6:1
And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
6:2
Son of man, set thy face toward the mountains of Israel, and prophesy
against them,
6:3
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.
(6:3) "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."
6:4And your altars shall be desolate, and your images shall be broken: and I
will cast down your slain men before your idols.
(6:4-5) God will decorate the land with the bones and dead bodies of those
who worship incorrectly.
(6:4) "Your altars shall be desolate, and your images shall be broken: and I will cast down your slain men before your idols."
(6:5) "I will lay the dead carcases of the children of Israel before their idols; and I will scatter your bones round about your altars."
(6:6) "The cities shall be laid waste ... and your works may be abolished."
6:5And I will lay the
dead carcases of the children of Israel before their idols; and I will
scatter your bones round about your altars.
6:6
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.
6:7And the slain shall fall
in the midst of you, and ye shall know that I am the LORD.
(6:7-14) God makes his presence known by killing people with famine, disease, and war.
(6:7) "And the slain shall fall in the midst of you, and ye shall know that I am the LORD."
(6:10) "And they shall know that I am the LORD, and that I have not said in vain that I would do this evil unto them."
(6:11) "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."
God tells Ezekiel to clap his hands and stamp his feet while saying, "they shall fall
by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence."
6:8
Yet will I leave a remnant, that ye may have some that shall escape the
sword among the nations, when ye shall be scattered through the countries.
6:9
And they that escape of you shall remember me among the nations whither
they shall be carried captives, because I am broken with their whorish
heart, which hath departed from me, and with their eyes, which go a whoring
after their idols: and they shall lothe themselves for the evils which they
have committed in all their abominations.
6:10And they shall know
that I am the LORD, and that I have not said in vain that I would do
this evil unto them.
6:11Thus 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.
6:12He 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.
(6:12) "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."
(6:13) "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."
6:13Then 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.
6:14
So will I stretch out my hand upon them, and make the land desolate, yea,
more desolate than the wilderness toward Diblath, in all their habitations: and they shall know that I am
the LORD.
(6:14) "So will I stretch out my hand upon them ... and they shall know that I am the LORD."
