Old Testament · Prophets

Ezekiel chapter 6

The of Yahweh came to me:“, turn your face toward the and speak my words against them.”Say: Mountains of Israel, hear the word of the ! This is what the Lord Yahweh says to the mountains and hills, to the ravines and valleys: I am about to bring a against you, and I will destroy your .Your will be left in ruins, your will be shattered, and I will throw your slain down in front of your .I will lay the corpses of the people of Israel in front of their idols, and I will scatter your around your altars.Everywhere you live, the cities will be laid waste and the hilltop worship sites demolished — so that your altars lie in , your worthless idols are smashed and finished, your incense stands are cut down, and everything you made is wiped out.The slain will fall among you, and .“But I will leave a — some of you will escape the sword and be scattered among the , exiled across foreign lands.”Then those of you who escape will remember me among the nations where they are held captive — how I was by their that turned away from me, and by their eyes that chased after their worthless idols. They will be for the evil they committed, for all the they did.And they will know that I am Yahweh. I did not threaten to bring this disaster on them .This is what the Lord Yahweh says: , and cry out ‘What horror!’ because of all the vile evil of the people of Israel — they will fall by the sword, by , and by .The one far away will die by plague, the one nearby will fall by the sword, and whoever is left and survives will die by famine. This is how I will spend my on them.Then you will know that I am Yahweh — when their slain lie among their idols, around their altars, on every high hill and every mountain summit, under every and every — every place where they offered to all their worthless idols.I will against them and make the land a , from the wilderness to , everywhere they live. Then they will know that I am Yahweh.”