And I will give itוּנְתַתִּיוinto the handבְּיַדof the strangersהַזָּרִיםas plunder,לָבַזand to the wickedוּלְרִשְׁעֵיof the earthהָאָרֶץas spoil,לְשָׁלָלand they will profane it.וְחִלְּלוּהוּ
Ezekiel 7:21
Study it in the app“And I will give it into the hand of the strangers as plunder, and to the wicked of the earth as spoil, and they will profane it.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Ezekiel 7:21, word by word
- And I will give itנְתַתִּיnetati
hand over
To hand someone over to another's power, giving that one victory.
Where else “netati” appears- into the handיַדyad
power
Literally "the hand": the strength and control someone has.
Where else “yad” appears- of the strangersזָּרִיםzarim
stranger
An outsider, not part of the group.
Where else “zarim” appears- as plunderבַזvaz
plunder, booty
Plunder: what the victor carries off from the defeated.
Where else “vaz” appears- and to the wickedרִשְׁעֵיrishe
wicked
One who does evil, the opposite of the righteous.
Where else “rishe” appears- of the earthאָרֶץarets
earth
The whole world, everything under the sky.
Where else “arets” appears- as spoilשָׁלָלshalal
spoil, plunder
Spoil: what is taken from a defeated enemy.
Where else “shalal” appears- and they will profane itחִלְּלוּchillu
profane
To treat what is holy as common.
Where else “chillu” appears
The context
20And the beauty of its ornament they set for pride, and the images of their abominations, their detestable things, they made with it; therefore I have made it for them an impurity.
21 · This verse (above)
22And I will turn my face from them, and they will profane my hidden treasure, and violent men will enter it and profane it.