John Gill Commentary Ezekiel 7:24

"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." — Ezekiel 7:24 (ASV)

Wherefore I will bring the worst of the Heathen. The Chaldeans, notorious for their cruelty, savageness, and barbarity.

And they shall possess their houses; which they have built, and thought to have lived and died in, and left them to their children for an inheritance; but the Chaldeans, and not their children, became their heirs, and inherited their houses and lands.

I will also make the pomp of the strong to cease; or, "the pride of the mighty ones" ^F14; the noble and the rich; their wealth and substance, by which their pride and grandeur were supported, being taken away from them.

And their holy places shall be defiled; the temple, in which were the holy place, and the holy of holies: or, "they that sanctify them"; the priests that offered sacrifices, which only sanctified to the purifying of the flesh; even these holy persons and things, as well as holy places, would be defiled.

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FOOTNOTES:

• F14: (Myze Nwag) "superbiam fortium", Calvin; "superbiam robustorum", Starckius.