Ezekiel 7:22

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 jewelry and used it to make detestable idols and vile images. Therefore, I will make all their wealth disgusting to them. 21I will give it as plunder to foreigners, to the most wicked of nations, and they will defile it. I will turn my eyes from them as these robbers invade and defile my treasured land. 23“Prepare chains for my people, for the land is bloodied by terrible crimes. Jerusalem is filled with violence. 24I will bring the most ruthless of nations to occupy their homes. I will break down their proud fortresses and defile their sanctuaries.

Ezekiel 7:22 word by word

וַהֲסִבּוֹתִ֤י פָנַי֙ מֵהֶ֔ם וְחִלְּל֖וּ אֶת־צְפוּנִ֑י וּבָאוּ־בָ֥הּ פָּרִיצִ֖ים וְחִלְּלֽוּהָ׃ פRead the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• My faceפָּנֶהpânîym · faceH6440
• will I turnסָבַבsâbab · to turn: turnH5437
• also from them, and they shall polluteחָלַלchâlal · to profane/begin: profaneH2490
• my secretצָפַןtsâphan · to treasureH6845
• for the robbersפָּרִיץperîyts · violentH6530
• shall enterבּוֹאbô' · to come (in): comeH935

Cross-references for Ezekiel 7:22

• Psalms 10:11The wicked think, “God isn’t watching us! He has closed his eyes and won’t even see what we do!”
• Psalms 35:22O Lord, you know all about this. Do not stay silent. Do not abandon me now, O Lord.
• Psalms 74:10How long, O God, will you allow our enemies to insult you? Will you let them dishonor your name forever?
• Jeremiah 18:17I will scatter my people before their enemies as the east wind scatters dust. And in all their trouble I will turn my back on them and refuse to notice their distress.”

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

Topics related to Ezekiel 7:22

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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