Ezekiel 7:21 “And I will hand these things over as plunder to foreigners and loot to…”

Ezekiel 7:21

And I will hand these things over as plunder to foreigners and loot to the wicked of the earth, who will defile them.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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.

World English Bible

I will give it into the hands of the strangers for a prey, and to the wicked of the earth for a plunder; and they will profane it.

American Standard Version

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 profane it.

Geneva Bible 1599

And I will giue it into the handes of the strangers to be spoyled, and to the wicked of the earth to be robbed, and they shall pollute it.

Darby Translation

And I will give it into the hands of strangers for a prey, and to the wicked of the earth for a spoil; and they shall profane it.

Young's Literal Translation

And I have given it into the hand of the strangers for a prey, And to the wicked of the land for a spoil, And they have polluted it.

Bible in Basic English

And I will give it into the hands of men from strange lands who will take it by force, and to the evil-doers of the earth to have for themselves; and they will make it unholy.

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Cross references

“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.”

2 Kings 24:13 Psalm 74:2–8 2 Kings 25:9 2 Kings 25:13–16 Psalm 79:1 Jeremiah 52:13–23

2 Kings 24:13 · BSB

As the LORD had declared, Nebuchadnezzar also carried off all the treasures from the house of the LORD and the royal palace, and he cut into pieces all the gold articles that Solomon king of Israel had made in the temple…

Psalm 74:2–8 · BSB

Remember Your congregation, which You purchased long ago and redeemed as the tribe of Your inheritance— Mount Zion, where You dwell.

2 Kings 25:9 · BSB

He burned down the house of the LORD, the royal palace, and all the houses of Jerusalem—every significant building.

2 Kings 25:13–16 · BSB

Moreover, the Chaldeans broke up the bronze pillars and stands and the bronze Sea in the house of the LORD, and they carried the bronze to Babylon.

Psalm 79:1 · BSB

The nations, O God, have invaded Your inheritance; they have defiled Your holy temple and reduced Jerusalem to rubble.

Jeremiah 52:13–23 · BSB

He burned down the house of the LORD, the royal palace, and all the houses of Jerusalem—every significant building.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

20His beautiful ornaments they transformed into pride and used them to fashion their vile images and detestable idols. Therefore I will make these into something unclean for them.

22I will turn My face away from them, and they will defile My treasured place. Violent men will enter it, and they will defile it.

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