all their dwelling places. Then they'll know that I am the LORD." |
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