Ezekiel 6:7

7 And the slain shall fall in the midst of you, and ye shall know that I am the LORD.

Ezekiel 6:7 Meaning and Commentary

Ezekiel 6:7

And the slain shall fall in the midst of you
The word for slain is in the singular number, which perhaps is put for the plural; and so the Septuagint renders it; unless it should design some principal person that should be slain; but, as King Zedekiah was not slain when the city was taken, only his sons and his princes, it seems best to understand it of the multitude that were slain in the midst of the land, not only in Jerusalem, but in all the cities of Judea; and denotes how general and public the destruction would be: and ye shall know that I [am] the Lord;
the only true God, and Governor of the world; who only is to be worshipped, feared, and served, and not idols.

Ezekiel 6:7 In-Context

5 And I will lay the dead carcasses of the sons of Israel before their idols, and I will scatter your bones round about your altars.

6 In all your provinces the cities shall be laid waste, and the high places shall be desolate that your altars may be laid waste and condemned, and your idols shall be destroyed and shall cease, and your images of the sun shall be cut down, and your works shall be abolished.

7 And the slain shall fall in the midst of you, and ye shall know that I am the LORD.

8 Yet I will leave a remnant that ye may have some that shall escape the sword among the Gentiles when ye shall be scattered through the countries.

9 And those that escape of you shall remember me among the Gentiles where they shall be carried captives because I am broken because of your whorish heart, which has departed from me and because of your eyes, which went a whoring after your idols: and they shall loathe themselves for the evils which they have committed in all their abominations.