Ezekiel 7:24 Meaning
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.
Context Explained
22My face will I turn also from them, and they shall pollute my secret place: for the robbers shall enter into it, and defile it.
23Make a chain: for the land is full of bloody crimes, and the city is full of violence.
24Wherefore 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.
25Destruction cometh; and they shall seek peace, and there shall be none.
26Mischief shall come upon mischief, and rumour shall be upon rumour; then shall they seek a vision of the prophet; but the law shall perish from the priest, and counsel from the ancients.
Key Themes
Related Cross References
Jeremiah 5:15
Jeremiah foretells the invasion by foreign nations, similar to Ezekiel's warning.
Lamentations 1:10
Lamentations reflects on the destruction and defilement by outsiders.
Ezekiel 30:4
Ezekiel 30 also discusses the coming judgment from foreign nations.
Source: Ezekiel 7:24