Ezekiel 7:20-27
English Standard Version
20 (A)His beautiful ornament they used for pride, and (B)they made their abominable images and their detestable things of it. Therefore (C)I make it an unclean thing to them. 21 And I will give it into the hands of (D)foreigners for prey, (E)and to the wicked of the earth for spoil, and (F)they shall profane it. 22 I will turn my face from them, and (G)they shall profane my treasured[a] place. Robbers shall enter (H)and profane it.
23 (I)“Forge a chain![b] (J)For the land is full of bloody crimes (K)and the city is full of violence. 24 I will bring (L)the worst of the nations to take possession of their houses. (M)I will put an end to the pride of the strong, (N)and their holy places[c] shall be profaned. 25 (O)When anguish comes, (P)they will seek peace, but there shall be none. 26 (Q)Disaster comes upon disaster; (R)rumor follows rumor. (S)They seek a vision from the prophet, while (T)the law[d] perishes from the priest and (U)counsel from the elders. 27 The king mourns, the prince is wrapped in despair, and the hands of the people of the land are paralyzed by terror. According to their way (V)I will do to them, and according to their judgments I will judge them, (W)and they shall know that I am the Lord.”
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- Ezekiel 7:22 Or secret
- Ezekiel 7:23 Probably refers to an instrument of captivity
- Ezekiel 7:24 By revocalization (compare Septuagint); Hebrew and those who sanctify them
- Ezekiel 7:26 Or instruction
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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