Ezekiel 6:2-6

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Ezekiel 6:1-7

Here, I. The prophecy is directed to the mountains of Israel (Ezek. 6:1, 2); the prophet must set his face towards them. If he could see so far off as the land of Israel, the mountains of that land would be first and furthest seen; towards them therefore he must look, and look boldly and stedfastly, as the judge looks at the prisoner, and directs his speech to him, when he passes sentence upon him. Though the mountains of Israel be ever so high and ever so strong, he must set his face against... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 6:2

Son of man, set thy face towards the mountains of Israel ,.... Or cities of Israel, the inhabitants of them; not the ten tribes, for they had been carried captive long before this time, even in the times of Hezekiah; unless it can be thought that this prophecy is designed to show the reason of their captivity, which was their idolatry; or that it is directed to those of them which remained in the land, and were mixed with the other tribes; but rather the land of Judea is intended, in which... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 6:3

And say, ye mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord God ,.... Since the people of the Jews would not hear the word of the Lord, the mountains are called upon to hear it; unless the inhabitants of the mountains are meant: thus saith the Lord God to the mountains and to the hills, to the rivers and to the valleys : these are addressed, because idols were worshipped here; as upon the mountains and hills, so by rivers of water, and also in valleys, as in the valley of Hinnom idols... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 6:4

And your altars shall be desolate ,.... Being pulled down; or because the priests and worshippers would now be slain, and there would be none to attend them: and your images shall be broken ; the "images of the sun" F2 חמניכם "simulacra vestra solis", Pagninus; "solaria vestra", Vatablus; "subdiales statuae vestrae", Junius & Tremellius, Piscator, Polanus. . The word for images has its derivation from heat; and were so called, either from the heat of the sun, to whose worship... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 6:5

And I will lay the dead carcasses of the children of Israel before their idols ,.... Which is repeated for the confirmation of it: and I will scatter your bones round about your altars : which were reckoned a pollution of them; see 2 Kings 23:14 . read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 6:6

In all your dwelling places your cities shall be laid waste ,.... Which denotes that the desolation should be general, wherever they had cities and places to dwell in; the idolatry being universal, as is said in Jeremiah 2:28 ; and the high places shall be desolate ; meaning such as were in cities; as, before, such as were built upon mountains and hills; see 2 Kings 23:5 ; that your altars may be laid waste and desolate ; as they must be, the cities being destroyed in which they... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 6:2

Set thy face toward the mountains of Israel - This is a new prophecy, and was most probably given after the four hundred and thirty 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 into captivity. Ezekiel uses this term in reference to the Jews only. The mountains may be addressed here particularly, because it was on them the chief scenes of idolatry were exhibited. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 6:4

Your images shall be broken - Literally, your sun images; representations of the sun, which they worshipped. See the margin. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 6:5

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. read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 6:3

Verse 3 Now a clearer expression follows in the third verse: Thou shalt say, ye mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord. Here an audience is required of the mountains which they could not give, but that has respect to mankind, as I have just said. God, therefore, requires the mountains to listen, so that men may understand that an inanimate thing may be endued with sense, if their stupidity is considered. For at length God enforced his judgments against the mountains of Israel. Although,... read more

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