Ezequiel 6:1-8

1 Y vino a mí la palabra del SEÑOR, diciendo:

2 Hijo de hombre, pon tu rostro hacia los montes de Israel, profetiza contra ellos,

3 y di: "Montes de Israel, escuchad la palabra del Señor DIOS. Así dice el Señor DIOS a los montes, a las colinas, a las barrancas y a los valles: 'He aquí, yo mismo traeré sobre vosotros la espada y destruiré vuestros lugares altos.

4 'Vuestros altares serán devastados, vuestros altares de incienso serán destrozados y haré que caigan vuestros muertos delante de vuestros ídolos.

5 'También pondré los cadáveres de los hijos de Israel delante de sus ídolos, y esparciré vuestros huesos alrededor de vuestros altares.

6 'Dondequiera que tengáis vuestras moradas, las ciudades quedarán desoladas y los lugares altos devastados, para que queden desolados y devastados vuestros altares, rotos y eliminados vuestros ídolos, derribados vuestros altares de incienso y borradas vuestras obras.

7 'Los muertos caerán en medio de vosotros, y sabréis que yo soy el SEÑOR.

8 'Sin embargo dejaré un remanente, porque tendréis entre las naciones a los que escaparon de la espada cuando seáis esparcidos por las tierras.

Ezequiel 6:1-8 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO EZEKIEL 6

This chapter contains a prophecy of the desolation of the whole land of Israel, and a promise that a remnant should escape, with a lamentation for the sad destruction, signified by some gestures of the prophet. The order to the prophet to deliver out the prophecy is in Eze 6:1,2; the several parts of the land of Israel or Judea, to which the prophecy is directed, are signified by mountains, hills, rivers, and valleys, on which the sword should be brought, Eze 6:3; the desolation is described, and the cause of it suggested, the idolatry of the people, Eze 6:4-7; the promise of a remnant that should escape, who should remember the Lord, loath themselves for their sins, acknowledge him, and that his word was not in vain, is in Eze 6:8-10; the lamentation, signified by the prophet's smiting with his hand, and stamping with his foot, for the sins of the people, and the judgments that should come upon them, is in Eze 6:11; a particular enumeration of these judgments follows, and of the places where they should be executed, Eze 6:12; the end of them was to bring them to the knowledge and acknowledgment of the Lord, against whom they had sinned and offended by their idolatry, as the places where their slain fell would show, Eze 6:13; and the chapter is concluded with a resolution to bring this desolation on them, Eze 6:14.