Ezekiel 6:4
2 “Son of man, set your face against the mountains of Israel and prophesy against them.
3 You are to say: ‘O 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: I am about to bring a sword against you, and I will destroy your high places.
Your altars will be demolished and your incense altars will be smashed; and I will cast down your slain before your idols.
5 I will lay the corpses of the Israelites before their idols and scatter your bones around your altars.
6 Wherever you live, the cities will be laid waste and the high places will be demolished, so that your altars will be laid waste and desecrated, your idols smashed and obliterated, your incense altars cut down, and your works blotted out.
This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
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- BSB
- Your altars will be demolished and your incense altars will be smashed; and I will cast down your slain before your idols.
- KJV
- And your altars shall be desolate, and your images shall be broken: and I will cast down your slain men before your idols.
- WEB
- Your altars will become desolate, and your incense altars will be broken. I will cast down your slain men before your idols.
- ASV
- And your altars shall become desolate, and your sun-images shall be broken; and I will cast down your slain men before your idols.
- DARBY
- And your altars shall be desolate, and your sun-images shall be broken; and I will cast down your slain [men] before your idols;
- BLB
- And your⁺ altars will be desolate, and your⁺ incense altars will be broken; and your⁺ slain I will cast down before your⁺ idols.
- ÅB
- Deres altere skal ødelegges, og deres solstøtter knuses, og jeg vil la deres drepte falle for deres motbydelige avguders åsyn.
- OTB
- Deres altere skal bli lagt øde og deres røkelsesaltere skal bli knust; jeg vil la de drepte falle foran deres avguder.
- B1930
- Eders altere skal ødelegges, og eders solstøtter knuses, og jeg vil la eders drepte falle for eders motbydelige avguders åsyn.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
2 Chronicles 14:5
He also removed the high places and incense altars from all the cities of Judah, and under him the kingdom was at peace.
Read in contextLeviticus 26:30
I will destroy your high places, cut down your incense altars, and heap your lifeless bodies on the lifeless remains of your idols; and My soul will despise you.
Read in context2 Chronicles 34:4–5
Then in his presence the altars of the Baals were torn down, and he cut to pieces the incense altars that were above them. He shattered the Asherah poles, the carved idols, and the cast images, crushed them to dust, and scattered them over the graves of those who had sacrificed to them.
Read in context2 Kings 23:14
He smashed the sacred pillars to pieces, cut down the Asherah poles, and covered the sites with human bones.
Read in context1 Kings 13:2
And he cried out against the altar by the word of the LORD, “O altar, O altar, this is what the LORD says: ‘A son named Josiah will be born to the house of David, and upon you he will sacrifice the priests of the high places who burn incense upon you, and human bones will be burned upon you.’”
Read in contextJeremiah 43:13
He will demolish the sacred pillars of the temple of the sun in the land of Egypt, and he will burn down the temples of the gods of Egypt.’”
Read in contextEzekiel 6:5–6
I will lay the corpses of the Israelites before their idols and scatter your bones around your altars.
Read in contextJeremiah 8:1–2
“At that time,” declares the LORD, “the bones of the kings of Judah, the bones of the officials, the bones of the priests, the bones of the prophets, and the bones of the people of Jerusalem will be removed from their graves.
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