Ezekiel 6:5

5 I will lay the dead bodies of the Israelites in front of their idols, and I will scatter your bones around your altars.

Ezekiel 6:5 in Other Translations

5 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.

5 And I will lay the dead bodies of the people of Israel before their idols, and I will scatter your bones around your altars.

5 I will lay your corpses in front of your idols and scatter your bones around your altars.

5 I'll stack the dead bodies of Israelites in front of your idols and then scatter your bones around your shrines.

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

Ezekiel 6:5 Meaning and Commentary

Ezekiel 6:5

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 ( 2 Kings 23:14 2 Kings 23:16 2 Kings 23:20 ) .

Ezekiel 6:5 In-Context

3 and say: ‘You mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Sovereign LORD. This is what the Sovereign LORD 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 slay your people in front of your idols.

5 I will lay the dead bodies of the Israelites in front of their idols, and I will scatter your bones around your altars.

6 Wherever you live, the towns will be laid waste and the high places demolished, so that your altars will be laid waste and devastated, your idols smashed and ruined, your incense altars broken down, and what you have made wiped out.

7 Your people will fall slain among you, and you will know that I am the LORD.

Cross References

• 1. S Numbers 19:16; S Psalms 53:5; Jeremiah 8:1-2
• 2. ver 13; S Leviticus 26:30