They will stay away from all the hills that were cultivated, for fear of the thorns and briers.<n id="1" /> Cattle will graze there and sheep will trample on them.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">How delightful it is to see approaching over the mountains<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">the feet of a messenger who announces peace,p> <p class="poetry">a messenger who brings good news, who announces deliverance,p> <p class="poetry">who says to Zion, &#8220;Your God reigns!&#8221;<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">Even if the mountains are removedp> <p class="poetry">and the hills displaced,p> <p class="poetry">my devotion will not be removed from you,p> <p class="poetry">nor will my covenant of friendship<n id="1" /> be displaced,&#8221;p> <p class="poetry">says the <sc>Lordsc>, the one who has compassion on you.p>

<p class="poetry">Indeed you will go out with joy;p> <p class="poetry">you will be led along in peace;p> <p class="poetry">the mountains and hills will give a joyful shout before you,p> <p class="poetry">and all the trees in the field will clap their hands.p>

(though the father did not do any of them).<n id="1" /> He eats pagan sacrifices on the mountains,<n id="2" /> defiles his neighbor&#8217;s wife,

He does not eat pagan sacrifices on the mountains, does not pray to the idols of the house of Israel, does not defile his neighbor&#8217;s wife,

Slanderous men shed blood within you.<n id="1" /> Those who live within you eat pagan sacrifices on the mountains;<n id="2" /> they commit obscene acts among you.<n id="3" />

My sheep wandered over all the mountains and on every high hill. My sheep were scattered over the entire face of the earth with no one looking or searching for them.p>

<p class="poetry">They sound like<n id="1" /> chariots rumbling<n id="2" /> over mountain tops,p> <p class="poetry">like the crackling<n id="3" /> of blazing fire consuming stubble,p> <p class="poetry">like the noise of<n id="4" /> a mighty army<n id="5" /> being drawn up for battle.<n id="6" />p>

<p class="poetry">&#8220;Be sure of this,<n id="1" /> the time is<n id="2" /> coming,&#8221; says the <sc>Lordsc>,p> <p class="poetry">&#8220;when the plowman will catch up to the reaper<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">and the one who stomps the grapes<n id="4" /> will overtake<n id="5" /> the planter.<n id="6" />p> <p class="poetry">Juice will run down the slopes,<n id="7" />p> <p class="poetry">it will flow down all the hillsides.<n id="8" />p>

<t /><p class="poetry">In the future<n id="1" /> the <sc>Lordsc>&#8217;s Temple Mount will be the most important mountain of all;<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">it will be more prominent than other hills.<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">People will stream to it.p>

<t /><p class="poetry">Listen to what the <sc>Lordsc> says:p> <p class="poetry">&#8220;Get up! Defend yourself<n id="1" /> before the mountains!<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">Present your case before the hills!&#8221;<n id="3" />p>

<t /><p class="bodytext">Once more I looked, and this time I saw four chariots emerging from between two mountains of bronze.<n id="1" />

God<n id="1" /> said, &#8220;Take your son &#8211; your only son, whom you love, Isaac<n id="2" /> &#8211; and go to the land of Moriah!<n id="3" /> Offer him up there as a burnt offering<n id="4" /> on one of the mountains which I will indicate to<n id="5" /> you.&#8221;p>

You must by all means destroy<n id="1" /> all the places where the nations you are about to dispossess worship their gods &#8211; on the high mountains and hills and under every leafy tree.<n id="2" />

She then said to her father, &#8220;Please grant me this one wish.<n id="1" /> For two months allow me to walk through the hills with my friends and mourn my virginity.&#8221;<n id="2" />

Micaiah<n id="1" /> said, &#8220;I saw all Israel scattered on the mountains like sheep that have no shepherd. Then the <sc>Lordsc> said, &#8216;They have no master. They should go home in peace.&#8217;&#8221;

They said to him, &#8220;Look, there are fifty capable men with your servants. Let them go and look for your master, for the wind sent from the <sc>Lordsc><n id="1" /> may have carried him away and dropped him on one of the hills or in one of the valleys.&#8221; But Elisha<n id="2" /> replied, &#8220;Don&#8217;t send them out.&#8221;

<p class="bodytext">Some of the Gadites joined David at the stronghold in the desert. They were warriors who were trained for battle; they carried shields and spears. They were as fierce as lions and could run as quickly as gazelles across the hills.<n id="1" />

Micaiah<n id="1" /> replied, &#8220;I saw all Israel scattered on the mountains like sheep that have no shepherd. Then the <sc>Lordsc> said, &#8216;They have no master. They should go home in peace.&#8217;&#8221;