1. You, son of man, prophesy to the mountains of Israel, and say, “You mountains of Israel, hear the Lord’s word.
2. Thus says the Lord GOD: ‘Because the enemy has said against you, “Aha!” and, “The ancient high places are ours in possession!”’
3. therefore prophesy, and say, ‘Thus says the Lord GOD: “Because, even because they have made you desolate, and swallowed you up on every side, that you might be a possession to the residue of the nations, and you are taken up in the lips of talkers, and the evil report of the people;”
4. therefore, 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 watercourses and to the valleys, to the desolate wastes and to the cities that are forsaken, which have become a prey and derision to the residue of the nations that are all around;
5. therefore thus says the Lord GOD: “Surely in the fire of my jealousy I have spoken against the residue of the nations, and against all Edom, that have appointed my land to themselves for a possession with the joy of all their heart, with despite of soul, to cast it out for a prey.”’
6. Therefore prophesy concerning Eretz-Israel, and tell the mountains, the hills, the watercourses and the valleys, ‘Thus says the Lord GOD: “Behold, I have spoken in my jealousy and in my wrath, because you have borne the shame of the nations.”
7. Therefore thus says the Lord GOD: “I have sworn, ‘Surely the nations that are around you will bear their shame.’
8. “‘“But you, mountains of Israel, you shall shoot out your branches, and yield your fruit to my people Israel; for they are at hand to come.