Ezekiel 7:24

24 And I will bring [the] worst of [the] nations, and they will take possession of their houses, and I will put to an end [the] pride of [the] mighty ones, and their sanctuaries will be defiled.

Ezekiel 7:24 Meaning and Commentary

Ezekiel 7:24

Wherefore I will bring the worst of the Heathen
The Chaldeans, notorious for their cruelty, savageness, and barbarity: and they shall possess their houses;
which they have built, and thought to have lived and died in, and left them to their children for an inheritance; but the Chaldeans, and not their children, became their heirs, and inherited their houses and lands: I will also make the pomp of the strong to cease;
or, "the pride of the mighty ones" ^F14; the noble and the rich; their wealth and substance, by which their pride and grandeur were supported, being takes away from them: and their holy places shall be defiled;
the temple, in which were the holy place, and the holy of holies: or, "they that sanctify them"; the priests that offered sacrifices, which only sanctified to the purifying of the flesh; even these holy persons and things, as well as holy places, would be defiled.

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FOOTNOTES:

F14 (Myze Nwag) "superbiam fortium", Calvin; "superbiam robustorum", Starckius.

Ezekiel 7:24 In-Context

22 And I will turn my face from them, and they will defile my treasured [place], and violent ones will enter and defile it.

23 Make a chain for the land; it is full of {bloody crimes} and the city is full of violence.

24 And I will bring [the] worst of [the] nations, and they will take possession of their houses, and I will put to an end [the] pride of [the] mighty ones, and their sanctuaries will be defiled.

25 Anguish comes, and they will seek peace, and [there will be] none.

26 Calamity upon calamity will come, and rumor will be upon rumor. And they will seek a vision from a prophet, but instruction will perish from [the] priest and counsel from [the] elders.