They come to you in crowds,<n id="1" /> and they sit in front of you as<n id="2" /> my people. They hear your words, but do not obey<n id="3" /> them. For they talk lustfully,<n id="4" /> and their heart is set on<n id="5" /> their own advantage.<n id="6" />

therefore, O mountains of Israel, hear the word of the sovereign <sc>Lordsc>: This is what the sovereign <sc>Lordsc> says to the mountains and hills, the ravines and valleys, and to the desolate ruins and the abandoned cities that have become prey and an object of derision to the rest of the nations round about &#8211;

I will no longer subject you to<n id="1" /> the nations&#8217; insults; no longer will you bear the shame of the peoples, and no longer will you bereave<n id="2" /> your nation, declares the sovereign <sc>Lordsc>.&#8217;&#8221;p>

The man said to me, &#8220;Son of man, watch closely, listen carefully, and pay attention<n id="1" /> to everything I show you, for you have been brought here so that I can show it to you.<n id="2" /> Tell the house of Israel everything you see.&#8221;p>

The <sc>Lordsc> said to me: &#8220;Son of man, pay attention,<n id="1" /> watch closely and listen carefully to<n id="2" /> everything I tell you concerning all the statutes of the <sc>Lordsc>&#8217;s house and all its laws. Pay attention to the entrances<n id="3" /> to the temple with all the exits of the sanctuary.

and say to the scrub land of the Negev, &#8216;Hear the word of the <sc>Lordsc>: This is what the sovereign <sc>Lordsc> says: Look here,<n id="1" /> I am about to start a fire in you,<n id="2" /> and it will devour every green tree and every dry tree in you. The flaming fire will not be extinguished, and the whole surface of the ground from the Negev to the north will be scorched by it.