Charles Ellicott Commentary Ezekiel 7:22

Charles Ellicott Commentary

Ezekiel 7:22

1819–1905
Anglican
Charles Ellicott
Charles Ellicott

Charles Ellicott Commentary

Ezekiel 7:22

1819–1905
Anglican
SCRIPTURE

"My face will I turn also from them, and they shall profane my secret [place]; and robbers shall enter into it, and profane it." — Ezekiel 7:22 (ASV)

My secret place. —The holy of holies, sacredly guarded from all intrusion, and representing the very culmination of both the religion and the national life of Israel, shall be polluted. If the pronoun “they” represents anyone in particular, it must be the Chaldeans; but it is better to take the verb impersonally (as is often the case with third-person plural verbs), i.e., “shall be polluted.” The agents in this pollution are immediately mentioned as “the robbers,” i.e., the Chaldean armies.