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Ezekiel 6
Ezekiel turns from the besieged city to address the land itself: the mountains, hills, ravines and valleys of Israel. The target is the network of hilltop shrines, altars and incense stands where Judah worshiped idols. God promises to litter those altars with the corpses of their own worshipers. Read for the refrain that drives the whole book: "you will know that I am the LORD." Notice too the surprising hinge at verses 8-10, where a surviving remnant scattered among the nations will finally loathe what they did.
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The LORD’s word came to me, saying,
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“Son of man, set your face toward the mountains of Israel, and prophesy to them,
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and say, ‘You mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord GOD! The Lord GOD says to the mountains and to the hills, to the watercourses and to the valleys: “Behold, I, even I, will bring a sword on you, and I will destroy your high places.
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Your altars will become desolate, and your incense altars will be broken. I will cast down your slain men before your idols.
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I will lay the dead bodies of the children of Israel before their idols. I will scatter your bones around your altars.
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In all your dwelling places, the cities will be laid waste and the high places will be desolate, so that your altars may be laid waste and made desolate, and your idols may be broken and cease, and your incense altars may be cut down, and your works may be abolished.
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The slain will fall among you, and you will know that I am the LORD.
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“‘“Yet I will leave a remnant, in that you will have some that escape the sword among the nations, when you are scattered through the countries.
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Those of you that escape will remember me among the nations where they are carried captive, how I have been broken with their lewd heart, which has departed from me, and with their eyes, which play the prostitute after their idols. Then they will loathe themselves in their own sight for the evils which they have committed in all their abominations.
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They will know that I am the LORD. I have not said in vain that I would do this evil to them.”’
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“The Lord GOD says: ‘Strike with your hand, and stamp with your foot, and say, “Alas!”, because of all the evil abominations of the house of Israel; for they will fall by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence.
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He who is far off will die of the pestilence. He who is near will fall by the sword. He who remains and is besieged will die by the famine. Thus I will accomplish my wrath on them.
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You will know that I am the LORD when their slain men are among their idols around their altars, on every high hill, on all the tops of the mountains, under every green tree, and under every thick oak—the places where they offered pleasant aroma to all their idols.
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I will stretch out my hand on them and make the land desolate and waste, from the wilderness toward Diblah, throughout all their habitations. Then they will know that I am the LORD.’”
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A palavra do SENHOR veio a mim, dizendo:
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“Filho do homem, volte o seu rosto para os montes de Israel e profetize a eles,
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e diga: ‘Vocês, montes de Israel, ouçam a palavra do Senhor DEUS! Assim diz o Senhor DEUS aos montes e às colinas, aos ribeiros e aos vales: “Eis que eu, eu mesmo, trarei uma espada sobre vocês, e destruirei os seus lugares altos.
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Seus altares ficarão desolados, e seus altares de incenso serão quebrados. Eu lançarei os seus mortos diante dos seus ídolos.
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Colocarei os cadáveres dos filhos de Israel diante dos seus ídolos. Espalharei os seus ossos ao redor dos seus altares.
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Em todas as suas habitações, as cidades serão devastadas e os lugares altos ficarão desolados, para que os seus altares sejam devastados e fiquem desolados, e os seus ídolos sejam quebrados e desapareçam, e os seus altares de incenso sejam derrubados, e as suas obras sejam desfeitas.
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Os mortos cairão no meio de vocês, e vocês saberão que eu sou o SENHOR.
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“‘“Contudo, deixarei um remanescente, pois vocês terão alguns que escaparão da espada entre as nações, quando vocês forem espalhados pelos países.
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Aqueles de vocês que escaparem se lembrarão de mim entre as nações para onde forem levados cativos, de como fui quebrantado pelo seu coração lascivo, que se desviou de mim, e por seus olhos, que se prostituem após os seus ídolos. Então eles terão nojo de si mesmos por causa dos males que cometeram em todas as suas abominações.
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Eles saberão que eu sou o SENHOR. Não foi em vão que eu disse que faria este mal a eles.”’
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“Assim diz o Senhor DEUS: ‘Bata com a mão, e bata com o pé, e diga: “Ai!”, por causa de todas as más abominações da casa de Israel; pois eles cairão pela espada, pela fome e pela peste.
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Aquele que está longe morrerá de peste. Aquele que está perto cairá pela espada. Aquele que restar e for cercado morrerá de fome. Assim cumprirei a minha ira sobre eles.
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Vocês saberão que eu sou o SENHOR quando os seus mortos estiverem no meio dos seus ídolos, ao redor dos seus altares, em cada colina alta, em todos os topos dos montes, debaixo de cada árvore verde e debaixo de cada carvalho frondoso — os lugares onde ofereciam aroma agradável a todos os seus ídolos.
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Estenderei a minha mão sobre eles e farei a terra desolada e devastada, desde o deserto até Dibla, em todas as suas habitações. Então eles saberão que eu sou o SENHOR.’”
Why preach to mountains
Addressing geography rather than people is deliberate. The high places (bamot) sat on hills, so the hills are summoned as witnesses to the cult conducted on them and as the scene of its undoing. The dead are cast down "before their idols" (v.4), exposing those idols as powerless to save their devotees.
The prophetic gesture in verse 11, clapping the hand and stamping the foot while crying "Alas!", gives the oracle a body. It also sets up the threefold sword, famine and pestilence that recurs across chapters 5-7.
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