Ezekiel 21:25

Judgment

²³ It will seem like a false omen to the eyes of those who have sworn allegiance to him, but it will draw attention to their guilt and take them captive.

²⁴ Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Because you have drawn attention to your guilt, exposing your transgressions, so that your sins are revealed in all your deeds—because you have come to remembrance—you shall be taken in hand.

And you, O profane and wicked prince of Israel, the day has come for your final punishment.’

²⁶ This is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Remove the turban, and take off the crown. Things will not remain as they are: Exalt the lowly and bring low the exalted.

²⁷ A ruin, a ruin, I will make it a ruin! And it will not be restored until the arrival of Him to whom it belongs, to whom I have assigned the right of judgment.’

This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

BSB: And you, O profane and wicked prince of Israel, the day has come for your final punishment.’
KJV: And thou, profane wicked prince of Israel, whose day is come, when iniquity shall have an end,
WEB: “‘You, deadly wounded wicked one, the prince of Israel, whose day has come, in the time of the iniquity of the end,
ASV: And thou, O deadly wounded wicked one, the prince of Israel, whose day is come, in the time of the iniquity of the end,
DARBY: And thou, profane, wicked prince of Israel, whose day is come, at the time of the iniquity of the end,
BLB: And you, O profane [and] wicked prince of Israel, [for] whom his day has come, in the time of [your] punishment at the end—

ÅB: Og du dødsdømte, du ugudelige, du Israels fyrste, hvis dag er kommet når den misgjerning er skjedd som fører til undergang!
OTB: Og du, vanhellige og ugudelige fyrste av Israel, hvis dag er kommet, ved tiden for den endelige straffen,
B1930: Og du dødsdømte, du ugudelige, du Israels fyrste, hvis dag er kommet når den misgjerning er skjedd som fører til undergang!

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

Ezekiel 35:5
Because you harbored an ancient hatred and delivered the Israelites over to the sword in the time of their disaster at the final stage of their punishment,
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Ezekiel 17:19
Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘As surely as I live, I will bring down upon his head My oath that he despised and My covenant that he broke.
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Jeremiah 52:2
And Zedekiah did evil in the sight of the LORD, just as Jehoiakim had done.
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2 Chronicles 36:13
He also rebelled against King Nebuchadnezzar, who had made him swear by God. But Zedekiah stiffened his neck and hardened his heart against turning to the LORD, the God of Israel.
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Ezekiel 21:29
while they offer false visions for you and lying divinations about you— to be placed on the necks of the wicked who are slain, whose day has come, the time of their final punishment.
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Psalms 9:5–6
You have rebuked the nations; You have destroyed the wicked; You have erased their name forever and ever.
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Jeremiah 51:13
You who dwell by many waters, rich in treasures, your end has come; the thread of your life is cut.
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Ezekiel 30:3
For the day is near, the Day of the LORD is near. It will be a day of clouds, a time of doom for the nations.
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