Ezekiel 6:5

And I will lay the dead bodies of the sons of Israel before their idols, and I will scatter your bones round about your altars.

A Conservative Version

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

4And your altars shall become desolate, and your sun-images shall be broken, and I will cast down your slain men before your idols.

6In all your dwelling places 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 sun-images may be hewn down,

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Cross References

2 Kings 23:14And he broke in pieces the pillars, and cut down the Asherim, and filled their places with the bones of men.

Jeremiah 7:32Therefore, behold, the days come, says LORD, that it shall no more be called Topheth, nor The valley of the son of Hinnom, but The valley of Slaughter. For they shall bury in Topheth, till there be no place [to bury].

Jeremiah 8:2And they shall spread them before the sun, and the moon, and all the host of heaven, which they have loved, and which they have served, and after which they have walked, and which they have sought, and which they have worshipped. T

Matthew Henry on Ezekiel 6:2-8

The Destruction of Idolatry. ( b. c. 594.) 1 And the word of the Lord came unto me, saying, 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. 4 And your altars shall be desolate, and your images shall be broken: and I will cast down… Read the whole commentary →

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