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Ezekiel 6:13

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.

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ASV

And ye shall know that I am Jehovah, when their slain men shall be among their idols round about their altars, upon every high hill, on all the tops of the mountains, and under every green tree, and under every thick oak, the places where they offered sweet savor to all their idols.

KJV

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.

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OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וִֽידַעְתֶּם֙vi.da'.Temand you will knowH3045 →
כִּֽי־ki-thatH3588 →
אֲנִ֣י'a.NiIH589 →
יְהוָ֔הYah.weh[am] YahwehH3068 →
בִּֽהְי֣וֹתbih.Yotwhen areH1961 →
חַלְלֵיהֶ֗םcha.lei.Hemslain [ones] theirH2491 →
בְּתוֹךְ֙be.toKhin amongH8432 →
גִּלּ֣וּלֵיהֶ֔םgi.Lu.lei.Hemidols theirH1544 →
סְבִיב֖וֹתse.vi.VotaroundH5439 →
מִזְבְּחֽוֹתֵיהֶ֑םmiz.be.cho.tei.Hemaltars theirH4196 →
אֶל֩'eltoH413 →
כָּל־kol-everyH3605 →
גִּבְעָ֨הgiv.'AhhillH1389 →
רָמָ֜הra.MahhighH7311 →
בְּכֹ֣ל׀be.Kholon allH3605 →
רָאשֵׁ֣יra.Shei[the] tops ofH7218 →
הֶהָרִ֗יםhe.ha.Rimthe mountainsH2022 →
וְתַ֨חַתve.Ta.chatand underH8478 →
כָּל־kol-everyH3605 →
עֵ֤ץ'etztreeH6086 →
רַֽעֲנָן֙ra.'a.NanluxuriantH7488 →
וְתַ֙חַת֙ve.Ta.chatand underH8478 →
כָּל־kol-everyH3605 →
אֵלָ֣ה'e.LahterebinthH424 →
עֲבֻתָּ֔ה'a.vu.TahleafyH5687 →
מְק֗וֹםme.Kom[the] placeH4725 →
אֲשֶׁ֤ר'a.Sher<of> whereH834 →
נָֽתְנוּ־na.te.nu-they gaveH5414 →
שָׁם֙shamthereH8033 →
רֵ֣יחַRei.achan odor ofH7381 →
נִיחֹ֔חַni.Cho.achsoothingH5207 →
לְכֹ֖לle.Kholto allH3605 →
גִּלּוּלֵיהֶֽם׃gi.lu.lei.Hemidols theirH1544 →

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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.Hosea 4:13They sacrifice on the mountaintops and burn offerings on the hills, under oak, poplar, and terebinth, because their shade is pleasant. And so your daughters turn to prostitution and your daughters-in-law to adultery.1 Kings 14:23They also built for themselves high places, sacred pillars, and Asherah poles on every high hill and under every green tree.Jeremiah 2:20“For long ago you broke your yoke and tore off your chains, saying, ‘I will not serve!’ Indeed, on every high hill and under every green tree you lay down as a prostitute.Ezekiel 18:6He does not eat at the mountain or look to the idols of the house of Israel. He does not defile his neighbor’s wife or approach a woman during her period.Jeremiah 13:27Your adulteries and lustful neighings, your shameless prostitution on the hills and in the fields—I have seen your detestable acts. Woe to you, O Jerusalem! How long will you remain unclean?”Isaiah 57:5–7who burn with lust among the oaks, under every luxuriant tree, who slaughter your children in the valleys, under the clefts of the rocks?2 Kings 16:4And he sacrificed and burned incense on the high places, on the hills, and under every green tree.Isaiah 1:29Surely you will be ashamed of the sacred oaks in which you have delighted; you will be embarrassed by the gardens that you have chosen.Ezekiel 6:4–7Your altars will be demolished and your incense altars will be smashed; and I will cast down your slain before your idols.Leviticus 26:30I will destroy your high places, cut down your incense altars, and heap your lifeless bodies on the lifeless remains of your idols; and My soul will despise you.Isaiah 65:3–4to a people who continually provoke Me to My face, sacrificing in the gardens and burning incense on altars of brick,Isaiah 66:17“Those who consecrate and purify themselves to enter the groves—to follow one in the center of those who eat the flesh of swine and vermin and rats—will perish together,” declares the LORD.Jeremiah 3:6Now in the days of King Josiah, the LORD said to me, “Have you seen what faithless Israel has done? She has gone up on every high hill and under every green tree to prostitute herself there.Isaiah 37:20And now, O LORD our God, save us from his hand, so that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that You alone, O LORD, are God.”Isaiah 37:36–38Then the angel of the LORD went out and struck down 185,000 men in the camp of the Assyrians. When the people got up the next morning, there were all the dead bodies!Ezekiel 6:4Your altars will be demolished and your incense altars will be smashed; and I will cast down your slain before your idols.Ezekiel 6:7The slain will fall among you, and you will know that I am the LORD.

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The Prophet Ezekiel — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
The Prophet Ezekiel — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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