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New Revised Standard
Ezekiel 6:4
Your altars shall become desolate, and your incense stands shall be broken; and I will throw down your slain in front of your idols.
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Christian Standard Bible®
Your altars will be desolated and your shrines smashed. I will throw down your slain in front of your idols.
Your altars will be desolated and your shrines smashed. I will throw down your slain in front of your idols.
Hebrew Names Version
Your altars shall become desolate, and your sun-images shall be broken; and I will cast down your slain men before your idols.
Your altars shall become desolate, and your sun-images shall be broken; and I will cast down your slain men before your idols.
King James Version
And your altars shall be desolate, and your images shall be broken: and I will cast down your slain men before your idols.
And your altars shall be desolate, and your images shall be broken: and I will cast down your slain men before your idols.
English Standard Version
Your altars shall become desolate, and your incense altars shall be broken, and I will cast down your slain before your idols.
Your altars shall become desolate, and your incense altars shall be broken, and I will cast down your slain before your idols.
New American Standard Bible
"So your altars will become deserted and your incense altars will be smashed; and I will make your slain fall in front of your idols.
"So your altars will become deserted and your incense altars will be smashed; and I will make your slain fall in front of your idols.
New Century Version
Your altars will be destroyed and your incense altars broken down. Your people will be killed in front of your idols.
Your altars will be destroyed and your incense altars broken down. Your people will be killed in front of your idols.
Amplified Bible
and your altars will become deserted and your pillars for sun-worship will be smashed in pieces; and I will throw down your slain in front of your idols [that cannot bring them back to life].
and your altars will become deserted and your pillars for sun-worship will be smashed in pieces; and I will throw down your slain in front of your idols [that cannot bring them back to life].
World English Bible
Your altars shall become desolate, and your sun-images shall be broken; and I will cast down your slain men before your idols.
Your altars shall become desolate, and your sun-images shall be broken; and I will cast down your slain men before your idols.
Geneva Bible (1587)
And your altars shalbe desolate, and your images of the sunne shalbe broken: and I will cast downe your slaine men before your idoles.
And your altars shalbe desolate, and your images of the sunne shalbe broken: and I will cast downe your slaine men before your idoles.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"So your altars will become desolate and your incense altars will be smashed; and I will make your slain fall in front of your idols.
"So your altars will become desolate and your incense altars will be smashed; and I will make your slain fall in front of your idols.
Legacy Standard Bible
So your altars will become desolate, and your incense altars will be broken; and I will make your slain fall in front of your idols.
So your altars will become desolate, and your incense altars will be broken; and I will make your slain fall in front of your idols.
Berean Standard Bible
Your altars will be demolished and your incense altars will be smashed; and I will cast down your slain before your idols.
Your altars will be demolished and your incense altars will be smashed; and I will cast down your slain before your idols.
Contemporary English Version
Every altar will be smashed, and in front of the idols I will put to death the people who worship them.
Every altar will be smashed, and in front of the idols I will put to death the people who worship them.
Complete Jewish Bible
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.
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.
Darby Translation
And your altars shall be desolate, and your sun-images shall be broken; and I will cast down your slain [men] before your idols;
And your altars shall be desolate, and your sun-images shall be broken; and I will cast down your slain [men] before your idols;
Easy-to-Read Version
Your altars will be broken into pieces. Your incense altars will be smashed, and I will throw down your dead bodies in front of your filthy idols.
Your altars will be broken into pieces. Your incense altars will be smashed, and I will throw down your dead bodies in front of your filthy idols.
George Lamsa Translation
Your altars shall be desolate, and your images shall be broken; and I will cast down your slain men before your idols.
Your altars shall be desolate, and your images shall be broken; and I will cast down your slain men before your idols.
Good News Translation
The altars will be torn down and the incense altars broken. All the people there will be killed in front of their idols.
The altars will be torn down and the incense altars broken. All the people there will be killed in front of their idols.
Lexham English Bible
and your altars will be desolate, and your incense altars will be broken, and I will throw down your slain ones before your idols,
and your altars will be desolate, and your incense altars will be broken, and I will throw down your slain ones before your idols,
Literal Translation
And your altars shall be ruined, and your pillars shall be broken. And I will cast down your slain before your idols.
And your altars shall be ruined, and your pillars shall be broken. And I will cast down your slain before your idols.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
I wil cast downe youre aulters, and breake downe youre temples. Youre slayne men will I laye before youre goddes,
I wil cast downe youre aulters, and breake downe youre temples. Youre slayne men will I laye before youre goddes,
American Standard Version
And your altars shall become desolate, and your sun-images shall be broken; and I will cast down your slain men before your idols.
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
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.
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.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And your altars shall become desolate, and your sun-images shall be broken; and I will cast down your slain men before your idols.
And your altars shall become desolate, and your sun-images shall be broken; and I will cast down your slain men before your idols.
King James Version (1611)
And your altars shalbe desolate, and your images shall be broken: and I will cast downe your slaine men before your idoles.
And your altars shalbe desolate, and your images shall be broken: and I will cast downe your slaine men before your idoles.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Your aulters shalbe destroyed, & your images of the sunne broken downe, your slayne men wyll I cast downe before your idols.
Your aulters shalbe destroyed, & your images of the sunne broken downe, your slayne men wyll I cast downe before your idols.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And your altars shall be broken to pieces, and your consecrated plats; and I will cast down your slain men before your idols.
And your altars shall be broken to pieces, and your consecrated plats; and I will cast down your slain men before your idols.
English Revised Version
your altars shall become desolate, and your sun-images shall be broken: and I will cast down your slain men before your idols.
your altars shall become desolate, and your sun-images shall be broken: and I will cast down your slain men before your idols.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And Y schal distrie youre auteris, and youre symylacris schulen be brokun; and Y schal caste doun youre slayn men bifore youre idols.
And Y schal distrie youre auteris, and youre symylacris schulen be brokun; and Y schal caste doun youre slayn men bifore youre idols.
Update Bible Version
And your altars shall become desolate, and your sun-images shall be broken; and I will cast down your slain men before your idols.
And your altars shall become desolate, and your sun-images shall be broken; and I will cast down your slain men before your idols.
Webster's Bible Translation
And your altars shall be desolate, and your images shall be broken: and I will cast down your slain [men] before your idols.
And your altars shall be desolate, and your images shall be broken: and I will cast down your slain [men] before your idols.
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.
Your altars will be ruined and your incense altars will be broken. I will throw down your slain in front of your idols.
New King James Version
Then your altars shall be desolate, your incense altars shall be broken, and I will cast down your slain men before your idols.
Then your altars shall be desolate, your incense altars shall be broken, and I will cast down your slain men before your idols.
New Living Translation
All your altars will be demolished, and your places of worship will be destroyed. I will kill your people in front of your idols.
All your altars will be demolished, and your places of worship will be destroyed. I will kill your people in front of your idols.
New Life Bible
So your altars will be laid waste. Your altars for special perfume will be broken. And I will kill your people in front of your false gods.
So your altars will be laid waste. Your altars for special perfume will be broken. And I will kill your people in front of your false gods.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And your altars shall be laid waste, And your sun-pillars shall be broken in pieces, - And I will cause your slain to fall before your manufactured gods;
And your altars shall be laid waste, And your sun-pillars shall be broken in pieces, - And I will cause your slain to fall before your manufactured gods;
Douay-Rheims Bible
And I will throw down your altars, and your idols shall be broken in pieces: and I will cast down your slain before your idols.
And I will throw down your altars, and your idols shall be broken in pieces: and I will cast down your slain before your idols.
Revised Standard Version
Your altars shall become desolate, and your incense altars shall be broken; and I will cast down your slain before your idols.
Your altars shall become desolate, and your incense altars shall be broken; and I will cast down your slain before your idols.
Young's Literal Translation
And desolated have been your altars, And broken your images, And I have caused your wounded to fall before your idols,
And desolated have been your altars, And broken your images, And I have caused your wounded to fall before your idols,
Contextual Overview
1 The word of the Lord came to me: 2 O mortal, set your face toward the mountains of Israel, and prophesy against them, 3 and say, You mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord God ! Thus says the Lord God to the mountains and the hills, to the ravines and the valleys: I, I myself will bring a sword upon you, and I will destroy your high places. 4 Your altars shall become desolate, and your incense stands shall be broken; and I will throw down your slain in front of your idols. 5 I will lay the corpses of the people of Israel in front of their idols; and I will scatter your bones around your altars. 6 Wherever you live, your towns shall be waste and your high places ruined, so that your altars will be waste and ruined, your idols broken and destroyed, your incense stands cut down, and your works wiped out. 7 The slain shall fall in your midst; then you shall know that I am the Lord .
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
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
Cross-References
Genesis 6:15
This is how you are to make it: the length of the ark three hundred cubits, its width fifty cubits, and its height thirty cubits.
This is how you are to make it: the length of the ark three hundred cubits, its width fifty cubits, and its height thirty cubits.
Genesis 6:20
Of the birds according to their kinds, and of the animals according to their kinds, of every creeping thing of the ground according to its kind, two of every kind shall come in to you, to keep them alive.
Of the birds according to their kinds, and of the animals according to their kinds, of every creeping thing of the ground according to its kind, two of every kind shall come in to you, to keep them alive.
Genesis 6:21
Also take with you every kind of food that is eaten, and store it up; and it shall serve as food for you and for them."
Also take with you every kind of food that is eaten, and store it up; and it shall serve as food for you and for them."
Genesis 6:22
Noah did this; he did all that God commanded him.
Noah did this; he did all that God commanded him.
Genesis 11:4
Then they said, "Come, let us build ourselves a city, and a tower with its top in the heavens, and let us make a name for ourselves; otherwise we shall be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth."
Then they said, "Come, let us build ourselves a city, and a tower with its top in the heavens, and let us make a name for ourselves; otherwise we shall be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth."
Numbers 13:33
There we saw the Nephilim (the Anakites come from the Nephilim); and to ourselves we seemed like grasshoppers, and so we seemed to them."
There we saw the Nephilim (the Anakites come from the Nephilim); and to ourselves we seemed like grasshoppers, and so we seemed to them."
Numbers 16:2
two hundred fifty Israelite men, leaders of the congregation, chosen from the assembly, well-known men, and they confronted Moses.
two hundred fifty Israelite men, leaders of the congregation, chosen from the assembly, well-known men, and they confronted Moses.
Deuteronomy 3:11
(Now only King Og of Bashan was left of the remnant of the Rephaim. In fact his bed, an iron bed, can still be seen in Rabbah of the Ammonites. By the common cubit it is nine cubits long and four cubits wide.)
(Now only King Og of Bashan was left of the remnant of the Rephaim. In fact his bed, an iron bed, can still be seen in Rabbah of the Ammonites. By the common cubit it is nine cubits long and four cubits wide.)
1 Samuel 17:4
And there came out from the camp of the Philistines a champion named Goliath, of Gath, whose height was six cubits and a span.
And there came out from the camp of the Philistines a champion named Goliath, of Gath, whose height was six cubits and a span.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
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" b. The word for images has its derivation from heat; and were so called, either from the heat of the sun, to whose worship they were devoted, or from the heat of the love and affections of their worshippers:
and I will cast down your slain [men] before your idols; before your dung, or your "dunghill gods" c; for the word used has the signification of dung, Ezekiel 4:12. The Targum renders it,
"before the carcass of your idols;''
where they committed idolatry, there they should be slain; which points at the cause of their punishment.
b חמניכם "simulacra vestra solis", Pagninus; "solaria vestra", Vatablus; "subdiales statuae vestrae", Junius Tremellius, Piscator, Polanus. c לפני גלוליכם "coram stercoreis diis vestris", Junius & Tremellius, Piscator, Polanus "coram stercoribus vestris", Cocceius.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
Images - See the margin and margin reference, and the Ezekiel 8:16 note.
Idols - The Phoenicians were in the habit of setting up “heaps” or “pillars” of stone in honor of their gods, which renders the use of the word more appropriate.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Ezekiel 6:4. Your images shall be broken — Literally, your sun images; representations of the sun, which they worshipped. See the margin.
