Ezekiel 7:20-27
Christian Standard Bible
20 He appointed his beautiful ornaments for majesty,
but[a] they made their detestable images from them,
their abhorrent things.(A)
Therefore, I have made these
into something filthy to them.
21 I will hand these things over
to foreigners as plunder(B)
and to the wicked of the earth as spoil,
and they will profane them.
22 I will turn my face from them
as they profane my treasured place.
Violent men will enter it and profane it.
23 Forge the chain,(C)
for the land is filled with crimes of bloodshed,
and the city is filled with violence.(D)
24 So I will bring the most evil of nations(E)
to take possession of their houses.
I will put an end to the pride of the strong,
and their sacred places will be profaned.(F)
25 Anguish is coming!
They will look for peace, but there will be none.
26 Disaster after disaster will come,(G)
and there will be rumor after rumor.(H)
Then they will look for a vision from a prophet,(I)
but instruction will perish from the priests
and counsel from the elders.(J)
27 The king will mourn;
the prince will be clothed in grief;
and the hands of the people of the land will tremble.
I will deal with them according to their own conduct,
and I will judge them by their own standards.(K)
Then they will know that I am the Lord.
Footnotes
- 7:20 Or They turned their beautiful ornaments into objects of pride, and
Ezekiel 7:20-27
Common English Bible
20 From their beautiful ornament, in which they took pride,
they have made horrible and detestable images!
Therefore, I’ve declared it an unclean thing for them.
21 I’ll hand it over to foreigners as loot taken in war,
to the earth’s wicked ones as plunder—they will defile it!
22 When I hide my face from my people,
foreigners will defile my treasured place.
Violent intruders will invade it; they will defile it!
23 Make a chain!
The earth is full of perverted justice,
the city full of violence.
24 I’ll bring up the cruelest nations,
and they will seize their houses.
I’ll break their proud strength,
and their sanctuaries will be defiled.
25 Disaster! It has come!
They seek peace, but there is none.
26 One disaster comes after another,
and rumor follows rumor.
They seek a vision from the prophet.
Instruction disappears from the priest,
and counsel from the elders.
27 The king will go into mourning,
the prince will clothe himself in despair,
and the hands of the land’s people will tremble.
When I do to them as they have done
and judge them by their own justice,
they will know that I am the Lord.
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