He broke the pillars in pieces, cut down the sacred poles, and covered the sites with human bones.
Ezekiel 6:5 - New Revised Standard Version I will lay the corpses of the people of Israel in front of their idols; and I will scatter your bones around your altars. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And I will lay the dead bodies of the children of Israel before their idols, and I will scatter your bones round about your altars. American Standard Version (1901) And I will lay the dead bodies of the children of Israel before their idols; and I will scatter your bones round about your altars. Common English Bible I’ll throw the Israelites’ corpses in front of their idols, and I’ll scatter your bones all around your altars. Catholic Public Domain Version And I will lay the dead bodies of the sons of Israel before the face of your idols. And I will scatter your bones around your altars. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And I will lay the dead carcasses of the children of Israel before your idols: and I will scatter your bones round about your altars, |
He broke the pillars in pieces, cut down the sacred poles, and covered the sites with human bones.
As Josiah turned, he saw the tombs there on the mount; and he sent and took the bones out of the tombs, and burned them on the altar, and defiled it, according to the word of the Lord that the man of God proclaimed, when Jeroboam stood by the altar at the festival; he turned and looked up at the tomb of the man of God who had predicted these things.
There they shall be in great terror, in terror such as has not been. For God will scatter the bones of the ungodly; they will be put to shame, for God has rejected them.
Therefore, the days are surely coming, says the Lord, when it will no more be called Topheth, or the valley of the son of Hinnom, but the valley of Slaughter: for they will bury in Topheth until there is no more room.
He said to me: Mortal, this is the place of my throne and the place for the soles of my feet, where I will reside among the people of Israel forever. The house of Israel shall no more defile my holy name, neither they nor their kings, by their whoring, and by the corpses of their kings at their death.