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Idolatrous Worship and Idolatrous Objects Denounced

And the word of Yahweh came[a] to me, saying, “Son of man,[b] set your face to the mountains of Israel and prophesy against them, and you must say, ‘Mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord Yahweh, thus says the Lord Yahweh to the mountains and to the hills, to the ravines and to the valleys: “Look, I am bringing upon you the sword, and I will destroy your high places, and your altars will be desolate, and your incense altars will be broken, and I will throw down your slain ones before[c] your idols, and I will place[d] the corpses of the children of Israel before[e] their idols, and I will scatter your bones around your altars. In all of your dwellings, the cities will be desolate and the high places will be ruined, so that your altars will be desolate and will suffer punishment. Your idols will be broken and will come to an end, and your incense altars will be cut down, and your works will be destroyed, and the slain one will fall in the midst of you, and then you will know that I am Yahweh.

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 6:1 Literally “was”
  2. Ezekiel 6:2 Or “mortal,” or “son of humankind”
  3. Ezekiel 6:4 Literally “to the face of”
  4. Ezekiel 6:5 Or “give”
  5. Ezekiel 6:5 Literally “to the face of”

Against the mountains of Israel

The Lord’s word came to me: Human one, face Israel’s mountains, and prophesy to them. Say:

Hear the Lord God’s word, mountains of Israel!
The Lord God proclaims to the mountains and hills,
    to the valleys and their deepest ravines:
I’m about to bring a sword against you
    and destroy your shrines.
Your altars will be destroyed,
    your incense altars broken.
    And I’ll make your slain fall in front of your idols.
I’ll throw the Israelites’ corpses in front of their idols,
    and I’ll scatter your bones all around your altars.
Wherever you live,
    cities will be in ruins, shrines made desolate,
    turned into utter ruin.
Your altars will be punished
    and then broken down.
Your idols will be demolished,
    your incense altars shattered,
    and all your works wiped out.
The slain will fall among you,
    and you will know that I am the Lord.

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