Ezekiel 21 · Verse 25

Ezekiel 21:25

And thou, profane wicked prince of Israel, whose day is come, when iniquity shall have an end,
Ezekiel 21:25, King James Version

Ezekiel 21:25 in other translations

BSBAnd you, O profane and wicked prince of Israel, the day has come for your final punishment.’
WEB“‘You, deadly wounded wicked one, the prince of Israel, whose day has come, in the time of the iniquity of the end,
ASVAnd thou, O deadly wounded wicked one, the prince of Israel, whose day is come, in the time of the iniquity of the end,
YLTAnd thou, wounded, wicked one, Prince of Israel, whose day hath come, In the time of the iniquity of the end!
DARBYAnd thou, profane, wicked prince of Israel, whose day is come, at the time of the iniquity of the end,
BBEAnd you, O evil one, wounded to death, O ruler of Israel, whose day has come in the time of the last punishment;
WebsterAnd thou, profane wicked prince of Israel, whose day is come, when iniquity shall have an end,

What does Ezekiel 21:25 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
25. profane--as having desecrated by idolatry and perjury his office as the Lord's anointed. Havernick translates, as in Eze 21:14, "slain," that is, not literally, but virtually; to Ezekiel's idealizing view Zedekiah was the grand victim "pierced through" by God's sword of judgment, as his sons were slain before his eyes, which were then put out, and he was led a captive in chains to Babylon. English Version is better: so Gesenius (2Ch 36:13; Jr 52:2). when iniquity shall have an end--(Eze 21:29). When thine iniquity, having reached its last stage of guilt, shall be put an end to by judgment (Eze 35:5).

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 25 And thou profane wicked prince of Israel - Zedekiah, called here profane, because he had broken his oath; and wicked, because of his opposition to God and his prophet. Whose day is come - Who in a short time shalt be delivered into the hands of thy enemies.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Ezekiel 21:18-27

By the Spirit of prophecy Ezekiel foresaw Nebuchadnezzar's march from Babylon, which he would determine by divination. The Lord would overturn the government of Judah, till the coming of Him whose right it is. This seems to foretell the overturnings of the Jewish nation to the present day, and the troubles of states and kingdoms, which shall make way for establishing the Messiah's kingdom throughout the earth. The…

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Ezekiel 21:25 in the original Hebrew

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וְאַתָּה֙ve.'a.Tahand youH859
חָלָ֣לcha.LalO profane [one]H2491
רָשָׁ֔עra.Sha'wickedH7563
נְשִׂ֖יאne.Si'prince ofH5387
יִשְׂרָאֵ֑לYis.ra.'ElIsraelH3478
אֲשֶׁר\־'a.Sher-whomH834
בָּ֣אba'it has comeH935
יוֹמ֔וֹyo.Moday hisH3117
בְּעֵ֖תbe.'Etat a time ofH6256
עֲוֹ֥ן'a.Vonpunishment ofH5771
קֵֽץ\׃\ \סKetz[the] endH7093

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Ezekiel 21:25

  • Ezekiel 35:5

    Because thou hast had a perpetual hatred, and hast shed the blood of the children of Israel by the force of the sword in the time of their calamity, in the time that their iniquity had an end:

  • Ezekiel 17:19

    Therefore thus saith the Lord God; As I live, surely mine oath that he hath despised, and my covenant that he hath broken, even it will I recompense upon his own head.

  • Jeremiah 52:2

    And he did that which was evil in the eyes of the Lord, according to all that Jehoiakim had done.

  • 2 Chronicles 36:13

    And he also rebelled against king Nebuchadnezzar, who had made him swear by God: but he stiffened his neck, and hardened his heart from turning unto the Lord God of Israel.

  • Ezekiel 21:29

    Whiles they see vanity unto thee, whiles they divine a lie unto thee, to bring thee upon the necks of them that are slain, of the wicked, whose day is come, when their iniquity shall have an end.

  • Psalms 9:5-6

    Thou hast rebuked the heathen, thou hast destroyed the wicked, thou hast put out their name for ever and ever. O thou enemy, destructions are come to a perpetual end: and thou hast destroyed cities; their memorial is perished with them.

  • Jeremiah 51:13

    O thou that dwellest upon many waters, abundant in treasures, thine end is come, and the measure of thy covetousness.

  • Ezekiel 30:3

    For the day is near, even the day of the Lord is near, a cloudy day; it shall be the time of the heathen.

  • Psalms 7:9

    Oh let the wickedness of the wicked come to an end; but establish the just: for the righteous God trieth the hearts and reins.

  • Ezekiel 7:6

    An end is come, the end is come: it watcheth for thee; behold, it is come.

  • Jeremiah 24:8

    And as the evil figs, which cannot be eaten, they are so evil; surely thus saith the Lord, So will I give Zedekiah the king of Judah, and his princes, and the residue of Jerusalem, that remain in this land, and them that dwell in the land of Egypt:

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
profane.
17:19; 2Ch 36:13; Jer 24:8; 52:2
whose.
29; 7:6; 30:3; 35:5; Ps 7:9; 9:5,6; Jer 51:13

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Context

  • Ezekiel 21:24

    Therefore thus saith the Lord God; Because ye have made your iniquity to be remembered, in that your transgressions are discovered, so that in all your doings your sins do appear; because, I say, that ye are come to remembrance, ye shall be taken with the hand.

  • Ezekiel 21:25

    And thou, profane wicked prince of Israel, whose day is come, when iniquity shall have an end,

  • Ezekiel 21:26

    Thus saith the Lord God; Remove the diadem, and take off the crown: this shall not be the same: exalt him that is low, and abase him that is high.

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Ezekiel 21:25 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Y tú, profano é impío príncipe de Israel, cuyo día vino en el tiempo de la consumación de la maldad;
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Tu disposeras un chemin pour que l’épée vienne à Rabba des fils d’Ammon, et un chemin en Juda, pour que l’épée vienne à Jérusalem, la ville forte.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Du sollst einen Weg machen, damit das Schwert nach Rabbath der Kinder Ammon komme, und nach Juda in das befestigte Jerusalem.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Tu autem, profane, impie dux Israël, cujus venit dies in tempore iniquitatis præfinita: