Read Ezekiel 6.11-14
Ezekiel returns to the imagery of sword, pestilence, and famine (5.1-17) to tie his oracles against Israel to the fate of Jerusalem.
Altars, on every high hill, on all the mountain tops, under every green tree, and under every leafy oak: a common formulaic description of pagan worship (Deut 12.2; 1 Kings 14.23; Jer 2.20).
The wilderness designates the Negeb desert in southern Judah, and Riblah ("Diblah" in Hebrew; the Hebrew letters "resh" and "dalet" are similar and sometimes confused) is in Syria (2 Kings 23.33).
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