Ezekiel 6:4
2 Son of man, set thy face toward the mountains of Israel, and prophesy against them,
3 And say, Ye mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord GOD; Thus saith the Lord GOD to the mountains, and to the hills, to the rivers, and to the valleys; Behold, I, even I, will bring a sword upon you, and I will destroy your high places.
And your altars shall be desolate, and your images shall be broken: and I will cast down your slain men before your idols.
5 And I will lay the dead carcases of the children of Israel before their idols; and I will scatter your bones round about your altars.
6 In all your dwellingplaces the cities shall be laid waste, and the high places shall be desolate; that your altars may be laid waste and made desolate, and your idols may be broken and cease, and your images may be cut down, and your works may be abolished.
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
Also he took away out of all the cities of Judah the high places and the images: and the kingdom was quiet before him.
Read in contextLeviticus 26:30
And I will destroy your high places, and cut down your images, and cast your carcases upon the carcases of your idols, and my soul shall abhor you.
Read in context2 Chronicles 34:4–5
And they brake down the altars of Baalim in his presence; and the images, that were on high above them, he cut down; and the groves, and the carved images, and the molten images, he brake in pieces, and made dust of them, and strowed it upon the graves of them that had sacrificed unto them.
Read in context2 Kings 23:14
And he brake in pieces the images, and cut down the groves, and filled their places with the bones of men.
Read in context1 Kings 13:2
And he cried against the altar in the word of the LORD, and said, O altar, altar, thus saith the LORD; Behold, a child shall be born unto the house of David, Josiah by name; and upon thee shall he offer the priests of the high places that burn incense upon thee, and men’s bones shall be burnt upon thee.
Read in contextJeremiah 43:13
He shall break also the images of Beth-shemesh, that is in the land of Egypt; and the houses of the gods of the Egyptians shall he burn with fire.
Read in contextEzekiel 6:5–6
And I will lay the dead carcases of the children of Israel before their idols; and I will scatter your bones round about your altars.
Read in contextJeremiah 8:1–2
At that time, saith the LORD, they shall bring out the bones of the kings of Judah, and the bones of his princes, and the bones of the priests, and the bones of the prophets, and the bones of the inhabitants of Jerusalem, out of their graves:
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