Ezekiel 6:3 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

³ and say: You mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord God! Thus says the Lord God to the mountains and the hills, to the ravines and the valleys: I, I myself, will bring a sword upon you, and I will destroy your high places.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

³ and say, 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; Behold, I, even I, will bring a sword upon you, and I will destroy your high places.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

³ And say, You mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord God! Thus says the Lord God to the mountains and the hills, to the river ravines and the valleys: Behold, I, even I, will bring a sword upon you, and I will destroy your high places [of idolatrous worship],

American Standard Version (1901)

³ and say, Ye mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord Jehovah: Thus saith the Lord Jehovah to the mountains and to the hills, to the watercourses and to the valleys: Behold, I, even I, will bring a sword upon you, and I will destroy your high places.

Common English Bible

³ Say: Hear the LORD God’s word, mountains of Israel! The LORD God proclaims to the mountains and hills, to the valleys and their deepest ravines: I’m about to bring a sword against you and destroy your shrines.

Catholic Public Domain Version

³ and you shall say: O mountains of Israel, listen to the word of the Lord God! Thus says the Lord God to the mountains and hills and cliffs and valleys: Behold, I will lead over you the sword. And I will destroy your exalted places.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

³ And say: Ye mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord God: Thus saith the Lord God to the mountains and to the hills and to the rocks and the valleys: Behold, I will bring upon you the sword and I will destroy your high places.

Ezekiel 6:3 Cross References

1 Kings 14:23

For they also built for themselves high places, pillars, and sacred poles on every high hill and under every green tree;

Isaiah 27:9

Therefore by this the guilt of Jacob will be expiated, and this will be the full fruit of the removal of his sin: when he makes all the stones of the altars like chalkstones crushed to pieces; no sacred poles or incense altars will remain standing.

Isaiah 30:25

On every lofty mountain and every high hill there will be brooks running with water—on a day of the great slaughter, when the towers fall.

Jeremiah 2:20

For long ago you broke your yoke and burst your bonds, and you said, “I will not serve!” On every high hill and under every green tree you sprawled and prostituted yourself.

Jeremiah 22:29

O land, land, land, hear the word of the Lord!

Jeremiah 3:23

Truly the hills are a delusion, a tumult on the mountains. Truly in the Lord our God is the salvation of Israel.

Jeremiah 3:6

The Lord said to me in the days of King Josiah: Have you seen what she did, that faithless one, Israel, how she went up on every high hill and under every green tree and prostituted herself there?

Ezekiel 36:8

But you, O mountains of Israel, shall shoot out your branches and yield your fruit to my people Israel, for they shall soon come home.

Leviticus 26:25

I will bring the sword against you, executing vengeance for the covenant, and if you withdraw into your cities, I will send pestilence among you, and you shall be delivered into enemy hands.

Leviticus 26:30

I will destroy your high places and cut down your incense altars; I will heap your carcasses on the carcasses of your idols. I will abhor you.

Amos 7:9

the high places of Isaac shall be made desolate, and the sanctuaries of Israel shall be laid waste, and I will rise against the house of Jeroboam with the sword.”

Micah 6:1

Hear what the Lord says: Rise, plead your case before the mountains, and let the hills hear your voice.

Micah 6:2

Hear, you mountains, the case of the Lord, and you enduring foundations of the earth, for the Lord has a case against his people, and he will contend with Israel.