Judgment Against Idolatry

Ezekiel 6

1 Now the word of the LORD came to me, saying: 2 "Son of man, a set your face toward the b mountains of Israel, and prophesy against them, 3 "and say, 'O mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord GOD! Thus says the Lord GOD to the mountains, to the hills, to the ravines, and to the valleys: "Indeed I, even I, will bring a sword against you, and c I will destroy your 1 high places. 4 "Then your altars shall be desolate, your incense altars shall be broken, and d I will cast down your slain men before your idols. 5 "And I will lay the corpses of the children of Israel before their idols, and I will scatter your bones all around your altars. 6 "In all your dwelling places the cities shall be laid waste, and the 2 high places shall be desolate, so that your altars may be laid waste and made desolate, your idols may be broken and made to cease, your incense altars may be cut down, and your works may be abolished. 7 "The slain shall fall in your midst, and e you shall know that I am the LORD.

8 f "Yet I will leave a remnant, so that you may have some who escape the sword among the nations, when you are g scattered through the countries. 9 "Then those of you who escape will h remember Me among the nations where they are carried captive, because i I was crushed by their adulterous heart which has departed from Me, and j by their eyes which play the harlot after their idols; k they will loathe themselves for the evils which they committed in all their abominations. 10 "And they shall know that I am the LORD; I have not said in vain that I would bring this calamity upon them."

11 'Thus says the Lord GOD: l "Pound 3 your fists and stamp your feet, and say, 'Alas, for all the evil abominations of the house of Israel! m For they shall fall by the sword, by famine, and by pestilence. 12 'He who is far off shall die by the pestilence, he who is near shall fall by the sword, and he who remains and is besieged shall die by the famine. n Thus will I spend My fury upon them. 13 'Then you shall know that I am the LORD, when their slain are among their idols all around their altars, o on every high hill, p on all the mountaintops, q under every green tree, and under every thick oak, wherever they offered sweet incense to all their idols. 14 'So I will r stretch out My hand against them and make the land desolate, yes, more desolate than the wilderness toward s Diblah, in all their dwelling places. Then they shall know that I am the LORD.' " ' "

  1. Cross References
    Ezekiel 20:46
    Son of man, set your face toward the south; preach against the south and prophesy against the forest land, the South.
    Ezekiel 21:2
    Son of man, set your face toward Jerusalem, preach against the holy places, and prophesy against the land of Israel.
    Ezekiel 25:2
    Son of man, set your face against the Ammonites, and prophesy against them.
  2. Cross References
    Ezekiel 36:1
    And you, son of man, prophesy to the mountains of Israel, and say, 'O mountains of Israel, hear the word of the LORD!
  3. Cross References
    Leviticus 26:30
    I will destroy your high places, cut down your incense altars, and cast your carcasses on the lifeless forms of your idols; and My soul shall abhor you.
  4. Cross References
    Leviticus 26:30
    I will destroy your high places, cut down your incense altars, and cast your carcasses on the lifeless forms of your idols; and My soul shall abhor you.
  5. Cross References
    Ezekiel 7:4
    My eye will not spare you, Nor will I have pity; But I will repay your ways, And your abominations will be in your midst; Then you shall know that I am the LORD!
    Ezekiel 7:9
    My eye will not spare, Nor will I have pity; I will repay you according to your ways, And your abominations will be in your midst. Then you shall know that I am the LORD who strikes.
  6. Cross References
    Jeremiah 44:28
    Yet a small number who escape the sword shall return from the land of Egypt to the land of Judah; and all the remnant of Judah, who have gone to the land of Egypt to dwell there, shall know whose words will stand, Mine or theirs.
    Ezekiel 5:2
    You shall burn with fire one-third in the midst of the city, when the days of the siege are finished; then you shall take one-third and strike around it with the sword, and one-third you shall scatter in the wind: I will draw out a sword after them.
    Ezekiel 5:12
    One-third of you shall die of the pestilence, and be consumed with famine in your midst; and one-third shall fall by the sword all around you; and I will scatter another third to all the winds, and I will draw out a sword after them.
    Ezekiel 12:16
    "But I will spare a few of their men from the sword, from famine, and from pestilence, that they may declare all their abominations among the Gentiles wherever they go. Then they shall know that I am the LORD."
    Ezekiel 14:22
    Yet behold, there shall be left in it a remnant who will be brought out, both sons and daughters; surely they will come out to you, and you will see their ways and their doings. Then you will be comforted concerning the disaster that I have brought upon Jerusalem, all that I have brought upon it.
  7. Cross References
    Ezekiel 5:12
    One-third of you shall die of the pestilence, and be consumed with famine in your midst; and one-third shall fall by the sword all around you; and I will scatter another third to all the winds, and I will draw out a sword after them.
  8. Cross References
    Deuteronomy 4:29
    But from there you will seek the LORD your God, and you will find Him if you seek Him with all your heart and with all your soul.
    Psalms 137:1
    By the rivers of Babylon, There we sat down, yea, we wept When we remembered Zion.
    Jeremiah 51:50
    You who have escaped the sword, Get away! Do not stand still! Remember the LORD afar off, And let Jerusalem come to your mind.
  9. Cross References
    Psalms 78:40
    How often they provoked Him in the wilderness, And grieved Him in the desert!
    Isaiah 7:13
    Then he said, "Hear now, O house of David! Is it a small thing for you to weary men, but will you weary my God also?
    Isaiah 43:24
    You have bought Me no sweet cane with money, Nor have you satisfied Me with the fat of your sacrifices; But you have burdened Me with your sins, You have wearied Me with your iniquities.
    Hosea 11:8
    How can I give you up, Ephraim? How can I hand you over, Israel? How can I make you like Admah? How can I set you like Zeboiim? My heart churns within Me; My sympathy is stirred.
  10. Cross References
    Numbers 15:39
    And you shall have the tassel, that you may look upon it and remember all the commandments of the LORD and do them, and that you may not follow the harlotry to which your own heart and your own eyes are inclined.
    Ezekiel 20:7
    "Then I said to them, 'Each of you, throw away the abominations which are before his eyes, and do not defile yourselves with the idols of Egypt. I am the LORD your God.'
    Ezekiel 20:24
    Because they had not executed My judgments, but had despised My statutes, profaned My Sabbaths, and their eyes were fixed on their fathers' idols.
  11. Cross References
    Leviticus 26:39
    And those of you who are left shall waste away in their iniquity in your enemies' lands; also in their fathers' iniquities, which are with them, they shall waste away.
    Job 42:6
    Therefore I abhor myself, And repent in dust and ashes.
    Ezekiel 20:43
    And there you shall remember your ways and all your doings with which you were defiled; and you shall loathe yourselves in your own sight because of all the evils that you have committed.
    Ezekiel 36:31
    Then you will remember your evil ways and your deeds that were not good; and you will loathe yourselves in your own sight, for your iniquities and your abominations.
  12. Cross References
    Ezekiel 21:14
    You therefore, son of man, prophesy, And strike your hands together. The third time let the sword do double damage. It is the sword that slays, The sword that slays the great men, That enters their private chambers.
  13. Cross References
    Ezekiel 5:12
    One-third of you shall die of the pestilence, and be consumed with famine in your midst; and one-third shall fall by the sword all around you; and I will scatter another third to all the winds, and I will draw out a sword after them.
  14. Cross References
    Lamentations 4:11
    The LORD has fulfilled His fury, He has poured out His fierce anger. He kindled a fire in Zion, And it has devoured its foundations.
    Lamentations 4:22
    The punishment of your iniquity is accomplished, O daughter of Zion; He will no longer send you into captivity. He will punish your iniquity, O daughter of Edom; He will uncover your sins!
    Ezekiel 5:13
    Thus shall My anger be spent, and I will cause My fury to rest upon them, and I will be avenged; and they shall know that I, the LORD, have spoken it in My zeal, when I have spent My fury upon them.
  15. Cross References
    Jeremiah 2:20
    For of old I have broken your yoke and burst your bonds; And you said, 'I will not transgress,' When on every high hill and under every green tree You lay down, playing the harlot.
    Jeremiah 3:6
    The LORD said also to me in the days of Josiah the king: "Have you seen what backsliding Israel has done? She has gone up on every high mountain and under every green tree, and there played the harlot.
  16. Cross References
    1 Kings 14:23
    For they also built for themselves high places, sacred pillars, and wooden images on every high hill and under every green tree.
    2 Kings 16:4
    And he sacrificed and burned incense on the high places, on the hills, and under every green tree.
    Ezekiel 20:28
    When I brought them into the land concerning which I had raised My hand in an oath to give them, and they saw all the high hills and all the thick trees, there they offered their sacrifices and provoked Me with their offerings. There they also sent up their sweet aroma and poured out their drink offerings.
    Hosea 4:13
    They offer sacrifices on the mountaintops, And burn incense on the hills, Under oaks, poplars, and terebinths, Because their shade is good. Therefore your daughters commit harlotry, And your brides commit adultery.
  17. Cross References
    Isaiah 57:5
    Inflaming yourselves with gods under every green tree, Slaying the children in the valleys, Under the clefts of the rocks?
  18. Cross References
    Isaiah 5:25
    Therefore the anger of the LORD is aroused against His people; He has stretched out His hand against them And stricken them, And the hills trembled. Their carcasses were as refuse in the midst of the streets. For all this His anger is not turned away, But His hand is stretched out still.
    Ezekiel 14:13
    Son of man, when a land sins against Me by persistent unfaithfulness, I will stretch out My hand against it; I will cut off its supply of bread, send famine on it, and cut off man and beast from it.
    Ezekiel 20:33
    As I live," says the Lord GOD, "surely with a mighty hand, with an outstretched arm, and with fury poured out, I will rule over you.
    Ezekiel 20:34
    I will bring you out from the peoples and gather you out of the countries where you are scattered, with a mighty hand, with an outstretched arm, and with fury poured out.
  19. Cross References
    Numbers 33:46
    They moved from Dibon Gad and camped at Almon Diblathaim.
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