Ezekiel 7:24 “So I will bring the most wicked of nations to take possession of their…”

Ezekiel 7:24

So I will bring the most wicked of nations to take possession of their houses. I will end the pride of the mighty, and their holy places will be profaned.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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.

World English Bible

Therefore I will bring the worst of the nations, and they will possess their houses. I will also make the pride of the strong to cease. Their holy places will be profaned.

American Standard Version

Wherefore I will bring the worst of the nations, and they shall possess their houses: I will also make the pride of the strong to cease; and their holy places shall be profaned.

Geneva Bible 1599

Wherefore I will bring the most wicked of the heathen, and they shall possesse their houses: I will also make the pompe of the mightie to cease, and their holie places shalbe defiled.

Darby Translation

Therefore will I bring the worst of the nations, and they shall possess their houses; and I will make the pride of the strong to cease; and their sanctuaries shall be profaned.

Young's Literal Translation

And I have brought in the wicked of the nations, And they have possessed their houses, And I have caused to cease the excellency of the strong, And polluted have been those sanctifying them.

Bible in Basic English

For this reason I will send the worst of the nations and they will take their houses for themselves: I will make the pride of their strength come to an end; and their holy places will be made unclean.

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Cross references

“I will bring”

Ezekiel 28:7 Ezekiel 21:31 Psalm 106:41 Jeremiah 4:7 Jeremiah 12:12 Habakkuk 1:6–10

Ezekiel 28:7 · BSB

behold, I will bring foreigners against you, the most ruthless of nations. They will draw their swords against the beauty of your wisdom and will defile your splendor.

Ezekiel 21:31 · BSB

I will pour out My anger upon you; I will breathe the fire of My fury against you; I will hand you over to brutal men, skilled in destruction.

Psalm 106:41 · BSB

He delivered them into the hand of the nations, and those who hated them ruled over them.

Jeremiah 4:7 · BSB

A lion has gone up from his thicket, and a destroyer of nations has set out. He has left his lair to lay waste your land. Your cities will be reduced to ruins and lie uninhabited.

Jeremiah 12:12 · BSB

Over all the barren heights in the wilderness the destroyers have come, for the sword of the LORD devours from one end of the earth to the other. No flesh has peace.

Habakkuk 1:6–10 · BSB

For behold, I am raising up the Chaldeans — that ruthless and impetuous nation which marches through the breadth of the earth to seize dwellings not their own.

“they shall”

Jeremiah 6:12 Lamentations 5:2

Jeremiah 6:12 · BSB

Their houses will be turned over to others, their fields and wives as well, for I will stretch out My hand against the inhabitants of the land,” declares the LORD.

Lamentations 5:2 · BSB

Our inheritance has been turned over to strangers, our houses to foreigners.

“I will also”

Ezekiel 33:28 Isaiah 5:14

Ezekiel 33:28 · BSB

I will make the land a desolate waste, and the pride of her strength will come to an end. The mountains of Israel will become desolate, so that no one will pass through.

Isaiah 5:14 · BSB

Therefore Sheol enlarges its throat and opens wide its enormous jaws, and down go Zion’s nobles and masses, her revelers and carousers!

“their holy places shall be defiled”

Ezekiel 21:2 Psalm 83:12 2 Chronicles 7:19

Ezekiel 21:2 · BSB

“Son of man, set your face against Jerusalem and preach against the sanctuaries. Prophesy against the land of Israel

Psalm 83:12 · BSB

who said, “Let us possess for ourselves the pastures of God.”

2 Chronicles 7:19 · BSB

But if you turn away and forsake the statutes and commandments I have set before you, and if you go off to serve and worship other gods,

Also

Ezekiel 24:21

Ezekiel 24:21 · BSB

Tell the house of Israel that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘I am about to desecrate My sanctuary, the pride of your power, the desire of your eyes, and the delight of your soul. And the sons and daughters you left beh…

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

In context

23Forge the chain, for the land is full of crimes of bloodshed, and the city is full of violence.

25Anguish is coming! They will seek peace, but find none.

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