Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version I will bring the most wicked of nations to take possession of their houses. I will put an end to the pride of the mighty, and their sanctuaries will be desecrated. New Living Translation I will bring the most ruthless of nations to occupy their homes. I will break down their proud fortresses and defile their sanctuaries. English Standard Version I will bring the worst of the nations to take possession of their houses. I will put an end to the pride of the strong, and their holy places shall be profaned. Berean Standard Bible So 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. King James Bible 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. New King James Version Therefore I will bring the worst of the Gentiles, And they will possess their houses; I will cause the pomp of the strong to cease, And their holy places shall be defiled. New American Standard Bible Therefore, I will bring the worst of the nations, and they will take possession of their houses. I will also put an end to the pride of the strong ones, and their holy places will be profaned. NASB 1995 ‘Therefore, I will bring the worst of the nations, and they will possess their houses. I will also make the pride of the strong ones cease, and their holy places will be profaned. NASB 1977 ‘Therefore, I shall bring the worst of the nations, and they will possess their houses. I shall also make the pride of the strong ones cease, and their holy places will be profaned. Legacy Standard Bible Therefore, I will bring the most evil of the nations, and they will possess their houses. I will also make the pride of the strong ones cease, and their holy places will be profaned. Amplified Bible Therefore, I will bring the worst of the [Gentile] nations, and they will take possession of their houses [those of the people of Judah]; I will also silence their pride, and their holy places will be profaned. Christian Standard Bible So I will bring the most evil of nations to take possession of their houses. I will put an end to the pride of the strong, and their sacred places will be profaned. Holman Christian Standard Bible So I will bring the most evil of nations to take possession of their houses. I will put an end to the pride of the strong, and their sacred places will be profaned. American Standard Version 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. Aramaic Bible in Plain English And I shall bring Shepherds of the Gentiles, and they shall possess their households, and I shall overturn the magnificence of the mighty, and they shall possess their sanctuary Brenton Septuagint Translation And I will turn back the boasting of their strength; and their holy things shall be defiled. Contemporary English Version so I will tell the most wicked nations to come and take over your homes. They will put an end to the pride you have in your strong army, and they will make your places of worship unfit to use. Douay-Rheims Bible And I will bring the worse of the nations, and they shall possess their houses: and I will make the pride of the mighty to cease, and they shall possess their sanctuary. English Revised Version Wherefore I will bring the worst of the heathen, and they shall possess their houses: I will also make the pride of the strong to cease; and their holy places shall be profaned. GOD'S WORD® Translation So I will send the most evil nation, and it will take possession of people's houses. I will stop those who are strong from feeling proud, and their holy places will be dishonored. Good News Translation I will bring the most evil nations here and let them have your homes. Your strongest men will lose their confidence when I let the nations profane the places where you worship. International Standard Version Therefore, I'm bringing the worst of the nations, who will take possession of their houses. I'll cause the pride of the mighty to cease, and their sanctuaries will be profaned. JPS Tanakh 1917 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. Literal Standard Version And I have brought in the wicked of the nations, | And they have possessed their houses, | And I have caused the excellence of the strong to cease, | And those sanctifying them have been defiled. Majority Standard Bible So 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. New American Bible I will bring in the worst of the nations to take possession of their houses. I will put an end to their proud strength, and their sanctuaries will be defiled. NET Bible I will bring the most wicked of the nations and they will take possession of their houses. I will put an end to the arrogance of the strong, and their sanctuaries will be desecrated. New Revised Standard Version I will bring the worst of the nations to take possession of their houses. I will put an end to the arrogance of the strong, and their holy places shall be profaned. New Heart English Bible Therefore 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. Webster's Bible Translation 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. World English Bible Therefore I will bring the worst of the nations, and they will possess their houses. I will also make the pride of the strong to cease. Their holy places will be profaned. Young's Literal Translation And I have brought in the wicked of the nations, And they have possessed their houses, And I have caused to cease the excellency of the strong, And polluted have been those sanctifying them. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context The Desolation of Israel…23Forge the chain, for the land is full of crimes of bloodshed, and the city is full of violence. 24So 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. 25Anguish is coming! They will seek peace, but find none.… Cross References 2 Chronicles 7:20 then I will uproot Israel from the soil I have given them, and I will banish from My presence this temple I have sanctified for My Name. I will make it an object of scorn and ridicule among all the peoples. Ezekiel 21:31 I 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. Ezekiel 24:21 Tell 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 your soul. And the sons and daughters you left behind will fall by the sword.' Ezekiel 28:7 behold, 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. Ezekiel 33:28 I will make the land a desolate waste, and the pride of her strength will come to an end. The mountains of Israel will become desolate, so that no one will pass through. Treasury of Scripture Why 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. I will bring Ezekiel 21:31 And I will pour out mine indignation upon thee, I will blow against thee in the fire of my wrath, and deliver thee into the hand of brutish men, and skilful to destroy. Ezekiel 28:7 Behold, therefore I will bring strangers upon thee, the terrible of the nations: and they shall draw their swords against the beauty of thy wisdom, and they shall defile thy brightness. Psalm 106:41 And he gave them into the hand of the heathen; and they that hated them ruled over them. they shall. Jeremiah 6:12 And their houses shall be turned unto others, with their fields and wives together: for I will stretch out my hand upon the inhabitants of the land, saith the LORD. Lamentations 5:2 Our inheritance is turned to strangers, our houses to aliens. I will also Ezekiel 33:28 For I will lay the land most desolate, and the pomp of her strength shall cease; and the mountains of Israel shall be desolate, that none shall pass through. Isaiah 5:14 Therefore hell hath enlarged herself, and opened her mouth without measure: and their glory, and their multitude, and their pomp, and he that rejoiceth, shall descend into it. the pomp. their holy places shall be defiled. Ezekiel 21:2 Son of man, set thy face toward Jerusalem, and drop thy word toward the holy places, and prophesy against the land of Israel, 2 Chronicles 7:19 But if ye turn away, and forsake my statutes and my commandments, which I have set before you, and shall go and serve other gods, and worship them; Psalm 83:12 Who said, Let us take to ourselves the houses of God in possession. Jump to Previous Caused Cease Defiled End Excellency Heathen Holy Houses Mighty Nations Ones Places Polluted Pomp Possess Possessed Possession Pride Profaned Proud Reason Sanctuaries Strength Strong Themselves Unclean Wherefore Wicked WorstJump to Next Caused Cease Defiled End Excellency Heathen Holy Houses Mighty Nations Ones Places Polluted Pomp Possess Possessed Possession Pride Profaned Proud Reason Sanctuaries Strength Strong Themselves Unclean Wherefore Wicked WorstEzekiel 7 1. The final desolation of Israel16. The mournful repentance from that escape 20. The enemies defile the sanctuary because of the Israelites' abominations 23. Under the type of a chain is shown the miserable captivity of all orders of men (24) Worst of the heathen.--Worst refers to the power and thoroughness of their work against the Israelites. (Comp. Deuteronomy 28:49-50; also Leviticus 26:19, where the word here rendered "pomp of the strong" is translated "pride of power.") Both passages are the warnings, long ages ago, of the judgments now declared to be close at hand. "Their holy places;" no longer God's, since He has abandoned them for the sin of the people. (See Ezekiel 11:23.)Verse 24. - The worst of the heathen; literally, evil ones of the nations - with the superlative implied rather than expressed. For the thought, comp. Deuteronomy 28:50; Lamentations 5:11-13; Jeremiah 6:23. The Chaldeans were probably most prominent in the prophet's thoughts, but ch. 35:5 and Psalm 137:7 suggest that there was a side glance at the Edomites. The pomp of the strong, etc. Another echo of Leviticus 26. (ver. 31). The "pomp" is that of Judah trusting in her strength. The "holy places" find their chief representative in the temple, but, as the word is used also of a non-Jehovistic worship (Ezekiel 28:18; Amos 7:9), may include whatever the people looked on as sanctuaries - the "high places" and the like. The Vulgate gives possidebuut sanctuaria; the Revised Version margin, they that sanctify them; but the Authorized Version is probably right in both cases. Luther renders ihre kirchen, which reminds us of Acts 19:37. Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew So I will bringוְהֵֽבֵאתִי֙ (wə·hê·ḇê·ṯî) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singular Strong's 935: To come in, come, go in, go the most wicked רָעֵ֣י (rā·‘ê) Adjective - masculine plural construct Strong's 7451: Bad, evil of nations גוֹיִ֔ם (ḡō·w·yim) Noun - masculine plural Strong's 1471: A foreign nation, a Gentile, a troop of animals, a flight of locusts to take possession of וְיָרְשׁ֖וּ (wə·yā·rə·šū) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural Strong's 3423: To occupy, to seize, to rob, to inherit, to expel, to impoverish, to ruin their houses. בָּֽתֵּיהֶ֑ם (bāt·tê·hem) Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine plural Strong's 1004: A house I will end וְהִשְׁבַּתִּי֙ (wə·hiš·bat·tî) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singular Strong's 7673: To repose, desist from exertion the pride גְּא֣וֹן (gə·’ō·wn) Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 1347: Arrogance, majesty, ornament of the mighty, עַזִּ֔ים (‘az·zîm) Adjective - masculine plural Strong's 5794: Strong, vehement, harsh and their holy places מְקַֽדְשֵׁיהֶֽם׃ (mə·qaḏ·šê·hem) Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine plural Strong's 6942: To be set apart or consecrated will be profaned. וְנִחֲל֖וּ (wə·ni·ḥă·lū) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Nifal - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural Strong's 2490: To bore, to wound, to dissolve, to profane, to break, to begin, to play Links Ezekiel 7:24 NIVEzekiel 7:24 NLT Ezekiel 7:24 ESV Ezekiel 7:24 NASB Ezekiel 7:24 KJV Ezekiel 7:24 BibleApps.com Ezekiel 7:24 Biblia Paralela Ezekiel 7:24 Chinese Bible Ezekiel 7:24 French Bible Ezekiel 7:24 Catholic Bible OT Prophets: Ezekiel 7:24 Therefore I will bring the worst (Ezek. 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