Ezekiel 6:4

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

Your altars will be demolished, and your incense altars will be shattered. I will throw down your slain before your idols.

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Other Translations

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

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

  • KJV1611 – Modern English

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

  • King James Version 1611 (Original)

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

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    And your altars{H4196} shall become desolate,{H8074} and your sun-images{H2553} shall be broken;{H7665} and I will cast down{H5307} your slain{H2491} men before{H6440} your idols.{H1544}

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    And your altars{H4196} shall be desolate{H8074}{(H8738)}, and your images{H2553} shall be broken{H7665}{(H8738)}: and I will cast down{H5307}{(H8689)} your slain{H2491} men before{H6440} your idols{H1544}.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    I wil cast downe youre aulters, and breake downe youre temples. Youre slayne men will I laye before youre goddes,

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    And your altars shalbe desolate, and your images of the sunne shalbe broken: and I will cast downe your slaine men before your idoles.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    Your aulters shalbe destroyed, & your images of the sunne broken downe, your slayne men wyll I cast downe before your idols.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

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

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    Your altars shall become desolate, and your sun-images shall be broken; and I will cast down your slain men before your idols.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    And desolated have been your altars, And broken your images, And I have caused your wounded to fall before your idols,

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    And your altars shall become desolate, and your sun-images shall be broken; and I will cast down your slain men before your idols.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    And your altars shall become desolate, and your sun-images shall be broken; and I will cast down your slain men before your idols.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    And your altars will be made waste, and your sun-images will be broken: and I will have your dead men placed before your images.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    Your altars shall become desolate, and your incense altars shall be broken; and I will cast down your slain men before your idols.

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    Your altars will be ruined and your incense altars will be broken. I will throw down your slain in front of your idols.

Referenced Verses

  • 2 Chr 14:5 : 5 He built fortified cities in Judah because the land was at peace. There was no war during those years, for the Lord had given him rest.
  • Lev 26:30 : 30 I will destroy your high places, cut down your incense altars, and heap your dead bodies on the lifeless forms of your idols, and my soul will reject you.
  • 1 Kgs 13:2 : 2 He cried out against the altar by the word of the LORD and said, 'Altar, altar! This is what the LORD says: Behold, a son will be born to the house of David; his name will be Josiah. He will sacrifice on you the priests of the high places who offer incense on you, and human bones will be burned on you.'
  • 2 Kgs 23:14 : 14 He smashed the sacred pillars to pieces, cut down the Asherah poles, and filled their places with human bones.
  • 2 Kgs 23:16-20 : 16 Josiah turned, saw the graves that were on the hill, and sent men to take the bones from the graves. He burned them on the altar and defiled it according to the word of the LORD, as the man of God had proclaimed, who had foretold these things. 17 He asked, 'What is this monument that I see?’ The men of the city replied, 'It is the tomb of the man of God who came from Judah and proclaimed these things that you have done to the altar at Bethel.' 18 He said, 'Leave it alone; let no one disturb his bones.' So they spared his bones, along with the bones of the prophet who had come from Samaria. 19 Josiah also removed all the shrines on the high places in the towns of Samaria, which the kings of Israel had made to provoke the LORD to anger. He did to them just as he had done at Bethel. 20 He slaughtered all the priests of those high places on the altars and burned human bones on them. Then he returned to Jerusalem.
  • 2 Chr 34:4-5 : 4 In his presence, they tore down the altars of the Baals, and he cut down the incense altars that were above them. He shattered the Asherah poles, the carved images, and the cast idols, crushing them into powder, and he scattered the dust over the graves of those who had sacrificed to them. 5 He burned the bones of the priests on their altars, and he purified Judah and Jerusalem.
  • Jer 8:1-2 : 1 At that time, declares the LORD, they will bring out the bones of the kings of Judah, the bones of its officials, the bones of the priests, the bones of the prophets, and the bones of the inhabitants of Jerusalem from their graves. 2 They will spread them out before the sun, the moon, and all the host of heaven, which they loved, served, followed, sought, and worshiped. They will not be gathered or buried but will be like dung on the surface of the ground.
  • Jer 43:13 : 13 He will smash the sacred pillars of the temple of the sun in the land of Egypt, and he will burn the temples of the gods of Egypt with fire.
  • Ezek 6:5-6 : 5 I will lay the corpses of the Israelites before their idols, and I will scatter your bones around your altars. 6 Wherever you dwell, your cities will become ruins, and your high places will be desolate. Your altars will be demolished and abandoned, your idols broken and destroyed, your incense altars cut down, and your works wiped out.
  • Ezek 6:13 : 13 And you will know that I am the LORD, when their slain are among their idols, around their altars, on every high hill, on all the tops of the mountains, under every leafy tree, and under every thick oak—the places where they offered fragrant incense to all their idols.

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  • Ezek 6:5-7
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    5 I will lay the corpses of the Israelites before their idols, and I will scatter your bones around your altars.

    6 Wherever you dwell, your cities will become ruins, and your high places will be desolate. Your altars will be demolished and abandoned, your idols broken and destroyed, your incense altars cut down, and your works wiped out.

    7 The slain will fall among you, and you will know that I am the LORD.

  • Lev 26:30-33
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    84%

    30 I will destroy your high places, cut down your incense altars, and heap your dead bodies on the lifeless forms of your idols, and my soul will reject you.

    31 I will lay your cities in ruins, make your sanctuaries desolate, and I will no longer smell the pleasing aroma of your offerings.

    32 I will bring the land to desolation so that even your enemies who live there will be appalled by it.

    33 I will scatter you among the nations and will draw out a sword after you. Your land will be desolate and your cities will lie in ruins.

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    2 Son of man, face toward the mountains of Israel and prophesy to them.

    3 Say, 'Mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord GOD: This is what the Lord GOD says to the mountains, the hills, the ravines, and the valleys: I am about to bring a sword against you, and I will destroy your high places.

  • Ezek 6:13-14
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    13 And you will know that I am the LORD, when their slain are among their idols, around their altars, on every high hill, on all the tops of the mountains, under every leafy tree, and under every thick oak—the places where they offered fragrant incense to all their idols.

    14 I will stretch out My hand against them and make the land a desolate wasteland, from the wilderness to Diblah—wherever they live. Then they will know that I am the LORD.

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    13 Instead, you must destroy their altars, smash their sacred pillars, and cut down their Asherah poles.

  • Mic 5:13-14
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    13 I will uproot your Asherah poles from among you and demolish your cities.

    14 In anger and wrath, I will execute vengeance on the nations that have not obeyed.

  • Deut 7:5
    75%

    5 Instead, this is what you must do to them: Tear down their altars, smash their sacred pillars, chop down their Asherah poles, and burn their carved images with fire.

  • Deut 12:3
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    3 Tear down their altars, smash their sacred pillars, burn their Asherah poles with fire, cut down their carved idols, and obliterate the names of their gods from those places.

  • Hos 10:2
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    2 Their hearts are divided; now they must bear their guilt. He will tear down their altars and destroy their sacred pillars.

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    14 The Lord has given a command concerning you, Nineveh: 'Your name will no longer be perpetuated. Out of the house of your gods I will destroy the carved image and the cast idol. I will prepare your grave, for you are vile.'

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    8 I will fill your mountains with the slain; those killed by the sword will fall on your hills, in your valleys, and in all your ravines.

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    4 I will turn your cities into ruins, and you will become desolate. Then you will know that I am the LORD.

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    21 Say to the house of Israel, ‘This is what the Lord God says: Behold, I am about to profane my sanctuary—the pride of your power, the delight of your eyes, and the desire of your soul. Your sons and daughters whom you left behind shall fall by the sword.’

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    7 For on that day each of you will reject the idols of silver and gold that your hands have sinfully made.

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    11 I will remove sorceries from your hand, and you will have no more soothsayers.

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    14 He smashed the sacred pillars to pieces, cut down the Asherah poles, and filled their places with human bones.

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    28 I will make the land a desolate waste, and its proud strength will come to an end. The mountains of Israel will become desolate, with no one passing through.

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    4 In his presence, they tore down the altars of the Baals, and he cut down the incense altars that were above them. He shattered the Asherah poles, the carved images, and the cast idols, crushing them into powder, and he scattered the dust over the graves of those who had sacrificed to them.

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    6 You have multiplied your slain in this city and filled its streets with the dead.

    7 Therefore, this is what the Lord God says: The slain you have put within it—they are the meat, and this city is the pot. But I will bring you out of it.

  • Jer 17:3
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    3 O my mountain in the field, I will give away your wealth and all your treasures as plunder, along with your high places, because of the sin committed throughout your borders.

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    4 therefore, mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord GOD. This is what the Lord GOD says to the mountains and hills, to the streams and valleys, to the desolate ruins and the abandoned towns that have been plundered and ridiculed by the surrounding nations:

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    31 When you offer your gifts and make your children pass through the fire, you defile yourselves with all your idols to this day. Shall I let you inquire of me, house of Israel? As surely as I live, declares the Sovereign LORD, I will not let you inquire of me.

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    73%

    39 I will deliver you into their hands, and they will tear down your mounds and demolish your high places. They will strip you of your clothes, take your fine jewelry, and leave you naked and bare.

  • Ezek 5:11
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    11 Therefore, as surely as I live, declares the Lord GOD, because you have defiled My sanctuary with all your detestable things and abominations, I Myself will withdraw. My eye will not spare, and I will show no pity.

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    39 As for you, house of Israel, this is what the Sovereign LORD says: Go and serve your idols, every one of you! But afterward, you will surely listen to me and no longer profane my holy name with your gifts and idols.

  • Ezek 14:4
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    4 Therefore, speak to them and say to them, 'This is what the Sovereign LORD says: Any man from the house of Israel who sets up his idols in his heart and puts the stumbling block of his iniquity before his face and then comes to the prophet—I, the LORD, will answer him myself in keeping with the multitude of his idols.'

  • Isa 2:18
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    18 The idols will completely vanish.

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    14 For on the day I punish Israel for their transgressions, I will also punish the altars of Bethel, and the horns of the altar will be cut off and fall to the ground.

  • Ezek 6:9
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    9 Then your survivors will remember Me among the nations where they are taken captive—how I was grieved by their adulterous hearts that turned away from Me, and by their eyes which lusted after their idols. They will loathe themselves for the evil they have done and for all their detestable practices.

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    6 Therefore, say to the house of Israel, 'This is what the Sovereign LORD says: Repent and turn away from your idols and turn your faces away from all your detestable practices.'

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    13 Therefore, I have begun to strike you and make you desolate because of your sins.

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    8 I will make the land desolate, because they have acted unfaithfully, declares the Lord GOD.

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    9 In that day, their strong cities will be like the forsaken places of the wooded heights and hilltops that were abandoned because of the Israelites, and there will be desolation.