Ezekiel 6:1
Ezekiel 6. The Doom of the Sinful Mountains. Ezekiel 6:1-7 . Not only, however, was Jerusalem steeped in sin, but the whole land; therefore the...
Son of man . See note on Ezekiel 2:1 . the mountains . Specially defiled by the high places. Compare Ezekiel 6:13 .
Son of man, set thy face toward the mountains of Israel, and prophesy against them, Set thy face toward the mountains of Israel - This is a new proph...
Of Israel— "Israel being carried captive, Judah is called Israel; and perhaps possessed a great part of the country." Secker.
Son of man, set thy face toward the mountains of Israel, and prophesy against them, Set thy face toward ... mountains of Israel - i:e., of Pa...
The Guilt (or Trespass) Offering. Two cases are mentioned in which it is proper to bring a guilt offering. The first ( Leviticus 5:15 ) is that of a...
A Prophecy against the Mountain Land of Israel The coming judgment is here announced to the land of Israel, which is identified with the people....
Toward the mountains of Israel. — It is not uncommon to address prophetic utterances to inanimate objects as a poetic way of representing the peopl...
THE END FORETOLD Ezekiel 4:1-17 - Ezekiel 7:1-27 WITH the fourth chapter we enter on the exposition of the first great division of Ezekiel's...
These signs were followed by denunciations growing naturally out of what they had taught. In general terms, the prophet first foretold the coming jud...
By the mountains of Israel, is meant the higher order of the people of Israel; such as exalted themselves above their fellows, and perhaps prided the...
Son of man, set thy face towards the mountains of Israel ,.... Or cities of Israel, the inhabitants of them; not the ten tribes, for they had been c...
Son of man, set thy face toward the mountains of Israel, and prophesy against them, Ver. 2. Set thy face toward the mountains of Israel, ] i.e.,...
Set thy face toward the mountains of Israel Turn thy face to that part where Judea is situated. Judea was a hilly country; therefore that whole lan...
The Destruction of Idolatry. B. C. 594. ...
Son of man; see Ezekiel 2:1 ; put thyself towards the mountains, in a posture of one who is going to speak, look toward them; hereby (as Isaiah...
‘And the word of Yahweh came to me saying, “Son of man, set your face towards the mountains of Israel, and prophesy to them, and say, ‘You mountains...
4. FURTHER INSTRUCTIONS AS TO THE CONSEQUENCES OF ISRAEL’S CONDUCT (Chap. 6) EXEGETICAL NOTES.— The judgment on places of idolatry and the worshippe...
Ezekiel 6:3 . I will destroy your high places, all the necessaries of idolatry. במות bomoth, Βουνοι, thence Βωμοι. Your high altars. In Montfa...
I, even I, will bring a sword upon you. The character of God Taking Chapter s 6 and 7 as revealing the character of God, in how awful a light i...
EXPOSITION Ezekiel 6:2 , Ezekiel 6:3 Set thy face toward the mountains, etc. The formula is eminently characteristic of Ezekiel. We...
The Desolation of the Land and the Slaughter of the Idolaters
Son of man, set thy face toward the mountains of Israel, in a prophecy of condemnation, and prophesy against them,
The mountains — The inhabitants of the mountains, who were secure in their fastnesses.
2 Son of man, set thy face toward the mountains of Israel, and prophesy against them,