Ezekiel 6:5

5 and I will place the corpses of the children of Israel {before} their idols, and I will 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 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.

6 In all of your dwellings, the cities will be desolate and the high places will be ruined, so that your altars will be desolate and will suffer punishment. Your idols will be broken and will come to an end, and your incense altars will be cut down, and your works will be destroyed,

7 and the slain one will fall in the midst of you, and [then] you will know that I [am] Yahweh.

Footnotes

• [a]. Or "give"
• [b]. Literally "to the face of"