Ezekiel 7:22
And my face will be turned away from them, and they will make my secret place unholy: violent men will go into it and make it unholy.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
In Context
23Make the chain: for the land is full of crimes of blood, and the town is full of violent acts.
Cross References
Psalms 10:11He says in his heart, God has no memory of me: his face is turned away; he will never see it.
Psalms 74:10O God, how long will those who are against us say cruel things? will the hater go on looking down on your name for ever?
Jeremiah 18:17I will send them in flight, as from an east wind, before the attacker; I will let them see my back and not my face on the day of their downfall.
Ezekiel 39:23And it will be clear to the nations that the children of Israel were taken away prisoners for their evil-doing; because they did wrong against me, and my face was covered from them: so I gave them up into the hands of their attackers, and they all came to their end by the sword.
Matthew Henry on Ezekiel 7:17-23
The Desolation of Israel. ( b. c. 594.) 16 But they that escape of them shall escape, and shall be on the mountains like doves of the valleys, all of them mourning, every one for his iniquity. 17 All hands shall be feeble, and all knees shall be weak as water. 18 They shall also gird themselves with sackcloth, and horror shall cover them; and shame shall be upon all faces, and baldness upon all their heads. 19 They shall cast their silver in the streets, and their gold shall be removed: their silver and their gold… Read the whole commentary →