Verse 4

Therefore, ye mountains{H2022} of Israel{H3478}, hear{H8085}{(H8798)} the word{H1697} of the Lord{H136} GOD{H3069}; Thus saith{H559}{(H8804)} the Lord{H136} GOD{H3069} to the mountains{H2022}, and to the hills{H1389}, to the rivers{H650}, and to the valleys{H1516}, to the desolate{H8074}{(H8802)} wastes{H2723}, and to the cities{H5892} that are forsaken{H5800}{(H8737)}, which became a prey{H957} and derision{H3933} to the residue{H7611} of the heathen{H1471} that are round about{H5439};

Referenced Verses

  • Ezek 34:28 : 28 And they shall no more be a prey{H957} to the heathen{H1471}, neither shall the beast{H2416} of the land{H776} devour{H398}{(H8799)} them; but they shall dwell{H3427}{(H8804)} safely{H983}, and none shall make them afraid{H2729}{(H8688)}.
  • Deut 11:11 : 11 But the land{H776}, whither ye go{H5674}{(H8802)} to possess{H3423}{(H8800)} it, is a land{H776} of hills{H2022} and valleys{H1237}, and drinketh{H8354}{(H8799)} water{H4325} of the rain{H4306} of heaven{H8064}:
  • Ezek 36:1 : 1 Also, thou son{H1121} of man{H120}, prophesy{H5012}{(H8734)} unto the mountains{H2022} of Israel{H3478}, and say{H559}{(H8804)}, Ye mountains{H2022} of Israel{H3478}, hear{H8085}{(H8798)} the word{H1697} of the LORD{H3068}:
  • Ezek 36:6 : 6 Prophesy{H5012}{(H8734)} therefore concerning the land{H127} of Israel{H3478}, and say{H559}{(H8804)} unto the mountains{H2022}, and to the hills{H1389}, to the rivers{H650}, and to the valleys{H1516}, Thus saith{H559}{(H8804)} the Lord{H136} GOD{H3069}; Behold, I have spoken{H1696}{(H8765)} in my jealousy{H7068} and in my fury{H2534}, because ye have borne{H5375}{(H8804)} the shame{H3639} of the heathen{H1471}:
  • Ps 79:4 : 4 We are become a reproach{H2781} to our neighbours{H7934}, a scorn{H3933} and derision{H7047} to them that are round about{H5439} us.
  • Isa 6:11 : 11 Then said{H559}{(H8799)} I, Lord{H136}, how long? And he answered{H559}{(H8799)}, Until the cities{H5892} be wasted{H7582}{(H8804)} without inhabitant{H3427}{(H8802)}, and the houses{H1004} without man{H120}, and the land{H127} be utterly{H8077} desolate{H7582}{(H8735)},
  • Isa 24:1-9 : 1 Behold, the LORD{H3068} maketh the earth{H776} empty{H1238}{(H8802)}, and maketh it waste{H1110}{(H8802)}, and turneth{H5753}{(H8765)} it upside down{H6440}, and scattereth abroad{H6327}{(H8689)} the inhabitants{H3427}{(H8802)} thereof. 2 And it shall be, as with the people{H5971}, so with the priest{H3548}; as with the servant{H5650}, so with his master{H113}; as with the maid{H8198}, so with her mistress{H1404}; as with the buyer{H7069}{(H8802)}, so with the seller{H4376}{(H8802)}; as with the lender{H3867}{(H8688)}, so with the borrower{H3867}{(H8801)}; as with the taker of usury{H5383}{(H8802)}, so{H834} with the giver of usury{H5378}{(H8801)} to him. 3 The land{H776} shall be utterly{H1238}{(H8736)} emptied{H1238}{(H8735)}, and utterly{H962}{(H8736)} spoiled{H962}{(H8735)}: for the LORD{H3068} hath spoken{H1696}{(H8765)} this word{H1697}. 4 The earth{H776} mourneth{H56}{(H8804)} and fadeth away{H5034}{(H8804)}, the world{H8398} languisheth{H535}{(H8797)} and fadeth away{H5034}{(H8804)}, the haughty{H4791} people{H5971} of the earth{H776} do languish{H535}{(H8797)}. 5 The earth{H776} also is defiled{H2610}{(H8804)} under the inhabitants{H3427}{(H8802)} thereof; because they have transgressed{H5674}{(H8804)} the laws{H8451}, changed{H2498}{(H8804)} the ordinance{H2706}, broken{H6565}{(H8689)} the everlasting{H5769} covenant{H1285}. 6 Therefore hath the curse{H423} devoured{H398}{(H8804)} the earth{H776}, and they that dwell{H3427}{(H8802)} therein are desolate{H816}{(H8799)}: therefore the inhabitants{H3427}{(H8802)} of the earth{H776} are burned{H2787}{(H8804)}, and few{H4213} men{H582} left{H7604}{(H8738)}. 7 The new wine{H8492} mourneth{H56}{(H8804)}, the vine{H1612} languisheth{H535}{(H8797)}, all the merryhearted{H8056}{H3820} do sigh{H584}{(H8738)}. 8 The mirth{H4885} of tabrets{H8596} ceaseth{H7673}{(H8804)}, the noise{H7588} of them that rejoice{H5947} endeth{H2308}{(H8804)}, the joy{H4885} of the harp{H3658} ceaseth{H7673}{(H8804)}. 9 They shall not drink{H8354}{(H8799)} wine{H3196} with a song{H7892}; strong drink{H7941} shall be bitter{H4843}{(H8799)} to them that drink{H8354}{(H8802)} it. 10 The city{H7151} of confusion{H8414} is broken down{H7665}{(H8738)}: every house{H1004} is shut up{H5462}{(H8795)}, that no man may come in{H935}{(H8800)}. 11 There is a crying{H6682} for wine{H3196} in the streets{H2351}; all joy{H8057} is darkened{H6150}{(H8804)}, the mirth{H4885} of the land{H776} is gone{H1540}{(H8804)}. 12 In the city{H5892} is left{H7604}{(H8738)} desolation{H8047}, and the gate{H8179} is smitten{H3807}{(H8714)} with destruction{H7591}.
  • Isa 64:10-11 : 10 Thy holy{H6944} cities{H5892} are a wilderness{H4057}, Zion{H6726} is a wilderness{H4057}, Jerusalem{H3389} a desolation{H8077}. 11 Our holy{H6944} and our beautiful{H8597} house{H1004}, where our fathers{H1} praised{H1984}{(H8765)} thee, is burned up{H8316} with fire{H784}: and all our pleasant things{H4261} are laid waste{H2723}.
  • Jer 25:9-9 : 9 Behold, I will send{H7971}{(H8802)} and take{H3947}{(H8804)} all the families{H4940} of the north{H6828}, saith{H5002}{(H8803)} the LORD{H3068}, and Nebuchadrezzar{H5019} the king{H4428} of Babylon{H894}, my servant{H5650}, and will bring{H935}{(H8689)} them against this land{H776}, and against the inhabitants{H3427}{(H8802)} thereof, and against all these nations{H1471} round about{H5439}, and will utterly destroy{H2763}{(H8689)} them, and make{H7760}{(H8804)} them an astonishment{H8047}, and an hissing{H8322}, and perpetual{H5769} desolations{H2723}. 10 Moreover I will take{H6}{(H8689)} from them the voice{H6963} of mirth{H8342}, and the voice{H6963} of gladness{H8057}, the voice{H6963} of the bridegroom{H2860}, and the voice{H6963} of the bride{H3618}, the sound{H6963} of the millstones{H7347}, and the light{H216} of the candle{H5216}. 11 And this whole land{H776} shall be a desolation{H2723}, and an astonishment{H8047}; and these nations{H1471} shall serve{H5647}{(H8804)} the king{H4428} of Babylon{H894} seventy{H7657} years{H8141}. 12 And it shall come to pass, when seventy{H7657} years{H8141} are accomplished{H4390}{(H8800)}, that I will punish{H6485}{(H8799)} the king{H4428} of Babylon{H894}, and that nation{H1471}, saith{H5002}{(H8803)} the LORD{H3068}, for their iniquity{H5771}, and the land{H776} of the Chaldeans{H3778}, and will make{H7760}{(H8804)} it perpetual{H5769} desolations{H8077}. 13 And I will bring{H935}{(H8689)} upon that land{H776} all my words{H1697} which I have pronounced{H1696}{(H8765)} against it, even all that is written{H3789}{(H8803)} in this book{H5612}, which Jeremiah{H3414} hath prophesied{H5012}{(H8738)} against all the nations{H1471}.
  • Jer 29:10 : 10 For thus saith{H559}{(H8804)} the LORD{H3068}, That after{H6310} seventy{H7657} years{H8141} be accomplished{H4390}{(H8800)} at Babylon{H894} I will visit{H6485}{(H8799)} you, and perform{H6965}{(H8689)} my good{H2896} word{H1697} toward you, in causing you to return{H7725}{(H8687)} to this place{H4725}.
  • Ezek 6:3 : 3 And say{H559}{(H8804)}, Ye mountains{H2022} of Israel{H3478}, hear{H8085}{(H8798)} the word{H1697} of the Lord{H136} GOD{H3069}; Thus saith{H559}{(H8804)} the Lord{H136} GOD{H3069} to the mountains{H2022}, and to the hills{H1389}, to the rivers{H650}, and to the valleys{H1516}; Behold, I, even I, will bring{H935}{(H8688)} a sword{H2719} upon you, and I will destroy{H6}{(H8765)} your high places{H1116}.
  • Ezek 6:14 : 14 So will I stretch out{H5186}{(H8804)} my hand{H3027} upon them, and make{H5414}{(H8804)} the land{H776} desolate{H8077}, yea, more desolate{H4923} than the wilderness{H4057} toward Diblath{H1689}, in all their habitations{H4186}: and they shall know{H3045}{(H8804)} that I am the LORD{H3068}.
  • Ezek 36:33-35 : 33 Thus saith{H559}{(H8804)} the Lord{H136} GOD{H3069}; In the day{H3117} that I shall have cleansed{H2891}{(H8763)} you from all your iniquities{H5771} I will also cause you to dwell{H3427}{(H8689)} in the cities{H5892}, and the wastes{H2723} shall be builded{H1129}{(H8738)}. 34 And the desolate{H8074}{(H8737)} land{H776} shall be tilled{H5647}{(H8735)}, whereas it lay desolate{H8077} in the sight{H5869} of all that passed by{H5674}{(H8802)}. 35 And they shall say{H559}{(H8804)}, This{H1977} land{H776} that was desolate{H8074}{(H8737)} is become like the garden{H1588} of Eden{H5731}; and the waste{H2720} and desolate{H8074}{(H8737)} and ruined{H2040}{(H8737)} cities{H5892} are become fenced{H1219}{(H8803)}, and are inhabited{H3427}{(H8804)}.
  • 2 Chr 36:17-21 : 17 Therefore he brought{H5927}{(H8686)} upon them the king{H4428} of the Chaldees{H3778}, who slew{H2026}{(H8799)} their young men{H970} with the sword{H2719} in the house{H1004} of their sanctuary{H4720}, and had no compassion{H2550}{(H8804)} upon young man{H970} or maiden{H1330}, old man{H2205}, or him that stooped for age{H3486}: he gave{H5414}{(H8804)} them all into his hand{H3027}. 18 And all the vessels{H3627} of the house{H1004} of God{H430}, great{H1419} and small{H6996}, and the treasures{H214} of the house{H1004} of the LORD{H3068}, and the treasures{H214} of the king{H4428}, and of his princes{H8269}; all these he brought{H935}{(H8689)} to Babylon{H894}. 19 And they burnt{H8313}{(H8799)} the house{H1004} of God{H430}, and brake down{H5422}{(H8762)} the wall{H2346} of Jerusalem{H3389}, and burnt{H8313}{(H8804)} all the palaces{H759} thereof with fire{H784}, and destroyed{H7843}{(H8687)} all the goodly{H4261} vessels{H3627} thereof. 20 And them that had escaped{H7611} from the sword{H2719} carried he away{H1540}{(H8686)} to Babylon{H894}; where they were servants{H5650} to him and his sons{H1121} until the reign{H4427}{(H8800)} of the kingdom{H4438} of Persia{H6539}: 21 To fulfil{H4390}{(H8763)} the word{H1697} of the LORD{H3068} by the mouth{H6310} of Jeremiah{H3414}, until the land{H776} had enjoyed{H7521}{(H8804)} her sabbaths{H7676}: for as long as{H3117} she lay desolate{H8074}{(H8715)} she kept sabbath{H7673}{(H8804)}, to fulfil{H4390}{(H8763)} threescore and ten{H7657} years{H8141}.