Ezekiel 7 · Verse 21

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.
Ezekiel 7:21, King James Version

Ezekiel 7:21 in other translations

BSBAnd I will hand these things over as plunder to foreigners and loot to the wicked of the earth, who will defile them.
WEBI 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.
ASVAnd 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.
YLTAnd I have given it into the hand of the strangers for a prey, And to the wicked of the land for a spoil, And they have polluted it.
DARBYAnd 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.
BBEAnd I will give it into the hands of men from strange lands who will take it by force, and to the evil-doers of the earth to have for themselves; and they will make it unholy.
WebsterAnd 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.

What does Ezekiel 7:21 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
21. strangers--barbarous and savage nations.

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

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Ezekiel 7:16-22

Sooner or later, sin will cause sorrow; and those who will not repent of their sin, may justly be left to pine away in it. There are many whose wealth is their snare and ruin; and the gaining the world is the losing of their souls. Riches profit not in the day of wrath. The wealth of this world has not that in it which will answer the desires of the soul, or be any satisfaction to it in a day of distress. God's…

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Ezekiel 7:21 in the original Hebrew

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וּנְתַתִּ֤יוu.ne.ta.Tivand I will give itH5414
בְּיַֽד\־be.yad-in [the] hand ofH3027
הַזָּרִים֙ha.za.Rimthe strangersH2114
לָבַ֔זla.Vazto spoilH957
וּלְרִשְׁעֵ֥יu.le.rish.'Eiand to [the] wicked [people] ofH7563
הָאָ֖רֶץha.'A.retzthe earthH776
לְשָׁלָ֑לle.sha.Lalto plunderH7998
וְחִלְּלֽוּהוּ\׃ve.chil.lu.huand they will profane itH2490

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Cross references for Ezekiel 7:21

  • 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 vessels of gold which Solomon king of Israel had made in the temple of the Lord, as the Lord had said.

  • 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, wherein thou hast dwelt. Lift up thy feet unto the perpetual desolations; even all that the enemy hath done wickedly in the sanctuary. Thine enemies roar in the midst of thy congregations; they set up their ensigns for signs. A man was famous according as he had lifted up axes upon the thick trees. …

  • 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 Chaldees break in pieces, and carried the brass of them to Babylon. And the pots, and the shovels, and the snuffers, and the spoons, and all the vessels of brass wherewith they ministered, took they away. And the firepans, and the bowls, and such things as were of gold, in gold, and of silver, in silver, the captain of the guard took away. The two pillars, one sea, and the bases which Solomon had made for the house of the Lord; the brass of all these vessels was without weight.

  • 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 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 his princes; all these he brought to Babylon. And they burnt the house of God, and brake down the wall of Jerusalem, and burnt all the palaces thereof with fire, and destroyed all the goodly vessels thereof.

  • 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 fire: And all the army of the Chaldeans, that were with the captain of the guard, brake down all the walls of Jerusalem round about. Then Nebuzar–adan the captain of the guard carried away captive certain of the poor of the people, and the residue of the people that remained in the city, and those that fell away, that fell to the king of Babylon, and the rest of the multitude. But Nebuzar–adan the captain of the guard left certain of the poor of the land for vinedressers and for husbandmen. …

  • Psalms 79:1

    A Psalm of Asaph. O God, the heathen are come into thine inheritance; thy holy temple have they defiled; they have laid Jerusalem on heaps.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
2Ki 24:13; 25:9,13-16; 2Ch 36:18,19; Ps 74:2-8; 79:1; Jer 52:13-23

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • Ezekiel 7:22

    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.

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Ezekiel 7:21 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Y en mano de extraños la entregué para ser saqueada, y en despojo á los impíos de la tierra, y la contaminarán.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
et je l’ai livrée en pillage aux mains des étrangers, et pour butin aux méchants de la terre, et ils la profaneront.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Und ich will ihn der Hand der Fremden zur Beute geben und den Gesetzlosen der Erde zum Raube, daß sie ihn entweihen.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Et dabo illud in manus alienorum ad diripiendum, et impiis terræ in prædam, et contaminabunt illud.