Ezekiel 7:21

“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.”

Ezekiel 7:21 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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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.

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