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Ezekiel 7:20

Judgment

18 They will put on sackcloth, and terror will overwhelm them. Shame will cover all their faces, and all their heads will be shaved.

19 They will throw their silver into the streets, and their gold will seem unclean. Their silver and gold cannot save them in the day of the wrath of the LORD. They cannot satisfy their appetites or fill their stomachs with wealth, for it became the stumbling block that brought their iniquity.

His beautiful ornaments they transformed into pride and used them to fashion their vile images and detestable idols. Therefore I will make these into something unclean for them.

21 And I will hand these things over as plunder to foreigners and loot to the wicked of the earth, who will defile them.

22 I will turn My face away from them, and they will defile My treasured place. Violent men will enter it, and they will defile it.

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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.

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BSB
His beautiful ornaments they transformed into pride and used them to fashion their vile images and detestable idols. Therefore I will make these into something unclean for them.
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.
WEB
As for the beauty of his ornament, he set it in majesty; but they made the images of their abominations and their detestable things therein. Therefore I have made it to them as an unclean thing.
ASV
As for the beauty of his ornament, he set it in majesty; but they made the images of their abominations [and] their detestable things therein: therefore have I made it unto them as an unclean thing.
DARBY
And he set in majesty his beautiful ornament; but they made therein the images of their abominations [and] of their detestable things: therefore have I made it an impurity unto them.
BLB
And the beauty of His ornament, in majesty he set it, and the images of their abominations, their detestable things they made with it. Upon thus I have made it for them like refuse.
ÅB
og sine prektige smykker som er laget av det, har de brukt til storaktighet, og sine avskyelige bilder, sine avskyelige avguder har de gjort av det; derfor gjør jeg det til urenhet for dem.
OTB
De stolte på sine vakre smykker og brukte dem til å lage sine avskyelige avguder. De gjorde det til avskyelige bilder; derfor vil jeg gjøre det til en avskyelig ting for dem.
B1930
og sine prektige smykker som er laget av det, har de brukt til storaktighet, og sine vederstyggelige billeder, sine avskyelige avguder har de gjort av det; derfor gjør jeg det til urenhet for dem.

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Cross references

  • Ezekiel 24:21

    Tell the house of Israel that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘I am about to desecrate My sanctuary, the pride of your power, the desire of your eyes, and the delight of your soul. And the sons and daughters you left behind will fall by the sword.’

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  • Jeremiah 7:30

    For the people of Judah have done evil in My sight, declares the LORD. They have set up their abominations in the house that bears My Name, and so have defiled it.

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  • Ezekiel 8:15–16

    “Son of man,” He said to me, “do you see this? Yet you will see even greater abominations than these.”

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  • Ezekiel 9:7

    Then He told them, “Defile the temple and fill the courts with the slain. Go forth!” So they went out and began killing throughout the city.

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  • Isaiah 64:11

    Our holy and beautiful temple, where our fathers praised You, has been burned with fire, and all that was dear to us lies in ruins.

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  • Ezekiel 8:7–10

    Then He brought me to the entrance to the court, and I looked and saw a hole in the wall.

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  • 2 Kings 21:7

    Manasseh even took the carved Asherah pole he had made and set it up in the temple, of which the LORD had said to David and his son Solomon, “In this temple and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, I will establish My Name forever.

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  • Ezra 3:12

    But many of the older priests, Levites, and family heads who had seen the first temple wept loudly when they saw the foundation of this temple. Still, many others shouted joyfully.

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