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.
Ver. 13. Then shall ye know that I am the Lord.] Vexatio dabit intellectum; smart shall make wit. See Ezekiel 6:10. Four times in this chapter are these words used: Verba toties inculcata, viva sunt, vera sunt, sana sunt, plana sunt. a The words are driven home often, they are alive, they are true, they are wholesome, they are plain.
Among their idols.] See on Ezekiel 6:4 .
Where they did offer sweet savour.] Idolatry is costly.
a Augustine.