Ezekiel 6:5 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.

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  • your more than one

In the King James Bible, thee, thou, thy, and thine always mean one person, and ye, you, and your more than one: a difference modern English lost. Why keep these words?

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  • The Divine judgments for idolatryWar 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...

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Cross References

  • 2 Kings 23:14 And he brake in pieces the images, and cut down the groves, and filled their places with the bones of men.
  • 2 Kings 23:16 And as Josiah turned himself, he spied the sepulchres that were there in the mount, and sent, and took the bones out of the sepulchres, and burned them upon the altar, and polluted it, according to the word of the LORD which the man of God proclaimed, who proclaimed these words.
  • Jeremiah 8:1–2 At that time, saith the LORD, they shall bring out the bones of the kings of Judah, and the bones of his princes, and the bones of the priests, and the bones of the prophets, and the bones of the inhabitants of Jerusalem, out of their graves: …

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  • IsraelThe name conferred on Jacob after the great prayer-struggle at Peniel (Gen 32:28), because “as a prince he had power with God and...

Hebrew and Strong’s

  • And I will lay וְנָתַתִּי wĕnātattî נָתַן Verb · qal sequential perfect, first person common singular · with and
  • the dead carcases אֶת ʾet Object marker פִּגְרֵי pigrê פֶּגֶר Noun · masculine plural construct
  • of the children בְּנֵי bĕnê בֵּן Noun · masculine plural construct
  • of Israel יִשְׂרָאֵל yiśrāʾēl יִשְׂרָאֵל Proper name
  • before לִפְנֵי lipnê פָּנִים Noun · masculine or feminine plural construct · with preposition
  • their idols גִּלּוּלֵיהֶם gillûlêhem גִּלּוּל Noun · masculine plural construct · with suffix: third person masculine plural
  • and I will scatter וְזֵרִיתִי wĕzērîtî זָרָה Verb · piel sequential perfect, first person common singular · with and
  • your bones אֶת ʾet Object marker עַצְמוֹתֵיכֶם ʿaṣmôtêkem עֶצֶם Noun · feminine plural construct · with suffix: second person masculine plural
  • round about סְבִיבוֹת sĕbîbôt סָבִיב Noun · masculine or feminine plural construct
  • your altars מִזְבְּחוֹתֵיכֶם mizbĕḥôtêkem מִזְבֵּחַ Noun · masculine plural construct · with suffix: second person masculine plural

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