Thomson(i)
1 And thou son of man, prophesy concerning the mountains of Israel, and say to the mountains of Israel, Hear a word of the Lord;
2 Thus saith the Lord, Lord; For as much as against you the enemy said, "Aha! these everlasting deserts are become our possession;"
3 therefore prophesy and say, Thus saith the Lord, Lord, For as much as you have been despised and hated by them around you, by reason of your being a possession for the relics of nations; and you are become a byword and scoff to the nations:
4 therefore, mountains of Israel, hear a word of the Lord, Thus saith the Lord, to the mountains and the hills, and to the brooks and vallies, even to the waste and desolate places, and to the cities which have been utterly forsaken; as they are become a prey and a haunt for the remnants of nations around;
5 Therefore thus saith the Lord, Lord, In the fire of my wrath I have spoken against these remnants of nations and against all Idumea: Because they have with joy distributed this land of mine among themselves for a possession, undervaluing lives that you might be a waste for prey;
6 therefore prophesy concerning the land of Israel and say to the mountains and hills and to the vales and forests,