Ezekiel 7:24

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

I will bring the most evil 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.

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Other Translations

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    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.

  • KJV1611 – Modern English

    Therefore 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.

  • King James Version 1611 (Original)

    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.

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    Wherefore I will bring{H935} the worst{H7451} of the nations,{H1471} and they shall possess{H3423} their houses:{H1004} I will also make the pride{H1347} of the strong{H5794} to cease;{H7673} and their holy places{H6942} shall be profaned.{H2490}

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    Wherefore I will bring{H935}{(H8689)} the worst{H7451} of the heathen{H1471}, and they shall possess{H3423}{(H8804)} their houses{H1004}: I will also make the pomp{H1347} of the strong{H5794} to cease{H7673}{(H8689)}; and their holy places{H6942}{(H8764)} shall be defiled{H2490}{(H8738)}{(H8676)}{H5157}{(H8765)}.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    Wherfore, I will bringe the most cruell tyrauntes from amonge the Heithen, to take their houses in possession. I will make the pompe off the proude to ceasse, ad they shal take in their Sanctuary.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    Wherefore I will bring the most wicked of the heathen, and they shall possesse their houses: I will also make the pompe of the mightie to cease, and their holie places shalbe defiled.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    Wherfore I wyll bryng the most wicked of the heathen to take their houses in possession, I wyll make the pompe of the mightie to ceasse, and their sanctuaries shalbe defyled.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    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.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    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.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    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.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    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.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    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.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    For this reason I will send the worst of the nations and they will take their houses for themselves: I will make the pride of their strength come to an end; and their holy places will be made unclean.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    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.

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    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.

Referenced Verses

  • Ezek 28:7 : 7 therefore, behold, I will bring strangers upon you, the most ruthless of nations. They will draw their swords against your beauty and wisdom, and they will defile your splendor.
  • Ezek 33:28 : 28 I will make the land a desolate waste, and its proud strength will come to an end. The mountains of Israel will become desolate, with no one passing through.
  • Ezek 21:31 : 31 This is what the Sovereign LORD says: Remove the turban and take off the crown. Things will not remain as they are. Exalt the lowly and bring down the exalted.
  • Ezek 24:21 : 21 Say to the house of Israel, ‘This is what the Lord God says: Behold, I am about to profane my sanctuary—the pride of your power, the delight of your eyes, and the desire of your soul. Your sons and daughters whom you left behind shall fall by the sword.’
  • Hab 1:6-9 : 6 Look, I am raising up the Chaldeans, that bitter and impetuous nation that marches through the earth's breadth to seize dwellings not their own. 7 They are terrifying and dreadful; their justice and authority originate with themselves. 8 Their horses are swifter than leopards, fiercer than evening wolves. Their horsemen charge ahead; their horsemen come from afar. They fly like an eagle swooping to devour. 9 They all come for violence; their faces are set to advance. They gather captives like sand. 10 They mock kings, and rulers are a joke to them. They laugh at every fortress and build up siege ramps to capture it.
  • 2 Chr 7:19-20 : 19 But if you turn away and forsake the statutes and commandments I have set before you, and go and serve other gods and worship them, 20 then I will uproot you from My land that I have given you, and I will reject this temple I have consecrated for My name. I will make it a byword and an object of ridicule among all peoples.
  • Ps 83:12 : 12 Make their nobles like Oreb and Zeeb, and all their princes like Zebah and Zalmunna,
  • Ps 106:41 : 41 He handed them over to the nations, and those who hated them ruled over them.
  • Isa 5:14 : 14 Therefore Sheol has enlarged its appetite and opened its mouth wide without limit. Into it will descend its splendor, its multitude, its uproar, and those who revel in it.
  • Jer 4:7 : 7 A lion has come out of his thicket, a destroyer of nations has set out; he has left his place to turn your land into a waste. Your cities will be ruined, without inhabitants.
  • Jer 6:12 : 12 Their houses will be turned over to others, along with their fields and wives. For I will stretch out my hand against the inhabitants of the land,” declares the Lord.
  • Jer 12:12 : 12 On all the barren heights in the wilderness, destroyers have come. For the sword of the LORD is devouring from one end of the land to the other; no flesh has peace.
  • Lam 5:2 : 2 Our inheritance has been turned over to strangers, our homes to foreigners.
  • Ezek 21:2 : 2 Son of man, turn your face toward the south, and speak against the south. Prophesy against the forest of the southern land,

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