And say, Ye mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord GOD; Thus saith the Lord GOD to the mountains, and to the hills, to the rivers, and to the valleys; Behold, I, even I, will bring a sword upon you, and I will destroy your high places.
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Gill's Exposition
And your altars shall be desolate,.... 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…
Barnes' Notes
Rivers - Or, “ravines,” which were, like the mountains, favorite seats of idol-rites 2Ki 23:10.
Here, I. The prophecy is directed to the mountains of Israel (Eze 6:1, Eze 6:2); the prophet must set his face towards them. If he could see so far off as the land of Israel, the mountains of that…
Cambridge Bible
to the rivers the ravines; the gorges where there were streams and thick trees, and where idolatrous worship was practised (ch. Eze 35:8; Eze 36:4; Eze 36:6), cf. Isa 57:5, "that slay the children in…
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