Ezekiel 6:5

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.

And I will lay {H5414} the dead carcases {H6297} of the children {H1121} of Israel {H3478} before {H6440} their idols {H1544}; and I will scatter {H2219} your bones {H6106} round about {H5439} your altars {H4196}.

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

I will lay the corpses of the Israelites before their idols and scatter your bones around your altars.

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.

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Cross-References

  • Jeremiah 8:1 (2 votes)

    ¶ At that time, saith the LORD, they shall bring out the bones of the kings of Judah, and the bones of his princes, and the bones of the priests, and the bones of the prophets, and the bones of the inhabitants of Jerusalem, out of their graves:

  • Jeremiah 8:2 (2 votes)

    And they shall spread them before the sun, and the moon, and all the host of heaven, whom they have loved, and whom they have served, and after whom they have walked, and whom they have sought, and whom they have worshipped: they shall not be gathered, nor be buried; they shall be for dung upon the face of the earth.

  • 2 Kings 23:14 (2 votes)

    And he brake in pieces the images, and cut down the groves, and filled their places with the bones of men.

  • 2 Kings 23:16 (2 votes)

    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.