Ezekiel 7:22
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.
21 And I will hand these things over as plunder to foreigners and loot to the wicked of the earth, who will defile them.
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.
24 So I will bring the most wicked of nations to take possession of their houses. I will end the pride of the mighty, and their holy places will be profaned.
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
- 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.
- KJV
- My face will I turn also from them, and they shall pollute my secret place: for the robbers shall enter into it, and defile it.
- WEB
- I will also turn my face from them, and they will profane my secret place. Robbers will enter into it, and profane it.
- ASV
- My face will I turn also from them, and they shall profane my secret [place]; and robbers shall enter into it, and profane it.
- DARBY
- And I will turn my face from them; and they shall profane my secret [place]; and the violent shall enter into it, and profane it.
- BLB
- And I will turn away My face from them, and they will defile My treasured place—and robbers will come into it, and they will defile it!
- ÅB
- Og jeg vil vende mitt åsyn bort fra dem[^3], og de[^4] skal vanhellige min skatt[^5]; røvere skal komme inn over den og vanhellige den.
- OTB
- Jeg vil vende mitt ansikt bort fra dem, og de vil vanhellige min skatt; røvere vil komme inn og vanhellige det.
- B1930
- Og jeg vil vende mitt åsyn bort fra dem, og de skal vanhellige min skatt; røvere skal komme inn over den og vanhellige den. / < jødene.> / < fiendene.> / < tempelskatten.>
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Jeremiah 18:17
I will scatter them before the enemy like the east wind. I will show them My back and not My face in the day of their calamity.”
Read in contextPsalms 35:22
O LORD, You have seen it; be not silent. O Lord, be not far from me.
Read in contextPsalms 10:11
He says to himself, “God has forgotten; He hides His face and never sees.”
Read in contextEzekiel 39:23–24
And the nations will know that the house of Israel went into exile for their iniquity, because they were unfaithful to Me. So I hid My face from them and delivered them into the hands of their enemies, so that they all fell by the sword.
Read in contextPsalms 74:18–23
Remember how the enemy has mocked You, O LORD, how a foolish people has spurned Your name.
Read in contextPsalms 74:10–11
How long, O God, will the enemy taunt You? Will the foe revile Your name forever?
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