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, turn toward the mountains of Israel and prophesy against them: 3Say, ‘Mountains of Israel, Hear the word of the sovereign Lord! This is what the sovereign Lord says to the mountains and the hills, to the ravines and the valleys: I am bringing a sword against you, and I will destroy your high places. Your altars will be ruined and your incense altars will be broken. I will throw down your slain in front of your idols. 5I will place the corpses of the people of Israel in front of their idols, and I will scatter your bones around your altars. 6In all your dwellings, the cities will be laid waste and the high places ruined so that your altars will be laid waste and ruined, your idols will be shattered and demolished, your incense altars will be broken down, and your works 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 6:6In all your dwellings, the cities will be laid waste and the high places ruined so that your altars will be laid waste and ruined, your idols will be shattered and demolished, your incense altars will be broken down, and your works wiped out.
• 2 Chronicles 14:5He removed the high places and the incense altars from all the cities of Judah. The kingdom had rest under his rule.
• 2 Chronicles 34:4He ordered the altars of the Baals to be torn down, and broke the incense altars that were above them. He smashed the Asherah poles, idols and images, crushed them up and sprinkled the dust over the tombs of those who had sacrificed to them.
• Jeremiah 43:13He will demolish the sacred pillars in the temple of the sun in Egypt and will burn down the temples of the gods of Egypt.”’”
• Ezekiel 6:5I will place the corpses of the people of Israel in front of their idols, and I will scatter your bones around your altars.
• Leviticus 26:30I will destroy your high places and cut down your incense altars, and I will stack your dead bodies on top of the lifeless bodies of your idols. I will abhor you.
• 1 Kings 13:2With the authority of the Lord he cried out against the altar, “O altar, altar! This is what the Lord says, ‘Look, a son named Josiah will be born to the Davidic dynasty. He will sacrifice on you the priests of the high places who offer sacrifices on you. Human bones will be burned on you.’”
• 2 Kings 23:14He smashed the sacred pillars to bits, cut down the Asherah pole, and filled those shrines with human bones.
• 2 Chronicles 34:5He burned the bones of the pagan priests on their altars; he purified Judah and Jerusalem.
• Jeremiah 8:1The Lord says, “When that time comes, the bones of the kings of Judah and its leaders, the bones of the priests and prophets and of all the other people who lived in Jerusalem will be dug up from 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