The Meaning of Ezekiel 11:6 Explained

Ezekiel 11:6

KJV: Ye have multiplied your slain in this city, and ye have filled the streets thereof with the slain.

YLT: Ye multiplied your wounded in this city, And filled its out-places with the wounded.

Darby: Ye have multiplied your slain in this city, and ye have filled the streets thereof with the slain.

ASV: Ye have multiplied your slain in this city, and ye have filled the streets thereof with the slain.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

Ye have multiplied  your slain  in this city,  and ye have filled  the streets  thereof with the slain. 

What does Ezekiel 11:6 Mean?

Context Summary

Ezekiel 11:5-25 - A New Heart Promised
The Spirit of God led the prophet to the East Gate of the Temple, where the Shekinah had settled, Ezekiel 10:19. There He uttered the divine verdict on the priesthood. They had ridiculed Jeremiah's letter to the captives, among whom Ezekiel lived, Jeremiah 29:5; and had made merry at his comparison between the city and a caldron, Jeremiah 1:13. It was to these scornful men that Ezekiel uttered the scathing denunciations of Ezekiel 11:7-18. The sudden death of Pelatiah, the ringleader of the scorners, gave terrible emphasis to the prophet's words. Ezekiel was told to look for his true kinsmen not among the doomed priesthood, but among his fellow-exiles whom they of Jerusalem despised. Spiritual ties must supersede natural ones, when the two clash. They might be far removed from the outer Temple, but God would be their asylum and sanctuary. What a sweet promise Ezekiel 11:16 provides for those who are compelled to go far from home! They may always meet their dear ones in God. Note the inclusive promise of Ezekiel 11:19 -unity, newness, and sensitiveness to the least touch of the divine nature. [source]

Chapter Summary: Ezekiel 11

1  The presumption of the princes
4  Their sin and judgment
13  Ezekiel complaining, God shows him his purpose in saving a remnant
22  The glory of God leaves the city
24  Ezekiel is returned to the captivity

What do the individual words in Ezekiel 11:6 mean?

You have multiplied your slain in city this and you have filled its streets with the slain -
הִרְבֵּיתֶ֥ם חַלְלֵיכֶ֖ם בָּעִ֣יר הַזֹּ֑את וּמִלֵּאתֶ֥ם חוּצֹתֶ֖יהָ חָלָֽל פ

הִרְבֵּיתֶ֥ם  You  have  multiplied 
Parse: Verb, Hifil, Perfect, second person masculine plural
Root: הַרְבָּה 
Sense: be or become great, be or become many, be or become much, be or become numerous.
חַלְלֵיכֶ֖ם  your  slain 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural construct, second person masculine plural
Root: חָלָל 
Sense: slain, fatally wounded, pierced.
בָּעִ֣יר  in  city 
Parse: Preposition-b, Article, Noun, feminine singular
Root: עִיר 
Sense: excitement, anguish.
הַזֹּ֑את  this 
Parse: Article, Pronoun, feminine singular
Root: זׄאת  
Sense: this, this one, here, which, this … that, the one … the other, such.
וּמִלֵּאתֶ֥ם  and  you  have  filled 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Piel, Conjunctive perfect, second person masculine plural
Root: מָלֵא 
Sense: to fill, be full.
חוּצֹתֶ֖יהָ  its  streets 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural construct, third person feminine singular
Root: חוּץ  
Sense: outside, outward, street, the outside.
חָלָֽל  with  the  slain 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: חָלָל 
Sense: slain, fatally wounded, pierced.
פ  - 
Parse: Punctuation