The LORD came to His prophet (6:1), addressing him once again as “Son of man,” Ezekiel was given a mandate. “Set thy face toward the mountains of Israel, and prophesy against them” (6:2). Why prophesy against the mountains? The mountains were one of Israel’s and Judah’s principal places of idolatry. What was Ezekiel to prophesy towards those places, and the people who worshipped idols? In a word—judgment!