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Ezekiel 6:5

Israel
Judgment

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.

4 Your altars will be demolished and your incense altars will be smashed; and I will cast down your slain before your idols.

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.

7 The slain will fall among you, and you will know that I am the LORD.

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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
I will lay the corpses of the Israelites before their idols and scatter your bones around your altars.
KJV
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.
WEB
I will lay the dead bodies of the children of Israel before their idols. I will scatter your bones around your altars.
ASV
And I will lay the dead bodies of the children of Israel before their idols; and I will scatter your bones round about your altars.
DARBY
and I will lay the dead bodies of the children of Israel before their idols; and I will scatter your bones round about your altars.
BLB
And I will lay the corpses of the sons of Israel before their idols, and I will scatter your⁺ bones all around your⁺ altars.
ÅB
Og jeg vil legge Israels barns døde kropper for deres motbydelige avguders åsyn og sprede deres ben rundt omkring deres altere.
OTB
Jeg vil legge likene av israelittene foran deres avguder, og jeg vil spre deres ben rundt deres altere.
B1930
Og jeg vil legge Israels barns døde kropper for eders motbydelige avguders åsyn og sprede eders ben rundt omkring eders altere.

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Cross references

  • Jeremiah 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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  • 2 Kings 23:16

    And as Josiah turned, he saw the tombs there on the hillside, and he sent someone to take the bones out of the tombs, and he burned them on the altar to defile it, according to the word of the LORD proclaimed by the man of God who had foretold these things.

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  • 2 Kings 23:14

    He smashed the sacred pillars to pieces, cut down the Asherah poles, and covered the sites with human bones.

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