Ezekiel 7:24

Ezekiel 7:24 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Wherefore I will bring the worst of the heathen, and they shall possess their houses: I will also make the pomp of the strong to cease; and their holy places shall be defiled.
• New International Version (NIV)I will bring the most wicked of nations to take possession of their houses. I will put an end to the pride of the mighty, and their sanctuaries will be desecrated.
• English Standard Version (ESV)I will bring the worst of the nations to take possession of their houses. I will put an end to the pride of the strong, and their holy places shall be profaned.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Therefore I will bring the worst of the Gentiles, And they will possess their houses; I will cause the pomp of the strong to cease, And their holy places shall be defiled.

Context of Ezekiel 7:24

22My face will I turn also from them, and they shall pollute my secret place : for the robbers shall enter into it, and defile it. 23Make a chain: for the land is full of bloody crimes, and the city is full of violence. Therefore I will bring the worst of the heathen, and they shall possess their houses: I will also make the pomp of the strong to cease; and their holy places shall be defiled. 25Destruction cometh; and they shall seek peace, and there shall be none. 26Mischief shall come upon mischief, and rumour shall be upon rumour; then shall they seek a vision of the prophet; but the law shall perish from the priest, and counsel from the elders.

Ezekiel 7:24 word by word

וְהֵֽבֵאתִי֙ רָעֵ֣י גוֹיִ֔ם וְיָרְשׁ֖וּ אֶת־בָּֽתֵּיהֶ֑ם וְהִשְׁבַּתִּי֙ גְּא֣וֹן עַזִּ֔ים וְנִחֲל֖וּ מְקַֽדְשֵׁיהֶֽם׃Read the interlinear

• bringבּוֹאbô' · to come (in): bringH935
• worstרַעra‛ râ‛âh · bad: harmfulH7451
• heathenגּוֹיgôy gôy · nationH1471
• possessיָרַשׁyârash yârêsh · to possess: takeH3423
• housesבַּ֫יִתbayith · house: homeH1004
• pompגָּאוֹןgâ'ôn · prideH1347
• strongעַז‛az · strongH5794
• ceaseשָׁבַתshâbath · to ceaseH7673
• placesקָדַשׁqâdash · to consecrate: consecateH6942
• defiledחָלַלchâlal · to profane/begin: profaneH2490
• defiledנָחַלnâchal · to inheritH5157

Cross-references for Ezekiel 7:24

• Ezekiel 21:31And I will pour out my indignation upon thee, I will blow against thee in the fire of my wrath, and deliver thee into the hand of cruel men, and skilful to destroy.
• Ezekiel 28:7Behold, therefore I will bring strangers upon thee, the terrible of the nations: and they shall draw their swords against the beauty of thy wisdom, and they shall defile thy brightness.
• Psalms 106:41And he gave them into the hand of the heathen; and they that hated them ruled over them.
• Jeremiah 4:7The lion is come up from his thicket, and the destroyer of the Gentiles is on his way; he is gone forth from his place to make thy land desolate; thy cities shall be laid waste, without an inhabitant.
• Jeremiah 12:12The spoilers have come upon all high places through the wilderness: for the sword of the LORD shall devour from the one end of the land even to the other end of the land: no flesh shall have peace.
• Habakkuk 1:6For, lo, I raise up the Chaldeans, that bitter and hasty nation, which shall march through the breadth of the land, to possess the dwellingplaces that are not theirs.
• Jeremiah 6:12And their houses shall be turned to others, with their fields and wives together: for I will stretch out my hand upon the inhabitants of the land, saith the LORD.
• Lamentations 5:2Our inheritance is turned to strangers, our houses to aliens.
• Ezekiel 33:28For I will lay the land most desolate, and the pomp of her strength shall cease; and the mountains of Israel shall be desolate, that none shall pass through.
• Isaiah 5:14Therefore hell hath enlarged herself, and opened her mouth without measure: and their glory, and their multitude, and their pomp, and he that rejoiceth, shall descend into it.
• Ezekiel 21:2Son of man, set thy face toward Jerusalem, and drop thy word toward the holy places, and prophesy against the land of Israel,
• 2 Chronicles 7:19But if ye turn away, and forsake my statutes and my commandments, which I have set before you, and shall go and serve other gods, and worship them;
• Psalms 83:12Who said, Let us take to ourselves the houses of God in possession.

Commentaries on Ezekiel 7:24

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 24The worst of the heathen - The Chaldeans; the most cruel and idolatrous of all nations.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 24The worst of the pagan - The most cruel and terrible of nations - the Chaldaeans. The pomp of the strong - Compare Leviticus 26:19 “The strong” are those who pride themselves in imaginary strength. Their holy places - What elsewhere is called “God‘s Holy place” is here “their holy places,” because God disowns the profaned sanctuary. In the marginal rendering “they” must mean “the worst of the pagan.”Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 23-27Verses 23-27 Whoever break the bands of God's law, will find themselves bound and held by the chains of his judgments. Since they encouraged one another to sin, God would dishearten them. All must needs be in trouble, when God comes to judge them according to their deserts. May the Lord enable us to seek that good part which shall not be taken away.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 23-27Religious leaders (prophets and priests) and civil leaders (kings or princes) could not bring the peace the people wanted. Both the rich and the poor would be powerless when facing judgment. Without guidance or direction, the people would have no hope.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2424. worst of the heathen--literally, "wicked of the nations"; the giving up of Israel to their power will convince the Jews that this is a final overthrow. pomp of ... strong--the pride wherewith men "stiff of forehead" despise the prophet. holy places--the sacred compartments of the temple (Psa 68:35; Jr 51:51) [Calvin]. God calls it "their holy places," because they had so defiled it that He regarded it no longer as His. However, as the defilement of…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