2 Thus saith the Lord [God]; Because the enemy hath said against you, Aha, even the ancient high places are ours in possession:
3 therefore prophesy and say, Thus saith the Lord [God]; Because they have made you desolate, and swallowed you up on every side, that ye might be a possession unto the residue of the heathen, and ye are taken up in the lips of talkers, and are an infamy of the people:
4 therefore, ye mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord [God]; Thus saith the Lord [God] to the mountains and to the hills, to the rivers and to the valleys, to the desolate wastes and to the cities that are forsaken, which became a prey and derision to the residue of the heathen that are round about;
5 therefore thus saith the Lord [God]; Surely in the fire of my jealousy have I spoken against the residue of the heathen, and against all Idume´a, which have appointed my land into their possession with the joy of all their heart, with despiteful minds, to cast it out for a prey.
6 Prophesy therefore concerning the land of Israel, and say unto the mountains and to the hills, to the rivers and to the valleys, Thus saith the Lord [God]; Behold, I have spoken in my jealousy and in my fury, because ye have borne the shame of the heathen:
7 therefore thus saith the Lord [God]; I have lifted up mine hand, Surely the heathen that are about you, they shall bear their shame.
8 But ye, O mountains of Israel, ye shall shoot forth your branches, and yield your fruit to my people of Israel; for they are at hand to come.