EZEKIEL 7:20

KING JAMES VERSION (KJV)

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“As for the beauty of his ornament, he set it in majesty: but they made the images of their abominations and of their detestable things therein: therefore have I set it far from them.”

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Ezekiel 7:20 Translation & Meaning

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As for the beauty וּצְבִ֤י Splendor (as conspicuous) beauty
of his ornament, עֶדְיוֹ֙ Finery; generally an outfit; specifically, a headstall ornament
he set שָׂמָ֔הוּ To put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically) set
it in majesty: לְגָא֣וֹן The same as H1346 majesty
but they made עָ֣שׂוּ To do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application made
the images וְצַלְמֵ֧י A phantom, i.e., (figuratively) illusion, resemblance; hence, a representative figure, especially an idol images
of their abominations תוֹעֲבֹתָ֛ם Properly, something disgusting (morally), i.e., (as noun) an abhorrence; especially idolatry or (concretely) an idol abominations
and (No Hebrew definition. English implied.)
of their detestable things שִׁקּוּצֵיהֶ֖ם Disgusting, i.e., filthy; especially idolatrous or (concretely) an idol detestable things
therein: therefore עַל Above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications therein therefore
have I set נְתַתִּ֥יו To give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.) set
it far לְנִדָּֽה׃ Properly, rejection; by implication, impurity, especially personal (menstruation) or moral (idolatry, incest) far
from them. לְנִדָּֽה׃ Properly, rejection; by implication, impurity, especially personal (menstruation) or moral (idolatry, incest) from them

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  • 18  They shall also gird themselves with sackcloth, and horror shall cover them; and shame shall be upon all faces, and baldness upon all their heads.

  • 19  They shall cast their silver in the streets, and their gold shall be removed: their silver and their gold shall not be able to deliver them in the day of the wrath of the Lord: they shall not satisfy their souls, neither fill their bowels: because it is the stumblingblock of their iniquity.

  • 20  As for the beauty of his ornament, he set it in majesty: but they made the images of their abominations and of their detestable things therein: therefore have I set it far from them.

  • 21  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.

  • 22  My face will I turn also from them, and they shall pollute my secret place: for the robbers shall enter into it, and defile it.




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