Ezekiel 7:22

Ezekiel 7:22 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)My face will I turn also from them, and they shall pollute my secret place: for the robbers shall enter into it, and defile it.
• New International Version (NIV)I will turn my face away from the people, and robbers will desecrate the place I treasure. They will enter it and will defile it.
• English Standard Version (ESV)I will turn my face from them, and they shall profane my treasured place. Robbers shall enter and profane it.
• New King James Version (NKJV)I will turn My face from them, And they will defile My secret place; For robbers shall enter it and defile it.

Context of Ezekiel 7:22

20As for the beauty of [gold for] ornaments, they turned it to pride and from it made the images of their repulsive things (idols) and of their vile things. Therefore I will make it an unclean thing to them. 21I will give it into the hands of strangers (Babylonians) as plunder and to the wicked of the earth as spoil, and they shall profane it. I will also turn My face away from them, and they will desecrate My secret treasure (the Jerusalem temple); and robbers will enter [irreverently] into it (the Holy of Holies) and violate it. 23‘Prepare the chain [for imprisonment], for the land is full of bloody crimes [murders committed under the pretense of civil justice] and the city is full of violence. 24Therefore, I will bring the worst of the [Gentile] nations, and they will take possession of their houses [those of the people of Judah]; I will also silence their pride, and their holy places will be profaned.

Ezekiel 7:22 word by word

וַהֲסִבּוֹתִ֤י פָנַי֙ מֵהֶ֔ם וְחִלְּל֖וּ אֶת־צְפוּנִ֑י וּבָאוּ־בָ֥הּ פָּרִיצִ֖ים וְחִלְּלֽוּהָ׃ פRead the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• My faceפָּנֶהpânîym · faceH6440
• will I turnסָבַבsâbab · to turn: turnH5437
• also from them, and they shall polluteחָלַלchâlal · to profane/begin: profaneH2490
• my secretצָפַןtsâphan · to treasureH6845
• for the robbersפָּרִיץperîyts · violentH6530
• shall enterבּוֹאbô' · to come (in): comeH935

Cross-references for Ezekiel 7:22

• Psalms 10:11He says to himself, “God has [quite] forgotten; He has hidden His face; He will never see my deed.”
• Psalms 35:22You have seen this, O Lord; do not keep silent. O Lord, do not be far from me.
• Psalms 74:10O God, how long will the adversary scoff? Is the enemy to revile Your name forever?
• Jeremiah 18:17I will scatter them like an east wind Before the enemy; I will show them My back and not My face In the day of their disaster [says the Lord].’ ”

Commentaries on Ezekiel 7:22

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 22The robbers shall enter into it - The Chaldeans shall not only destroy the city; but they shall enter the temple, deface it, plunder it, and burn it to the ground.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 22My secret place - The inner sanctuary, hidden from the multitude, protected by the most high.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 16-22Verses 16-22 Sooner or later, sin will cause sorrow; and those who will not repent of their sin, may justly be left to pine away in it. There are many whose wealth is their snare and ruin; and the gaining the world is the losing of their souls. Riches profit not in the day of wrath. The wealth of this world has not that in it which will answer the desires of the soul, or be any satisfaction to it in a day of distress. God's temple shall stand them in no…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 20-22Their once valuable objects became contaminated because they were used to make offensive idols and images. God would give his treasured land, the home of his sanctuary (Deuteronomy 12:5, 11), to harsh and ruthless pagans. Israel repeatedly failed to distinguish between true and false worship places, continued pagan worship at high places, and even brought idols into the temple (Ezekiel 8). Therefore, God would destroy the pagan worship centers in the land…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2222. pollute my secret place--just retribution for the Jews' pollution of the temple. "Robbers shall enter and defile" the holy of holies, the place of God's manifested presence, entrance into which was denied even to the Levites and priests and was permitted to the high priest only once a year on the great day of atonement.Read the comment

Topics related to Ezekiel 7:22

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In the dictionaries

• Counsel
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• Judge
• Living creatures
• Pour
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Commentaries on Ezekiel 7

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings