Ezekiel 6

Revised Geneva Translation

6 Again, the Word of the LORD came to me, saying:

² “Son of man, set your face towards the mountains of Israel. And prophesy against them,

³ “and say, ‘You mountains of Israel, hear the Word of the Lord GOD! Thus says 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.

⁴ “And your altars shall be desolate, and your images of the Sun shall be broken. And I will cast down your slain men before your idols.

⁵ “And I will lay the dead carcasses of the children of Israel before their idols, and I will scatter your bones all around your altars.

⁶ “In all your dwelling places, the cities shall be desolate and the high places shall be laid waste, so that your altars shall be made waste, and desolate, and your idols shall be broken, and cease, and your images of the Sun shall be cut in pieces and your works shall be abolished.

⁷ “And the slain shall fall in the midst of you. And you shall know that I am the LORD.

⁸ “Yet, I will leave a remnant, so that you may have some who shall escape the sword among the nations when you shall be scattered through the countries.

⁹ “And those of you who escape shall remember Me among the nations where they shall be in captivity, because I am grieved for their whorish hearts which have departed from Me, and for their eyes which have gone a whoring after their idols. And they shall be displeased in themselves for the evils which they have committed in all their abominations.

¹⁰ “And they shall know that I am the LORD, that I have not said in vain that I would bring this misery upon them.”

¹¹ ‘Thus says the Lord GOD: “Strike with your hand, and stretch forth with your foot, and say, ‘Alas,’ for all the wicked abominations of the House of Israel! For they shall fall by the sword, by famine, and by pestilence.

¹² “He who is far away shall die of pestilence. And he who is near shall fall by the sword. And he who remains and is besieged shall die by famine. Thus will I accomplish My wrath upon them.

¹³ “Then you shall know that I am the LORD, when their slain men shall be among their idols, all around 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 offered sweet savor to all their idols).

¹⁴ “So will I stretch My Hand upon them and make the land waste and desolate, from the wilderness to Diblath, in all their habitations. And they shall know that I am the LORD.”’”