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I will lay the dead bodies of the children of Israel before their idols; and I will scatter your bones round about your altars.
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A Sign of Utter Defilement
Commentators explain that God placing dead bodies before the idols was a powerful, visible sign of His wrath. In ancient Israel, contact with a corpse caused profound ritual impurity. By using the idolaters' own bodies to pollute their altars, God graphically demonstrated that their entire system of worship was abominable and defiled in His eyes.
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Ezekiel
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16th Century
Protestant
By these words, the Prophet indicates that God’s wrath would be made clear, because he imprints certain marks by which it could be judged that the …
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And I will lay the dead carcasses of the children of Israel before their idols Which …