Ezekiel 6:5 BSB — MannaFest

Ezekiel 6:5

I will lay the corpses of the Israelites before their idols and scatter your bones around your altars.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

And I will lay the dead bodies of the children of Israel before their idols; and I will scatter your bones round about your altars.

KJV

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.

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Commentary

4 voices

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)

And I will lay the dead carcasses of the children of Israel before their idols,.... Which is repeated for the confirmation of it: and I will scatter your bones round about your altars: which were reckoned a pollution of them; see 2Ki 23:14.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

Sennacherib was slain by his sons when he was worshipping in the house of his god. (4.) The sin might be read in this circumstance of the punishment; the slain men are cast before the idols, to show that therefore they are slain, because they worshipped those idols; see Jer. viii.

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

(3.) It is just with God to make that a desolation which we make an idol of; for he is a jealous God and will not bear a rival. (4.) If men do not, as they ought, destroy idolatry, God will, first or last, find out a way to do it.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

Will scatter your bones round about your altars - This was literally fulfilled by the Chaldeans. According to Baruch, 2:24, 25, they opened the sepulchres of the principal people, and threw the bones about on every side.

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Original language & word study

12 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וְנָתַתִּ֗י	ve.na.ta.Ti	and I will put	H5414 →
אֶת־	'et-	<obj.>	H853 →
פִּגְרֵי֙	pig.Rei	[the] corpses of	H6297 →
בְּנֵ֣י	be.Nei	[the] people of	H1121 →
יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל	Yis.ra.'El	Israel	H3478 →
לִפְנֵ֖י	lif.Nei	<to> before	H6440 →
גִּלּֽוּלֵיהֶ֑ם	gi.lu.lei.Hem	idols their	H1544 →
וְזֵרִיתִי֙	ve.ze.ri.Ti	and I will disperse	H2219 →
אֶת־	'et-	<obj.>	H853 →
עַצְמ֣וֹתֵיכֶ֔ם	atz.Mo.tei.Khem	bones your	H6106 →
סְבִיב֖וֹת	se.vi.Vot	around	H5439 →
מִזְבְּחוֹתֵיכֶֽם׃	miz.be.cho.tei.Khem	altars your	H4196 →

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Where the connections lead

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Through
2 Kings 23:16
And as Josiah turned, he saw the tombs there on the hillside, and he sent someone to take the bones out of the tombs, and he burned them on the altar to defile it,…
leads to
- 1 Kings 13:1–2
  Suddenly, as Jeroboam was standing beside the altar to burn incense, there came a man of God from Judah to Bethel by the word of the LORD.
- 1 Kings 13:32
  for the message that he cried out by the word of the LORD against the altar in Bethel and against all the shrines on the high places in the cities of Samaria will surely…
- Matthew 24:35
  Heaven and earth will pass away, but My words will never pass away.
Through
2 Kings 23:14
He smashed the sacred pillars to pieces, cut down the Asherah poles, and covered the sites with human bones.
leads to
- Deuteronomy 7:5
  Instead, this is what you are to do to them: tear down their altars, smash their sacred pillars, cut down their Asherah poles, and burn their idols in the fire.
- Exodus 23:24
  You must not bow down to their gods or serve them or follow their practices. Instead, you are to demolish them and smash their sacred stones to pieces.
- 2 Kings 23:16
  And as Josiah turned, he saw the tombs there on the hillside, and he sent someone to take the bones out of the tombs, and he burned them on the altar to defile it,…
- Matthew 23:27–28
  Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You are like whitewashed tombs, which look beautiful on the outside, but on the inside are full of dead men’s bones and every kind of impurity.
- Jeremiah 8:1–2

About Ezekiel

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06About Ezekiel

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

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About Ezekiel