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Complete Jewish Bible

Ezekiel 6:5

I will lay the corpses of the people of Isra'el in front of their idols and scatter your bones all around your altars.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Thompson Chain Reference - Bones Scattered;   God's;   Judgments, God's;  

Dictionaries:

- Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Ezekiel;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Angel;   Ezekiel;   Gestures;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Babylonish Captivity, the;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Carcass;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
I will lay the corpses of the Israelites in front of their idols and scatter your bones around your altars.
Hebrew Names Version
I will lay the dead bodies of the children of Yisra'el before their idols; and I will scatter your bones round about your altars.
King James Version
And I will lay the dead carcases of the children of Israel before their idols; and I will scatter your bones round about your altars.
English Standard Version
And I will lay the dead bodies of the people of Israel before their idols, and I will scatter your bones around your altars.
New American Standard Bible
"I will also lay the dead bodies of the sons of Israel in front of their idols; and I will scatter your bones around your altars.
New Century Version
I will lay the dead bodies of the Israelites in front of their idols, and I will scatter your bones around your altars.
Amplified Bible
"I will also lay the dead bodies of the children of Israel in front of their [Canaanite] idols; and I will scatter your bones all around your altars.
World English Bible
I will lay the dead bodies of the children of Israel before their idols; and I will scatter your bones round about your altars.
Geneva Bible (1587)
And I will lay the dead carkeises of the children of Israel before their idoles, and I will scatter your bones round about your altars.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"I will also lay the dead bodies of the sons of Israel in front of their idols; and I will scatter your bones around your altars.
Legacy Standard Bible
I will also put the dead bodies of the sons of Israel in front of their idols; and I will scatter your bones all around your altars.
Berean Standard Bible
I will lay the corpses of the Israelites before their idols and scatter your bones around your altars.
Contemporary English Version
Dead bodies and bones will be lying around the idols and the altars.
Darby Translation
and I will lay the dead bodies of the children of Israel before their idols; and I will scatter your bones round about your altars.
Easy-to-Read Version
I will put the dead bodies of the people of Israel in front of their filthy idols. I will scatter your bones around your altars.
George Lamsa Translation
And I will lay the dead bodies of the house of Israel before their idols; and I will scatter your bones round about your altars.
Good News Translation
I will scatter the corpses of the people of Israel; I will scatter their bones all around the altars.
Lexham English Bible
and I will place the corpses of the children of Israel before their idols, and I will scatter your bones around your altars.
Literal Translation
And I will put the dead bodies of the sons of Israel before their idols, and I will scatter your bones around your altars.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
and the deed carcases off the children off Israel will I cast before their ymages, youre bones wil I strowe rounde aboute youre aulters,
American Standard Version
And I will lay the dead bodies of the children of Israel before their idols; and I will scatter your bones round about your altars.
Bible in Basic English
And I will put the dead bodies of the children of Israel in front of their images, sending your bones in all directions about your altars.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And I will lay the carcasses of the children of Israel before their idols; and I will scatter your bones round about your altars.
King James Version (1611)
And I will lay the dead carkeises of the children of Israel before their idoles, and I will scatter your bones round about your altars.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And the dead carkases of the children of Israel wyll I cast before their idols, your bones will I scatter rounde about your aulters.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And I will scatter your bones round about your altars,
English Revised Version
And I will lay the carcases of the children of Israel before their idols; and I will scatter your bones round about your altars.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
dnA Y schal yyue the deed bodies of the sones of Israel bifor the face of youre symylacris, and Y schal scatere youre boonys
Update Bible Version
And I will lay the dead bodies of the sons of Israel before their idols; and I will scatter your bones round about your altars.
Webster's Bible Translation
And I will lay the dead carcasses of the children of Israel before their idols; and I will scatter your bones about your altars.
New English Translation
I will place the corpses of the people of Israel in front of their idols, and I will scatter your bones around your altars.
New King James Version
And I will lay the corpses of the children of Israel before their idols, and I will scatter your bones all around your altars.
New Living Translation
I will lay your corpses in front of your idols and scatter your bones around your altars.
New Life Bible
I will lay the dead bodies of the sons of Israel in front of their false gods, and spread your bones around your altars.
New Revised Standard
I will lay the corpses of the people of Israel in front of their idols; and I will scatter your bones around your altars.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And I will lay the carcases of the sons of Israel before their manufactured gods, - And will scatter your bones round about your altars.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And I will lay the dead carcasses of the children of Israel before your idols: and I will scatter your bones round about your altars,
Revised Standard Version
And I will lay the dead bodies of the people of Israel before their idols; and I will scatter your bones round about your altars.
Young's Literal Translation
And put the carcases of the sons of Israel before their idols, And scattered your bones round about your altars.

Contextual Overview

1 The word of Adonai came to me: 2 "Human being, face toward the mountains of Isra'el, and prophesy against them: 3 ‘Mountains of Isra'el, hear the word of Adonai Elohim : here is what Adonai Elohim says about the mountains, hills, ravines and valleys: "I myself will bring a sword against you and destroy your high places. 4 Your altars will be wrecked and your pillars for sun-worship broken, and I will throw down your slain ones in front of your idols. 5 I will lay the corpses of the people of Isra'el in front of their idols and scatter your bones all around your altars. 6 Everywhere you live, the cities will be destroyed and the high places wrecked; so that your altars can be destroyed and wrecked, your idols broken and abolished, your pillars for sun-worship cut down and the things you have made wiped out. 7 The slain will fall among you; then you will know that I am Adonai .

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

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

Cross-References

Genesis 6:1
In time, when men began to multiply on earth, and daughters were born to them,
Genesis 6:3
Adonai said, "My Spirit will not live in human beings forever, for they too are flesh; therefore their life span is to be 120 years."
Genesis 6:4
The N'filim were on the earth in those days, and also afterwards, when the sons of God came in to the daughters of men, and they bore children to them; these were the ancient heroes, men of renown.
Genesis 6:9
But Noach found grace in the sight of Adonai . Haftarah B'resheet: Yesha‘yahu (Isaiah) 42:5–43:10 (A); 42:5–21 (S) B'rit Hadashah suggested readings for Parashah B'resheet: Mattityahu (Matthew) 1:1–17; 19:3–9; Mark 10:1–12; Luke 3:23–38; Yochanan (John) 1:1–18; 1 Corinthians 6:15–20; 15:35–58; Romans 5:12–21; Ephesians 5:21–32; Colossians 1:14–17; 1 Timothy 2:11–15; Messianic Jews (Hebrews) 1:1–3; 3:7–4:11; 11:1–7; 2 Kefa (2 Peter) 3:3–14; Revelation 21:1–5; 22:1–5 Here is the history of Noach. In his generation, Noach was a man righteous and wholehearted; Noach walked with God.
Genesis 6:19
"From everything living, from each kind of living being, you are to bring two into the ark, to keep them alive with you; they are to be male and female.
Genesis 6:20
Of each kind of bird, each kind of livestock, and each kind of animal creeping on the ground, two are to come to you, so that they can be kept alive.
Genesis 6:21
Also take from all the kinds of food that are eaten, and collect it for yourself; it is to be food for you and for them."
Genesis 8:21
Adonai smelled the sweet aroma, and Adonai said in his heart, "I will never again curse the ground because of humankind, since the imaginings of a person's heart are evil from his youth; nor will I ever again destroy all living things, as I have done.
Genesis 13:13
Now the men of S'dom were evil, committing great sins against Adonai .
Deuteronomy 29:19
But Adonai will not forgive him. Rather, the anger and jealousy of Adonai will blaze up against that person. Every curse written in this book will be upon him. Adonai will blot out his name from under heaven.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

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.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Ezekiel 6:5. Will scatter your bones round about your altars. — This was literally fulfilled by the Chaldeans. According to Baruch, Baruch 2:24, 25, they opened the sepulchres of the principal people, and threw the bones about on every side.


 
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