Thus saith the Lord GOD; Because the enemy hath said against you, Aha, even the ancient high places are ours in possession:

Who said, Let us take to ourselves the houses of God in possession.

He that planted the ear, shall he not hear? he that formed the eye, shall he not see?

All that found them have devoured them: and their adversaries said, We offend not, because they have sinned against the LORD, the habitation of justice, even the LORD, the hope of their fathers.

I will make thee perpetual desolations, and thy cities shall not return: and ye shall know that I {am} the LORD.

And the slain shall fall in the midst of you, and ye shall know that I {am} the LORD.

For I will restore health unto thee, and I will heal thee of thy wounds, saith the LORD; because they called thee an Outcast, {saying}, This {is} Zion, whom no man seeketh after.

And they said, Hath the LORD indeed spoken only by Moses? hath he not spoken also by us? And the LORD heard {it}.

Son of man, set thy face toward the mountains of Israel, and prophesy against them,

Thus with your mouth ye have boasted against me, and have multiplied your words against me: I have heard {them}. {boasted: Heb. magnified}

And I will lay sinews upon you, and will bring up flesh upon you, and cover you with skin, and put breath in you, and ye shall live; and ye shall know that I {am} the LORD.

Lest mine enemy say, I have prevailed against him; {and} those that trouble me rejoice when I am moved.

I will lay thy cities waste, and thou shalt be desolate, and thou shalt know that I {am} the LORD.

Because thou hast had a perpetual hatred, and hast shed {the blood of} the children of Israel by the force of the sword in the time of their calamity, in the time {that their} iniquity {had} an end: {perpetual...: or, hatred of old} {shed...: Heb. poured out the children} {force: Heb. hands}

For {thy} violence against thy brother Jacob shame shall cover thee, and thou shalt be cut off for ever.

We are become a reproach to our neighbours, a scorn and derision to them that are round about us.

Make ye him drunken: for he magnified {himself} against the LORD: Moab also shall wallow in his vomit, and he also shall be in derision.