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Ezekiel

Contains visions and prophecies of judgment and restoration for Israel and the nations.

Chapter 6

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1 And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,

*And God spoke to me through his message.

2 Son of man, set thy face toward the mountains of Israel, and prophesy against them,

*Son of man, look towards the Israeli mountains and speak against them,

3 And say, Ye mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord GOD; Thus saith the Lord GOD to the mountains, and to the hills, to the rivers, and to the valleys; Behold, I, even I, will bring a sword upon you, and I will destroy your high places.

*And say, "Mountains of Israel, listen to the words of the Lord God. The Lord God says this to the mountains, hills, rivers, and valleys: Watch out, because I, the Lord, will bring a sword to you and destroy your important places."

4 And your altars shall be desolate, and your images shall be broken: and I will cast down your slain men before your idols.

*Your altars will be empty, and your statues will break: I will put your fallen soldiers in front of your idols.

5 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.

*I will place the bodies of the Israeli people in front of their false gods, and scatter your bone fragments around your sacred places.

6 In all your dwellingplaces the cities shall be laid waste, and the high places shall be desolate; that your altars may be laid waste and made desolate, and your idols may be broken and cease, and your images may be cut down, and your works may be abolished.

*In all the places you live, cities will become empty and abandoned. Your special worship places will be destroyed, along with the statues and objects you worship. These things will stop existing.

7 And the slain shall fall in the midst of you, and ye shall know that I am the LORD.

*The dead will be around you, and you'll realize I am in charge.

8 Yet will I leave a remnant, that ye may have some that shall escape the sword among the nations, when ye shall be scattered through the countries.

*I will still leave some people behind, so that there are those who can survive and avoid being killed by swords while you are spread out in different countries.

9 And they that escape of you shall remember me among the nations whither they shall be carried captives, because I am broken with their whorish heart, which hath departed from me, and with their eyes, which go a whoring after their idols: and they shall lothe themselves for the evils which they have committed in all their abominations.

*Those who survive you will remember me among the nations where they are taken captive. I am hurt by their unfaithful hearts that have left me, and their eyes that chase after idols. They will hate themselves for the bad things they did in all their wicked acts.

10 And they shall know that I am the LORD, and that I have not said in vain that I would do this evil unto them.

*They will understand it's me who is in control, and that I wasn't just talking without meaning when I said I would bring harm to them.

11 Thus saith the Lord GOD; Smite with thine hand, and stamp with thy foot, and say, Alas for all the evil abominations of the house of Israel! for they shall fall by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence.

*So says the Lord God: Hit with your hand and stomp with your foot while saying, Oh, how sad for all the terrible sins of the house of Israel! Because they will be destroyed by swords, hunger, and sickness.

12 He that is far off shall die of the pestilence; and he that is near shall fall by the sword; and he that remaineth and is besieged shall die by the famine: thus will I accomplish my fury upon them.

*Those far away will die from disease, those close by will be killed by swords, and those left inside will starve to death. This is how I will fulfill my anger on them.

13 Then shall ye know that I am the LORD, when their slain men shall be among their idols round about their altars, upon every high hill, in all the tops of the mountains, and under every green tree, and under every thick oak, the place where they did offer sweet savour to all their idols.

*Then you will realize I am God when their dead people are around their idols at all their worship places on hills, on mountain tops, and under every green tree and big strong oak tree. This is where they burned nice smelling things for their false gods.

14 So will I stretch out my hand upon them, and make the land desolate, yea, more desolate than the wilderness toward Diblath, in all their habitations: and they shall know that I am the LORD.

*I will reach out my hand to punish them, making the land empty and even more barren than a desert near Diblath, in all the places where they live. They will realize that I am the LORD.

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