Ezekiel 7:22 · KJV
“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. {robbers: or, burglers}”
— Ezekiel 7:22
And I will give it into the hands of the strangers for a prey, and to the wicked of the earth for a spoil; and they shall pollute it.
Make a chain: for the land is full of bloody crimes, and the city is full of violence.
Ezekiel 7 — Context
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. {set it far...: or, made it unto them an unclean thing}
21And I will give it into the hands of the strangers for a prey, and to the wicked of the earth for a spoil; and they shall pollute it.
22My face will I turn also from them, and they shall pollute my secret {place}: for the robbers shall enter into it, and defile it. {robbers: or, burglers}
23Make a chain: for the land is full of bloody crimes, and the city is full of violence.
24Wherefore 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. {their holy...: or, they shall inherit their holy places}
Cross References
Jeremiah 18:17
I will scatter them as with an east wind before the enemy; I will shew them the back, and not the face, in the day of their calamity.
Psalms 74:18-23
Remember this, {that} the enemy hath reproached, O LORD, and {that} the foolish people have blasphemed thy name.
Psalms 74:10-11
O God, how long shall the adversary reproach? shall the enemy blaspheme thy name for ever?
Psalms 35:22
{This} thou hast seen, O LORD: keep not silence: O Lord, be not far from me.
Ezekiel 39:23-24
And the heathen shall know that the house of Israel went into captivity for their iniquity: because they trespassed against me, therefore hid I my face from them, and gave them into the hand of their enemies: so fell they all by the sword.
Psalms 10:11
He hath said in his heart, God hath forgotten: he hideth his face; he will never see {it}.
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