Ezekiel 6
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1Yahweh’s word came to me, saying, 2“Son of man, set your face toward the mountains of Israel, and prophesy to them, 3and say, ‘You mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord Yahweh! Thus says the Lord Yahweh to the mountains and to the hills, to the watercourses and to the valleys: “Behold, I, even I, will bring a sword on you, and I will destroy your high places. 4Your altars will become desolate, and your incense altars will be broken. I will cast down your slain men before your idols. 5I will lay the dead bodies of the children of Israel before their idols. I will scatter your bones around your altars. 6In all your dwelling places, the cities will be laid waste and the high places will be desolate; that your altars may be laid waste and made desolate, and your idols may be broken and cease, and your incense altars may be cut down, and your works may be abolished. 7The slain will fall among you, and you will know that I am Yahweh. 8“‘“Yet I will leave a remnant, in that you will have some that escape the sword among the nations, when you are scattered through the countries. 9Those of you that escape will remember me among the nations where they are carried captive, how I have been broken with their lewd heart, which has departed from me, and with their eyes, which play the prostitute after their idols. Then they will loathe themselves in their own sight for the evils which they have committed in all their abominations. 10They will know that I am Yahweh. I have not said in vain that I would do this evil to them.”’ 11“Thus says the Lord Yahweh: ‘Strike with your hand, and stamp with your foot, and say, “Alas!” Because of all the evil abominations of the house of Israel; for they will fall by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence. 12He who is far off will die of the pestilence. He who is near will fall by the sword. He who remains and is besieged will die by the famine. Thus I will accomplish my wrath on them. 13You will know that I am Yahweh, when their slain men are among their idols around their altars, on every high hill, on all the tops of the mountains, under every green tree, and under every thick oak, the places where they offered pleasant aroma to all their idols. 14I will stretch out my hand on them, and make the land desolate and waste, from the wilderness toward Diblah, throughout all their habitations. Then they will know that I am Yahweh.’”
World English Bible (public domain)
“"Yet I will leave some of you alive. When you have among the nations some who escape the sword, and when you are scattered through the countries, then those of you who escape will remember me among the nations where they are carried captive, how I have been broken over their whoring heart that has departed from me and over their eyes that go whoring after their idols."”
Ezekiel 6:8-9
Summary
In Ezekiel chapter 6, God commands Ezekiel to prophesy against the mountains of Israel, condemning the places where the Israelites have engaged in idolatry. The chapter describes the impending judgment on these high places and the devastation that will follow. God announces that the altars will be broken and destroyed, the idols smashed, and the people who worshipped them will fall by the sword. This chapter emphasizes the consequences of Israel's unfaithfulness and idolatry, serving as a reminder of God's holiness and justice. Despite the severity of the judgment, God promises that a remnant will be spared and come to recognize Him, acknowledging the gravity of their rebellion and the certainty of His power. This remnant will serve as a testimony to God's enduring grace and the hope of restoration.
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