And the slain shall fall in your midst, and you shall know that I am the LORD.
Here the Prophet adds a small clause to his former threats, namely, that God would so consume the whole people with slaughter, that they would be compelled to acknowledge him as Jehovah. The slain, therefore, shall fall in the midst of thee, that is, the enemy shall arise who shall cause slaughter everywhere through the midst of the land.
The prophet must set his face against those mountains as a judge pronounces sentence on a prisoner. The mountains of Israel once were holy, but now polluted with idolatry; God's controversy will have a hearing whether men listen or refuse. Better to speak to the hills than to a people who stretch out their hands in vain and contradict the Lord's own messengers.
AI summary
Commenting on Ezekiel 6:1-7
Yet will I leave a remnant,.... Not in Judea, but in Babylon, and in the countries where they should be dispersed, as follows: that ye may have some that shall escape the sword among the nations; which was threatened to be drawn, and sent after them, Eze 5:2; but all should not perish by if; some should escape; for this was not the time to...