Ezekiel 6 · Verse 5

Ezekiel 6:5

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.
Ezekiel 6:5, King James Version

Ezekiel 6:5 in other translations

BSBI will lay the corpses of the Israelites before their idols and scatter your bones around your altars.
WEBI will lay the dead bodies of the children of Israel before their idols. I will scatter your bones around your altars.
ASVAnd I will lay the dead bodies of the children of Israel before their idols; and I will scatter your bones round about your altars.
YLTAnd put the carcases of the sons of Israel before their idols, And scattered your bones round about your altars.
DARBYand I will lay the dead bodies of the children of Israel before their idols; and I will scatter your bones round about your altars.
BBEAnd I will put the dead bodies of the children of Israel in front of their images, sending your bones in all directions about your altars.
WebsterAnd I will lay the dead carcasses of the children of Israel before their idols; and I will scatter your bones about your altars.

What does Ezekiel 6:5 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
5. carcasses ... before ... idols--polluting thus with the dead bones of you, the worshippers, the idols which seemed to you so sacrosanct.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 5 Will 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.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Ezekiel 6:1-7

The Divine judgments for idolatry. (Ezek 6:1-7) A remnant shall be saved. (Ezek 6:8-10) The calamities are to be lamented. (Ezek 6:11-14) Verses 1-7 . War desolates persons, places, and things esteemed most sacred. God ruins idolatries even by the hands of idolaters. It is just with God to make that a desolation, which we make an idol. The superstitions to which many trust for safety, often cause their ruin. And the…

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Ezekiel 6:5 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וְנָתַתִּ֗יve.na.ta.Tiand I will putH5414
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
פִּגְרֵי֙pig.Rei[the] corpses ofH6297
בְּנֵ֣יbe.Nei[the] people ofH1121
יִשְׂרָאֵ֔לYis.ra.'ElIsraelH3478
לִפְנֵ֖יlif.Nei<to> beforeH6440
גִּלּֽוּלֵיהֶ֑םgi.lu.lei.Hemidols theirH1544
וְזֵרִיתִי֙ve.ze.ri.Tiand I will disperseH2219
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
עַצְמ֣וֹתֵיכֶ֔םatz.Mo.tei.Khembones yourH6106
סְבִיב֖וֹתse.vi.VotaroundH5439
מִזְבְּחוֹתֵיכֶֽם\׃miz.be.cho.tei.Khemaltars yourH4196

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Cross references for Ezekiel 6:5

  • Jeremiah 8:1-2

    At that time, saith the Lord, they shall bring out the bones of the kings of Judah, and the bones of his princes, and the bones of the priests, and the bones of the prophets, and the bones of the inhabitants of Jerusalem, out of their graves: And they shall spread them before the sun, and the moon, and all the host of heaven, whom they have loved, and whom they have served, and after whom they have walked, and whom they have sought, and whom they have worshipped: they shall not be gathered, nor be buried; they shall be for dung upon the face of the earth.

  • 2 Kings 23:16

    And as Josiah turned himself, he spied the sepulchres that were there in the mount, and sent, and took the bones out of the sepulchres, and burned them upon the altar, and polluted it, according to the word of the Lord which the man of God proclaimed, who proclaimed these words.

  • 2 Kings 23:14

    And he brake in pieces the images, and cut down the groves, and filled their places with the bones of men.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
lay. Heb. give.
5

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Ezekiel 6:4

    And your altars shall be desolate, and your images shall be broken: and I will cast down your slain men before your idols.

  • Ezekiel 6:5

    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.

  • Ezekiel 6:6

    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.

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Ezekiel 6:5 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Y pondré los cuerpos muertos de los hijos de Israel delante de sus ídolos; y vuestros huesos esparciré en derredor de vuestros altares.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		et je mettrai les cadavres des fils d’Israël devant leurs idoles, et je disperserai vos ossements autour de vos autels.
German
Elberfelder 1871		und die Leichname der Kinder Israel werde ich vor ihre Götzen hinlegen und eure Gebeine rings um eure Altäre streuen.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		et dabo cadavera filiorum Israël ante faciem simulacrorum vestrorum, et dispergam ossa vestra circum aras vestras: