Ezekiel 6
1 The judgment of Israel for their idolatry.
8 A remnant shall be blessed.
11 The faithful are exhorted to lament their abominations and calamities.
word <01697> [And the word.]
This is a new prophecy, and was probably given after the 430 days of his lying on his left and right side were accomplished. By Israel here Judea is simply meant; not the ten tribes, who had long before been carried captive.
turn <07760> [set.]
mountains <02022> [the mountains.]
Mountains .................... mountains <02022> [Ye.]
Mountains .................... mountains <02022> [to the mountains.]
destroy <06> [and I will.]
incense altars <02553> [images. or, sun-images. and so.]
will ... down <05307> [and I.]
I will place <05414> [lay. Heb. give.]
dwellings <04186> [all your.]
cities <05892> [the cities.]
high places <01116> [and the.]
altars <04196> [your altars.]
works <04639> [your works.]
slain <02491> [slain.]
know <03045> [and ye.]
remember <02142> [remember.]
will .... I ... crushed <07665> [I am.]
eyes <05869> [their eyes.]
exiled ............................ loathe <07617 06962> [they shall.]
They shall humble themselves on account of their abominations, forsake their idolatry, and worship ME alone: and this they have done from the Babylonish captivity to the present day.
Clap <05221> [Smite.]
Ah <0253> [Alas.]
fall <05307> [fall.]
far <07350> [far off.]
by ...... vent <03615> [thus.]
dead <02491> [when.]
high <07311> [upon.]
stretch out <05186> [will I.]
desolate waste .... wilderness <08077 04057 04923> [more desolate than the wilderness. or, desolate from the wilderness. Diblath.]
[Almon-diblathaim.]
[Beth-diblathaim.]
Diblath was a city of Moab and appears from parallel passages to have been situated between Dibon and Abarim or Nebo.
