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Judgment against Idolatry

Ezekiel 6:5

In 11 translations

BSB
I will lay the corpses of the Israelites before their idols and scatter your bones around your altars.
KJV
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.lay: Heb. give
WEB
I will lay the dead bodies of the children of Israel before their idols. I will scatter your bones around your altars.
ASV
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.
LSV
And I have put the carcasses of the sons of Israel before their idols, || And I have scattered your bones around your altars.
YLT
And put the carcases of the sons of Israel before their idols, And scattered your bones round about your altars.
DBY
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.
DRC
And I will lay the dead carcasses of the children of Israel before your idols: and I will scatter Sour bones round about your altars,
GNV
And I will lay the dead carkeises of the children of Israel before their idoles, and I will scatter your bones round about your altars.
JPS
And I will lay the carcasses of the children of Israel before their idols; and I will scatter your bones round about your altars.
LXXE
And I will scatter your bones round about your altars,

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Original-language editions

WLC
וְנָתַתִּ֗י אֶת־פִּגְרֵי֙ בְּנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל לִפְנֵ֖י גִּלּֽוּלֵיהֶ֑ם וְזֵרִיתִי֙ אֶת־עַצְמ֣וֹתֵיכֶ֔ם סְבִיב֖וֹת מִזְבְּחוֹתֵיכֶֽם׃
LXX-Br
καὶ διασκορπιῶ τὰ ὀστᾶ ὑμῶν κύκλῳ τῶν θυσιαστηρίων ὑμῶν,

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👤 Jacob (Israel)◆ Prophecies of Ezekiel

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Jeremiah 8:1–2“At that time,” declares the LORD, “the bones of the kings of Judah, the bones of the officials, the bones of the priests, the bones of the prophets, and the bones of the people of Jerusalem will be removed from their…
  • 2 Kings 23:16And as Josiah turned, he saw the tombs there on the hillside, and he sent someone to take the bones out of the tombs, and he burned them on the altar to defile it, according to the word of the LORD proclaimed by the…
  • 2 Kings 23:14He smashed the sacred pillars to pieces, cut down the Asherah poles, and covered the sites with human bones.

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