Ezekielchapter 6
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A.A word against the mountains and their high placesvv. 1-7
1 And the word of the LORD came to me, saying, 2 “Son of man, set your face against the mountains of Israel and prophesy against them. 3 You are to say: ‘O mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord GOD! This is what the Lord GOD says to the mountains and hills, to the ravines and valleys: I am about to bring a sword against you, and I will destroy your high places. 4 Your altars will be demolished and your incense altars will be smashed; and I will cast down your slain before your idols. 5 I will lay the corpses of the Israelites before their idols and scatter your bones around your altars. 6 Wherever you live, the cities will be laid waste and the high places will be demolished, so that your altars will be laid waste and desecrated, your idols smashed and obliterated, your incense altars cut down, and your works blotted out. 7 The slain will fall among you, and you will know that I am the LORD.
B.A remnant left to remember among the nationsvv. 8-10
8 Yet I will leave a remnant, for some of you will escape the sword when you are scattered among the nations and throughout the lands. 9 Then in the nations to which they have been carried captive, your survivors will remember Me—how I have been grieved by their adulterous hearts that turned away from Me, and by their eyes that lusted after idols. So they will loathe themselves for the evil they have done and for all their abominations. 10 And they will know that I am the LORD; I did not declare in vain that I would bring this calamity upon them.
C.Clap, stamp, and watch the land go desolatevv. 11-14
11 This is what the Lord GOD says: Clap your hands, stomp your feet, and cry out “Alas!” because of all the wicked abominations of the house of Israel, who will fall by sword and famine and plague. 12 He who is far off will die by the plague, he who is near will fall by the sword, and he who remains will die by famine. So I will vent My fury upon them. 13 Then you will know that I am the LORD, when their slain lie among their idols around their altars, on every high hill, on all the mountaintops, and under every green tree and leafy oak—the places where they offered fragrant incense to all their idols. 14 I will stretch out My hand against them, and wherever they live I will make the land a desolate waste, from the wilderness to Diblah. Then they will know that I am the LORD.’”
Chapter summary
The word turns to the mountains of Israel, to the hills, the watercourses and the valleys where the high places stand.
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Chapter summary
The word turns to the mountains of Israel, to the hills, the watercourses and the valleys where the high places stand.
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The word turns to the mountains of Israel, to the hills, the watercourses and the valleys where the high places stand. Altars are laid waste, sun-images broken, and 'I will cast down your slain men before your idols,' with bones scattered round about the altars: the shrines defiled by the corpses of their own worshippers. Sword, famine and pestilence divide the land between them. Yet a remnant escapes among the nations, and there they remember Jehovah: 'and they shall loathe themselves in their own sight for the evils which they have committed.' The chapter's drumbeat is Ezekiel's signature line: 'ye shall know that I am Jehovah.'
Drawn from Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory, Matthew Henry, Complete Commentary, John Wesley, Notes on the Old Testament and John Calvin, Commentaries.
Context
Prophecy · Ezekiel — Ezekiel overview
- A. 1–7 A word against the mountains and their high places
- B. 8–10 A remnant left to remember among the nations
- C. 11–14 Clap, stamp, and watch the land go desolate
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Ezekiel 204 verses
- Ezekiel 20:28When I brought them into the land that I swore to give them and they saw any high hill or leafy tree, there they offered their sacrifices, presented offerings that provoked Me, sent up their fragrant incense, and poured out their drink offerings.
- Ezekiel 20:33As surely as I live, declares the Lord GOD, with a strong hand, an outstretched arm, and outpoured wrath I will rule over you.
- Ezekiel 20:43There you will remember your ways and all the deeds with which you have defiled yourselves, and you will loathe yourselves for all the evils you have done.
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- Ezekiel 5:13And when My anger is spent and I have vented My wrath against them, I will be appeased. And when I have spent My wrath on them, they will know that I, the LORD, in My zeal have spoken.
- Ezekiel 5:14I will make you a ruin and a disgrace among the nations around you, in the sight of all who pass by.
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Leviticus 261 verse
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