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Ezekiel 7:20
20And he set in majesty his beautiful ornament; but they made therein the images of their abominations [and] of their detestable things: therefore have I made it an impurity unto them.
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
18And they shall gird on sackcloth, and horror shall cover them; and shame shall be upon all faces, and baldness upon all their heads. 19They shall cast their silver in the streets, and their gold shall be as an impurity: their silver and their gold shall not be able to deliver them in the day of Jehovah's wrath; they shall not satisfy their souls, neither fill their belly; for it hath been the stumbling-block of their iniquity. And he set in majesty his beautiful ornament; but they made therein the images of their abominations [and] of their detestable things: therefore have I made it an impurity unto them. 21And I will give it into the hands of strangers for a prey, and to the wicked of the earth for a spoil; and they shall profane it. 22And I will turn my face from them; and they shall profane my secret [place]; and the violent shall enter into it, and profane it.
Read all of Ezekiel 7Ezekiel 7:20 word by word
וּצְבִ֤י עֶדְיוֹ֙ לְגָא֣וֹן שָׂמָ֔הוּ וְצַלְמֵ֧י תוֹעֲבֹתָ֛ם שִׁקּוּצֵיהֶ֖ם עָ֣שׂוּ ב֑וֹ עַל־כֵּ֛ן נְתַתִּ֥יו לָהֶ֖ם לְנִדָּֽה׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Ezekiel 7:20
- Ezekiel 24:21Say unto the house of Israel, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Behold, I will profane my sanctuary, the pride of your strength, the desire of your eyes, and your soul's longing; and your sons and your daughters whom ye have left behind shall fall by the sword.
- 1 Chronicles 29:1And king David said to all the congregation, Solomon my son, the one whom God has chosen, is young and tender, and the work is great; for this palace is not to be for man, but for Jehovah Elohim.
- 2 Chronicles 2:9even to prepare me timber in abundance: for the house that I build shall be great and wonderful.
- Ezra 3:12But many of the priests and Levites and chief fathers, the ancient men that had seen the first house, wept with a loud voice, [when] the foundation of this house was laid in their sight; and many shouted aloud for joy.
- Psalms 48:2Beautiful in elevation, the joy of the whole earth, is mount Zion, [on] the sides of the north, the city of the great King.
- Psalms 50:2Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty, God hath shined forth.
- Psalms 87:2Jehovah loveth the gates of Zion more than all the habitations of Jacob.
- Isaiah 64:11Our holy and our beautiful house, where our fathers praised thee, is burnt up with fire, and all our precious things are laid waste.
- Haggai 2:3Who is left among you that saw this house in its former glory? and how do ye see it now? Is it not as nothing in your eyes?
- Ezekiel 5:11Wherefore, [as] I live, saith the Lord Jehovah, verily because thou hast defiled my sanctuary with all thy detestable things, and with all thine abominations, therefore will I also withdraw mine eye, and it shall not spare, nor will I have any pity.
- Ezekiel 8:7And he brought me to the entry of the court, and I looked, and behold, a hole in the wall.
- 2 Kings 21:4And he built altars in the house of Jehovah, of which Jehovah had said, In Jerusalem will I put my name.
- 2 Kings 23:11And he abolished the horses that the kings of Judah had appointed to the sun at the entrance of the house of Jehovah, by the chamber of Nathan-melech the chamberlain, which was in the suburbs, and burned the chariots of the sun, with fire.
- 2 Kings 12:2And Jehoash did what was right in the sight of Jehovah, all the days wherein Jehoiada the priest instructed him.
- 2 Chronicles 33:4And he built altars in the house of Jehovah, of which Jehovah had said, In Jerusalem shall my name be for ever.
- 2 Chronicles 36:14All the chiefs of the priests also, and the people, increased their transgressions, according to all the abominations of the nations; and they defiled the house of Jehovah which he had hallowed 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
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