Ezekiel 6:1

Idolatrous Worship and Idolatrous Objects Denounced

1 And the word of Yahweh {came} to me, saying,

Ezekiel 6:1 Meaning and Commentary

Ezekiel 6:1

And the word of the Lord came unto me, saying.
] That is, the word of prophecy from the Lord, as the Targum: this, according to Junius, was delivered out by the prophet on a sabbath day, the twenty first of the fifth month, and in the sixth year of King Jehoiachin's captivity; and so was more than a year after the vision at Chebar, ( Ezekiel 1:1 Ezekiel 1:2 ) .

Ezekiel 6:1 In-Context

1 And the word of Yahweh {came} to me, saying,

2 "Son of man, set your face to the mountains of Israel and prophesy against them,

3 and you must say, 'Mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord Yahweh, thus says the Lord Yahweh to the mountains and to the hills, to the ravines and to the valleys: "Look, I [am] bringing upon you [the] sword, and I will destroy your high places,

4 and your altars will be desolate, and your incense altars will be broken, and I will throw down your slain ones {before} your idols,

5 and I will place the corpses of the children of Israel {before} their idols, and I will scatter your bones around your altars.

Footnotes

• [a]. Literally "was"