Ezekiel 6:5
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.
4 And your altars shall be desolate, and your images shall be broken: and I will cast down your slain men before your idols.
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.
7 And the slain shall fall in the midst of you, and ye shall know that I am the LORD.
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.
Compare
- 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.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Jeremiah 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:
Read in context2 Kings 23:16
And as Josiah turned himself, he spied the sepulchres that were there in the mount, and sent, and took the bones out of the sepulchres, and burned them upon the altar, and polluted it, according to the word of the LORD which the man of God proclaimed, who proclaimed these words.
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.
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