# General Information:

These are Yahweh's words to the people of Israel.

# Then your altars will become desolate and your pillars will be destroyed

This can be translated in active form. Alternate translation: "People will no longer worship at your altars and your enemy will destroy your pillars" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-activepassive]])

# I will throw down

Yahweh was speaking of sending soldiers ([Ezekiel 6:3](../06/03.md)) to do these things. Alternate translation: "I will send soldiers to throw down" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-explicit]])

# your dead

"your people who have died"