Ezekiel 6:5

And I will lay the dead bodies of the sons of Israel before the face of your idols. And I will scatter your bones around your altars.

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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 I will demolish your altars. And your graven images will be broken apart. And I will throw down your slain before your idols.

6In all of your habitations, the cities will be made desolate, and the exalted places will be torn down and scattered. And your altars will be broken and destroyed. And your idols will cease to exist. And your shrines will be crushed. And your works will be wiped away.

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Cross References

2 Kings 23:14And he crushed the statues, and he cut down the sacred groves. And he filled their places with the bones of the dead.

Jeremiah 7:32For this reason, behold, the days will arrive, says the Lord, when it will no longer be called Topheth, nor the Valley of the son of Hinnom, but instead the Valley of Slaughter. Yet they will bury in Topheth, because there will be no other place.

Jeremiah 8:2And they will spread them out before the sun and the moon and the entire army of the heavens, which they have loved, and served, and followed, and which they have sought and adored. They will not be collected, and they will not be buried. They will be like manure upon the face of the earth.

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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