Bible Commentaries
Ezekiel 6

Introduction

Overview

Ezekiel 6:1, The judgment of Israel for their idolatry; Ezekiel 6:8, A remnant shall be blessed; Ezekiel 6:11, The faithful are exhorted to lament their abominations and calamities.

Verse 1

And the word: This is a new prophecy, and was probably given after the 430 days of his lying on his left and right side were accomplished. By Israel here Judea is simply meant; not the ten tribes, who had long before been carried captive. Ezekiel 6:1

Reciprocal: Jeremiah 29:16 - General

Verse 2

set: Ezekiel 4:7, Ezekiel 13:17, Ezekiel 20:46, Ezekiel 21:2, Ezekiel 25:2, Ezekiel 38:2, Ezekiel 38:3

the mountains: Ezekiel 19:9, Ezekiel 33:28, Ezekiel 34:14, Ezekiel 35:12, Ezekiel 37:22, Joshua 11:21, Micah 6:1, Micah 6:2

Reciprocal: Ezekiel 18:2 - the land Ezekiel 28:21 - set Ezekiel 29:2 - set Ezekiel 35:2 - set Ezekiel 36:1 - the mountains Daniel 8:17 - O son

Verse 3

Ye: Ezekiel 36:1-4, Ezekiel 36:8, Jeremiah 22:29, Micah 6:2

to the mountains: Jeremiah 2:20, Jeremiah 3:6, Jeremiah 3:23

and I will: Leviticus 26:30, Isaiah 27:9

Reciprocal: Genesis 6:17 - behold Exodus 14:17 - behold Leviticus 26:25 - will bring Jeremiah 17:3 - and thy Jeremiah 23:39 - even I Ezekiel 7:3 - and I Ezekiel 18:2 - the land Ezekiel 33:2 - When I bring the sword upon a land Ezekiel 34:11 - I

Verse 4

images: or, sun-images, and so, Ezekiel 6:6, 2 Chronicles 14:5, 2 Chronicles 34:4, Jeremiah 43:13, *marg.

and I: Ezekiel 6:5, Ezekiel 6:13, Leviticus 26:30, 1 Kings 13:2, 2 Kings 23:14, 2 Kings 23:16-20, 2 Chronicles 34:5, Jeremiah 8:1, Jeremiah 8:2

Reciprocal: 1 Samuel 5:4 - the head

Verse 5

lay: Heb. give, Ezekiel 6:5

Reciprocal: Psalms 53:5 - scattered Jeremiah 7:32 - the days Jeremiah 8:1 - General Ezekiel 6:4 - and I

Verse 6

all your: Isaiah 6:11, Jeremiah 9:19, Zephaniah 3:7

the cities: Ezekiel 5:14, Isaiah 24:1-12, Isaiah 32:13, Isaiah 32:14, Isaiah 64:10, Jeremiah 2:15, Jeremiah 9:11, Jeremiah 10:22, Jeremiah 34:22, Micah 3:12, Zephaniah 1:2-6, Zephaniah 1:18, Zephaniah 3:6

and the: Ezekiel 16:39, Leviticus 26:30, Jeremiah 17:3, Hosea 10:8

your altars: Ezekiel 30:13, Isaiah 2:18, Isaiah 2:20, Isaiah 27:9, Hosea 10:2, Micah 1:7, Micah 5:13, Zephaniah 1:3, Zephaniah 1:4, Zechariah 13:2

your works: Psalms 115:8, Isaiah 1:31, Habakkuk 2:18

Reciprocal: Leviticus 26:31 - And I will make Ezekiel 6:4 - images Ezekiel 12:19 - that her Ezekiel 23:48 - I cause Ezekiel 35:4 - lay

Verse 7

slain: Ezekiel 9:7, Jeremiah 14:18, Jeremiah 18:21, Jeremiah 25:33, Lamentations 2:20, Lamentations 2:21, Lamentations 4:9

and ye: Ezekiel 6:13, Ezekiel 7:4, Ezekiel 7:9, Ezekiel 11:10, Ezekiel 11:12, Ezekiel 12:15, Ezekiel 13:9, Ezekiel 13:14, Ezekiel 13:21, Ezekiel 13:23, Ezekiel 14:8, Ezekiel 15:7, Ezekiel 20:38, Ezekiel 20:42, Ezekiel 20:44, Ezekiel 23:49, Ezekiel 24:24, Ezekiel 24:27, Ezekiel 25:17, Ezekiel 26:6, Ezekiel 28:23, Ezekiel 30:26, Ezekiel 35:15, Ezekiel 38:23, Exodus 7:5, Exodus 14:4, Exodus 14:18, 2 Kings 19:19, Psalms 83:17, Psalms 83:18, Daniel 4:35-37, Daniel 6:26, Daniel 6:27

Reciprocal: 1 Kings 20:13 - and thou shalt Jeremiah 16:21 - I will this Ezekiel 6:10 - General Ezekiel 12:19 - that her Ezekiel 16:62 - and thou Ezekiel 17:21 - shall know Ezekiel 20:26 - to the end Ezekiel 22:16 - thou shalt know Ezekiel 32:15 - then Ezekiel 33:29 - shall Ezekiel 35:4 - and thou Ezekiel 35:9 - and ye Ezekiel 35:12 - And thou Ezekiel 37:6 - ye shall

Verse 8

Ezekiel 5:2, Ezekiel 5:12, Ezekiel 12:16, Ezekiel 14:22, Isaiah 6:13, Isaiah 27:7, Isaiah 27:8, Jeremiah 30:11, Jeremiah 44:14, Jeremiah 44:28, Jeremiah 46:28, Romans 9:27, Romans 11:5, Romans 11:6

Reciprocal: Ezra 9:8 - a remnant Ezra 9:14 - no remnant Esther 3:8 - scattered abroad Isaiah 1:9 - a very Isaiah 24:13 - there Jeremiah 13:24 - will Jeremiah 29:18 - will deliver Jeremiah 31:7 - remnant Ezekiel 5:10 - the whole Ezekiel 7:16 - they 1 Peter 1:1 - scattered

Verse 9

remember: Leviticus 26:40, Leviticus 26:41, Deuteronomy 4:29-31, Deuteronomy 30:1-3, Psalms 137:1, Jeremiah 51:50, Daniel 9:2, Daniel 9:3, Zechariah 10:9

I am: Ezekiel 5:13, Ezekiel 16:43, Psalms 78:40, Psalms 78:40, Isaiah 7:13, Isaiah 43:24, Isaiah 63:10, Jeremiah 3:6, Jeremiah 3:13, Amos 2:13

their eyes: Ezekiel 14:4-7, Ezekiel 20:7, Ezekiel 20:24, Ezekiel 20:28, Ezekiel 23:14-16, Numbers 15:39, 2 Kings 16:10, 2 Peter 2:14

they shall: They shall humble themselves on account of their abominations, forsake their idolatry, and worship ME alone, and this they have done from the Babylonish captivity to the present day. Ezekiel 7:16, Ezekiel 12:16, Ezekiel 16:63, Ezekiel 20:43, Ezekiel 36:31, Ezekiel 36:32, Leviticus 26:39, Job 42:6, Isaiah 64:6, Jeremiah 30:18, Jeremiah 30:19

Reciprocal: Leviticus 20:6 - go Ezra 9:8 - a remnant Nehemiah 1:2 - that had escaped Job 31:7 - mine heart Proverbs 13:5 - is Isaiah 59:13 - departing Jeremiah 17:5 - whose Jeremiah 31:19 - I was ashamed Ezekiel 14:3 - these men Ezekiel 14:22 - ye shall see Ezekiel 23:30 - thou hast Daniel 9:5 - departing Hosea 1:2 - for Hosea 5:15 - till Micah 5:13 - graven

Verse 10

Ezekiel 6:7, Ezekiel 14:22, Ezekiel 14:23, Jeremiah 5:12-14, Jeremiah 44:28, Daniel 9:12, Zechariah 1:6

Reciprocal: Jeremiah 10:18 - that Ezekiel 5:13 - spoken Ezekiel 12:25 - I will Ezekiel 17:21 - shall know

Verse 11

Smite: Ezekiel 21:14-17, Numbers 24:10, Isaiah 58:1, Jeremiah 9:1, Jeremiah 9:10

Alas: Ezekiel 9:4, Jeremiah 30:7, Joel 1:15, Amos 5:16, Revelation 18:10, Revelation 18:16-19

fall: Ezekiel 5:12, Ezekiel 14:21, Jeremiah 15:2, Jeremiah 15:3, Jeremiah 16:4, Jeremiah 24:10

Reciprocal: Exodus 5:3 - lest he Jeremiah 4:12 - give sentence Jeremiah 38:2 - He Jeremiah 42:22 - know Ezekiel 7:11 - none Ezekiel 7:12 - for Ezekiel 21:4 - against Ezekiel 21:6 - Sigh Ezekiel 21:12 - terrors by reason of the sword shall be upon my Ezekiel 25:6 - stamped Ezekiel 33:27 - surely Ezekiel 33:29 - because

Verse 12

far off: Daniel 9:7

thus: Ezekiel 5:13, Isaiah 40:2, Lamentations 4:11, Lamentations 4:22

Reciprocal: Isaiah 59:18 - fury Jeremiah 4:4 - lest Jeremiah 24:10 - General Jeremiah 44:6 - my fury Lamentations 2:4 - he poured Ezekiel 5:12 - third part of Ezekiel 5:17 - and I Ezekiel 7:3 - and I Ezekiel 7:8 - accomplish Ezekiel 7:12 - for Ezekiel 14:21 - my four Nahum 1:2 - is furious

Verse 13

when: Ezekiel 6:4-7, Isaiah 37:20, Isaiah 37:36-38

upon: Ezekiel 20:28, 1 Kings 14:23, 2 Kings 16:4, Isaiah 1:29, Isaiah 57:5-7, Isaiah 65:3, Isaiah 65:4, Isaiah 66:17, Jeremiah 2:20, Jeremiah 3:6, Hosea 4:13

Reciprocal: Leviticus 26:30 - I will destroy Jeremiah 13:27 - abominations Ezekiel 6:7 - and ye Ezekiel 7:3 - and I Ezekiel 18:6 - not Ezekiel 20:41 - with your Ezekiel 30:26 - I will Ezekiel 37:6 - ye shall

Verse 14

will I: Ezekiel 16:27, Ezekiel 20:33, Ezekiel 20:34, Isaiah 5:25, Isaiah 9:12, Isaiah 9:17, Isaiah 9:21, Isaiah 10:4, Isaiah 26:11

more desolate than the wilderness: or, desolate from the wilderness

Diblath: Numbers 33:46, Almon-diblathaim, Jeremiah 48:22, Beth-diblathaim, Diblath was a city of Moab and appears from parallel passages to have been situated between Dibon and Abarim or Nebo.

Reciprocal: 1 Kings 20:28 - ye shall know Isaiah 14:17 - made Jeremiah 4:27 - The Jeremiah 18:16 - make Ezekiel 7:4 - and ye Ezekiel 12:15 - General Ezekiel 12:19 - that her Ezekiel 15:8 - I will Ezekiel 33:28 - I will lay Ezekiel 35:3 - and I will stretch Ezekiel 36:4 - desolate Ezekiel 36:34 - General