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Ezekiel 6:13

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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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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

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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This verse in Ezekiel 6

Commentary

5 notes on this verse

A commentator

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament (1765)

High places - The places of your idolatrous worship. Cast down - Before the altars of your idols, which you fly to for refuge. And - Thus the idols were upbraided with their inability to help their worshippers, and the idolaters, with the folly of trusting in them.

This site's exposition

Clap your hands, stomp your feet

on Ezekiel 6:11-13

Ezekiel is to “Clap your hands, stomp your feet, and cry out.” The judgments are set by distance: “He who is far off will die by the plague, he who is near will fall by the sword.” They will know the LORD when their slain lie among their idols.

This site's exposition

when their slain lie among their idols

Their slain will lie around their altars and under every green tree. Matthew Henry notes that they will read their sin in their punishment. The hills of their incense will hold their dead.

The record, by era

The Church Fathers1 voice

A commentator

Jerome

Commentary on Ezekiel · Written before 420.

proposed

(Verse 13.) And you shall know that I am the Lord, when your slain shall be in the midst of your idols, round about your altars, upon every high hill, and under every green tree, and under every thick oak, the place where they did offer sweet savour to all their idols.

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Then shall ye know that I am the Lord,....

How the passage was read

What the Jewish commentators add

On the verses either side of this one

and who is in the siege Heb. והנצור, one who is gathered into the city when they besiege it.
Rashi: France, 1040–1105 · Rashi on Ezekiel 6:12:1, via Sefaria, The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg

This section is reception history: how the passage was read and kept in the Jewish tradition. Where a reading parts from an essential of the Christian faith, the section says so at that point.

Texts and citation data: Sefaria; each excerpt follows its version’s licence. 4 further sources are cited on this chapter that carry no English text this site may quote or only restate the verse.

The words behind it

33 Hebrew words

Every Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.

  • וִֽידַעְתֶּם֙and you will know

    vida'temH3045 →945 times

  • כִּֽי־that

    ki-H3588 →4482 times

  • אֲנִ֣יI

    ʾaniH589 →874 times

  • יְהוָ֔ה[am] Yahweh

    yahwehH3068 →6520 times

  • בִּֽהְי֣וֹתwhen are

    bihyotH1961 →3559 times

  • חַלְלֵיהֶ֗םslain [ones] their

    chaleihemH2491 →94 times

  • בְּתוֹךְ֙in among

    betokhH8432 →418 times

  • גִּלּ֣וּלֵיהֶ֔םidols their

    giluleihemH1544 →48 times

  • סְבִיב֖וֹתaround

    sevivotH5439 →336 times

  • מִזְבְּחֽוֹתֵיהֶ֑םaltars their

    mizbechoteihemH4196 →401 times

  • אֶל֩to

    ʾelH413 →5510 times

  • כָּל־every

    kol-H3605 →5413 times

  • גִּבְעָ֨הhill

    givahH1389 →68 times

  • רָמָ֜הhigh

    ramahH7311 →190 times

  • בְּכֹ֣ל׀on all

    bekholH3605 →5413 times

  • רָאשֵׁ֣י[the] tops of

    rasheiH7218 →599 times

  • הֶהָרִ֗יםthe mountains

    heharimH2022 →546 times

  • וְתַ֨חַתand under

    vetachatH8478 →505 times

  • כָּל־every

    kol-H3605 →5413 times

  • עֵ֤ץtree

    ʾetzH6086 →328 times

  • רַֽעֲנָן֙luxuriant

    raananH7488 →

  • וְתַ֙חַת֙and under

    vetachatH8478 →505 times

  • כָּל־every

    kol-H3605 →5413 times

  • אֵלָ֣הterebinth

    ʾelahH424 →

  • עֲבֻתָּ֔הleafy

    ʾavutahH5687 →

  • מְק֗וֹם[the] place

    mekomH4725 →401 times

  • אֲשֶׁ֤ר<of> where

    ʾasherH834 →5497 times

  • נָֽתְנוּ־they gave

    natenu-H5414 →2011 times

  • שָׁם֙there

    shamH8033 →834 times

  • רֵ֣יחַan odor of

    reiachH7381 →58 times

  • נִיחֹ֔חַsoothing

    nichoachH5207 →43 times

  • לְכֹ֖לto all

    lekholH3605 →5413 times

  • גִּלּוּלֵיהֶֽם׃idols their

    giluleihemH1544 →48 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

Related verses

18 in all, six open

The number beside each verse is how many compiled reference works tie it to this one. The strongest six stand open.

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.6 worksHosea 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.5 works1 Kings 14:23They also built for themselves high places, sacred pillars, and Asherah poles on every high hill and under every green tree.4 worksJeremiah 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.4 worksEzekiel 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.4 worksJeremiah 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?”4 works
The other 12 cross-references, with their words ▾
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?3 works2 Kings 16:4And he sacrificed and burned incense on the high places, on the hills, and under every green tree.3 worksIsaiah 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.3 worksEzekiel 6:4–7Your altars will be demolished and your incense altars will be smashed; and I will cast down your slain before your idols.3 worksLeviticus 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.3 worksIsaiah 65:3–4to a people who continually provoke Me to My face, sacrificing in the gardens and burning incense on altars of brick,2 worksIsaiah 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.2 worksJeremiah 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.2 worksIsaiah 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.”2 worksIsaiah 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!2 worksEzekiel 6:7The slain will fall among you, and you will know that I am the LORD.2 worksEzekiel 37:6I will attach tendons to you and make flesh grow upon you and cover you with skin. I will put breath within you so that you will come to life. Then you will know that I am the LORD.’”2 works

The walk

8 stops

Each card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.

  • Through

    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.

    it leads to

    • Deuteronomy 12:2

      Destroy completely all the places where the nations you are dispossessing have served their gods—atop the high mountains, on the hills, and under every green tree.

      Reached by 2 separate paths from here.

    • Leviticus 26:13

      I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt so that you would no longer be slaves to the Egyptians. I broke the bars of your yoke and…

    • Jeremiah 17:2

      Even their children remember their altars and Asherah poles by the green trees and on the high hills.

  • Through

    Hosea 4:13

    They 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.

    it leads to

    • Jeremiah 3:6

      Now 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…

      Reached by 2 separate paths from here.

    • Isaiah 1:29

      Surely you will be ashamed of the sacred oaks in which you have delighted; you will be embarrassed by the gardens that you have chosen.

  • Through

    1 Kings 14:23

    They also built for themselves high places, sacred pillars, and Asherah poles on every high hill and under every green tree.

    it leads to

    • Isaiah 57:5

      who burn with lust among the oaks, under every luxuriant tree, who slaughter your children in the valleys, under the clefts of the rocks?

    • Ezekiel 16:24–25

      you built yourself a mound and made yourself a lofty shrine in every public square.

  • Through

    Ezekiel 20:28

    When 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…

    it leads to

    • Isaiah 57:5–7

      who burn with lust among the oaks, under every luxuriant tree, who slaughter your children in the valleys, under the clefts of the rocks?

About Ezekiel

Ezekiel’s Vision of the Valley of Dry Bones, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.
Ezekiel’s Vision of the Valley of Dry Bones, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.
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This page draws on Carl Friedrich Keil, Biblical Commentary on the Prophecies of Ezekiel; Jerome, Commentary on Ezekiel; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.

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