Ezekiel 7 · Verse 24

Ezekiel 7:24

Wherefore I will bring the worst of the heathen, and they shall possess their houses: I will also make the pomp of the strong to cease; and their holy places shall be defiled.
Ezekiel 7:24, King James Version

Ezekiel 7:24 in other translations

BSBSo 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.
WEBTherefore I will bring the worst of the nations, and they will possess their houses. I will also make the pride of the strong to cease. Their holy places will be profaned.
ASVWherefore I will bring the worst of the nations, and they shall possess their houses: I will also make the pride of the strong to cease; and their holy places shall be profaned.
YLTAnd I have brought in the wicked of the nations, And they have possessed their houses, And I have caused to cease the excellency of the strong, And polluted have been those sanctifying them.
DARBYTherefore will I bring the worst of the nations, and they shall possess their houses; and I will make the pride of the strong to cease; and their sanctuaries shall be profaned.
BBEFor this reason I will send the worst of the nations and they will take their houses for themselves: I will make the pride of their strength come to an end; and their holy places will be made unclean.
WebsterWherefore I will bring the worst of the heathen, and they shall possess their houses: I will also make the pomp of the strong to cease, and their holy places shall be defiled.

What does Ezekiel 7:24 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
24. worst of the heathen--literally, "wicked of the nations"; the giving up of Israel to their power will convince the Jews that this is a final overthrow. pomp of ... strong--the pride wherewith men "stiff of forehead" despise the prophet. holy places--the sacred compartments of the temple (Psa 68:35; Jr 51:51) [Calvin]. God calls it "their holy places," because they had so defiled it that He regarded it no longer as His. However, as the defilement of the temple has already been mentioned (Eze 7:20, 22), and "their sacred places" are introduced as a new subject, it seems better to understand this of the places dedicated to their idols. As they defiled God's sanctuary, He will defile their self-constituted "sacred places."

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

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 24 The worst of the heathen - The Chaldeans; the most cruel and idolatrous of all nations.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Ezekiel 7:23-27

Whoever break the bands of God's law, will find themselves bound and held by the chains of his judgments. Since they encouraged one another to sin, God would dishearten them. All must needs be in trouble, when God comes to judge them according to their deserts. May the Lord enable us to seek that good part which shall not be taken away.

Read the full comment on Ezekiel 7:23-27 →

Ezekiel 7:24 in the original Hebrew

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וְהֵֽבֵאתִי֙ve.he.ve.Tiand I will bringH935
רָעֵ֣יra.'Ei[the] evil ofH7451
גוֹיִ֔םgo.YimnationsH1471
וְיָרְשׁ֖וּve.ya.re.Shuand they will take possession ofH3423
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
בָּֽתֵּיהֶ֑םba.tei.Hemhouses theirH1004
וְהִשְׁבַּתִּי֙ve.hish.ba.Tiand I will put an end toH7673
גְּא֣וֹןge.'on[the] pride ofH1347
עַזִּ֔ים'a.Zimmighty [ones]H5794
וְנִחֲל֖וּve.ni.cha.Luand they will be profanedH2490
מְקַֽדְשֵׁיהֶֽם\׃me.Kad.shei.Hemsanctuaries theirH4720

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Cross references for Ezekiel 7:24

  • Ezekiel 28:7

    Behold, therefore I will bring strangers upon thee, the terrible of the nations: and they shall draw their swords against the beauty of thy wisdom, and they shall defile thy brightness.

  • Psalms 106:41

    And he gave them into the hand of the heathen; and they that hated them ruled over them.

  • Ezekiel 33:28

    For I will lay the land most desolate, and the pomp of her strength shall cease; and the mountains of Israel shall be desolate, that none shall pass through.

  • Ezekiel 21:31

    And I will pour out mine indignation upon thee, I will blow against thee in the fire of my wrath, and deliver thee into the hand of brutish men, and skilful to destroy.

  • 2 Chronicles 7:19-20

    But if ye turn away, and forsake my statutes and my commandments, which I have set before you, and shall go and serve other gods, and worship them; Then will I pluck them up by the roots out of my land which I have given them; and this house, which I have sanctified for my name, will I cast out of my sight, and will make it to be a proverb and a byword among all nations.

  • 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 your eyes, and that which your soul pitieth; and your sons and your daughters whom ye have left shall fall by the sword.

  • Jeremiah 4:7

    The lion is come up from his thicket, and the destroyer of the Gentiles is on his way; he is gone forth from his place to make thy land desolate; and thy cities shall be laid waste, without an inhabitant.

  • Isaiah 5:14

    Therefore hell hath enlarged herself, and opened her mouth without measure: and their glory, and their multitude, and their pomp, and he that rejoiceth, shall descend into it.

  • Jeremiah 6:12

    And their houses shall be turned unto others, with their fields and wives together: for I will stretch out my hand upon the inhabitants of the land, saith the Lord.

  • Jeremiah 12:12

    The spoilers are come upon all high places through the wilderness: for the sword of the Lord shall devour from the one end of the land even to the other end of the land: no flesh shall have peace.

  • Habakkuk 1:6-10

    For, lo, I raise up the Chaldeans, that bitter and hasty nation, which shall march through the breadth of the land, to possess the dwellingplaces that are not theirs. They are terrible and dreadful: their judgment and their dignity shall proceed of themselves. Their horses also are swifter than the leopards, and are more fierce than the evening wolves: and their horsemen shall spread themselves, and their horsemen shall come from far; they shall fly as the eagle that hasteth to eat. They shall come all for violence: their faces shall sup up as the east wind, and they shall gather the captivity as the sand. …

  • Lamentations 5:2

    Our inheritance is turned to strangers, our houses to aliens.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
I will bring.
21:31; 28:7; Ps 106:41; Jer 4:7; 12:12; Hab 1:6-10
they shall.That is, "the Chaldeans shall possess the houses of the Jews." The antecedents of pronouns are thus frequently understood in Hebrew poetry.
Jer 6:12; La 5:2
I will also.
33:28; Isa 5:14
the pomp.That is, the magnificence of their greatest and haughtiest princes.
their holy places shall be defiled. or, they shall inherittheir holy places.
21:2; 2Ch 7:19; Ps 83:12

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Context

  • Ezekiel 7:23

    Make a chain: for the land is full of bloody crimes, and the city is full of violence.

  • Ezekiel 7:24

    Wherefore I will bring the worst of the heathen, and they shall possess their houses: I will also make the pomp of the strong to cease; and their holy places shall be defiled.

  • Ezekiel 7:25

    Destruction cometh; and they shall seek peace, and there shall be none.

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Ezekiel 7:24 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Traeré por tanto los más malos de las naciones, los cuales poseerán sus casas; y haré cesar la soberbia de los poderosos, y sus santuarios serán profanados.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Et je ferai venir les iniques des nations, et ils posséderont leurs maisons; et je ferai cesser l’orgueil des forts, et leurs sanctuaires seront profanés.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Und ich werde die bösesten der Nationen kommen lassen, daß sie ihre Häuser in Besitz nehmen; und ich werde der Hoffart der Starken ein Ende machen, daß ihre Heiligtümer entweiht werden.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Et adducam pessimos de gentibus, et possidebunt domos eorum: et quiescere faciam superbiam potentium, et possidebunt sanctuaria eorum.