Ezekiel 7:24
in Ezekiel 7So 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.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
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.
KJV
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.
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This verse in Ezekiel 7
Commentary
8 notes on this verseA commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
The worst of the pagan - The most cruel and terrible of nations - the Chaldaeans. The pomp of the strong - Compare Lev 26:19 “The strong” are those who pride themselves in imaginary strength. Their holy places - What elsewhere is called “God’s Holy place” is here “their holy places,” because God disowns the profaned sanctuary. In the marginal rendering “they” must mean “the worst of the pagan.”
This site's exposition
Forge the chain
on Ezekiel 7:23-24
“Forge the chain,” ties the exile to one cause: “the land is full of crimes of bloodshed, and the city is full of violence.” Bloodguilt is the charge. The Lord will bring “the most wicked of nations to take possession of their houses,” and “their holy places will be profaned.”
This site's exposition
the most wicked of nations
The most wicked of nations, the Chaldeans, will take over the people's houses. The pride of the mighty will end. Albert Barnes notes that the holy places are called theirs here, for the Lord no longer owns a sanctuary they have profaned.
The record, by era
The Church Fathers1 voice
(Verse 24) And I will bring the wicked from the nations, and they will possess their houses. And these are not found in the Septuagint. For the priests and prophets, I will bring the wicked Babylonians from all nations, that they may possess your houses and subject you to servitude. But even our houses, that is, our souls (for we are the temple of God, and the Holy Spirit dwells in us - 1 Corinthians VI), the wicked demons will possess, if our land is filled with bloodshed and our habitation is full of iniquity.
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
An evil, an only evil, behold, is come. 6 An end is come, the end is come: it watcheth for thee; behold, it is come. 7 The morning is come unto thee, O thou that dwellest in the land: the time is come, the day of trouble is near, and not the sounding again of the mountains.
quarantine:scripture (2026-07-29) — verbatim-scripture
Wherefore I will bring the worst of the Heathen,....
The Nineteenth Century2 voices
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
worst of the heathen--literally, "wicked of the nations"; the giving up of Israel to their power will convince the Jews that this is a final overthrow. pomp of . . . strong--the pride wherewith men "stiff of forehead" despise the prophet. holy places--the sacred compartments of the temple (Ps 68:35;
quarantine:debris (2026-07-29) — starts-lowercase+unbalanced-parens
The worst of the heathen - The Chaldeans; the most cruel and idolatrous of all nations.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְהֵֽבֵאתִי֙ | veheveti | and I will bring | H935 → | 2568 times |
| רָעֵ֣י | raei | [the] evil of | H7451 → | 662 times |
| גוֹיִ֔ם | goyim | nations | H1471 → | 561 times |
| וְיָרְשׁ֖וּ | veyareshu | and they will take possession of | H3423 → | 231 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| בָּֽתֵּיהֶ֑ם | bateihem | houses their | H1004 → | 2046 times |
| וְהִשְׁבַּתִּי֙ | vehishbati | and I will put an end to | H7673 → | 71 times |
| גְּא֣וֹן | geon | [the] pride of | H1347 → | 49 times |
| עַזִּ֔ים | ʾazim | mighty [ones] | H5794 → | |
| וְנִחֲל֖וּ | venichalu | and they will be profaned | H2490 → | 143 times |
| מְקַֽדְשֵׁיהֶֽם׃ | mekadsheihem | sanctuaries their | H4720 → | 75 times |
וְהֵֽבֵאתִי֙and I will bring
vehevetiH935 →2568 times
רָעֵ֣י[the] evil of
raeiH7451 →662 times
גוֹיִ֔םnations
goyimH1471 →561 times
וְיָרְשׁ֖וּand they will take possession of
veyareshuH3423 →231 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
בָּֽתֵּיהֶ֑םhouses their
bateihemH1004 →2046 times
וְהִשְׁבַּתִּי֙and I will put an end to
vehishbatiH7673 →71 times
גְּא֣וֹן[the] pride of
geonH1347 →49 times
עַזִּ֔יםmighty [ones]
ʾazimH5794 →
וְנִחֲל֖וּand they will be profaned
venichaluH2490 →143 times
מְקַֽדְשֵׁיהֶֽם׃sanctuaries their
mekadsheihemH4720 →75 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 5:14Therefore Sheol enlarges its throat and opens wide its enormous jaws, and down go Zion’s nobles and masses, her revelers and carousers!
it leads to
- Luke 21:34
But watch yourselves, or your hearts will be weighed down by dissipation, drunkenness, and the worries of life—and that day will spring upon you suddenly like a snare.
- Proverbs 30:16
Sheol, the barren womb, land never satisfied with water, and fire that never says, ‘Enough!’
- Habakkuk 2:5
and wealth indeed betrays him. He is an arrogant man never at rest. He enlarges his appetite like Sheol, and like Death, he is never satisfied. He gathers all the nations to himself and…
- Psalms 55:15
Let death seize them by surprise; let them go down to Sheol alive, for evil is with them in their homes.
- Revelation 20:13–15
The sea gave up its dead, and Death and Hades gave up their dead, and each one was judged according to his deeds.
- Luke 21:34
Through
Ezekiel 28:7behold, 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.
it leads to
- Ezekiel 31:12
Foreigners, the most ruthless of the nations, cut it down and left it. Its branches have fallen on the mountains and in every valley; its boughs lay broken in all the earth’s ravines. And…
- Ezekiel 31:12
Through
Ezekiel 21:31I 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.
it leads to
- Psalms 18:15
The channels of the sea appeared, and the foundations of the world were exposed, at Your rebuke, O LORD, at the blast of the breath of Your nostrils.
- Haggai 1:9
You expected much, but behold, it amounted to little. And what you brought home, I blew away. Why? declares the LORD of Hosts. Because My house still lies in ruins, while each of you…
- Psalms 18:15
About Ezekiel
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; Jerome, Commentary on Ezekiel; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible and Patrick Fairbairn, An Exposition of Ezekiel.