Ezekiel 6:5
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“I will lay the corpses of the Israelites before their idols and scatter your bones around your altars.”
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“I will lay the corpses of the Israelites before their idols and scatter your bones around your altars.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“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.”
King James Version · Public Domain“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.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“And put the carcases of the sons of Israel before their idols, And scattered your bones round about your altars.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Ezekiel 6:5 — 5 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- 2 Kings 23:14He smashed the sacred pillars to pieces, cut down the Asherah poles, and covered the sites with human bones.
- 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 man of God who had foretold these things.
- Jeremiah 7:32So behold, the days are coming, declares the LORD, when this place will no longer be called Topheth and the Valley of Hinnom, but the Valley of Slaughter. For they will bury the dead in Topheth until there is no more room.
- Jeremiah 8:1“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 graves.
- Jeremiah 8:2They will be exposed to the sun and moon, and to all the host of heaven which they have loved, served, followed, consulted, and worshiped. Their bones will not be gathered up or buried, but will become like dung lying on the ground.
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