Ezekiel 6:2

Son of man, set thy face toward the mountains of Israel, and prophesy against them, SET THY FACE TOWARD ... MOUNTAINS OF ISRAEL - i:e., of Palestine in general. The mountains are addressed by personification; implying that the Israelites themselves are incurable, and unworthy of anymore appeals; so the prophet sent to Jeroboam did not deign to address the king, but addressed the altar (). The mountains are specified, as being the scene of Jewish idolatries on "the high places" ()....

Verse Ezekiel 6:2. _SET THY FACE TOWARD THE MOUNTAINS OF ISRAEL_] This is a new prophecy, and was most probably given after the _four hundred_ _and thirty_ days of his lying on his left and right side were accomplished. By _Israel_ here, Judea is simply meant; not the _ten_ _tribes_, who had long before been carried into captivity. Ezekiel uses this term in reference to the Jews only. The _mountains_ may be addressed here particularly, because it was on them the chief scenes of idolatry were exhibited....

EXPOSITION EZEKIEL 6:2, EZEKIEL 6:3 SET THY FACE TOWARD THE MOUNTAINS, etc. The formula is eminently characteristic of Ezekiel. We have had it with a different verb in the Hebrew, in Ezekiel 4:3. It will meet us again in Ezekiel 20:46; Ezekiel 21:2; Ezekiel 25:2; Ezekiel 28:21;...

SON OF MAN, SET THY FACE TOWARDS THE MOUNTAINS OF ISRAEL,.... Or cities of Israel, the inhabitants of them; not the ten tribes, for they had been carried captive long before this time, even in the times of Hezekiah; unless it can be thought that this prophecy is designed to show the reason of their captivity, which was their idolatry; or that it is directed to those of them which remained in the land, and were mixed with the other tribes; but rather the land of Judea is intended, in which were many mountains, and one part of it was called the hill country, Luke 1:39; and the mountains are mentioned, against which the prophet is ordered to direct his face, and look unto; partly because idolatry was much practised upon them; and partly to show the stupidity of the Jews, and the failure of the prophecy among them; that it was as well, or better, to speak to the mountains, than to them; for...

Ezekiel 6:1. The mountains of Israel are mentioned first, because they were the places where the people practiced idolatry; they were the high places so often mentioned in the historical books. (Read Leviticus 26:30 .) Hundreds of years before, Moses wrote these words; and now they were all to be fulfilled. But the Lord also promised that a remnant should be left. That remnant would acknowledge the evil they had done. “They shall loathe themselves for the evils which they have committed in all their abominations.” The words “because I am broken with their whorish heart” means literally translated, “When I shall have broken their whorish heart which has departed from Me.” No judgment which has ever come upon Israel made a complete end of the nation. A remnant always remained and returned to the Lord. (See...

EZEKIEL 6. THE DOOM OF THE SINFUL MOUNTAINS. Ezekiel 6:1. Not only, however, was Jerusalem steeped in sin, but the whole land; therefore the whole land is here addressed and denounced, or rather the mountains, partly because the mountains were the conspicuous and characteristic feature of Canaan: but more especially because from time immemorial the high places upon them had been the seat of idolatry. The Hebrews had taken them over from the Canaanites, and with them many elements of the idolatrous worship practised within them. Thirty years before a desperate effort, based upon the newly-discovered book of Deuteronomy, had been made by Josiah to abolish these sanctuaries; but such a passage as this shows us that they still persisted. The words high places, which primarily denoted sanctuaries on heights (_e.g._ of hills), came to denote sanctuaries in general, and so are applied her

SON OF MAN. See note on Ezekiel 2:1. THE MOUNTAINS. Specially defiled by the high places. Compare Ezekiel 6:13....

Second Section. Ch. Ezekiel 3:22 to Ezekiel 7:27 The second section of the Book contains these parts: (1) Ch. Ezekiel 3:22-27. A preface in which the prophet is commanded to confine himself to his own house, and abandon for a time his public ministry. (2) Ch. Ezekiel 4:1-4. A series of symbols representing the siege of Jerusalem, the scarcity during it, the pollution of the people in exile among the nations, and the terrible fate of the inhabitants on the capture of the city. (3) Ch. Ezekiel 5:5-17. Exposition of these s

OF ISRAEL— "Israel being carried captive, Judah is called Israel; and perhaps possessed a great part of the country." Secker....

II. DISOBEDIENCE AND DESOLATION 6:1-14 In his second discourse Ezekiel zeroes in on the places of idolatrous worship which were located in the mountains and valleys of Judah. These pagan sanctuaries, once known for their shady trees, would become desolate. There is throughout this chapter a frequent change from _their_ to _your,_ and from _your_ to _their,_ when the same persons are spoken of. This is quite in the manner of Ezekiel. The sermon contains three points of emphasis (1) a dire prediction (Ezekiel 6:1-7); (2) a confident expectation (Ezekiel 6:8-10); and (3) a distressing lamentation (Ezekiel 6:11-14). A Dire Prediction 6:1-7 TRANSLATION (1) And the word