Ezekiel 7:21

Ezekiel 7:21 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And I will give it into the hands of the strangers for a prey, and to the wicked of the earth for a spoil; and they shall pollute it.
• New International Version (NIV)I will give their wealth as plunder to foreigners and as loot to the wicked of the earth, who will defile it.
• English Standard Version (ESV)And I will give it into the hands of foreigners for prey, and to the wicked of the earth for spoil, and they shall profane it.
• New King James Version (NKJV)I will give it as plunder Into the hands of strangers, And to the wicked of the earth as spoil; And they shall defile it.

Context of Ezekiel 7:21

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. 20He 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. I 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. 23Forge the chain, for the land is filled with crimes of bloodshed, and the city is filled with violence.

Ezekiel 7:21 word by word

וּנְתַתִּ֤יו בְּיַֽד־הַזָּרִים֙ לָבַ֔ז וּלְרִשְׁעֵ֥י הָאָ֖רֶץ לְשָׁלָ֑ל וְחִלְּלֽוּהוּ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And I will giveנָתַןnâthan · to give: giveH5414
• it into the handsיָדyâd · hand: powerH3027
• of the strangersזוּרzûr · be a strangerH2114
• for a preyבַּזbaz · plunderH957
• and to the wickedרָשָׁעrâshâ‛ · wickedH7563
• of the earthאֶ֫רֶץ'erets · land: country/planetH776
• for a spoilשָׁלָלshâlâl · spoilH7998
• and they shall polluteחָלַלchâlal · to profane/begin: profaneH2490

Cross-references for Ezekiel 7:21

• 2 Kings 24:13He also carried off from there all the treasures of the Lord’s temple and the treasures of the king’s palace, and he cut into pieces all the gold articles that King Solomon of Israel had made for the Lord’s sanctuary, just as the Lord had predicted.
• 2 Kings 25:9He burned the Lord’s temple, the king’s palace, and all the houses of Jerusalem; he burned down all the great houses.
• 2 Chronicles 36:18He took everything to Babylon — all the articles of God’s temple, large and small, the treasures of the Lord’s temple, and the treasures of the king and his officials.
• Psalms 74:2Remember your congregation, which you purchased long ago and redeemed as the tribe for your own possession. Remember Mount Zion where you dwell.
• Psalms 79:1God, the nations have invaded your inheritance, desecrated your holy temple, and turned Jerusalem into ruins.
• Jeremiah 52:13He burned the Lord’s temple, the king’s palace, all the houses of Jerusalem; he burned down all the great houses.

Commentaries on Ezekiel 7:21

• 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. 2121. strangers--barbarous and savage nations.Read the comment

In the dictionaries

• Counsel
• Devour
• Judge
• Living creatures
• Pour
• Profane
• Zedekiah (2)

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