The Meaning of Ezekiel 6:4 Explained

Ezekiel 6:4

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

YLT: And desolated have been your altars, And broken your images, And I have caused your wounded to fall before your idols,

Darby: And your altars shall be desolate, and your sun-images shall be broken; and I will cast down your slain men before your idols;

ASV: And your altars shall become desolate, and your sun-images shall be broken; and I will cast down your slain men before your idols.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

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

What does Ezekiel 6:4 Mean?

Chapter Summary: Ezekiel 6

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

What do the individual words in Ezekiel 6:4 mean?

And shall be desolate your altars and shall be broken your incense altars and I will cast down your slain [men] before your idols
וְנָשַׁ֙מּוּ֙ מִזְבְּח֣וֹתֵיכֶ֔ם וְנִשְׁבְּר֖וּ חַמָּֽנֵיכֶ֑ם וְהִפַּלְתִּי֙ חַלְלֵיכֶ֔ם לִפְנֵ֖י גִּלּוּלֵיכֶֽם

וְנָשַׁ֙מּוּ֙  And  shall  be  desolate 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Nifal, Conjunctive perfect, third person common plural
Root: שָׁמֵם  
Sense: to be desolate, be appalled, stun, stupefy.
מִזְבְּח֣וֹתֵיכֶ֔ם  your  altars 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural construct, second person masculine plural
Root: מִזְבֵּחַ  
Sense: altar.
וְנִשְׁבְּר֖וּ  and  shall  be  broken 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Nifal, Conjunctive perfect, third person common plural
Root: שָׁבוּר 
Sense: to break, break in pieces.
חַמָּֽנֵיכֶ֑ם  your  incense  altars 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural construct, second person masculine plural
Root: חַמָּן  
Sense: incense altar, sun-pillar, idol, image.
וְהִפַּלְתִּי֙  and  I  will  cast  down 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Hifil, Conjunctive perfect, first person common singular
Root: נָפַל  
Sense: to fall, lie, be cast down, fail.
חַלְלֵיכֶ֔ם  your  slain  [men] 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural construct, second person masculine plural
Root: חָלָל 
Sense: slain, fatally wounded, pierced.
לִפְנֵ֖י  before 
Parse: Preposition-l, Noun, common plural construct
Root: לִפְנֵי 
Sense: face.
גִּלּוּלֵיכֶֽם  your  idols 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural construct, second person masculine plural
Root: גִּלּוּלִים  
Sense: idols.