And he cried out against the altar by the word of יהוה, and said, “O altar, altar! Thus said יהוה, ‘See, a son is to be born to the house of Dawiḏ
“And you, son of man, prophesy to the mountains of Yisra’ĕ
But He answering, said to them, “I say to you that if these shall be silent, the stones would cry out.”
“And I shall turn you around, and I shall put hooks into your jaws, and shall lead you out, with all your army, horses and horsemen, clad perfectly, a great assembly with armour and shields, all of them handling swords.
therefore, O mountains of Yisra’ĕ
“O land, land, land! Hear the word of יהוה!
“Cry aloud, do not spare. Lift up your voice like a ram’s horn. Declare to My people their transgression, and the house of Yaʽ
declaring the end from the beginning, and from of old that which has not yet been done, saying, ‘My counsel does stand, and all My delight I do,’
“See, the former predictions have come, and new ones I am declaring; before they spring forth I let you hear them.”
Hear, O heavens, and listen, O earth! For יהוה has spoken, “I have reared and brought up children, but they have transgressed against Me.
Yoshiyahu was eight years old when he began to reign, and he reigned thirty-one years in Yerushalayim.
“For the word which he cried out, by the word of יהוה, against the altar in Bĕ
“Give ear, O heavens, and let me speak; And hear, O earth, The words of my mouth.
And in the eighth year of his reign, while he was still young, he began to seek the Elohim of his father Dawiḏ
to whom the word of יהוה came in the days of Yoshiyahu son of Amon, sovereign of Yehuḏ