John Gill Commentary


John Gill Commentary
"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 profane it." — Ezekiel 7:21 (ASV)
And I will give it into the hands of the strangers for a prey ,
&c.] The Babylonians, who lived in a foreign country, and were strangers to the commonwealth of Israel; the temple was suffered of the Lord to fall into their hands as a prey; who spoiled it of all its riches and glory, and carried away the vessels of gold, of silver, and of brass, and other valuable things; see (Jeremiah 52:17–23) ;
and to the wicked of the earth for a spoil ;
meaning the same persons, and the same thing, and the same use they should make of it; for not the wicked of the world in general are meant, but of the land, or this land; the land of Babylon, where the prophet was:
and they shall pollute it ;
by entering into it and spoiling it, by pillaging and burning it.