Ezekiel 7:24

“Wherefore I will bring the worst of the Heathen, &c.] The Chaldeans, notorious for their cruelty, savageness, and barbarity: and they shall possess their houses; which they have built, and thought to have lived and died in, and left them to their children for an inheritance; but the Chaldeans, and not their children, became their heirs, and inherited their houses and lands: I will also make the pomp of the strong to cease; or, “the pride of the mighty ones”f108; the noble and the rich; their wealth and substance, by which their pride and grandeur were supported, being takes away from them: and their holy places shall be defiled; the temple, in which were the holy place, and the holy of…”

“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 (Psa 68:35; Jer 51:51) [CALVIN]. God calls it "their holy places," because they had so defiled it that He regarded it no longer as His. However, as the defilement of the temple has already been mentioned (Eze 7:20, Eze 7:22), and "their sacred places" are introduced as a new subject, it seems better to understand this of the places dedicated to their idols. As they defiled God's sanctuary, He will defile…”

“The worst of the pagan - The most cruel and terrible of nations - the Chaldaeans. The pomp of the strong - Compare Leviticus 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.” return to 'Top of Page' Footnotes: Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliographical Information Barnes, Albert. "Commentary on Ezekiel 7". "Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible". https://www.studylight.org/commentaries/eng/bnb/ezekiel-7.html. 1870. StudyLight.org…”

“The pomp - The magnificence and glory, wherein they boasted; or the temple that the Jews gloried in. Ezekiel 7:26”

“I will bring: Eze 21:31, Eze 28:7; Psa 106:41; Jer 4:7, Jer 12:12; Hab 1:6-10 they shall: That is, "the Chaldeans shall possess the houses of the Jews." The antecedents of pronouns are thus frequently understood in Hebrew poetry. Jer 6:12; Lam 5:2 I will also: Eze 33:28; Isa 5:14 the pomp: That is, the magnificence of their greatest and haughtiest princes. their holy places shall be defiled: or, they shall inherit their holy places, Eze 21:2; Ch2 7:19; Psa 83:12 Ezekiel 7:25”