Ezekiel 7:21

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.

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Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
give	וּנְתַתִּ֤יו u.ne.ta.Tiv	H5414	to give · conjunction + verb, qal sequential perfect, 1st person common singular + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine singular
hands	בְּיַֽד be.yad-	H3027	a hand (the open one (indicating power · preposition + noun, common both genders singular construct
strangers	הַזָּרִים֙ ha.za.Rim	H2114	to turn aside (especially for lodging) · definite article + adjective, masculine plural absolute
prey	לָבַ֔ז la.Vaz	H957	plunder · preposition + noun, common masculine singular absolute
wicked	וּלְרִשְׁעֵ֥י u.le.rish.'Ei	H7563	morally wrong · conjunction + preposition + noun, common masculine plural construct
earth	הָאָ֖רֶץ ha.'A.retz	H776	the earth (at large · definite article + noun, common feminine singular absolute
spoil	לְשָׁלָ֑ל le.sha.Lal	H7998	booty · preposition + noun, common masculine singular absolute
pollute	וְחִלְּלֽוּהוּ ve.chil.lu.hu	H2490	properly · conjunction + verb, piel sequential perfect, 3rd person common plural + pronominal suffix, 3rd person feminine singular

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Cross-references

2 Kings 24:13 And he carried out thence all the treasures of the house of the LORD, and the treasures of the king’s house, and cut in pieces all the vesse…
Psalms 74:2-8 Remember thy congregation, which thou hast purchased of old; the rod of thine inheritance, which thou hast redeemed; this mount Zion, wherei…
2 Kings 25:9 And he burnt the house of the LORD, and the king’s house, and all the houses of Jerusalem, and every great man’s house burnt he with fire.
2 Kings 25:13-16 And the pillars of brass that were in the house of the LORD, and the bases, and the brasen sea that was in the house of the LORD, did the Ch…
2 Chronicles 36:18-19 And all the vessels of the house of God, great and small, and the treasures of the house of the LORD, and the treasures of the king, and of…
Psalms 79:1 O God, the heathen are come into thine inheritance; thy holy temple have they defiled; they have laid Jerusalem on heaps.
Jeremiah 52:13-23 And burned the house of the LORD, and the king’s house; and all the houses of Jerusalem, and all the houses of the great men, burned he with…

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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 7:21

strangers--barbarous and savage nations.

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 on Ezekiel 7:21

And I will give it into the hands of the strangers for a prey,.... The Babylonians, who lived in a foreign country, and were strangers to the commonwealth of Israel; the temple was suffered of the Lord to fall into their hands as a prey; who spoiled it of all its riches and glory, and carried away the vessels of gold, of silver, and of brass, and other valuable things; see Jeremiah 52:17; and to the wicked of the earth for a spoil; meaning the same persons, and the same thing, and the same use they should make of it; for not the wicked of the world in general are meant, but of the land, or this land; the land of Babylon, where the prophet was: and they shall pollute it; by entering into it…

The Church Fathers

(Verse 21) Therefore I gave them over to uncleanness: and I will give them into the hands of foreigners to plunder them, and to the wicked of the earth as prey, and they will defile it. LXX: Therefore I gave them over to uncleanness: and I will give them into the hands of foreigners to plunder them, and to the pestilential ones of the earth as prey, and they will pollute it. Because they made for themselves images of their abominations and idols from the gold and silver and ornaments of their necklaces, which I had given them, therefore I gave them into uncleanness and into excrement. For which Symmachus interpreted, expressing disgust, wanting to cleanse the filth of the idols. And he said, 'I will deliver these into the hands of the enemy, so that they may plunder everything, and not only defile them, but also demonstrate that they, which previously seemed most sacred, are contaminated.' We too are delivered into the hands of our enemies and strangers to God when we make our ornaments into images of demons, and all our glory is possessed by the impious or the plagues of the earth, so that they may subject us to their power.
— Jerome, Commentary on Ezekiel

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Ezekiel 7:21

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Ezekiel 7:16-22

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Ezekiel 7:21

Adam Clarke on Ezekiel 7:20

John Gill on Ezekiel 7:21

The Church Fathers

Ezekiel 7:21

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Ezekiel 7:16-22

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Ezekiel 7:21

Adam Clarke on Ezekiel 7:20

John Gill on Ezekiel 7:21

The Church Fathers

John Calvin on Ezekiel 7:21

Keil & Delitzsch on Ezekiel 7:15-22

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Ezekiel 7:20-22

Rashi on Ezekiel 7:20