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.
• 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.
• New Living Translation (NLT)I will lay your corpses in front of your idols and scatter your bones around your altars.

Context of Ezekiel 6:5

3and say: ‘You mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Sovereign Lord. This is what the Sovereign Lord says to the mountains and hills, to the ravines and valleys: I am about to bring a sword against you, and I will destroy your high places. 4Your altars will be demolished and your incense altars will be smashed; and I will slay your people in front of your idols. I will lay the dead bodies of the Israelites in front of their idols, and I will scatter your bones around your altars. 6Wherever you live, the towns will be laid waste and the high places demolished, so that your altars will be laid waste and devastated, your idols smashed and ruined, your incense altars broken down, and what you have made wiped out. 7Your people will fall slain 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
• 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