Ezekiel 7:21

21 And I will give it into the hand of strangers as plunder and to the wicked people of the earth as spoil, and they will defile it.

Ezekiel 7:21 Meaning and Commentary

Ezekiel 7:21

And I will give it into the hands of the strangers for a prey,
&c.] 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 52:17-23 ) ; 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 and spoiling it, by pillaging and burning it.

Ezekiel 7:21 In-Context

19 Their silver they will discard on the streets, and filth will be their gold; their silver and their gold will not be able to rescue them on the day of the wrath of Yahweh. They will not satisfy their {hunger} and their stomachs they will not fill, for their guilt will be their stumbling block.

20 " 'And the beauty of its ornament {he made into a prideful thing} and made with it their detestable things and their vile idols; therefore I will make it into an impure thing for them.

21 And I will give it into the hand of strangers as plunder and to the wicked people of the earth as spoil, and they will defile it.

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.