Ezekiel 6:6

King James Version:

(The Lord speaking is red text)

In all your dwellingplaces the cities shall be laid waste, and the high places shall be desolate; that your altars may be laid waste and made desolate, and your idols may be broken and cease, and your images may be cut down, and your works may be abolished.

Complete Jewish Bible:

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.

Berean Standard Bible:

Wherever you live, the cities will be laid waste and the high places will be demolished, so that your altars will be laid waste and desecrated, your idols smashed and obliterated, your incense altars cut down, and your works blotted out.

American Standard Version:

In all your dwelling-places the cities shall be laid waste, and the high places shall be desolate; that your altars may be laid waste and made desolate, and your idols may be broken and cease, and your sun-images may be hewn down, and your works may be abolished.

KJV with Strong’s Numbers:

In all your dwellingplaces{H4186} the cities{H5892} shall be laid waste{H2717}, and the high places{H1116} shall be desolate{H3456}; that your altars{H4196} may be laid waste{H2717} and made desolate{H816}, and your idols{H1544} may be broken{H7665} and cease{H7673}, and your images{H2553} may be cut down{H1438}, and your works{H4639} may be abolished{H4229}.

Cross-References (KJV):

Ezekiel 5:14

  • Moreover I will make thee waste, and a reproach among the nations that [are] round about thee, in the sight of all that pass by.

Zechariah 13:2

  • And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the LORD of hosts, [that] I will cut off the names of the idols out of the land, and they shall no more be remembered: and also I will cause the prophets and the unclean spirit to pass out of the land.

Micah 1:7

  • And all the graven images thereof shall be beaten to pieces, and all the hires thereof shall be burned with the fire, and all the idols thereof will I lay desolate: for she gathered [it] of the hire of an harlot, and they shall return to the hire of an harlot.

Isaiah 6:11

  • Then said I, Lord, how long? And he answered, Until the cities be wasted without inhabitant, and the houses without man, and the land be utterly desolate,

Ezekiel 6:4

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

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.

Hosea 10:2

  • Their heart is divided; now shall they be found faulty: he shall break down their altars, he shall spoil their images.

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Commentary for Ezekiel 6:6

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Strong's Numbers and Definitions:

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

  1. Strong's Number: H4186
    There are 43 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: מוֹשָׁב
    Transliteration: môwshâb
    Pronunciation: mo-shawb'
    Description: or מֹשָׁב; from יָשַׁב; a seat; figuratively, a site; abstractly, a session; by extension an abode (the place or the time); by implication, population; assembly, dwell in, dwelling(-place), wherein (that) dwelt (in), inhabited place, seat, sitting, situation, sojourning.
  2. Strong's Number: H5892
    There are 937 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: עִיר
    Transliteration: ʻîyr
    Pronunciation: eer
    Description: or (in the plural) עָר; or עָיַר; (Judges 10:4), from עוּר; a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post); Ai (from margin), city, court (from margin), town.
  3. Strong's Number: H2717
    There are 36 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: חָרַב
    Transliteration: chârab
    Pronunciation: khaw-rab'
    Description: or חֲרֵב; a primitive root; to parch (through drought) i.e. (by analogy,) to desolate, destroy, kill; decay, (be) desolate, destroy(-er), (be) dry (up), slay, [idiom] surely, (lay, lie, make) waste.
  4. Strong's Number: H1116
    There are 92 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: בָּמָה
    Transliteration: bâmâh
    Pronunciation: bam-maw'
    Description: from an unused root (meaning to be high); an elevation; height, high place, wave.
  5. Strong's Number: H3456
    There are 4 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: יָשַׁם
    Transliteration: yâsham
    Pronunciation: yaw-sham'
    Description: a primitive root; to lie waste; be desolate.
  6. 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.
  7. Strong's Number: H816
    There are 145 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: אָשַׁם
    Transliteration: ʼâsham
    Pronunciation: aw-sham'
    Description: or אָשֵׁם; a primitive root; to be guilty; by implication to be punished or perish; [idiom] certainly, be(-come, made) desolate, destroy, [idiom] greatly, be(-come, found, hold) guilty, offend (acknowledge offence), trespass.
  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.
  9. 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).
  10. Strong's Number: H7673
    There are 67 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: שָׁבַת
    Transliteration: shâbath
    Pronunciation: shaw-bath'
    Description: a primitive root; to repose, i.e. desist from exertion; used in many implied relations (causative, figurative or specific); (cause to, let, make to) cease, celebrate, cause (make) to fail, keep (sabbath), suffer to be lacking, leave, put away (down), (make to) rest, rid, still, take away.
  11. 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.
  12. Strong's Number: H1438
    There are 23 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: גָּדַע
    Transliteration: gâdaʻ
    Pronunciation: gaw-dah'
    Description: a primitive root; to fell a tree; generally, to destroy anything; cut (asunder, in sunder, down, off), hew down.
  13. Strong's Number: H4639
    There are 221 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: מַעֲשֶׂה
    Transliteration: maʻăseh
    Pronunciation: mah-as-eh'
    Description: from עָשָׂה; an action (good or bad); generally, a transaction; abstractly, activity; by implication, a product (specifically, a poem) or (generally) property; act, art, [phrase] bakemeat, business, deed, do(-ing), labor, thing made, ware of making, occupation, thing offered, operation, possession, [idiom] well, (handy-, needle-, net-) work(ing, -manship), wrought.
  14. Strong's Number: H4229
    There are 32 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: מָחָה
    Transliteration: mâchâh
    Pronunciation: maw-khaw'
    Description: a primitive root; properly, to stroke or rub; by implication, to erase; also to smooth (as if with oil), i.e. grease or make fat; also to touch, i.e. reach to; abolish, blot out, destroy, full of marrow, put out, reach unto, [idiom] utterly, wipe (away, out).