Ezekiel 7:20
in Ezekiel 7His 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.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
As for the beauty of his ornament, he set it in majesty; but they made the images of their abominations and their detestable things therein: therefore have I made it unto them as an unclean thing.
KJV
As for the beauty of his ornament, he set it in majesty: but they made the images of their abominations and of their detestable things therein: therefore have I set it far from them.
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This verse in Ezekiel 7
Commentary
9 notes on this verse(Verse 20) And they put the ornament of their necklaces upon their pride, and they made images of their abominations and idols from it. LXX: The chosen ones of the world have put it upon their pride, and they have made images of their abominations and stumbling blocks from it. Which I, he says, had given as an ornament to those who possessed and to the wealthy, they have turned into pride, so that they could use them to free their own souls through alms and good works, and from them they had material for arrogance.
This site's exposition
His beautiful ornaments
on Ezekiel 7:20-22
The charge narrows to the temple’s treasures. So the Lord says, “I will turn My face away from them, and they will defile My treasured place.” Keil sets this beside chapters 8 to 11, where the glory’s departure is shown in vision.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening4 voices
This they had prided themselves in, and promised themselves security from ( Jer. vii. 11 ); but this confidence of theirs shall fail them. The great honour God had done to that people in setting up his sanctuary among them (
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11 ), which was therefore beautiful because holy (it was called the beauty of holiness, and holiness is the beauty of its ornament; it was also adorned with gold and gifts)--as for this, he set it in majesty; every thing was contrived to make it magnificent, that it might help to make the people of Israel the more illustrious among their neighbours.
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The beauty - The temple, and all that pertained to it, which was the beauty and glory of that nation. He set - God commanded it should be beautiful and magnificent.
As for the beauty of his ornament, he set it in majesty,.... Or, "for pride" (i).
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
As for the beauty of his ornament - Their beautiful temple was their highest ornament, and God made it majestic by his presence. But they have even taken its riches to make their idols, which they have brought into the very courts of the Lord’s house; and therefore God hath set it - the temple, from him - given it up to pillage. Some say it means, “They took their ornaments, which were their pride, and made them into images to worship.”
2 more voices on this verse
The Nineteenth Century2 voices
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
The Margin translates, "Made it unto them an unclean thing" (compare Margin on Eze 7:19, "removed"); what I designed for their glory they turned to their shame, therefore I will make it turn to their ignominy and ruin.
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
proposed
Or, And “the beauty of his ornament, he” (the people) turned “it” to pride. Have I set it far from them - Rather, as in the margin - therefore have I made it their defilement and their disgrace.
The words behind it
14 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וּצְבִ֤י | utzevi | and [the] beauty of | H6643 → | 33 times |
| עֶדְיוֹ֙ | edyo | ornament[s] its | H5716 → | 14 times |
| לְגָא֣וֹן | legaon | into pride | H1347 → | 49 times |
| שָׂמָ֔הוּ | samahu | he has made it | H7760 → | 584 times |
| וְצַלְמֵ֧י | vetzalmei | and [the] images of | H6754 → | 17 times |
| תוֹעֲבֹתָ֛ם | toavotam | abominations their | H8441 → | 117 times |
| שִׁקּוּצֵיהֶ֖ם | shikutzeihem | detestable things their | H8251 → | 28 times |
| עָ֣שׂוּ | ʾasu | they have made | H6213 → | 2628 times |
| ב֑וֹ | vo | with it | ||
| עַל־ | ʾal- | there- | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| כֵּ֛ן | ken | -fore | H3651 → | 771 times |
| נְתַתִּ֥יו | netativ | I will make it | H5414 → | 2011 times |
| לָהֶ֖ם | lahem | for them | ||
| לְנִדָּֽה׃ | lenidah | into an impure thing | H5079 → | 29 times |
וּצְבִ֤יand [the] beauty of
utzeviH6643 →33 times
עֶדְיוֹ֙ornament[s] its
edyoH5716 →14 times
לְגָא֣וֹןinto pride
legaonH1347 →49 times
שָׂמָ֔הוּhe has made it
samahuH7760 →584 times
וְצַלְמֵ֧יand [the] images of
vetzalmeiH6754 →17 times
תוֹעֲבֹתָ֛םabominations their
toavotamH8441 →117 times
שִׁקּוּצֵיהֶ֖םdetestable things their
shikutzeihemH8251 →28 times
עָ֣שׂוּthey have made
ʾasuH6213 →2628 times
ב֑וֹwith it
vo
עַל־there-
ʾal-H5921 →5755 times
כֵּ֛ן-fore
kenH3651 →771 times
נְתַתִּ֥יוI will make it
netativH5414 →2011 times
לָהֶ֖םfor them
lahem
לְנִדָּֽה׃into an impure thing
lenidahH5079 →29 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
Isaiah 64:11Our holy and beautiful temple, where our fathers praised You, has been burned with fire, and all that was dear to us lies in ruins.
it leads to
- Psalms 74:5–7
like men wielding axes in a thicket of trees
- 2 Kings 25:9
He burned down the house of the LORD, the royal palace, and all the houses of Jerusalem—every significant building.
- 2 Chronicles 36:19
Then the Chaldeans set fire to the house of God and broke down the wall of Jerusalem. They burned down all the palaces and destroyed every article of value.
- Lamentations 1:7
In the days of her affliction and wandering Jerusalem remembers all the treasures that were hers in days of old. When her people fell into enemy hands she received no help. Her enemies looked…
- Lamentations 1:10–11
The adversary has seized all her treasures. For she has seen the nations enter her sanctuary—those You had forbidden to enter Your assembly.
- Psalms 74:5–7
Through
Ezekiel 24:21Tell 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…
it leads to
- Ezekiel 23:47
The mob will stone them and cut them down with their swords. They will kill their sons and daughters and burn down their houses.
- Ezekiel 23:25
And I will set My jealous rage against you, and they will deal with you in fury. They will cut off your noses and ears, and your survivors will fall by the sword. They…
- Ezekiel 23:47
Through
Jeremiah 7:30For the people of Judah have done evil in My sight, declares the LORD. They have set up their abominations in the house that bears My Name, and so have defiled it.
it leads to
- Jeremiah 32:34
They have placed their abominations in the house that bears My Name, and so have defiled it.
- Jeremiah 32:34
About Ezekiel
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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Carl Friedrich Keil, Biblical Commentary on the Prophecies of Ezekiel; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; Jerome, Commentary on Ezekiel; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.