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Ezekiel 7:21

I will let strangers take them. Those strangers will make fun of them. They will kill some of the people and take others away as prisoners.

Bible Study Resources

Dictionaries:

- Holman Bible Dictionary - Beyond the River;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Nations;   Stranger;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Profane;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
I will hand these things overto foreigners as plunderand to the wicked of the earth as spoil,and they will profane them.
Hebrew Names Version
I will give it into the hands of the strangers for a prey, and to the wicked of the eretz for a spoil; and they shall profane it.
King James Version
And I will give it into the hands of the strangers for a prey, and to the wicked of the earth for a spoil; and they shall pollute it.
English Standard Version
And I will give it into the hands of foreigners for prey, and to the wicked of the earth for spoil, and they shall profane it.
New American Standard Bible
'And I will hand it over to the foreigners as plunder, and to the wicked of the earth as spoils; and they will profane it.
New Century Version
I will give it to foreigners as loot from war and to the most evil people in the world as treasure, and they will dishonor it.
Amplified Bible
'I will give it into the hands of strangers (Babylonians) as plunder and to the wicked of the earth as spoil, and they shall profane it.
World English Bible
I will give it into the hands of the strangers for a prey, and to the wicked of the earth for a spoil; and they shall profane it.
Geneva Bible (1587)
And I will giue it into the handes of the strangers to be spoyled, and to the wicked of the earth to be robbed, and they shall pollute it.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
'I will give it into the hands of the foreigners as plunder and to the wicked of the earth as spoil, and they will profane it.
Legacy Standard Bible
I will give it into the hands of the foreigners as plunder and to the wicked of the earth as spoil, and they will profane it.
Berean Standard Bible
And I will hand these things over as plunder to foreigners and as loot to the wicked of the earth, who will defile them.
Contemporary English Version
Wicked foreigners will rob and disgrace you.
Complete Jewish Bible
I will hand it over to foreigners as booty, to the wicked of the earth as spoil, and they will profane it.
Darby Translation
And I will give it into the hands of strangers for a prey, and to the wicked of the earth for a spoil; and they shall profane it.
George Lamsa Translation
And I will give it into the hands of strangers for a prey and to the wicked of the earth for a spoil; and they shall pollute it.
Good News Translation
"I will let foreigners rob them," says the Lord , "and lawbreakers will take all their wealth and defile it.
Lexham English Bible
And I will give it into the hand of strangers as plunder and to the wicked people of the earth as spoil, and they will defile it.
Literal Translation
And I will also give it into the hand of the strangers for a prize, and to the wicked of the earth for a spoil. And they shall defile it.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Morouer, I will geue it in to ye hondes off the straungers to be spoyled: and to ye wicked, for to be robbed, and they shall destroye it.
American Standard Version
And I will give it into the hands of the strangers for a prey, and to the wicked of the earth for a spoil; and they shall profane it.
Bible in Basic English
And I will give it into the hands of men from strange lands who will take it by force, and to the evil-doers of the earth to have for themselves; and they will make it unholy.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And I will give it into the hands of the strangers for a prey, and to the wicked of the earth for a spoil; and they shall profane it.
King James Version (1611)
And I will giue it into the hands of the strangers for a pray, and to the wicked of the earth for a spoile, and they shall pollute it.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Moreouer, I wyll geue it into the handes of straungers to be spoyled, & to the wicked of the earth for to be robbed, and they shall pollute it.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And I will deliver them into the hands of strangers to make them a prey, and to the pests of the earth for a spoil; and they shall profane them.
English Revised Version
And I will give it into the hands of the strangers for a prey, and to the wicked of the earth for a spoil; and they shall profane it.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And Y schal yyue it in to the hondis of aliens, to rauysche, and to the vnpitouse men of erthe, in to prey, and thei schulen defoule it.
Update Bible Version
And I will give it into the hands of the strangers for a prey, and to the wicked of the earth for a spoil; and they shall profane it.
Webster's Bible Translation
And I will give it into the hands of the strangers for a prey, and to the wicked of the earth for a spoil; and they shall pollute it.
New English Translation
I will give it to foreigners as loot, to the world's wicked ones as plunder, and they will desecrate it.
New King James Version
I will give it as plunder Into the hands of strangers, And to the wicked of the earth as spoil; And they shall defile it.
New Living Translation
I will give it as plunder to foreigners, to the most wicked of nations, and they will defile it.
New Life Bible
I will give it to the strangers and to the sinful people of the earth as a prize of war, and they will make it sinful.
New Revised Standard
I will hand it over to strangers as booty, to the wicked of the earth as plunder; they shall profane it.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Yea I will deliver it Into the hand of foreigners for a prey, And to the lawless ones of the earth for a spoil, And they will profane it;
Douay-Rheims Bible
And I will give it into the hands of strangers for spoil, and to the wicked of the earth for a prey, and they shall defile it.
Revised Standard Version
And I will give it into the hands of foreigners for a prey, and to the wicked of the earth for a spoil; and they shall profane it.
Young's Literal Translation
And I have given it into the hand of the strangers for a prey, And to the wicked of the land for a spoil, And they have polluted it.

Contextual Overview

16 "But some people will escape. The survivors will run to the mountains, but they will not be happy. They will be sad for all their sins. They will cry and make sad noises like doves. 17 They will be too tired and sad to raise their arms. Their legs will be like water. 18 They will wear sackcloth and be covered with fear. You will see the shame on every face. They will shave their heads to show their sadness. 19 They will throw their silver idols into the streets. They will treat their gold statues like dirty rags, because those things will not be able to save them when the Lord shows his anger. Those things were nothing but a trap that caused the people to fall. They will not give food to the people or put food in their bellies. 20 "They used their beautiful jewelry and made an idol. They were proud of that statue. They made their terrible statues. They made those filthy things, so I will throw them away like a dirty rag. 21 I will let strangers take them. Those strangers will make fun of them. They will kill some of the people and take others away as prisoners. 22 I will turn my head away from them—I will not look at them. The strangers will ruin my Temple—they will go into the secret parts of that holy building and make it unfit for worship.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

2 Kings 24:13, 2 Kings 25:9, 2 Kings 25:13-16, 2 Chronicles 36:18, 2 Chronicles 36:19, Psalms 74:2-8, Psalms 79:1, Jeremiah 52:13-23

Reciprocal: Isaiah 64:11 - holy Jeremiah 12:7 - I have given Jeremiah 19:13 - defiled Jeremiah 51:51 - for strangers Lamentations 2:7 - they have Lamentations 5:2 - General Daniel 11:31 - they shall pollute Zephaniah 1:13 - their goods

Cross-References

Genesis 6:13
So God said to Noah, "Everyone has filled the earth with anger and violence. So I will destroy all living things. I will remove them from the earth.
Genesis 6:17
"Understand what I am telling you. I will bring a great flood of water on the earth. I will destroy all living things that live under heaven. Everything on the earth will die.
Genesis 7:3
Get seven pairs (seven males and seven females) of all the birds. This will allow all these animals to continue living on the earth after the other animals are destroyed.
Genesis 7:4
Seven days from now, I will send much rain on the earth. It will rain for 40 days and 40 nights, and I will wipe everything off the face of the earth. I will destroy everything I made."
Genesis 7:6
Noah was 600 years old at the time the rains came.
Genesis 7:7
He and his family went into the boat to be saved from the flood. His wife and his sons and their wives were on the boat with him.
Genesis 7:15
All these animals went into the boat with Noah. They came in groups of two from every kind of animal that had the breath of life.
Genesis 7:17
Water flooded the earth for 40 days. The water began rising and lifted the boat off the ground.
Genesis 7:20
The water continued to rise above the mountains. The water was more than 20 feet above the highest mountain.
Isaiah 24:6
The people living in this land are guilty of doing wrong, so God promised to destroy the land. The people will be punished, and only a few of them will survive.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And I will give it into the hands of the strangers for a prey,.... The Babylonians, who lived in a foreign country, and were strangers to the commonwealth of Israel; the temple was suffered of the Lord to fall into their hands as a prey; who spoiled it of all its riches and glory, and carried away the vessels of gold, of silver, and of brass, and other valuable things; see Jeremiah 52:17;

and to the wicked of the earth for a spoil; meaning the same persons, and the same thing, and the same use they should make of it; for not the wicked of the world in general are meant, but of the land, or this land; the land of Babylon, where the prophet was:

and they shall pollute it; by entering into it and spoiling it, by pillaging and burning it.


 
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