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.
• 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.
• New Living Translation (NLT)I will give it as plunder to foreigners, to the most wicked of nations, and they will defile it.

Context of Ezekiel 7:21

19“ ‘They will throw their silver into the streets, and their gold will be treated as a thing unclean. Their silver and gold will not be able to deliver them in the day of the Lord’s wrath. It will not satisfy their hunger or fill their stomachs, for it has caused them to stumble into sin. 20They 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. I will give their wealth as plunder to foreigners and as loot to the wicked of the earth, who will defile it. 22I will turn my face away from the people, and robbers will desecrate the place I treasure. They will enter it and will defile it. 23“ ‘Prepare chains! For the land is full of bloodshed, and the city is full of 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 24:13As the Lord had declared, Nebuchadnezzar removed the treasures from the temple of the Lord and from the royal palace, and cut up the gold articles that Solomon king of Israel had made for the temple of the Lord.
• 2 Kings 25:9He set fire to the temple of the Lord, the royal palace and all the houses of Jerusalem. Every important building he burned down.
• 2 Chronicles 36:18He carried to Babylon all the articles from the temple of God, both large and small, and the treasures of the Lord’s temple and the treasures of the king and his officials.
• Psalms 74:2Remember the nation you purchased long ago, the people of your inheritance, whom you redeemed— Mount Zion, where you dwelt.
• Psalms 79:1O God, the nations have invaded your inheritance; they have defiled your holy temple, they have reduced Jerusalem to rubble.
• Jeremiah 52:13He set fire to the temple of the Lord, the royal palace and all the houses of Jerusalem. Every important building he burned down.

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