5 I will lay the dead bodies of the Israelites in front of their idols, and I will scatter your bones around your altars.

Other Translations of Ezekiel 6:5

King James Version

5 And I will lay lay: Heb. give the dead carcases of the children of Israel before their idols; and I will scatter your bones round about your altars.

English Standard Version

5 And I will lay the dead bodies of the people of Israel before their idols, and I will scatter your bones around your altars.

The Message

5 I'll stack the dead bodies of Israelites in front of your idols and then scatter your bones around your shrines.

New King James Version

5 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

5 I will lay your corpses in front of your idols and scatter your bones around your altars.

Matthew Henry's Commentary on Ezekiel 6:5

Commentary on Ezekiel 6:1-7

(Read Ezekiel 6:1-7)

War desolates persons, places, and things esteemed most sacred. God ruins idolatries even by the hands of idolaters. It is just with God to make that a desolation, which we make an idol. The superstitions to which many trust for safety, often cause their ruin. And the day is at hand, when idols and idolatry will be as thoroughly destroyed from the professedly Christian church as they were from among the Jews.