Ezekiel 6:13

“Then shall ye know that I [am] the Lord, &c.] Whom they had denied, by serving other gods; but now by those punishments their eyes would be opened to see, and be obliged to acknowledge, that there was no God but the Lord: when their slain [men] shall be among their idols round about their altars; as is threatened, (<260605>Ezekiel 6:5); by which it will appear that the idols whom they worshipped could not save them; since they should fall just by them, round about the altars on which they sacrificed unto them; which idols were placed, and altars for their worship built, upon every high hill, in all the tops of the mountains: mountains and high hills were usual places of idolatry among the…”

“The gleam of hope is but transitory. Darkness again gathers round, for as yet the prophet is predicting judgment. Ezekiel 6:11 Smite ... stamp - Well-known modes of expressing grief. Ezekiel 6:13 Sweet savor - Compare Genesis 8:21. Words, applied to the smell of sacrifices accepted by God, applied here to idol-sacrifices in irony. Ezekiel 6:14 Toward Diblath - Or, “Diblathaim,” the “Diblathan” of the Moabite stone, one of the double cities of Moab (see Ezekiel 25:9) to the east of which lay the great desert of Arabia. Some read: “unto Riblah” Jeremiah 52:9 and take the margin rendering. return to 'Top of Page' Footnotes: Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliographical…”

“6:13-14 Riblah was located on the northern border of Israel and is well known from other biblical books. At Riblah, Nebuchadnezzar set up his tribunal and executed the sons of Zedekiah and many other leading citizens of Judah (2 Kgs 25:6, 21).”

“when: Eze 6:4-7; Isa 37:20, Isa 37:36-38 upon: Eze 20:28; Kg1 14:23; Kg2 16:4; Isa 1:29, Isa 57:5-7, Isa 65:3, Isa 65:4, Isa 66:17; Jer 2:20, Jer 3:6; Hos 4:13 Ezekiel 6:14”