Ezekiel 36:1-4

Rotherham(i) 1 Thou, therefore, Son of man, Prophesy unto the mountains of Israel,––and thou shalt say, Ye mountains of Israel, Hear ye the word of Yahweh. 2 Thus, saith My Lord, Yahweh, Because the enemy hath said concerning you, Aha! Even the high places of age–past times, for a possession, have become ours, 3 Therefore, prophesy, and thou shalt say, Thus, saith My Lord, Yahweh,––Because, even because, they have desolated and panted for you, on every side, That ye should become a possession to the rest of the nations, And ye have come up into the talk of the tongue and the slander of the people, 4 Therefore, ye mountains of Israel, hear ye the word of My Lord, Yahweh,––Thus, saith My Lord, Yahweh, To the mountains and to the hills, to the channels and to the valleys, and to the desolate waste places, and to the cities that are forsaken, which have become a prey and a derision, to the rest of the nations, which are on every side: