HesekielKapitel 6

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The word of the LORD came to me:

Son of man, set your face toward the mountains of Israel and prophesy against them.

Say: Mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord GOD! This is what the Lord GOD says to the mountains and the hills, to the ravines and the valleys: I myself am bringing a sword against you, and I will destroy your high places.

Your altars will be laid waste and your incense stands smashed, and I will throw down your slain before your idols.

I will lay the corpses of the Israelites before their idols, and I will scatter your bones around your altars.

Wherever you live, the cities will lie in ruins and the high places will be desolate, so that your altars are ruined and left guilty, your idols smashed and finished, your incense stands cut down, and everything you have made wiped away.

The slain will fall in your midst, and you will know that I am the LORD.

Yet I will leave a remnant: some of you will escape the sword among the nations, when you are scattered through the lands.

Then your survivors will remember me among the nations where they have been carried captive—how I broke their adulterous heart that turned away from me and their eyes that lusted after their idols. They will loathe themselves to their own faces for the evils they have done, for all their detestable practices.

And they will know that I am the LORD; I did not threaten in vain to bring this disaster upon them.

This is what the Lord GOD says: Clap your hands, stamp your foot, and cry out, "Alas!" over all the wicked abominations of the house of Israel, for they will fall by sword, famine, and plague.

The one far away will die of plague, the one near will fall by the sword, and whoever is left and survives will die of famine. So I will spend my fury on them.

Then you will know that I am the LORD, when their slain lie among their idols around their altars—on every high hill, on all the mountaintops, under every green tree and every leafy oak, wherever they offered fragrant incense to all their idols.

I will stretch out my hand against them and make the land a desolate waste, from the wilderness to Diblah, wherever they live. Then they will know that I am the LORD.[fn]

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Zusammenfassung2

Kapitel 6

Main Theme: God's judgment on Israel's idolatry and the promise of a surviving remnant.

Content: God commands Ezekiel to prophesy against the mountains of Israel concerning the coming destruction. The high places, altars, and idols will be destroyed, and the people will be struck by sword, famine, and pestilence. A remnant will survive in exile; these will remember God and feel disgust for their abominations. Through judgment, they will know that the Lord is God.

Key Words/Images:

The mountains of Israel: Symbolize the high places where idolatry took place.
Bamot (high places): The cult sites to be destroyed along with the altars and sun pillars.
Sword, famine, and pestilence: The three instruments of judgment that will strike the people wherever they are.
"You shall know that I am the Lord": The repeated purpose of judgment—to reveal God's identity and power.

Historischer Kontext

Historical and Cultural Context for Ezekiel 6

Places

The chapter opens with a command to prophesy against "the mountains of Israel" (הָרֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל), a designation that in this context encompasses the entire land as the recipient of the prophecy. Verse 14 mentions a geographical extreme: "from the wilderness to Diblah" (מִמִּדְבַּר דִּבְלָתָה). Most scholars believe this is a scribal variation of Riblah, a strategically important city in the Hamath region of Syria, where Nebuchadnezzar had his headquarters and among other things judged King Zedekiah (2 Kings 25:6–7). The expression thus describes the total devastation of the land from the south (the wilderness) to the north (Riblah).

Events and Customs

The chapter strongly criticizes high-place worship (בָּמוֹת, bamot), cult sites often located on heights and hills, which were linked to Canaanite-inspired idolatry. These places included altars, incense altars, and sacred trees. Verse 13 describes typical cult sites: "on every high hill, on all the mountain tops, under every green tree, and under every leafy terebinth (אֵלָה עֲבֻתָּה)." This corresponds with descriptions in Deuteronomy 12:2 and reflects syncretistic practice where Israelites mixed Yahweh worship with Canaanite fertility cults. Archaeological finds from cult sites in Israel and Judah confirm the widespread nature of such high-place sanctuaries in the Iron Age.

Key Terms

The word גִּלּוּלִים (gillulim, "idols") occurs six times in this chapter (verses 4, 5, 6, 9, and 13 [twice]). The word is likely a derogatory term derived from the root גלל which can mean "dung" or "excrement," expressing the prophet's contempt for idols.

חַמָּנִים (ḥammanim, verses 4 and 6) denotes "sun pillars" or "incense altars." Archaeological finds from Phoenician and Canaanite cult sites have uncovered small stone altars that likely served this purpose, often associated with sun worship or Baal cult.

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Schlüsselwörter8

Ezekiel — A prophet in the Old Testament who received visions and messages from God.
Book 6 — A chapter in the book of Ezekiel containing a prophecy about judgment on the mountains of Israel.
Mountains — In this context, symbolize places of idol worship and sin among the people of Israel.
Judgment — God's righteous punishment for sin and disobedience to His commands.
Idols — False gods that the people of Israel worshipped instead of the one true God.
Sword — A symbol of war, destruction, and God's punishing hand.
Scattered — The act of scattering the people of Israel among the nations as a result of their disobedience.
Repentance — Turning away from sin and seeking forgiveness from God.