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Ezekiel 6:3

and to the hills [Heb. [ולגבעות is] a term expressing height.
and to the valleys [ולגאיות is] a term expressing valleys.

Ezekiel 6:4

your sun gods חַמָּנֵיכֶם, a class of pagan idols made on the roofs [dedicated] to the sun.

Ezekiel 6:6

and shown to be guilty Heb. ויאשמו [lit. they be made guilty.] They will be recognized for their guilt.

Ezekiel 6:9

And those of you that escape will remember Me My kindnesses and My compassion, that I had compassion on them when they committed iniquities before Me in their land.
that I yielded to their straying heart That I yielded to them. Although their heart went astray and they turned away from Me, I begged of them, through My prophets, to return to Me, and [promised] that I will [then] do good for them, but they were unwilling.
and they will quarrel with themselves Heb. וְנָקֹטוּ. Menachem associated it with (Ps. 119:158): “I saw traitors, and I quarreled (וָאֶתְקוֹטָטָה).” They will quarrel with themselves for not listening to Me. Jonathan renders: וְידַנְקוּן and they will see, and so does he translate (below 9:4): “those who groan (הַנֶאֶנָקִים),” דְּמִדַנְקִין, and (Mal. 2:13): “weeping...and groaning (וַאֲנָקָה),” דְּמִדַנְקָן, demonir in Old French, to groan.

Ezekiel 6:11

and stamp Its context implies that it means to stamp one’s foot on the ground to flatten out the mud, and this is a custom of a mourner.
and say, Ah! A cry of grief and woe.

Ezekiel 6:12

and who is in the siege Heb. והנצור, one who is gathered into the city when they besiege it.
and I shall spend My fury I shall finish all My fury and My desire to do evil to them.

Ezekiel 6:13

terebinth Heb. אֵלָה, planzon in Old French, a branch.
branchy עֲבֻתָּה, an expression of (below 20: 28): “a branchy (עָבוֹת) tree,” i.e., whose branches are many.

Ezekiel 6:14

a desolation Heb. שְּׁמָמָה, without an inhabitant.
and an astonishment Heb. ומשמה, a wonder, i.e., that all who see it will wonder about it.

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