Judgment against Idolatry (Deuteronomy 4:15–31; Deuteronomy 12:29–32)
1 Brenton And the word of the Lord came to me, saying, BSB BSB: And the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
2 Brenton Son of man, set thy face against the mountains of Israel, and prophesy against them; BSB BSB: “Son of man, set your face against the mountains of Israel and prophesy against them.
3 Brenton and thou shalt say, Ye mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord; thus saith the Lord to the mountains, and to the hills, and to the valleys, and to the forests; Behold, I bring a sword upon you, and your high places shall be utterly destroyed. BSB BSB: You are to say: ‘O mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord GOD! This is what the Lord GOD says to the mountains and hills, to the ravines and valleys: I am about to bring a sword against you, and I will destroy your high places.
4 Brenton And your altars shall be broken to pieces, and your consecrated plats; and I will cast down your slain men before your idols. BSB BSB: Your altars will be demolished and your incense altars will be smashed; and I will cast down your slain before your idols.
5 Brenton And I will scatter your bones round about your altars, BSB BSB: I will lay the corpses of the Israelites before their idols and scatter your bones around your altars.
6 Brenton and in all your habitations: the cities shall be made desolate, and the high places utterly laid waste; that your altars may be destroyed, and your idols be broken to pieces, and your consecrated plats be abolished. BSB BSB: Wherever you live, the cities will be laid waste and the high places will be demolished, so that your altars will be laid waste and desecrated, your idols smashed and obliterated, your incense altars cut down, and your works blotted out.
7 Brenton And slain men shall fall in the midst of you, and ye shall know that I am the Lord. BSB BSB: The slain will fall among you, and you will know that I am the LORD.
A Remnant to Be Blessed 8 Brenton When there are some of you escaping from the sword among the Gentiles, and when ye are scattered in the countries; BSB BSB: Yet I will leave a remnant, for some of you will escape the sword when you are scattered among the nations and throughout the lands.
9 Brenton then they of you that escape among the nations whither they were carried captive shall remember me; (I have sworn an oath against their heart that goes a-whoring from me, and their eyes that go a-whoring after their practices;) and they shall mourn over themselves for all their abominations. BSB BSB: Then in the nations to which they have been carried captive, your survivors will remember Me—how I have been grieved by their adulterous hearts that turned away from Me, and by their eyes that lusted after idols. So they will loathe themselves for the evil they have done and for all their abominations.
10 Brenton And they shall know that I the Lord have spoken. BSB BSB: And they will know that I am the LORD; I did not declare in vain that I would bring this calamity upon them.
11 Brenton Thus saith the Lord; Clap with thy hand, and stamp with thy foot and say, Aha, aha! for all the abominations of the house of Israel: they shall fall by the sword, and by pestilence, and by famine. BSB BSB: This is what the Lord GOD says: Clap your hands, stomp your feet, and cry out “Alas!” because of all the wicked abominations of the house of Israel, who will fall by sword and famine and plague.
12 Brenton He that is near shall fall by the sword; and he that is far off shall die by the pestilence; and he that is in the siege shall be consumed with famine: and I will accomplish mine anger upon them. BSB BSB: He who is far off will die by the plague, he who is near will fall by the sword, and he who remains will die by famine. So I will vent My fury upon them.
13 Brenton Then ye shall know that I am the Lord, when your slain are in the midst of your idols round about your altars, on every high hill, and under every shady tree, where they offered a sweet savour to all their idols. BSB BSB: Then you will know that I am the LORD, when their slain lie among their idols around their altars, on every high hill, on all the mountaintops, and under every green tree and leafy oak—the places where they offered fragrant incense to all their idols.
14 Brenton And I will stretch out my hand against them, and I will make the land desolate and ruined from the wilderness of Deblatha, in all their habitations: and ye shall know that I am the Lord. BSB BSB: 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. Then they will know that I am the LORD.’”