NOTES for Eze 6:1-14
From ancient times, mountains symbolized the possibility of communion between God and humanity: it was there that He spoke both with Moses and with Elijah, and mountains are mentioned more than once in the Psalms. But the time came when they were defiled by idols and pagan rites. Places where people had hoped to touch the Source of life became deadly.
Yet it is precisely now, when, as in Elijah's day, the works of pagans are visible everywhere one looks, that the prophecy of the faithful remnant resounds. Despite its small size, this remnant becomes the pledge that the whole people will not perish on false paths and the seed of its healing from sinful afflictions. Alas, many will turn away from the Lord and refuse to receive salvation from Him, continuing to put their hope in deadly idols. The land will be defiled and devastated by them. But the One to whom the faithful remnant turns in prayer, not only on mountains but in every place, has the power to cleanse the land and all of us.