1. Again a message came to me from the lord:
2. “Son of man, turn and face the mountains of Israel and prophesy against them.
3. Proclaim this message from the Sovereign lord against the mountains of Israel. This is what the Sovereign lord says to the mountains and hills and to the ravines and valleys: I am about to bring war upon you, and I will smash your pagan shrines.
4. All your altars will be demolished, and your places of worship will be destroyed. I will kill your people in front of your idols.
5. I will lay your corpses in front of your idols and scatter your bones around your altars.
6. Wherever you live there will be desolation, and I will destroy your pagan shrines. Your altars will be demolished, your idols will be smashed, your places of worship will be torn down, and all the religious objects you have made will be destroyed.
7. The place will be littered with corpses, and you will know that I alone am the lord.
8. “But I will let a few of my people escape destruction, and they will be scattered among the nations of the world.
9. Then when they are exiled among the nations, they will remember me. They will recognize how hurt I am by their unfaithful hearts and lustful eyes that long for their idols. Then at last they will hate themselves for all their detestable sins.