Ezekiel 6:5

Ezekiel 6:5 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)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.
• New International Version (NIV)I will lay the dead bodies of the Israelites in front of their idols, and I will scatter your bones around your altars.
• English Standard Version (ESV)And I will lay the dead bodies of the people of Israel before their idols, and I will scatter your bones around your altars.
• New King James Version (NKJV)And I will lay the corpses of the children of Israel before their idols, and I will scatter your bones all around your altars.

Context of Ezekiel 6:5

3You are to say: Mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord God! This is what the Lord God says to the mountains and the hills, to the ravines and the valleys: I am about to bring a sword against you, and I will destroy your high places. 4Your altars will be desolated and your shrines smashed. I will throw down your slain in front of your idols. I will lay the corpses of the Israelites in front of their idols and scatter your bones around your altars. 6Wherever you live the cities will be in ruins and the high places will be desolate, so that your altars will lie in ruins and be desecrated, your idols smashed and obliterated, your shrines cut down, and what you have made wiped out. 7The slain will fall among you, and you will know that I am the Lord.

Ezekiel 6:5 word by word

וְנָתַתִּ֗י אֶת־פִּגְרֵי֙ בְּנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל לִפְנֵ֖י גִּלּֽוּלֵיהֶ֑ם וְזֵרִיתִי֙ אֶת־עַצְמ֣וֹתֵיכֶ֔ם סְבִיב֖וֹת מִזְבְּחוֹתֵיכֶֽם׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And I will layנָתַןnâthan · to give: putH5414
• the dead carcasesפֶּ֫גֶרpeger · corpseH6297
• of the childrenבֵּןbên · son: descendant/peopleH1121
• of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyiώrâ'êl · IsraelH3478
• beforeפָּנֶהpânîym · face: beforeH6440
• their idolsגִּלּוּלgillûl gillûl · idolH1544
• and I will scatterזָרָהzârâh · to scatterH2219
• your bonesעֶ֫צֶם‛etsem · boneH6106
• round aboutסָבִיבsâbîyb sebîybâh · aroundH5439
• your altarsמִזְבֵּחַmizbêach · altarH4196

Commentaries on Ezekiel 6:5

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 5Will scatter your bones round about your altars - This was literally fulfilled by the Chaldeans. According to Baruch, 2:24, 25, they opened the sepulchres of the principal people, and threw the bones about on every side.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 4-7The corpses and bones of dead worshipers around an altar would make the altar ceremonially unclean and unfit for use. idols: The Hebrew word translated idols literally means “round things.” It may also sound like a word for dung (human or animal waste). When the prophets used this word, they were mocking the idols. It was a strong expression of disgust and rejection.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 55. carcasses ... before ... idols--polluting thus with the dead bones of you, the worshippers, the idols which seemed to you so sacrosanct.Read the comment

In the dictionaries

• Israel
• Israel, Israelites
• Jacob, Israel
• Children of Israel
• Appointment
• Living creatures
• Carcass; Carcase
• Zedekiah (2)

Commentaries on Ezekiel 6

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings