Ezekiel 7:21
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.
20 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.
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.
23 Forge the chain, for the land is full of crimes of bloodshed, and the city is full of violence.
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 I will hand these things over as plunder to foreigners and loot to the wicked of the earth, who will defile them.
- KJV
- And I will give it into the hands of the strangers for a prey, and to the wicked of the earth for a spoil; and they shall pollute it.
- WEB
- I will give it into the hands of the strangers for a prey, and to the wicked of the earth for a plunder; and they will profane it.
- ASV
- And I will give it into the hands of the strangers for a prey, and to the wicked of the earth for a spoil; and they shall profane it.
- DARBY
- And I will give it into the hands of strangers for a prey, and to the wicked of the earth for a spoil; and they shall profane it.
- BLB
- And I will give it into the hands of strangers as plunder, and to the wicked of the earth as spoil, and they will defile it.
- ÅB
- Og jeg vil gi det i de fremmedes hånd som rov og til jordens ugudelige som hærfang, og de skal vanhellige det;
- OTB
- Og jeg vil overgi det til fremmede som bytte, og til jordens ugudelige som rov; og de vil vanhellige det.
- B1930
- Og jeg vil gi det i de fremmedes hånd som rov og til jordens ugudelige som hærfang, og de skal vanhellige det;
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
2 Kings 24:13
As the LORD had declared, Nebuchadnezzar also carried off all the treasures from the house of the LORD and the royal palace, and he cut into pieces all the gold articles that Solomon king of Israel had made in the temple of the LORD.
Read in contextPsalms 74:2–8
Remember Your congregation, which You purchased long ago and redeemed as the tribe of Your inheritance— Mount Zion where You dwell.
Read in context2 Kings 25:13–16
Moreover, the Chaldeans broke up the bronze pillars and stands and the bronze Sea in the house of the LORD, and they carried the bronze to Babylon.
Read in context2 Kings 25:9
He burned down the house of the LORD, the royal palace, and all the houses of Jerusalem—every significant building.
Read in context2 Chronicles 36:18–19
who carried off everything to Babylon—all the articles of the house of God, both large and small, and the treasures of the house of the LORD and of the king and his officials.
Read in contextJeremiah 52:13–23
He burned down the house of the LORD, the royal palace, and all the houses of Jerusalem—every significant building.
Read in contextPsalms 79:1
The nations, O God, have invaded Your inheritance; they have defiled Your holy temple and reduced Jerusalem to rubble.
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