Ezekiel 7:20

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.

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Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
beauty	וּצְבִ֤י u.tze.Vi	H6643	splendor (as conspicuous) · conjunction + noun, common masculine singular construct
ornament	עֶדְיוֹ֙ ed.Yo	H5716	finery · noun, common masculine singular construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine singular
set	שָׂמָ֔הוּ sa.Ma.hu	H7760	to put (used in a great variety of applications · verb, qal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine singular
majesty	לְגָא֣וֹן le.ga.'on	H1347	arrogance or majesty · preposition + noun, common masculine singular absolute
made	עָ֣שׂוּ 'A.su	H6213	to do or make · verb, qal perfect, 3rd person common plural
images	וְצַלְמֵ֧י ve.tzal.Mei	H6754	a phantom · conjunction + noun, common masculine plural construct
abominations	תוֹעֲבֹתָ֛ם to.'a.vo.Tam	H8441	properly · noun, common feminine plural construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine plural
things	שִׁקּוּצֵיהֶ֖ם shi.ku.tzei.Hem	H8251	disgusting · noun, common masculine plural construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine plural
set	נְתַתִּ֥יו ne.ta.Tiv	H5414	to give · verb, qal perfect, 1st person common singular + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine singular
far	לְנִדָּֽה le.ni.Dah	H5079	properly · preposition + noun, common feminine singular absolute

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Cross-references

Ezekiel 24:21 Speak unto the house of Israel, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will profane my sanctuary, the excellency of your strength, the desire of…
Jeremiah 7:30 For the children of Judah have done evil in my sight, saith the LORD: they have set their abominations in the house which is called by my na…
Isaiah 64:11 Our holy and our beautiful house, where our fathers praised thee, is burned up with fire: and all our pleasant things are laid waste.
Ezekiel 8:7-10 And he brought me to the door of the court; and when I looked, behold a hole in the wall.
Ezekiel 8:15-16 Then said he unto me, Hast thou seen this, O son of man? turn thee yet again, and thou shalt see greater abominations than these.
Ezekiel 9:7 And he said unto them, Defile the house, and fill the courts with the slain: go ye forth. And they went forth, and slew in the city.
2 Kings 21:4 And he built altars in the house of the LORD, of which the LORD said, In Jerusalem will I put my name.
2 Kings 21:7 And he set a graven image of the grove that he had made in the house, of which the LORD said to David, and to Solomon his son, In this house…

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Ezekiel 7:16-22

We have attended the fate of those that are cut off, and are now to attend the flight of those that have an opportunity of escaping the danger; some of them shall escape (Eze 7:16), but what the better? As good die once as, in a miserable life, die a thousand deaths, and escape only like Cain to be fugitives and vagabonds, and afraid of being slain by every one they meet; so shall these be. I. They shall have no comfort or satisfaction in their own minds, but be in continual anguish and terror; for, wherever they go, they carry about with them guilty consciences, which make them a burden to themselves. 1. They shall be always solitary and under prevailing melancholy; they shall not be in the…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Ezekiel 7:20

beauty of his ornament--the temple of Jehovah, the especial glory of the Jews, as a bride glories in her ornaments (the very imagery used by God as to the temple, Eze 16:10-11). Compare Eze 24:21 : "My sanctuary, the excellency of your strength, the desire of your eyes." images . . . therein--namely, in the temple (Eze 8:3-17). set it far from them--God had "set" the temple (their "beauty of ornament") "for His majesty"; but they had set up "abominations therein"; therefore God, in just retribution, "set it far from them," (that is, removed them far from it, or took it away from them [VATABLUS]). The Margin translates, "Made it unto them an unclean thing" (compare Margin on Eze 7:19, "re…

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Adam Clarke on Ezekiel 7:20

As for the beauty of his ornament - Their beautiful temple was their highest ornament, and God made it majestic by his presence. But they have even taken its riches to make their idols, which they have brought into the very courts of the Lord's house; and therefore God hath set it - the temple, from him - given it up to pillage. Some say it means, "They took their ornaments, which were their pride, and made them into images to worship."

John Gill

The Church Fathers

(Verse 20) And they put the ornament of their necklaces upon their pride, and they made images of their abominations and idols from it. LXX: The chosen ones of the world have put it upon their pride, and they have made images of their abominations and stumbling blocks from it. Which I, he says, had given as an ornament to those who possessed and to the wealthy, they have turned into pride, so that they could use them to free their own souls through alms and good works, and from them they had material for arrogance. Finally, they made idols out of gold and silver, and turned my gifts into images of demons. Moreover, what the Seventy said is applicable to their pride in bringing gold and silver: nothing is considered more precious in the world. And what follows, we know is found in Theodotion. The meaning is easily understood according to the allegory, that heretics have used gold and silver, the senses and the words of Scripture that have been chosen as the world's treasures, and which have been given to us as ornaments, as fuel and material for pride, and they have made images of various doctrines and abominations and stumbling blocks from them, so that by means of these they could worship and adore God, but instead they offend God.
— Jerome, Commentary on Ezekiel

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Dictionary and topics

Idolatry · Objects of described as: Images of abomination — Objects of described as: Images of abomination

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

Ezekiel 7:20

Word by word — the Hebrew

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Ezekiel 7:16-22

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Ezekiel 7:20

Adam Clarke on Ezekiel 7:20

John Gill

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Ezekiel 7:20

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Ezekiel 7:16-22

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Ezekiel 7:20

Adam Clarke on Ezekiel 7:20

John Gill

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

John Calvin on Ezekiel 7:20

Keil & Delitzsch on Ezekiel 7:15-22

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Ezekiel 7:20-22

Rashi on Ezekiel 7:20