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I will kill your people in front of your idols.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/ezekiel/6.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />Your altars shall become desolate, and your incense altars shall be broken, and I will cast down your slain before your idols.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/ezekiel/6.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />Your altars will be demolished and your incense altars will be smashed; and I will cast down your slain before your idols.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/ezekiel/6.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />And your altars shall be desolate, and your images shall be broken: and I will cast down your slain <i>men</i> before your idols.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/ezekiel/6.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />Then your altars shall be desolate, your incense altars shall be broken, and I will cast down your slain <i>men</i> before your idols.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/ezekiel/6.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />So your altars will become deserted and your incense altars will be smashed; and I will make your slain fall in front of your idols.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/ezekiel/6.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8220So your altars will become desolate and your incense altars will be smashed; and I will make your slain fall in front of your idols.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/ezekiel/6.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />“So your altars will become desolate, and your incense altars will be smashed; and I shall make your slain fall in front of your idols.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/ezekiel/6.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />So your altars will become desolate, and your incense altars will be broken; and I will make your slain fall in front of your idols.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/ezekiel/6.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />and your altars will become deserted and your pillars for sun-worship will be smashed in pieces; and I will throw down your slain in front of your idols [that cannot bring them back to life].<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/ezekiel/6.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Your altars will be desolated and your shrines smashed. I will throw down your slain in front of your idols.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/ezekiel/6.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Your altars will be desolated and your incense altars smashed. I will throw down your slain in front of your idols. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/ezekiel/6.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />And your altars shall become desolate, and your sun-images shall be broken; and I will cast down your slain men before your idols.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/ezekiel/6.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />Every altar will be smashed, and in front of the idols I will put to death the people who worship them. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/ezekiel/6.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />your altars shall become desolate, and your sun-images shall be broken: and I will cast down your slain men before your idols.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/ezekiel/6.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />Your altars will be destroyed, and your incense burners will be smashed. I will kill people in front of your idols.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/ezekiel/6.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />The altars will be torn down and the incense altars broken. All the people there will be killed in front of their idols. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/ezekiel/6.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />Your altars will become desolate and your sun pillars will be shattered. I'll throw your slain down right in front of your idols. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/ezekiel/6.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />Your altars will be demolished and your incense altars will be smashed; and I will cast down your slain before your idols.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/ezekiel/6.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />Your altars will be ruined and your incense altars will be broken. I will throw down your slain in front of your idols.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/ezekiel/6.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />Your altars shall become desolate, and your incense altars shall be broken; and I will cast down your slain men before your idols.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/ezekiel/6.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />And your altars shall be desolate, and your images shall be broken: and I will cast down your slain men before your idols.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/ezekiel/6.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />Your altars will become desolate, and your incense altars will be broken. I will cast down your slain men before your idols. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/ezekiel/6.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />And your altars have been desolated, "" And your images have been broken, "" And I have caused your wounded to fall before your idols,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/ezekiel/6.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> And desolated have been your altars, And broken your images, And I have caused your wounded to fall before your idols,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/ezekiel/6.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And your altars were laid waste, and your images were broken: and I caused your wounded to fall before your blocks.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/ezekiel/6.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />And I will throw down your altars, and your idols shall be broken in pieces: and I will cast down your slain before your idols. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/ezekiel/6.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />And I will demolish your altars. And your graven images will be broken apart. And I will throw down your slain before your idols.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/ezekiel/6.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />Your altars shall be laid waste, your incense stands smashed, and I will throw your slain down in front of your idols.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/ezekiel/6.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />Your altars shall become desolate, and your incense stands shall be broken; and I will throw down your slain in front of your idols.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/ezekiel/6.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />Your altars shall be desolate, and your images shall be broken; and I will cast down your slain men before your idols.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/ezekiel/6.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And your altars shall be desolate and your idols shall be broken down, and I shall cast your slain before your idols<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/ezekiel/6.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />And your altars shall become desolate, and your sun-images shall be broken; and I will cast down your slain men before your idols.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/ezekiel/6.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />And your altars shall be broken to pieces, and your consecrated plats; and I will cast down your slain <i>men</i> before your idols.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/ezekiel/6-4.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/vET3Gmwku4s?start=1154" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/ezekiel/6.htm">Judgment Against Idolatry</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">3</span>You are to say: ‘O mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord GOD! This is what the Lord GOD 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. <span class="reftext">4</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/4196.htm" title="4196: miz·bə·ḥō·w·ṯê·ḵem (N-mpc:: 2mp) -- An altar. From zabach; an altar.">Your altars</a> <a href="/hebrew/8074.htm" title="8074: wə·nā·šam·mū (Conj-w:: V-Nifal-ConjPerf-3cp) -- To be desolated or appalled. A primitive root; to stun, i.e. Devastate or stupefy.">will be demolished</a> <a href="/hebrew/2553.htm" title="2553: ḥam·mā·nê·ḵem (N-mpc:: 2mp) -- A sun pillar. From chammah; a sun-pillar.">and your incense altars</a> <a href="/hebrew/7665.htm" title="7665: wə·niš·bə·rū (Conj-w:: V-Nifal-ConjPerf-3cp) -- To break, break in pieces. A primitive root; to burst.">will be smashed;</a> <a href="/hebrew/5307.htm" title="5307: wə·hip·pal·tî (Conj-w:: V-Hifil-ConjPerf-1cs) -- To fall, lie. A primitive root; to fall, in a great variety of applications.">and I will cast down</a> <a href="/hebrew/2491.htm" title="2491: ḥal·lê·ḵem (N-mpc:: 2mp) -- Pierced, polluted. From chalal; pierced; figuratively, polluted.">your slain</a> <a href="/hebrew/6440.htm" title="6440: lip̄·nê (Prep-l:: N-cpc) -- Face, faces. Plural of an unused noun; the face; used in a great variety of applications; also as a preposition.">before</a> <a href="/hebrew/1544.htm" title="1544: gil·lū·lê·ḵem (N-mpc:: 2mp) -- An idol. Or gillul; from galal; properly, a log; by implication, an idol.">your idols.</a> </span><span class="reftext">5</span>I will lay the corpses of the Israelites before their idols and scatter your bones around your altars.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/leviticus/26-30.htm">Leviticus 26:30</a></span><br />I will destroy your high places, cut down your incense altars, and heap your lifeless bodies on the lifeless remains of your idols; and My soul will despise you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_kings/23-20.htm">2 Kings 23:20</a></span><br />On the altars he slaughtered all the priests of the high places, and he burned human bones on them. Then he returned to Jerusalem.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_chronicles/34-4.htm">2 Chronicles 34:4</a></span><br />Then in his presence the altars of the Baals were torn down, and he cut to pieces the incense altars that were above them. He shattered the Asherah poles, the carved idols, and the cast images, crushed them to dust, and scattered them over the graves of those who had sacrificed to them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/19-5.htm">Jeremiah 19:5</a></span><br />They have built high places to Baal on which to burn their children in the fire as offerings to Baal—something I never commanded or mentioned, nor did it even enter My mind.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hosea/10-2.htm">Hosea 10:2</a></span><br />Their hearts are devious; now they must bear their guilt. The LORD will break down their altars and demolish their sacred pillars.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/amos/5-26.htm">Amos 5:26</a></span><br />You have taken along Sakkuth your king and Kaiwan your star god, the idols you made for yourselves.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/micah/1-7.htm">Micah 1:7</a></span><br />All her carved images will be smashed to pieces; all her wages will be burned in the fire, and I will destroy all her idols. Since she collected the wages of a prostitute, they will be used again on a prostitute.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/27-9.htm">Isaiah 27:9</a></span><br />Therefore Jacob’s guilt will be atoned for, and the full fruit of the removal of his sin will be this: When he makes all the altar stones like crushed bits of chalk, no Asherah poles or incense altars will remain standing.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/12-3.htm">Deuteronomy 12:3</a></span><br />Tear down their altars, smash their sacred pillars, burn up their Asherah poles, cut down the idols of their gods, and wipe out their names from every place.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_kings/13-2.htm">1 Kings 13:2</a></span><br />And he cried out against the altar by the word of the LORD, “O altar, O altar, this is what the LORD says: ‘A son named Josiah will be born to the house of David, and upon you he will sacrifice the priests of the high places who burn incense upon you, and human bones will be burned upon you.’”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_kings/17-10.htm">2 Kings 17:10-11</a></span><br />They set up for themselves sacred pillars and Asherah poles on every high hill and under every green tree. / They burned incense on all the high places like the nations that the LORD had driven out before them. They did wicked things, provoking the LORD to anger.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/7-31.htm">Jeremiah 7:31</a></span><br />They have built the high places of Topheth in the Valley of Ben-hinnom so they could burn their sons and daughters in the fire—something I never commanded, nor did it even enter My mind.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/32-35.htm">Jeremiah 32:35</a></span><br />They have built the high places of Baal in the Valley of Ben-hinnom to make their sons and daughters pass through the fire to Molech—something I never commanded them, nor had it ever entered My mind, that they should commit such an abomination and cause Judah to sin.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_corinthians/10-14.htm">1 Corinthians 10:14</a></span><br />Therefore, my beloved, flee from idolatry.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/17-29.htm">Acts 17:29</a></span><br />Therefore, being offspring of God, we should not think that the Divine Being is like gold or silver or stone, an image formed by man’s skill and imagination.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">And your altars shall be desolate, and your images shall be broken: and I will cast down your slain men before your idols.</p><p class="hdg">images.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/ezekiel/6-6.htm">Ezekiel 6:6</a></b></br> In all your dwellingplaces the cities shall be laid waste, and the high places shall be desolate; that your altars may be laid waste and made desolate, and your idols may be broken and cease, and your images may be cut down, and your works may be abolished.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/2_chronicles/14-5.htm">2 Chronicles 14:5</a></b></br> Also he took away out of all the cities of Judah the high places and the images: and the kingdom was quiet before him.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/2_chronicles/34-4.htm">2 Chronicles 34:4</a></b></br> And they brake down the altars of Baalim in his presence; and the images, that <i>were</i> on high above them, he cut down; and the groves, and the carved images, and the molten images, he brake in pieces, and made dust <i>of them</i>, and strowed <i>it</i> upon the graves of them that had sacrificed unto them.</p><p class="hdg">and I</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/ezekiel/6-5.htm">Ezekiel 6:5,13</a></b></br> 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… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/leviticus/26-30.htm">Leviticus 26:30</a></b></br> And I will destroy your high places, and cut down your images, and cast your carcases upon the carcases of your idols, and my soul shall abhor you.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/1_kings/13-2.htm">1 Kings 13:2</a></b></br> And he cried against the altar in the word of the LORD, and said, O altar, altar, thus saith the LORD; Behold, a child shall be born unto the house of David, Josiah by name; and upon thee shall he offer the priests of the high places that burn incense upon thee, and men's bones shall be burnt upon thee.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/jeremiah/17-2.htm">Altars</a> <a href="/ezekiel/5-16.htm">Broken</a> <a href="/ezekiel/5-4.htm">Cast</a> <a href="/ezekiel/3-2.htm">Caused</a> <a href="/lamentations/5-7.htm">Dead</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/33-3.htm">Demolished</a> <a href="/lamentations/5-18.htm">Desolate</a> <a href="/jeremiah/25-37.htm">Desolated</a> <a href="/ezekiel/5-12.htm">Fall</a> <a href="/ezekiel/4-1.htm">Front</a> <a href="/ezekiel/5-9.htm">Idols</a> <a href="/jeremiah/51-52.htm">Images</a> <a href="/jeremiah/52-19.htm">Incense</a> <a href="/ezekiel/4-4.htm">Placed</a> <a href="/lamentations/4-9.htm">Slain</a> <a href="/jeremiah/50-27.htm">Slay</a> <a href="/jeremiah/13-14.htm">Smashed</a> <a href="/isaiah/27-9.htm">Sun-Images</a> <a href="/ezekiel/5-14.htm">Waste</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/ezekiel/6-5.htm">Altars</a> <a href="/ezekiel/6-6.htm">Broken</a> <a href="/ezekiel/7-19.htm">Cast</a> <a href="/ezekiel/6-8.htm">Caused</a> <a href="/ezekiel/6-5.htm">Dead</a> <a href="/amos/3-15.htm">Demolished</a> <a href="/ezekiel/6-6.htm">Desolate</a> <a href="/ezekiel/29-12.htm">Desolated</a> <a href="/ezekiel/6-7.htm">Fall</a> <a href="/ezekiel/6-5.htm">Front</a> <a href="/ezekiel/6-5.htm">Idols</a> <a href="/ezekiel/6-5.htm">Images</a> <a href="/ezekiel/6-6.htm">Incense</a> <a href="/ezekiel/11-7.htm">Placed</a> <a href="/ezekiel/6-7.htm">Slain</a> <a href="/ezekiel/9-6.htm">Slay</a> <a href="/daniel/2-34.htm">Smashed</a> <a href="/ezekiel/6-6.htm">Sun-Images</a> <a href="/ezekiel/6-6.htm">Waste</a><div class="vheading2">Ezekiel 6</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/ezekiel/6-1.htm">The judgment of Israel for their idolatry</a></span><br><span class="reftext">8. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/ezekiel/6-8.htm">A remnant shall be blessed</a></span><br><span class="reftext">11. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/ezekiel/6-11.htm">The faithful are exhorted to lament their abominations and calamities</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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In the context of Ezekiel, God is pronouncing judgment on the Israelites for their idolatry. Altars were central to worship practices, and their destruction symbolizes the end of false worship. Historically, altars were often built on high places, which were condemned by God (<a href="/2_kings/23-8.htm">2 Kings 23:8</a>). The demolition of these altars signifies God's rejection of the people's unfaithfulness and a call to return to true worship.<p><b>and your incense altars will be smashed</b><br>Incense altars were used to burn incense as an offering to deities, a practice common in many ancient Near Eastern religions. The smashing of these altars indicates the futility of worshiping idols and the impending judgment. Incense is often associated with prayer and worship (<a href="/psalms/141-2.htm">Psalm 141:2</a>), and its misuse in idol worship is a direct affront to God. This act of destruction serves as a warning against the syncretism that had infiltrated Israelite worship.<p><b>and I will cast down your slain before your idols</b><br>This phrase highlights the severity of God's judgment. The slain being cast down before idols underscores the impotence of these false gods to save or protect their worshipers. It is a vivid image of the consequences of idolatry, where the very objects of trust become witnesses to the people's downfall. This echoes the futility of idol worship seen in other scriptures, such as <a href="/isaiah/44-9.htm">Isaiah 44:9-20</a>, where idols are depicted as powerless. The casting down of the slain also serves as a grim reminder of the covenant curses outlined in <a href="/deuteronomy/28.htm">Deuteronomy 28</a> for disobedience to God's commands.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/e/ezekiel.htm">Ezekiel</a></b><br>A prophet of God, called to deliver messages of judgment and hope to the Israelites during their Babylonian exile.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/i/israel.htm">Israel</a></b><br>The nation to whom Ezekiel is prophesying, specifically addressing their idolatrous practices.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/a/altars_and_incense_altars.htm">Altars and Incense Altars</a></b><br>Structures used for worship, often associated with idolatry in this context, representing the false gods Israel had turned to.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/i/idols.htm">Idols</a></b><br>The false gods that Israel worshipped, which led them away from the true worship of Yahweh.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/s/slain.htm">Slain</a></b><br>Refers to the people of Israel who would face judgment and death as a consequence of their idolatry.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/t/the_seriousness_of_idolatry.htm">The Seriousness of Idolatry</a></b><br>Idolatry is a grave sin that leads to separation from God. It is not just the worship of physical idols but anything that takes the place of God in our hearts.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_judgment_is_just.htm">God's Judgment is Just</a></b><br>God's judgment on Israel's idolatry is a demonstration of His justice. He is a holy God who cannot tolerate sin.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/c/call_to_repentance.htm">Call to Repentance</a></b><br>The destruction of altars serves as a call to repentance. We must examine our lives for modern-day idols and turn back to God.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_consequences_of_disobedience.htm">The Consequences of Disobedience</a></b><br>Disobedience to God's commands leads to severe consequences. This passage serves as a warning to remain faithful to God.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_desire_for_true_worship.htm">God's Desire for True Worship</a></b><br>God desires worship that is pure and directed solely to Him. We are called to worship in spirit and truth, avoiding any form of idolatry.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_ezekiel_6.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Ezekiel 6</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_no_archaeological_proof_of_ezekiel_6_4-5.htm">Why does Ezekiel 6:4–5 describe a destruction of altars and idols that lacks clear archaeological confirmation of such widespread devastation? </a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/inconsistencies_in_ezekiel_1_vs._isaiah_6.htm">Are there any inconsistencies between Ezekiel's vision (Ezekiel 1) and visions of divine glory in other scriptural passages, such as Isaiah 6 or Revelation 4?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_do_sacred_objects_fit_with_acts_17_29.htm">Acts 17:29 - If God is beyond images and idols, how do Old Testament instructions for sacred objects not contradict Paul's teaching here?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/does_isaiah_27_7-9_conflict_with_ezekiel_18.htm">Isaiah 27:7-9 describes collective punishment or forgiveness--does this conflict with other Old Testament texts emphasizing individual responsibility (e.g., Ezekiel 18)?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/ezekiel/6.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(4) <span class= "bld">Your images.</span>--The original word indicates, as is shown in the margin, that these were images used in connection with the worship of the sun. The whole verse is taken from <a href="/leviticus/26-30.htm" title="And I will destroy your high places, and cut down your images, and cast your carcasses on the carcasses of your idols, and my soul shall abhor you.">Leviticus 26:30</a>. The same woes were there foretold by Moses in the contingency of the people's disobedience; that contingency had now come to pass, the promised judgments had already begun, and Ezekiel declares that the fulfilment of them was close at hand.<p><span class= "bld">Your slain men before your idols.</span>--Their idols should be worshipped no longer by the living, but by the prostrate bodies of their dead worshippers. In this and the following verse a kind of poetic justice is described. There was nothing so utterly defiling under the Mosaic law as the touch of a dead body. (See <a href="/context/numbers/9-6.htm" title="And there were certain men, who were defiled by the dead body of a man, that they could not keep the passover on that day: and they came before Moses and before Aaron on that day:">Numbers 9:6-10</a>; <a href="/2_kings/23-14.htm" title="And he broke in pieces the images, and cut down the groves, and filled their places with the bones of men.">2Kings 23:14</a>; <a href="/2_kings/23-16.htm" title="And as Josiah turned himself, he spied the sepulchers that were there in the mount, and sent, and took the bones out of the sepulchers, and burned them on the altar, and polluted it, according to the word of the LORD which the man of God proclaimed, who proclaimed these words.">2Kings 23:16</a>.) The Israelites had defiled the land with idols, now the idols themselves should be defiled with their dead bodies.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/ezekiel/6.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 4.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">Your images,</span> etc. The "sun images" of the Revised Version shows why these are mentioned as distinct from the "idols." The <span class="accented">chammanim</span> were pillars or obelisks identified with the worship of Baal as the sun god, standing on his altars (<a href="/2_chronicles/34-4.htm">2 Chronicles 34:4</a>), coupled with the "groves," or <span class="accented">Asherim</span> (<a href="/isaiah/17-8.htm">Isaiah 17:8</a>; <a href="/isaiah/27-9.htm">Isaiah 27:9</a>), and with the "high places" in <a href="/2_chronicles/14-5.htm">2 Chronicles 14:5</a>. <span class="cmt_word">I will cast down your slain men before your idols.</span> As in the prophecy against Bethel (<a href="/1_kings/13-2.htm">1 Kings 13:2</a>), and in Josiah's action (2 Kings 33:16), this was the <span class="accented">ne plus ultra</span> of desecration. Where throe had been the sweet savour of incense there should be the sickening odour of the carcases of the slain. The word for "idols" (<span class="accented">gillulim</span>), though found elsewhere, notably in Ezekiel's favourite textbooks (<a href="/leviticus/26-30.htm">Leviticus 26:30</a>; <a href="/deuteronomy/29-17.htm">Deuteronomy 29:17</a>), is more prominent in his writings (where it occurs thirty-six times) then in any other book of the Old Testament, and means, primarily, a cairn or heap of stones, which, like the "sun images," came to be associated with Baal. Ezekiel repeats both words in ver. 6, with all the emphasis of scorn. He predicts the coming of a time when the work of destruction should be done more thoroughly than even Josiah lind done it. When that time came, the familiar formula, "Ye shall know that I am the Lord," should receive yet another fulfilment. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/ezekiel/6-4.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">Your altars</span><br /><span class="heb">מִזְבְּח֣וֹתֵיכֶ֔ם</span> <span class="translit">(miz·bə·ḥō·w·ṯê·ḵem)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4196.htm">Strong's 4196: </a> </span><span class="str2">An altar</span><br /><br /><span class="word">will be demolished</span><br /><span class="heb">וְנָשַׁ֙מּוּ֙</span> <span class="translit">(wə·nā·šam·mū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Nifal - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8074.htm">Strong's 8074: </a> </span><span class="str2">To stun, devastate, stupefy</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and your incense altars</span><br /><span class="heb">חַמָּֽנֵיכֶ֑ם</span> <span class="translit">(ḥam·mā·nê·ḵem)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2553.htm">Strong's 2553: </a> </span><span class="str2">A sun-pillar</span><br /><br /><span class="word">will be smashed;</span><br /><span class="heb">וְנִשְׁבְּר֖וּ</span> <span class="translit">(wə·niš·bə·rū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Nifal - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7665.htm">Strong's 7665: </a> </span><span class="str2">To break, break in pieces</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and I will cast down</span><br /><span class="heb">וְהִפַּלְתִּי֙</span> <span class="translit">(wə·hip·pal·tî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5307.htm">Strong's 5307: </a> </span><span class="str2">To fall, lie</span><br /><br /><span class="word">your slain</span><br /><span class="heb">חַלְלֵיכֶ֔ם</span> <span class="translit">(ḥal·lê·ḵem)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2491.htm">Strong's 2491: </a> </span><span class="str2">Pierced, polluted</span><br /><br /><span class="word">before</span><br /><span class="heb">לִפְנֵ֖י</span> <span class="translit">(lip̄·nê)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-l | Noun - common plural construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6440.htm">Strong's 6440: </a> </span><span class="str2">The face</span><br /><br /><span class="word">your idols.</span><br /><span class="heb">גִּלּוּלֵיכֶֽם׃</span> <span class="translit">(gil·lū·lê·ḵem)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1544.htm">Strong's 1544: </a> </span><span class="str2">A log, an idol</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/ezekiel/6-4.htm">Ezekiel 6:4 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/ezekiel/6-4.htm">Ezekiel 6:4 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/ezekiel/6-4.htm">Ezekiel 6:4 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/ezekiel/6-4.htm">Ezekiel 6:4 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/ezekiel/6-4.htm">Ezekiel 6:4 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/ezekiel/6-4.htm">Ezekiel 6:4 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/ezekiel/6-4.htm">Ezekiel 6:4 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/ezekiel/6-4.htm">Ezekiel 6:4 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/ezekiel/6-4.htm">Ezekiel 6:4 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/ezekiel/6-4.htm">Ezekiel 6:4 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/ezekiel/6-4.htm">OT Prophets: Ezekiel 6:4 Your altars shall become desolate and your (Ezek. 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