Ezekiel 6:13

And you will be certain that I am the Lord, when their dead men are stretched among their images round about their altars on every high hill, on all the tops of the mountains, and under every branching tree, and under every thick oak-tree, the places where they made sweet smells to all their images.

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In The King James Version

Then shall ye know that I am the LORD, when their slain men shall be among their idols round about their altars, upon every high hill, in all the tops of the mountains, and under every green tree, and under every thick oak, the place where they did offer sweet savour to all their idols.

In Context

12He who is far away will come to his death by disease; he who is near will be put to the sword; he who is shut up will come to his death through need of food; and I will give full effect to my passion against them.

14And my hand will be stretched out against them, making the land waste and unpeopled, from the waste land to Riblah, through all their living-places: and they will be certain that I am the Lord.

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Cross References

1 Kings 14:23For they made high places and upright stones and wood pillars on every high hill and under every green tree;

Isaiah 1:29For you will be put to shame because of the trees of your desire, and because of the gardens of your pleasure.

Isaiah 37:36And the angel of the Lord went out and put to death in the army of the Assyrians a hundred and eighty-five thousand men: and when the people got up early in the morning, there was nothing to be seen but dead bodies.

Isaiah 57:7You have put your bed on a high mountain: there you went up to make your offering.

Isaiah 66:17For see, I am making a new heaven and a new earth: and the past things will be gone completely out of mind.

Jeremiah 3:6And the Lord said to me in the days of Josiah the king, Have you seen what Israel, turning away from me, has done? She has gone up on every high mountain and under every branching tree, acting like a loose woman there.

Matthew Henry on Ezekiel 6:12-14

The Prophet's Lamentation. ( b. c. 594.) 11 Thus saith the Lord God ; Smite with thine hand, and stamp with thy foot, and say, Alas for all the evil abominations of the house of Israel! for they shall fall by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence. 12 He that is far off shall die of the pestilence; and he that is near shall fall by the sword; and he that remaineth and is besieged shall die by the famine: thus will I accomplish my fury upon them. 13 Then shall ye know that I am the Lord , when their slain… Read the whole commentary →

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