God’s Word Translation
Ezekiel 7:22
22I will turn my face away from the people of Israel, and foreigners will dishonor my treasured place. Robbers will go in and dishonor it.
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
20They were proud of their beautiful jewels and used them to make disgusting and detestable statues ⌞of false gods⌟. That is why I will make their jewels disgusting. 21I will hand their jewels over to foreigners as loot and to the most evil people on earth as prizes. These foreigners will dishonor the people of Israel. I will turn my face away from the people of Israel, and foreigners will dishonor my treasured place. Robbers will go in and dishonor it. 23“Get the chains ready! The land is filled with murder, and the city is filled with violence. 24So I will send the most evil nation, and it will take possession of people’s houses. I will stop those who are strong from feeling proud, and their holy places will be dishonored.
Read all of Ezekiel 7Ezekiel 7:22 word by word
וַהֲסִבּוֹתִ֤י פָנַי֙ מֵהֶ֔ם וְחִלְּל֖וּ אֶת־צְפוּנִ֑י וּבָאוּ־בָ֥הּ פָּרִיצִ֖ים וְחִלְּלֽוּהָ׃ פRead the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Ezekiel 7:22
- Psalms 10:11He says to himself, “God has forgotten. He has hidden his face. He will never see it!”
- Psalms 35:22You have seen it, O Lord. Do not remain silent. O Lord, do not be so far away from me.
- Psalms 74:10How long, O God, will the enemy insult us? Will the enemy despise you forever?
- Jeremiah 18:17Like the east wind I will scatter them in front of the enemy. On the day of their disaster, I will show them my back, not my face.”
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
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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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