Ezekiel 6:4

King James Version:

(The Lord speaking is red text)

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

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.

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.

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.

KJV with Strong’s Numbers:

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

Cross-References (KJV):

2 Chronicles 14:5

  • Also he took away out of all the cities of Judah the high places and the images: and the kingdom was quiet before him.

Leviticus 26:30

  • And I will destroy your high places, and cut down your images, and cast your carcases upon the carcases of your idols, and my soul shall abhor you.

2 Kings 23:16

  • And as Josiah turned himself, he spied the sepulchres that [were] there in the mount, and sent, and took the bones out of the sepulchres, and burned [them] upon the altar, and polluted it, according to the word of the LORD which the man of God proclaimed, who proclaimed these words.

2 Kings 23:20

  • And he slew all the priests of the high places that [were] there upon the altars, and burned men's bones upon them, and returned to Jerusalem.

1 Kings 13:2

  • And he cried against the altar in the word of the LORD, and said, O altar, altar, thus saith the LORD; Behold, a child shall be born unto the house of David, Josiah by name; and upon thee shall he offer the priests of the high places that burn incense upon thee, and men's bones shall be burnt upon thee.

2 Chronicles 34:4

  • And they brake down the altars of Baalim in his presence; and the images, that [were] on high above them, he cut down; and the groves, and the carved images, and the molten images, he brake in pieces, and made dust [of them], and strowed [it] upon the graves of them that had sacrificed unto them.

2 Chronicles 34:5

  • And he burnt the bones of the priests upon their altars, and cleansed Judah and Jerusalem.

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Commentary for Ezekiel 6:4

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Strong's Numbers and Definitions:

Note: H = Hebrew (OT), G = Greek (NT)

  1. Strong's Number: H4196
    There are 338 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: מִזְבֵּחַ
    Transliteration: mizbêach
    Pronunciation: miz-bay'-akh
    Description: from זָבַח; an altar; altar.
  2. Strong's Number: H8074
    There are 87 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: שָׁמֵם
    Transliteration: shâmêm
    Pronunciation: shaw-mame'
    Description: a primitive root; to stun (or intransitively, grow numb), i.e. devastate or (figuratively) stupefy (both usually in a passive sense); make amazed, be astonied, (be an) astonish(-ment), (be, bring into, unto, lay, lie, make) desolate(-ion, places), be destitute, destroy (self), (lay, lie, make) waste, wonder.
  3. Strong's Number: H2553
    There are 8 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: חַמָּן
    Transliteration: chammân
    Pronunciation: kham-mawn'
    Description: from חַמָּה; a sun-pillar; idol, image.
  4. Strong's Number: H7665
    There are 145 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: שָׁבַר
    Transliteration: shâbar
    Pronunciation: shaw-bar'
    Description: a primitive root; to burst (literally or figuratively); break (down, off, in pieces, up), broken (-hearted), bring to the birth, crush, destroy, hurt, quench, [idiom] quite, tear, view (by mistake for שָׂבַר).
  5. Strong's Number: H5307
    There are 403 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: נָפַל
    Transliteration: nâphal
    Pronunciation: naw-fal'
    Description: a primitive root; to fall, in a great variety of applications (intransitive or causative, literal or figurative); be accepted, cast (down, self, (lots), out), cease, die, divide (by lot), (let) fail, (cause to, let, make, ready to) fall (away, down, -en, -ing), fell(-ing), fugitive, have (inheritance), inferior, be judged (by mistake for פָּלַל), lay (along), (cause to) lie down, light (down), be ([idiom] hast) lost, lying, overthrow, overwhelm, perish, present(-ed, -ing), (make to) rot, slay, smite out, [idiom] surely, throw down.
  6. Strong's Number: H2491
    There are 85 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: חָלָל
    Transliteration: châlâl
    Pronunciation: khaw-lawl'
    Description: from חָלַל; pierced (especially to death); figuratively, polluted; kill, profane, slain (man), [idiom] slew, (deadly) wounded.
  7. Strong's Number: H6440
    There are 1890 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: פָּנִים
    Transliteration: pânîym
    Pronunciation: paw-neem'
    Description: plural (but always as singular) of an unused noun פָּנֶה; from פָּנָה); the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposition (before, etc.); [phrase] accept, a-(be-) fore(-time), against, anger, [idiom] as (long as), at, [phrase] battle, [phrase] because (of), [phrase] beseech, countenance, edge, [phrase] employ, endure, [phrase] enquire, face, favour, fear of, for, forefront(-part), form(-er time, -ward), from, front, heaviness, [idiom] him(-self), [phrase] honourable, [phrase] impudent, [phrase] in, it, look(-eth) (-s), [idiom] me, [phrase] meet, [idiom] more than, mouth, of, off, (of) old (time), [idiom] on, open, [phrase] out of, over against, the partial, person, [phrase] please, presence, propect, was purposed, by reason of, [phrase] regard, right forth, [phrase] serve, [idiom] shewbread, sight, state, straight, [phrase] street, [idiom] thee, [idiom] them(-selves), through ([phrase] -out), till, time(-s) past, (un-) to(-ward), [phrase] upon, upside ([phrase] down), with(-in, [phrase] -stand), [idiom] ye, [idiom] you.
  8. Strong's Number: H1544
    There are 45 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: גִּלּוּל
    Transliteration: gillûwl
    Pronunciation: ghil-lool'
    Description: or (shortened) גִּלֻּל; from גָּלַל; properly, a log (as round); by implication, an idol; idol.