Ezekiel 21:25
in Ezekiel 21And you, O profane and wicked prince of Israel, the day has come for your final punishment.’
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And thou, O deadly wounded wicked one, the prince of Israel, whose day is come, in the time of the iniquity of the end,
KJV
And thou, profane wicked prince of Israel, whose day is come, when iniquity shall have an end,
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This verse in Ezekiel 21
Commentary
5 notes on this verseon Ezekiel 21:25-27
(Verse 25 onwards) But you, profane and wicked ruler of Israel, whose day has come at the appointed time of iniquity. Thus says the Lord God: Remove the turban and take off the crown. Is this not the one who exalted the lowly and humiliated the proud? I will bring upon it injustice, injustice, injustice, and this will not cease until the one comes to whom judgment belongs, and I will give it to him. Septuagint: And you, profane and unjust ruler of Israel, whose day has come, at the end of the time of iniquity.
This site's exposition
profane wicked prince of Israel
on Ezekiel 21:25-27
The oracle turns to name its target directly, thou, profane wicked prince of Israel, whose day is come, widely identified as Zedekiah, the last king to wear the crown before Jerusalem fell. Remove the diadem, and take off the crown announces the end of the monarchy in that line, and the triple overturn, overturn, overturn marks a total reversal rather than a partial correction. The clause that follows, until he come whose right it is, and I will give it him, is read by many of the older commentators as a promise of the throne's rightful heir still to come, commonly set beside the sceptre promise of Genesis forty nine ten as the same hope stated twice; a minority reading confines the verse to the near future without naming a further heir, and the exposition names both without deciding between them.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
He was not so bad as some of his predecessors, and yet bad enough to merit his character. He was himself profane, lost to every thing that is virtuous and sacred. And he was wicked, as he promoted sin among his people; he sinned, and made Israel to sin.
The Nineteenth Century2 voices
And thou profane wicked prince of Israel - Zedekiah, called here profane, because he had broken his oath; and wicked, because of his opposition to God and his prophet. Whose day is come - Who in a short time shalt be delivered into the hands of thy enemies.
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
HAVERNICK translates, as in Eze 21:14, "slain," that is, not literally, but virtually; to Ezekiel's idealizing view Zedekiah was the grand victim "pierced through" by God's sword of judgment, as his sons were slain before his eyes, which were then put out, and he was led a captive in chains to Babylon.
The words behind it
11 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְאַתָּה֙ | veatah | and you | H859 → | 1094 times |
| חָלָ֣ל | chalal | O profane [one] | H2491 → | 94 times |
| רָשָׁ֔ע | rasha' | wicked | H7563 → | 263 times |
| נְשִׂ֖יא | nesi' | prince of | H5387 → | 134 times |
| יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל | yisrael | Israel | H3478 → | 2507 times |
| אֲשֶׁר־ | ʾasher- | whom | H834 → | 5497 times |
| בָּ֣א | ba' | it has come | H935 → | 2568 times |
| יוֹמ֔וֹ | yomo | day his | H3117 → | 2304 times |
| בְּעֵ֖ת | beet | at a time of | H6256 → | 296 times |
| עֲוֹ֥ן | ʾavon | punishment of | H5771 → | 233 times |
| קֵֽץ׃ ס | ketz | [the] end | H7093 → | 67 times |
וְאַתָּה֙and you
veatahH859 →1094 times
חָלָ֣לO profane [one]
chalalH2491 →94 times
רָשָׁ֔עwicked
rasha'H7563 →263 times
נְשִׂ֖יאprince of
nesi'H5387 →134 times
יִשְׂרָאֵ֑לIsrael
yisraelH3478 →2507 times
אֲשֶׁר־whom
ʾasher-H834 →5497 times
בָּ֣אit has come
ba'H935 →2568 times
יוֹמ֔וֹday his
yomoH3117 →2304 times
בְּעֵ֖תat a time of
beetH6256 →296 times
עֲוֹ֥ןpunishment of
ʾavonH5771 →233 times
קֵֽץ׃ ס[the] end
ketzH7093 →67 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Ezekiel 35:5Because you harbored an ancient hatred and delivered the Israelites over to the sword in the time of their disaster at the final stage of their punishment,
it leads to
- Psalms 137:7
Remember, O LORD, the sons of Edom on the day Jerusalem fell: “Destroy it,” they said, “tear it down to its foundations!”
- Obadiah 1:10–16
Because of the violence against your brother Jacob, you will be covered with shame and cut off forever.
- Amos 1:11
This is what the LORD says: “For three transgressions of Edom, even four, I will not revoke My judgment, because he pursued his brother with the sword and stifled all compassion; his anger raged…
- Ezekiel 21:29
while they offer false visions for you and lying divinations about you—to be placed on the necks of the wicked who are slain, whose day has come, the time of their final punishment.
- Ezekiel 25:12
This is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Because Edom acted vengefully against the house of Judah, and in so doing incurred grievous guilt,
- Psalms 137:7
Through
Ezekiel 21:29while they offer false visions for you and lying divinations about you—to be placed on the necks of the wicked who are slain, whose day has come, the time of their final punishment.
it leads to
- Ezekiel 22:28
Her prophets whitewash these deeds by false visions and lying divinations, saying, ‘This is what the Lord GOD says,’ when the LORD has not spoken.
- Ezekiel 22:28
Through
2 Chronicles 36:13He also rebelled against King Nebuchadnezzar, who had made him swear by God. But Zedekiah stiffened his neck and hardened his heart against turning to the LORD, the God of Israel.
it leads to
- 2 Chronicles 30:8
Now do not stiffen your necks as your fathers did. Submit to the LORD and come to His sanctuary, which He has consecrated forever. Serve the LORD your God, so that His fierce anger…
- Ezekiel 17:11–20
Then the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
- 2 Chronicles 30:8
About Ezekiel
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; Jerome, Commentary on Ezekiel; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.