Lexicon :: Strong's H1389 - giḇʿâ

while their children remember their altars

and their Asherah poles, by the green trees

on the high hills —

“A measuring line will once again stretch out straight to the hill of Gareb and then turn toward Goah.

As to the terror you cause,[fn]

your arrogant heart has deceived you.

You who live in the clefts of the rock,[fn]

you who occupy the mountain summit,

though you elevate your nest like the eagles,

even from there I will bring you down.

This is the LORD’s declaration.

My people were lost sheep;

their shepherds led them astray,

guiding them the wrong way in the mountains.

They wandered from mountain to hill;

they forgot their resting place.

“You are to say: Mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord GOD! This is what the Lord GOD says to the mountains and the hills, to the ravines and the valleys: I am about to bring a sword against you, and I will destroy your high places.

“When I brought them into the land that I swore to give them and they saw any high hill or leafy tree, they offered their sacrifices and presented their offensive offerings there. They also sent up their pleasing aromas and poured out their drink offerings there.

“My flock went astray on all the mountains and every high hill. My flock was scattered over the whole face of the earth, and there was no one searching or seeking for them.

“I will fill its mountains with the slain; those slain by the sword will fall on your hills, in your valleys, and in all your ravines.

therefore, mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord GOD. This is what the Lord GOD says to the mountains and hills, to the ravines and valleys, to the desolate ruins and abandoned cities, which have become plunder and a mockery to the rest of the nations all around.

They sacrifice on the mountaintops,

and they burn offerings on the hills,

and under oaks, poplars, and terebinths,

because their shade is pleasant.

And so your daughters act promiscuously

and your daughters-in-law commit adultery.

The high places of Aven, the sin of Israel,

will be destroyed;

thorns and thistles will grow over their altars.

They will say to the mountains, “Cover us! ”

and to the hills, “Fall on us! ”

In that day

the mountains will drip with sweet wine,

and the hills will flow with milk.

All the streams of Judah will flow with water,

and a spring will issue from the LORD’s house,

watering the Valley of Acacias.[fn]

Look, the days are coming —

this is the LORD’s declaration —

when the plowman will overtake the reaper

and the one who treads grapes,

the sower of seed.

The mountains will drip with sweet wine,

and all the hills will flow with it.

In the last days

the mountain of the LORD’s house

will be established

at the top of the mountains

and will be raised above the hills.

Peoples will stream to it,

Now listen to what the LORD is saying:

Rise, plead your case before the mountains,

and let the hills hear your complaint.[fn]

The mountains quake before him,

and the hills melt;

the earth trembles[fn][fn] at his presence —

the world and all who live in it.

He stands and shakes[fn] the earth;

he looks and startles the nations.

The age-old mountains break apart;

the ancient hills sink down.

His pathways are ancient.

On that day —

this is the LORD’s declaration —

there will be an outcry from the Fish Gate,

a wailing from the Second District,

and a loud crashing from the hills.