1-7 The judgment of Israel for their idolatry 8-10 A remnant shall be blessed 11-14 The faithful are exhorted to lament their abominations and calamities

This is a new prophecy, and was probably given after the 430 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 captive.

2 Son of man, set thy face toward the mountains of Israel, and prophesy against them,

set Eze 4:7 13:17 20:46 21:2 25:2 38:2,3

the mountains Eze 19:9 33:28 34:14 35:12 37:22 Jos 11:21 Mic 6:1,2

3 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.

Ye Eze 36:1-4,8 Jer 22:29 Mic 6:2

to the mountains Jer 2:20 3:6,23

and I will Le 26:30 Isa 27:9

4 And your altars shall be desolate, and your images shall be broken: and I will cast down your slain men before your idols.

images. or, sun-images Eze 6:6 2Ch 14:5 34:4 Jer 43:13

and I Eze 6:5,13 Le 26:30 1Ki 13:2 2Ki 23:14,16-20 2Ch 34:5 Jer 8:1,2

5 And I will lay the dead carcases of the children of Israel before their idols; and I will scatter your bones round about your altars.

lay [heb] give

6 In all your dwellingplaces the cities shall be laid waste, and the high places shall be desolate; that your altars may be laid waste and made desolate, and your idols may be broken and cease, and your images may be cut down, and your works may be abolished.

all your Isa 6:11 Jer 9:19 Zep 3:7

the cities Eze 5:14 Isa 24:1-12 32:13,14 64:10 Jer 2:15 9:11 10:22 34:22 Mic 3:12 Zep 1:2-6,18 3:6

and the Eze 16:39 Le 26:30 Jer 17:3 Ho 10:8

your altars Eze 30:13 Isa 2:18,20 27:9 Ho 10:2 Mic 1:7 5:13 Zep 1:3,4 Zec 13:2

your works Ps 115:8 Isa 1:31 Hab 2:18

7 And the slain shall fall in the midst of you, and ye shall know that I am the LORD.

slain Eze 9:7 Jer 14:18 18:21 25:33 La 2:20,21 4:9

and ye Eze 6:13 7:4,9 11:10,12 12:15 13:9,14,21,23 14:8 15:7 20:38,42,44 23:49 24:24,27 25:17 26:6 28:23 30:26 35:15 38:23 Ex 7:5 14:4,18 2Ki 19:19 Ps 83:17,18 Da 4:35-37 6:26,27

8 Yet will I leave a remnant, that ye may have some that shall escape the sword among the nations, when ye shall be scattered through the countries.

Eze 5:2,12 12:16 14:22 Isa 6:13 27:7,8 Jer 30:11 44:14,28 46:28 Ro 9:27 11:5,6

9 And they that escape of you shall remember me among the nations whither they shall be carried captives, because I am broken with their whorish heart, which hath departed from me, and with their eyes, which go a whoring after their idols: and they shall lothe themselves for the evils which they have committed in all their abominations.

remember Le 26:40,41 De 4:29-31 30:1-3 Ps 137:1 Jer 51:50 Da 9:2,3 Zec 10:9

I am Eze 5:13 16:43 Ps 78:40 78:40 Isa 7:13 43:24 63:10 Jer 3:6,13 Am 2:13

their eyes Eze 14:4-7 20:7,24,28 23:14-16 Nu 15:39 2Ki 16:10 2Pe 2:14

they shall. They shall humble themselves on account of their abominations, forsake their idolatry, and worship ME alone: and this they have done from the Babylonish captivity to the present day. Eze 7:16 12:16 16:63 20:43 36:31,32 Le 26:39 Job 42:6 Isa 64:6 Jer 30:18,19

10 And they shall know that I am the LORD, and that I have not said in vain that I would do this evil unto them.

Eze 6:7 14:22,23 Jer 5:12-14 44:28 Da 9:12 Zec 1:6

11 Thus saith the Lord GOD; Smite with thine hand, and stamp with thy foot, and say, Alas for all the evil abominations of the house of Israel! for they shall fall by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence.

Smite Eze 21:14-17 Nu 24:10 Isa 58:1 Jer 9:1,10

Alas Eze 9:4 Jer 30:7 Joe 1:15 Am 5:16 Re 18:10,16-19

fall Eze 5:12 14:21 Jer 15:2,3 16:4 24:10

12 He that is far off shall die of the pestilence; and he that is near shall fall by the sword; and he that remaineth and is besieged shall die by the famine: thus will I accomplish my fury upon them.

far off Da 9:7

thus Eze 5:13 Isa 40:2 La 4:11,22

13 Then shall ye know that I am the LORD, when their slain men shall be among their idols round about their altars, upon every high hill, in all the tops of the mountains, and under every green tree, and under every thick oak, the place where they did offer sweet savour to all their idols.

when Eze 6:4-7 Isa 37:20,36-38

upon Eze 20:28 1Ki 14:23 2Ki 16:4 Isa 1:29 57:5-7 65:3,4 66:17 Jer 2:20 3:6 Ho 4:13

14 So will I stretch out my hand upon them, and make the land desolate, yea, more desolate than the wilderness toward Diblath, in all their habitations: and they shall know that I am the LORD.

will I Eze 16:27 20:33,34 Isa 5:25 9:12 10:4 26:11

more desolate than the wilderness. or, desolate from the wilderness [Diblath] Nu 33:46

Almon-diblathaim Jer 48:22

Beth diblathaim. Diblath was a city of Moab and appears from parallel passages to have been situated between Dibon and Abarim or Nebo