(These two mountains are west of the Jordan River in the territory of the Canaanites who live in the Jordan Valley. They are toward the west, not far from the sacred trees of Moreh near the town of Gilgal.)

God said to me, "Mortal man, the people of Israel are like these bones. They say that they are dried up, without any hope and with no future.

Like wood that is split and chopped into bits, so their bones are scattered at the edge of the grave.