Ezekiel 6:5

5 I will lay the corpses of the Israelites before 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 You are to say: ‘O mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord GOD! This is what the Lord GOD 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 cast down your slain before your idols.

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

6 Wherever you live, the cities will be laid waste and the high places will be demolished, so that your altars will be laid waste and desecrated, your idols smashed and obliterated, your incense altars cut down, and your works blotted out.

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