The In-Dept Study of the Bible
Ezekiel 06
1 Yahweh’s word came to me, saying,
2 “Son of man, set your face toward the
mountains ofIsrael, andprophesy to them,
3 and say, ‘You mountains of Israel, hear
the word of the Lord Yahweh! The Lord
Yahweh says 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.
4 Your altars will become desolate, and
your incense altars will be broken. I will
cast down your slain men before your
idols.
5 I will lay the dead bodies ofthe children
of Israel before their idols. I will scatter
your bones around your altars.
6 In all your dwelling places, the cities
will be laid waste and the high places will
be desolate, so 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.
7 The 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.
9 Those 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.
10 They will know that I am Yahweh. I
have not said in vain that I would do this
evil to them.” ’
11 “The Lord Yahweh says: ‘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.
12 He who is far off will die of the pestilence.
He who isnear willfallby the sword.
He who remains and is besieged will die
by the famine. Thus I will accomplish my
wrath on them.
13 You 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.
14 I 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.’ ”