61 And there is a word of Jehovah unto me, saying: 2 'Son of man, set thy face unto mountains of Israel, and prophesy concerning them: 3 And thou hast said: Mountains of Israel, Hear ye a word of the Lord Jehovah: Thus said the Lord Jehovah To the mountains, and to the hills, To the streams, and to the valleys, Lo, I, I am bringing in against you a sword, And I have destroyed your high places. 4 And desolated have been your altars, And broken your images, And I have caused your wounded to fall before your idols, 5 And put the carcases of the sons of Israel before their idols, And scattered your bones round about your altars. 6 In all your dwellings the cities are laid waste, And the high places are desolate, So that waste and desolate are your altars, And broken and ceased have your idols, And cut down have been your images, And blotted out have been your works. 7 And fallen hath the wounded in your midst, And ye have known that I 'am' Jehovah.
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Ezekiel 6:1-7
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.