Ezekiel 7:20

Ezekiel 7:20 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)As for the beauty of his ornament, he set it in majesty: but they made the images of their abominations and of their detestable things therein: therefore have I set it far from them.
• New International Version (NIV)They took pride in their beautiful jewelry and used it to make their detestable idols. They made it into vile images; therefore I will make it a thing unclean for them.
• English Standard Version (ESV)His beautiful ornament they used for pride, and they made their abominable images and their detestable things of it. Therefore I make it an unclean thing to them.
• New King James Version (NKJV)‘As for the beauty of his ornaments, He set it in majesty; But they made from it The images of their abominations— Their detestable things; Therefore I have made it Like refuse to them.

Context of Ezekiel 7:20

18They will put on sackcloth, and horror will overwhelm them. Shame will cover all their faces, and all their heads will be bald. 19They will throw their silver into the streets, and their gold will seem like something filthy. Their silver and gold will be unable to save them in the day of the Lord’s wrath. They will not satisfy their appetites or fill their stomachs, for these were the stumbling blocks that brought about their iniquity. He appointed his beautiful ornaments for majesty, but they made their detestable images from them, their abhorrent things. Therefore, I have made these into something filthy to them. 21I will hand these things over to foreigners as plunder and to the wicked of the earth as spoil, and they will profane them. 22I will turn my face from them as they profane my treasured place. Violent men will enter it and profane it.

Ezekiel 7:20 word by word

וּצְבִ֤י עֶדְיוֹ֙ לְגָא֣וֹן שָׂמָ֔הוּ וְצַלְמֵ֧י תוֹעֲבֹתָ֛ם שִׁקּוּצֵיהֶ֖ם עָ֣שׂוּ ב֑וֹ עַל־כֵּ֛ן נְתַתִּ֥יו לָהֶ֖ם לְנִדָּֽה׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• As for the beautyצְבִיtsebîy · beautyH6643
• of his ornamentעֲדִי‛ădîy · ornamentH5716
• he setשׂוּםώûm ώîym · to set: makeH7760
• it in majestyגָּאוֹןgâ'ôn · prideH1347
• but they madeעָשָׂה‛âώâh · to makeH6213
• the imagesצֶ֫לֶםtselem · imageH6754
• of their abominationsתּוֹעֵבַהtô‛êbah tô‛êbah · abominationH8441
• of their detestable thingsשִׁקּוּץshiqqûts shiqqûts · abominationH8251
• therein: therefore have I setנָתַןnâthan · to give: makeH5414
• it farנִדָּהniddâh · impurityH5079

Cross-references for Ezekiel 7:20

• Ezekiel 24:21Say to the house of Israel, ‘This is what the Lord God says: I am about to desecrate my sanctuary, the pride of your power, the delight of your eyes, and the desire of your heart. Also, the sons and daughters you left behind will fall by the sword.
• 1 Chronicles 29:1Then King David said to all the assembly, “My son Solomon — God has chosen him alone — is young and inexperienced. The task is great because the building will not be built for a human but for the Lord God.
• 2 Chronicles 2:9to prepare logs for me in abundance because the temple I am building will be great and wondrous.
• Ezra 3:12But many of the older priests, Levites, and family heads, who had seen the first temple, wept loudly when they saw the foundation of this temple, but many others shouted joyfully.
• Psalms 48:2rising splendidly, is the joy of the whole earth. Mount Zion — the summit of Zaphon — is the city of the great King.
• Psalms 50:2From Zion, the perfection of beauty, God appears in radiance.
• Psalms 87:2The Lord loves Zion’s city gates more than all the dwellings of Jacob.
• Isaiah 64:11Our holy and beautiful temple, where our ancestors praised you, has been burned down, and all that was dear to us lies in ruins.
• Haggai 2:3‘Who is left among you who saw this house in its former glory? How does it look to you now? Doesn’t it seem to you like nothing by comparison?
• Ezekiel 5:11“Therefore, as I live” — this is the declaration of the Lord God — “I will withdraw and show you no pity, because you have defiled my sanctuary with all your abhorrent acts and detestable practices. Yes, I will not spare you.
• Ezekiel 8:7Then he brought me to the entrance of the court, and when I looked there was a hole in the wall.
• 2 Kings 21:4He built altars in the Lord’s temple, where the Lord had said, “Jerusalem is where I will put my name.”
• 2 Kings 23:11He did away with the horses that the kings of Judah had dedicated to the sun. They had been at the entrance of the Lord’s temple in the precincts by the chamber of Nathan-melech, the eunuch. He also burned the chariots of the sun.
• 2 Kings 12:2Throughout the time the priest Jehoiada instructed him, Joash did what was right in the Lord’s sight.
• 2 Chronicles 33:4He built altars in the Lord’s temple, where the Lord had said, “Jerusalem is where my name will remain forever.”
• 2 Chronicles 36:14All the leaders of the priests and the people multiplied their unfaithful deeds, imitating all the detestable practices of the nations, and they defiled the Lord’s temple that he had consecrated in Jerusalem.

Commentaries on Ezekiel 7:20

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 20As for the beauty of his ornament - Their beautiful temple was their highest ornament, and God made it majestic by his presence. But they have even taken its riches to make their idols, which they have brought into the very courts of the Lord's house; and therefore God hath set it - the temple, from him - given it up to pillage. Some say it means, "They took their ornaments, which were their pride, and made them into images to worship."Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 20Or, And “the beauty of his ornament, he” (the people) turned “it” to pride. Have I set it far from them - Rather, as in the margin - therefore have I made it their defilement and their disgrace.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. 2020. beauty of his ornament--the temple of Jehovah, the especial glory of the Jews, as a bride glories in her ornaments (the very imagery used by God as to the temple, Eze 16:10, 11). Compare Eze 24:21: "My sanctuary, the excellency of your strength, the desire of your eyes." images ... therein--namely, in the temple (Eze 8:3-17). set it far from them--God had "set" the temple (their "beauty of ornament") "for His majesty"; but they had set up…Read the comment

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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