Ezekiel 7:20

Ezekiel 7:20 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)As for the beauty of his ornament, he set it in majesty: but they made the images of their abominations and of their detestable things therein: therefore have I set it far from them.
• New International Version (NIV)They 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.
• English Standard Version (ESV)His beautiful ornament they used for pride, and they made their abominable images and their detestable things of it. Therefore I make it an unclean thing to them.
• New King James Version (NKJV)‘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.

Context of Ezekiel 7:20

18They will also gird on sackcloth. Horror will cover them. Shame will be upon all faces. Baldness will be upon all their heads. 19They will throw their silver in the streets. Their gold will be as garbage. Their silver and their gold cannot deliver them in the day of Adonai’s wrath. They will not satisfy their appetite or fill their bellies, for their iniquity is a stumbling block. They took pride in their beautiful jewelry and made images of their abominations and their detestable idols. Therefore I made it niddah to them. 21I will give it into the hands of the strangers as plunder and to the wicked of the earth as spoil, and they will profane it. 22I will turn My face from them, as they will profane the place I treasure. Robbers will enter it and profane it.

Ezekiel 7:20 word by word

וּצְבִ֤י עֶדְיוֹ֙ לְגָא֣וֹן שָׂמָ֔הוּ וְצַלְמֵ֧י תוֹעֲבֹתָ֛ם שִׁקּוּצֵיהֶ֖ם עָ֣שׂוּ ב֑וֹ עַל־כֵּ֛ן נְתַתִּ֥יו לָהֶ֖ם לְנִדָּֽה׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• As for the beautyצְבִיtsebîy · beautyH6643
• of his ornamentעֲדִי‛ădîy · ornamentH5716
• he setשׂוּםώûm ώîym · to set: makeH7760
• it in majestyגָּאוֹןgâ'ôn · prideH1347
• but they madeעָשָׂה‛âώâh · to makeH6213
• the imagesצֶ֫לֶםtselem · imageH6754
• of their abominationsתּוֹעֵבַהtô‛êbah tô‛êbah · abominationH8441
• of their detestable thingsשִׁקּוּץshiqqûts shiqqûts · abominationH8251
• therein: therefore have I setנָתַןnâthan · to give: makeH5414
• it farנִדָּהniddâh · impurityH5079

Cross-references for Ezekiel 7:20

• Ezekiel 24:21speak to the house of Israel, thus says Adonai Elohim: ‘Behold, I will profane My Sanctuary, the pride of your might, the desire of your eyes and the longing of your soul. Your sons and your daughters that you have left behind will fall by the sword.
• 1 Chronicles 29:1Then King David said to the entire assembly: “My son Solomon, the one whom God has chosen, is young and inexperienced and the task is great, for the palace is not for man but for Adonai Elohim.
• 2 Chronicles 2:9Now, behold, I will give to your servants, the woodsmen who cut the timber, 20,000 measures of ground wheat, 20,000 measures of barley, 20,000 vats of wine and 20,000 vats of oil.”
• Ezra 3:12But many of the kohanim, Levites and patriarchal leaders, older men who had seen the former House, wept loudly at the sight of the founding of this House, while many shouted for joy.
• Psalms 48:2Great is Adonai, and greatly to be praised in the city of our God —His holy mountain.
• Psalms 50:2Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty, God shines forth.
• Psalms 87:2Adonai loves the gates of Zion more than all the dwellings of Jacob.
• Isaiah 64:11Will You restrain Yourself at these things? Adonai, will You stay silent, and afflict us very severely?
• Haggai 2:3“Who remains among you who saw this House in its former glory? So how do you see it now? Does it not seem as nothing in comparison in your eyes?
• Ezekiel 5:11“Therefore, as I live, says Adonai Elohim, surely, because you have defiled My Sanctuary with all your detestable things and with all your abominations, therefore I will shave you off. My eye will not spare, and I will have no pity.
• Ezekiel 8:7He brought me to the door of the court. When I looked, behold, a hole in the wall.
• 2 Kings 21:4He even built altars in Adonai’s House, where Adonai had said, “In Jerusalem I will put My Name.”
• 2 Kings 23:11Then he did away with the horses that the kings of Judah had dedicated to the sun, at the entrance of the House of Adonai, in the colonnades by the chamber of the officer Nethan-melech, and he burned the chariots of the sun with fire.
• 2 Kings 12:2Jehoash began his reign in the seventh year of Jehu and he reigned 40 years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Zibiah of Beer-sheba.
• 2 Chronicles 33:4He built altars in the House of Adonai—of which Adonai had said, “My Name will be in Jerusalem forever.”
• 2 Chronicles 36:14Furthermore, all the leading kohanim and the people became very unfaithful, following all the abominations of the nations. They defiled the House of Adonai, which He had consecrated in Jerusalem.

Commentaries on Ezekiel 7:20

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 20As for the beauty of his ornament - Their beautiful temple was their highest ornament, and God made it majestic by his presence. But they have even taken its riches to make their idols, which they have brought into the very courts of the Lord's house; and therefore God hath set it - the temple, from him - given it up to pillage. Some say it means, "They took their ornaments, which were their pride, and made them into images to worship."Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 20Or, And “the beauty of his ornament, he” (the people) turned “it” to pride. Have I set it far from them - Rather, as in the margin - therefore have I made it their defilement and their disgrace.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. 2020. beauty of his ornament--the temple of Jehovah, the especial glory of the Jews, as a bride glories in her ornaments (the very imagery used by God as to the temple, Eze 16:10, 11). Compare Eze 24:21: "My sanctuary, the excellency of your strength, the desire of your eyes." images ... therein--namely, in the temple (Eze 8:3-17). set it far from them--God had "set" the temple (their "beauty of ornament") "for His majesty"; but they had set up…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