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 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 like refuse; Their silver and their gold will not be able to deliver them In the day of the wrath of the Lord; They will not satisfy their souls, Nor fill their stomachs, Because it became their stumbling block of iniquity. 20‘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. 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. 22I will turn My face from them, And they will defile My secret place; For robbers shall enter it and defile it. 23‘Make a chain, For the land is filled with crimes of blood, 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 24:13And he carried out from there all the treasures of the house of the Lord and the treasures of the king’s house, and he cut in pieces all the articles of gold which Solomon king of Israel had made in the temple of the Lord, as the Lord had said.
• 2 Kings 25:9He burned the house of the Lord and the king’s house; all the houses of Jerusalem, that is, all the houses of the great, he burned with fire.
• 2 Chronicles 36:18And all the articles from the house of God, great and small, the treasures of the house of the Lord, and the treasures of the king and of his leaders, all these he took to Babylon.
• Psalms 74:2Remember Your congregation, which You have purchased of old, The tribe of Your inheritance, which You have redeemed— This Mount Zion where You have dwelt.
• Psalms 79:1O God, the nations have come into Your inheritance; Your holy temple they have defiled; They have laid Jerusalem in heaps.
• Jeremiah 52:13He burned the house of the Lord and the king’s house; all the houses of Jerusalem, that is, all the houses of the great, he burned with fire.

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