Ezekiel 7:24
So then I will bring in the wicked ones of the nations, And they shall take possession of their houses,—And I will cause to cease the pomp of the strong ones, And their holy places shall be profaned.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
In Context
25Destruction, hath entered,- And they shall seek welfare and there be none.
Cross References
2 Chronicles 7:19But, if, ye yourselves, shall turn away, and forsake my statutes and my commandments, which I have set before you,—and shall go and serve other gods, and bow down to them,
Psalms 83:12Who said—Let us take a possession for ourselves, The pastures of God!
Isaiah 5:14Therefore, hath hades enlarged her desire, And opened her mouth to its widest,—And their glory, and their multitude and their pomp. and he that is uproarious shall descend thereinto.
Jeremiah 6:12And their houses shall be turned over to others, Fields and wives together,—For I will stretch out my hand against the inhabitants of the land, Declareth Yahweh.
Jeremiah 17:4So shalt thou even of thyself, suffer to rest the inheritance which I gave thee, Seeing that I will cause thee to serve thine enemies, in the land which thou knowest not; For, a fire, have ye kindled in mine anger, Unto times age-abiding, shall it burn.
Ezekiel 21:2Son of man Set thy face against Jerusalem, And drop thy word against the holy places And prophesy against the soil of Israel.
Matthew Henry on Ezekiel 7:24-27
The Desolation of Israel. ( b. c. 594.) 23 Make a chain: for the land is full of bloody crimes, and the city is full of violence. 24 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. 25 Destruction cometh; and they shall seek peace, and there shall be none. 26 Mischief shall come upon mischief, and rumour shall be upon rumour; then shall they seek a vision of the prophet; but the law shall… Read the whole commentary →