Ezekiel 6:4

Ezekiel 6:4 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And your altars shall be desolate, and your images shall be broken: and I will cast down your slain men before your idols.
• New International Version (NIV)Your altars will be demolished and your incense altars will be smashed; and I will slay your people in front of your idols.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Your altars shall become desolate, and your incense altars shall be broken, and I will cast down your slain before your idols.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Then your altars shall be desolate, your incense altars shall be broken, and I will cast down your slain men before your idols.

Context of Ezekiel 6:4

2“Son of man, look toward the mountains of Israel, and prophesy against them. 3Say this, ‘You mountains of Israel, listen to the Almighty Lord’s word! This is what the Almighty Lord says to the mountains and hills and to the ravines and valleys: I am going to attack you with a sword and destroy your worship sites. Your altars will be destroyed, and your incense burners will be smashed. I will kill people in front of your idols. 5I will lay the dead bodies of the people of Israel in front of your idols, and I will scatter their bones around your altars. 6Wherever people live, the cities will be ruined, and the worship sites will be wrecked. Your altars will be ruined and demolished. Your idols will be smashed and completely destroyed. Your incense burners will be cut down, and everything you have done will be wiped out.

Ezekiel 6:4 word by word

וְנָשַׁ֙מּוּ֙ מִזְבְּח֣וֹתֵיכֶ֔ם וְנִשְׁבְּר֖וּ חַמָּֽנֵיכֶ֑ם וְהִפַּלְתִּי֙ חַלְלֵיכֶ֔ם לִפְנֵ֖י גִּלּוּלֵיכֶֽם׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And your altarsמִזְבֵּחַmizbêach · altarH4196
• shall be desolateשָׁמֵםshâmêm · be desolate: destroyedH8074
• and your imagesחַמָּןchammân · pillarH2553
• shall be brokenשָׁבַרshâbar · to breakH7665
• and I will cast downנָפַלnâphal · to fall: fallH5307
• your slainחָלָלchâlâl · slain: killedH2491
• beforeפָּנֶהpânîym · face: beforeH6440
• your idolsגִּלּוּלgillûl gillûl · idolH1544

Cross-references for Ezekiel 6:4

• Ezekiel 6:6Wherever people live, the cities will be ruined, and the worship sites will be wrecked. Your altars will be ruined and demolished. Your idols will be smashed and completely destroyed. Your incense burners will be cut down, and everything you have done will be wiped out.
• 2 Chronicles 14:5He got rid of the illegal places of worship and the altars for incense in all the cities of Judah. The kingdom was at peace during his reign.
• 2 Chronicles 34:4He had the altars of the various Baal gods torn down. He cut down the incense altars that were above them. He destroyed the Asherah poles, carved idols, and metal idols. He ground them into powder and scattered the powder over the tombs of those who had sacrificed to them.
• Jeremiah 43:13At Beth Shemesh he will break the monuments in Egypt and burn down the temples of Egypt’s gods.’ ”
• Ezekiel 6:5I will lay the dead bodies of the people of Israel in front of your idols, and I will scatter their bones around your altars.
• Leviticus 26:30I will destroy your worship sites, cut down your incense altars, and pile your dead bodies on top of your dead idols. I will look at you with disgust.
• 1 Kings 13:2By a command of the Lord, this man condemned the altar. “Altar, altar! This is what the Lord says: There will be a son born in David’s family line. His name will be Josiah. Here on you Josiah will sacrifice the priests from the illegal worship sites who offer sacrifices on you. Human bones will be burned on you.”
• 2 Kings 23:14Josiah crushed the sacred stones, cut down the poles dedicated to Asherah, and filled their places with human bones.
• 2 Chronicles 34:5He burned the bones of the priests on their altars. So he made Judah and Jerusalem clean.
• Jeremiah 8:1The Lord declares, “At that time the bones of the kings and the leaders of Judah, the bones of the priests and the prophets, and the bones of the others who lived in Jerusalem will be taken out of their graves.

Commentaries on Ezekiel 6:4

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 4Your images shall be broken - Literally, your sun images; representations of the sun, which they worshipped. See the margin.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 4Images - See the margin and margin reference, and the Ezekiel 8:16 note. Idols - The Phoenicians were in the habit of setting up “heaps” or “pillars” of stone in honor of their gods, which renders the use of the word more appropriate.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. 44. images--called so from a Hebrew root, "to wax hot," implying the mad ardor of Israel after idolatry [Calvin]. Others translate it, "sun images"; and so in Eze 6:6 (see 2Ki 23:11; 2Ch 34:4; Is 17:8, Margin). cast your slain men before your idols--The foolish objects of their trust in the day of evil should witness their ruin.Read the comment

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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