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

22I will turn My face from them, as they will profane the place I treasure. Robbers will enter it and profane it. 23“Forge the chain! For the land is full of bloodshed. The city is full of violence. I will bring the wicked of the nations. They will possess their houses. So I will end the pride of the strong, when their holy places are profaned. 25Shuddering comes. They will seek peace but there will be none. 26Disaster upon disaster will come, and rumor upon rumor. They will seek a vision from a prophet, but Torah will perish from the kohen 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

Words taken from the KJV.

• Wherefore I will bringבּוֹאbô' · to come (in): bringH935
• the worstרַעra‛ râ‛âh · bad: harmfulH7451
• of the heathenגּוֹיgôy gôy · nationH1471
• and they shall possessיָרַשׁyârash yârêsh · to possess: takeH3423
• their housesבַּ֫יִתbayith · house: homeH1004
• I will also make the pompגָּאוֹןgâ'ôn · prideH1347
• of the strongעַז‛az · strongH5794
• to ceaseשָׁבַתshâbath · to ceaseH7673
• and their holy placesקָדַשׁqâdash · to consecrate: consecateH6942
• shall be defiledנָחַלnâchal · to inheritH5157
• shall be defiledחָלַלchâlal · to profane/begin: profaneH2490

Cross-references for Ezekiel 7:24

• Ezekiel 21:31Thus says Adonai Elohim: “Remove the turban, take off the crown! This will no longer be the same. What is low will be exalted. What is high will be abased.
• Ezekiel 28:7behold, I will bring strangers against you, the ruthless of the nations. They will draw their swords against the beauty of your wisdom. They will defile your splendor.
• Psalms 106:41He handed them to the nations— those who hated them ruled over them.
• Jeremiah 4:7A lion has come up from his thicket— a destroyer of nations has set out. He has left his place to make your land a wasteland. Your cities will lie in ruins, without inhabitant.
• Jeremiah 12:12On all the bare hills in the wilderness destroyers have come. For the sword of Adonai is devouring from the one end of the land to the other end of the land. No flesh has shalom.
• Habakkuk 1:6For I am about to raise up the Chaldeans, that bitter, impetuous nation, marching all over the land, to seize dwellings not its own.
• Jeremiah 6:12Their homes will be turned over to others—together with their fields and their wives. For I will stretch out My hand on the inhabitants of the land.” It is a declaration of Adonai.
• Lamentations 5:2Our inheritance is turned over to strangers, our homes to foreigners.
• Ezekiel 33:28I will make the land a desolation and a horror. The pride of her power will cease. The mountains of Israel will be desolate, so that no one will pass through.’
• Isaiah 5:14Therefore Sheol has enlarged its gullet and opened its measureless mouth— down goes her glory, her tumult, her uproar, and the revelry in her.
• Ezekiel 21:2“Son of man, set your face toward Teman and proclaim to the South. Prophesy against the brush land of the Negev.
• 2 Chronicles 7:19But if you turn away and forsake My decrees and My mitzvot that I have set before you, and go and serve other gods and worship them,
• Psalms 83:12Make their nobles like Oreb and Zeeb— all their princes like Zebah and Zalmunna,

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