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“Ye shall NOT ADD TO THE WORD which
I command you, NEITHER SHALL YE DIMINISH FROM
IT, that ye may keep the commandments of יְהוָה
אֱלֹהֵיכֶם - the LORD your Eloleichem, which I command you”. Davarim -
Deuteronomy 4:2. (JPS-1917).
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With
Rabbi, Dr. Reuven Ben Avraham-Goossens, PhD.
Introduction:
In Chapter 6,
the focus of the prophecy expands from the besieged city to the geography of
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Below are the verses of Ezekiel Chapter 6:1-14: Whilst the verses below has the Explanation’s. (Chapter is from JPS-1917 version of the Tanakh).
1. “And the word of יְהוָה - the LORD came
unto me, saying:
Explanation: The “word of יְהוָה - the LORD” comes to Ezekiel again, signalling a new phase of the prophetic mission that moves beyond the local sign-acts of the previous chapters.
2. ‘Son of man, set thy face
toward the mountains of
Explanation: The prophet is told to “set his face toward
the mountains of
3. and say: Ye mountains of
Israel, hear the word of אֱלֹהִים יְהוָה - the LORD Elohim: Thus saith אֱלֹהִים יְהוָה - the LORD Elohim concerning the mountains and concerning the hills,
concerning the ravines and concerning the valleys: Behold, I, even I, will
bring a sword upon you, and I will destroy your high places.
Explanation: The mountains, hills, rivers, and valleys are addressed directly as if they were sentient. This personification of the landscape emphasizes that the land itself is a witness to the broken covenant and will now receive the “sword” of judgment.
4. And your altars shall become
desolate, and your sun-images shall be broken; and I will cast down your slain
men before your idols.
Explanation: The infrastructure of idolatry, the altars and “sun-images” (hammanim) will be made desolate. The irony is established: the very idols the people sought protection from will now see their worshippers slain before them.
5. And I will lay the carcasses
of the children of
Explanation: A graphic image of defilement: the carcasses of the Children of Israel will be laid before their idols, and their bones scattered around their altars. This turns the once “holy” high places into sites of ultimate ritual impurity.
6. In all your dwelling-places
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 sun-images may be hewn down, and your works may be blotted
out.
Explanation: The destruction is total. In every place where people dwell, the cities will be laid waste and the high places made desolate. The goal is the complete “blotting out” of human works that were dedicated to false powers.
7. And the slain shall fall in
the midst of you, and ye shall know that I am יְהוָה - the LORD.
Explanation: As the slain fall in the midst of the ruins, the purpose of the judgment is revealed in the recurring phrase: “And ye shall know that I am יְהוָה - the LORD”. Knowledge of the Divine comes through the collapse of the false.
8. Yet will I leave a remnant, in
that ye shall have some that escape the sword among the nations, when ye shall
be scattered through the countries.
Explanation: Amidst the total destruction, a “remnant” is promised, for some will escape the sword and be scattered among the nations, carrying the memory of the land with them.
9. And they that escape of you
shall remember Me among the nations whither they shall be carried captives, how
that I have been anguished with their straying heart, which hath departed from
Me, and with their eyes, which are gone astray after their idols; and they
shall loathe themselves in their own sight for the evils which they have
committed in all their abominations.
Explanation: Those who escape will “remember” the Divine among the nations. The text describes the Divine as being “broken” by their “whorish heart”. The survivors will eventually loathe themselves for the evils and abominations they committed.
10. And they shall know that I am יְהוָה - the LORD; I have not said in vain that I would do this evil unto them.
Explanation: The realization of the remnant is profound: they will acknowledge that
the Divine warnings were not “in vain” and that the evil brought upon them was
a legal necessity.
11. Thus saith אֱלֹהִים יְהוָה - the LORD Elohim: Smite with thy hand, and stamp with thy foot, and say:
Alas! because of all the evil abominations of the
house of
Explanation: Ezekiel is commanded to “smite with thy hand, and stamp with thy foot”. These are physical gestures of mourning and intense emotion over the “evil abominations” of Israel, signalling the arrival of sword, famine, and pestilence.
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 spend My fury upon them.
Explanation: Geography determines the mode of death: those far off die of pestilence, those near die by the sword, and those who remain besieged die of famine. No corner of the rebellion is left untouched.
13. And ye shall know that I am יְהוָה - 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 leafy tree, and
under every thick terebinth, the place where they did
offer sweet savour to all their idols.
Explanation: The imagery of Verse 5 is repeated for emphasis. When the slain lie under every “thick terebinths” and “leafy oak” places associated with fertility cults the people will finally recognize the futility of their chosen worship.
14. And I will stretch out My hand
upon them, and make the land desolate and waste, more than the wilderness of Diblah, throughout all their habitations; and they shall
know that I am יְהוָה - the LORD’”.
Explanation: The Divine hand is stretched out to make the land a “desolation and a waste”, more desolate than the “wilderness toward Diblah”. This covers all their habitations, concluding with the ultimate recognition of Divine Authority.
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My Concluding Message:
Chapter 6
underscores the concept of territorial sanctity. It posits that the
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