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Ezekiel 6

Holman Christian Standard Bible, 2009 (HCSB)

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¹ The word of the LORD came to me:

² “Son of man, turn your face toward the mountains of Israel ⓐ and prophesy against them.

³ You are to say: Mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord GOD! This is what the Lord GOD says to the mountains and the hills, to the ravines and the valleys: I am about to bring a sword against you, and I will destroy your high places. ⓑ

⁴ Your altars will be desolated and your incense altars smashed. I will throw down your slain in front of your idols.

⁵ I will lay the corpses of the Israelites in front of their idols and scatter your bones around your altars.

⁶ Wherever you live the cities will be in ruins and the high places will be desolate, so that your altars will lie in ruins and be desecrated, [1] your idols smashed and obliterated, your incense altars cut down, and your works wiped out.

⁷ The slain will fall among you, and you will know that I am Yahweh.

⁸ “Yet I will leave a remnant when you are scattered among the nations, for throughout the countries there will be some of you who will escape the sword. ⓒ

⁹ Then your survivors will remember Me among the nations where they are taken captive, ⓓ how I was crushed by their promiscuous hearts that turned away from Me and by their eyes that lusted after their idols. ⓔ They will loathe themselves because of the evil things they did, ⓕ their detestable practices of every kind.

¹⁰ And they will know that I am the LORD; I did not threaten to bring this disaster on them without a reason.

¹¹ “This is what the Lord GOD says: Clap your hands, stamp your feet, ⓖ and cry out over all the evil and detestable practices of the house of Israel, who will fall by the sword, famine, and plague. ⓗ

¹² The one who is far off will die by plague; the one who is near will fall by the sword; and the one who remains and is spared [2] will die of famine. In this way I will exhaust My wrath on them. ⓘ

¹³ You will all know that I am Yahweh when their slain lie among their idols around their altars, ⓙ on every high hill, ⓚ on all the mountaintops, and under every green tree and every leafy oak — the places where they offered pleasing aromas to all their idols.

¹⁴ I will stretch out My hand against them, ⓛ and wherever they live I will make the land a desolate waste, from the wilderness to Diblah. [3] Then they will know that I am Yahweh.”

#	HCSB
1	The word of the LORD came to me:
2	“Son of man, turn your face toward the mountains of Israel ⓐ and prophesy against them.
3	You are to say: Mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord GOD! This is what the Lord GOD says to the mountains and the hills, to the ravines and the valleys: I am about to bring a sword against you, and I will destroy your high places. ⓑ
4	Your altars will be desolated and your incense altars smashed. I will throw down your slain in front of your idols.
5	I will lay the corpses of the Israelites in front of their idols and scatter your bones around your altars.
6	Wherever you live the cities will be in ruins and the high places will be desolate, so that your altars will lie in ruins and be desecrated, [1] your idols smashed and obliterated, your incense altars cut down, and your works wiped out.
7	The slain will fall among you, and you will know that I am Yahweh.
8	“Yet I will leave a remnant when you are scattered among the nations, for throughout the countries there will be some of you who will escape the sword. ⓒ
9	Then your survivors will remember Me among the nations where they are taken captive, ⓓ how I was crushed by their promiscuous hearts that turned away from Me and by their eyes that lusted after their idols. ⓔ They will loathe themselves because of the evil things they did, ⓕ their detestable practices of every kind.
10	And they will know that I am the LORD; I did not threaten to bring this disaster on them without a reason.
11	“This is what the Lord GOD says: Clap your hands, stamp your feet, ⓖ and cry out over all the evil and detestable practices of the house of Israel, who will fall by the sword, famine, and plague. ⓗ
12	The one who is far off will die by plague; the one who is near will fall by the sword; and the one who remains and is spared [2] will die of famine. In this way I will exhaust My wrath on them. ⓘ
13	You will all know that I am Yahweh when their slain lie among their idols around their altars, ⓙ on every high hill, ⓚ on all the mountaintops, and under every green tree and every leafy oak — the places where they offered pleasing aromas to all their idols.
14	I will stretch out My hand against them, ⓛ and wherever they live I will make the land a desolate waste, from the wilderness to Diblah. [3] Then they will know that I am Yahweh.”

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