| New King James Version | International Standard Version |
| 1Now the word of the LORD came to me, saying: | 1The LORD continued with his message to me. |
| 2“Son of man, set your 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, ‘O mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord GOD! Thus says the Lord GOD to the mountains, to the hills, to the ravines, and to the valleys: “Indeed I, even I, will bring a sword against 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. |
| 4Then your altars shall be desolate, your incense altars 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 corpses of the children of Israel before their idols, and I will scatter your bones all around 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 dwelling places the cities shall be laid waste, and the high places shall be desolate, so that your altars may be laid waste and made desolate, your idols may be broken and made to cease, your incense altars 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. |
| 7The slain shall fall in your midst, and you 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. |
| 8“Yet I will leave a remnant, so that you may have some who escape the sword among the nations, when you are 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. |
| 9Then those of you who escape will remember Me among the nations where they are carried captive, because I was crushed by their adulterous heart which has departed from Me, and by their eyes which play the harlot after their idols; they will loathe themselves for the evils which they 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; I have not said in vain that I would bring this calamity upon them.” | 10Then they'll know that I am the LORD. I didn't declare this evil that's intended for them without a reason.'" |
| 11‘Thus says the Lord GOD: “Pound your fists and stamp your feet, and say, ‘Alas, for all the evil abominations of the house of Israel! For they shall fall by the sword, by famine, and by 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 who is far off shall die by the pestilence, he who is near shall fall by the sword, and he who remains and is besieged shall die by the famine. Thus will I spend 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 you shall know that I am the LORD, when their slain are among their idols all around their altars, on every high hill, on all the mountaintops, under every green tree, and under every thick oak, wherever they offered sweet incense 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 I will stretch out My hand against them and make the land desolate, yes, more desolate than the wilderness toward Diblah, in all their dwelling places. Then 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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