Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Ezekiel 7:24

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24. 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 ( Psalms 68:35 ; Jeremiah 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 ( Ezekiel 7:20 ; Ezekiel 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 their self-constituted "sacred places." return to ' Top of Page ' <a name="verse-25" class="com-number"

Pericope (part_of)

• part_of pericope/per-ezk-7-005

절 (explains)

bible-text/ezk-7-24

Source

• source-manifest/jfb — Jamieson-Fausset-Brown (PD)
• evidence_grade: T_theological