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Selected Verse: Ezekiel 7:24 - King James
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Eze 7:24 |
King James |
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. |
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| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
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; Jer 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, Eze 7:22), 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." |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
The worst of the pagan - The most cruel and terrible of nations - the Chaldaeans.
The pomp of the strong - Compare Lev 26:19 "The strong" are those who pride themselves in imaginary strength.
Their holy places - What elsewhere is called "God's Holy place" is here "their holy places," because God disowns the profaned sanctuary. In the marginal rendering "they" must mean "the worst of the pagan." |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| The pomp - The magnificence and glory, wherein they boasted; or the temple that the Jews gloried in. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
| The worst of the heathen - The Chaldeans; the most cruel and idolatrous of all nations. |
22 My face will I turn also from them, and they shall pollute my secret place: for the robbers shall enter into it, and defile it.
20 As for the beauty of his ornament, he set it in majesty: but they made the images of their abominations and of their detestable things therein: therefore have I set it far from them.
51 We are confounded, because we have heard reproach: shame hath covered our faces: for strangers are come into the sanctuaries of the LORD'S house.
35 O God, thou art terrible out of thy holy places: the God of Israel is he that giveth strength and power unto his people. Blessed be God.
19 And I will break the pride of your power; and I will make your heaven as iron, and your earth as brass: