³ therefore prophesy, and say, Thus says the Lord God: Precisely because ^(A)they made you desolate and crushed you from all sides, so that you became the possession of the rest of the nations, and ^(B)you became the talk and evil gossip of the people,

⁴ therefore, O mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord God: Thus says the Lord God to ^(A)the mountains and the hills, the ravines and the valleys, ^(B)the desolate wastes and the deserted cities, which have become ^(C)a prey and derision to the rest of the nations all around,

⁷ Therefore thus says the Lord God: ^(A)I swear that the nations that are all around you ^(B)shall themselves suffer reproach.