Ezekiel 6:4

“And your altars shall be desolate, &c.] Being pulled down; or because the priests and worshippers would now be slain, and there would be none to attend them: and your images shall be broken; the “images of the sun”f97. The word for images has its derivation from heat; and were so called, either from the heat of the sun, to whose worship they were devoted, or from the heat of the love and affections of their worshippers: and I will cast down your slain [men] before your idols; before your dung, or your “dunghill gods”f98; for the word used has the signification of dung, (<260412>Ezekiel 4:12). The Targum renders it, “before the carcass of your idols;” where they committed idolatry, there they…”

“images--called so from a Hebrew root, "to wax hot," implying the mad ardor of Israel after idolatry [CALVIN]. Others translate it, "sun images"; and so in Eze 6:6 (see Kg2 23:11; Ch2 34:4; Isa 17:8, Margin). cast your slain men before your idols--The foolish objects of their trust in the day of evil should witness their ruin.”

“Images - See the margin and margin reference, and the Ezekiel 8:16 note. Idols - The Phoenicians were in the habit of setting up “heaps” or “pillars” of stone in honor of their gods, which renders the use of the word more appropriate. return to 'Top of Page'”

“Cast down - Before the altars of your idols, which you fly to for refuge. Ezekiel 6:5”

“6:4-7 The corpses and bones of the dead worshipers scattered around an altar would defile the altar and make it unfit for use. • idols: The Hebrew term for idols (literally round things) probably alludes to dung; when used in this way, it is a term of strong derision.”

“images: or, sun-images, and so, Eze 6:6; Ch2 14:5, Ch2 34:4; Jer 43:13 \*marg. and I: Eze 6:5, Eze 6:13; Lev 26:30; Kg1 13:2; Kg2 23:14, Kg2 23:16-20; Ch2 34:5; Jer 8:1, Jer 8:2 Ezekiel 6:5”