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Ezekiel 7

Ezek. 7:20 KJV (With Strong’s)

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As for the beauty
tsbiy (Hebrew #6643)
splendor (as conspicuous); also a gazelle (as beautiful)
KJV usage: beautiful(-ty), glorious (-ry), goodly, pleasant, roe(-buck).
Pronounce: tseb-ee'
Origin: from 6638 in the sense of prominence
of his ornament
`adiy (Hebrew #5716)
finery; generally an outfit; specifically, a headstall
KJV usage: X excellent, mouth, ornament.
Pronounce: ad-ee'
Origin: from 5710 in the sense of trappings
, he set
suwm (Hebrew #7760)
a primitive root; to put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically)
KJV usage: X any wise, appoint, bring, call (a name), care, cast in, change, charge, commit, consider, convey, determine, + disguise, dispose, do, get, give, heap up, hold, impute, lay (down, up), leave, look, make (out), mark, + name, X on, ordain, order, + paint, place, preserve, purpose, put (on), + regard, rehearse, reward, (cause to) set (on, up), shew, + stedfastly, take, X tell, + tread down, ((over-))turn, X wholly, work.
Pronounce: soom
Origin: or siym {seem}
it in majesty
ga'own (Hebrew #1347)
the same as 1346
KJV usage: arrogancy, excellency(-lent), majesty, pomp, pride, proud, swelling.
Pronounce: gaw-ohn'
Origin: from 1342
: but they made
`asah (Hebrew #6213)
to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application (as follows)
KJV usage: accomplish, advance, appoint, apt, be at, become, bear, bestow, bring forth, bruise, be busy, X certainly, have the charge of, commit, deal (with), deck, + displease, do, (ready) dress(-ed), (put in) execute(-ion), exercise, fashion, + feast, (fight-)ing man, + finish, fit, fly, follow, fulfill, furnish, gather, get, go about, govern, grant, great, + hinder, hold ((a feast)), X indeed, + be industrious, + journey, keep, labour, maintain, make, be meet, observe, be occupied, offer, + officer, pare, bring (come) to pass, perform, pracise, prepare, procure, provide, put, requite, X sacrifice, serve, set, shew, X sin, spend, X surely, take, X thoroughly, trim, X very, + vex, be (warr-)ior, work(-man), yield, use.
Pronounce: aw-saw'
Origin: a primitive root
b the images
tselem (Hebrew #6754)
a phantom, i.e. (figuratively) illusion, resemblance; hence, a representative figure, especially an idol
KJV usage: image, vain shew.
Pronounce: tseh'-lem
Origin: from an unused root meaning to shade
of their abominations
tow`ebah (Hebrew #8441)
feminine active participle of 8581; properly, something disgusting (morally), i.e. (as noun) an abhorrence; especially idolatry or (concretely) an idol
KJV usage: abominable (custom, thing), abomination.
Pronounce: to-ay-baw'
Origin: or tonebah {to-ay-baw'}
and of their detestable things
shiqquwts (Hebrew #8251)
from 8262; disgusting, i.e. filthy; especially idolatrous or (concretely) an idol
KJV usage: abominable filth (idol, -ation), detestable (thing).
Pronounce: shik-koots'
Origin: or shiqquts {shik-koots'}
therein: therefore have I φset
nathan (Hebrew #5414)
to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
KJV usage: add, apply, appoint, ascribe, assign, X avenge, X be ((healed)), bestow, bring (forth, hither), cast, cause, charge, come, commit, consider, count, + cry, deliver (up), direct, distribute, do, X doubtless, X without fail, fasten, frame, X get, give (forth, over, up), grant, hang (up), X have, X indeed, lay (unto charge, up), (give) leave, lend, let (out), + lie, lift up, make, + O that, occupy, offer, ordain, pay, perform, place, pour, print, X pull , put (forth), recompense, render, requite, restore, send (out), set (forth), shew, shoot forth (up), + sing, + slander, strike, (sub-)mit, suffer, X surely, X take, thrust, trade, turn, utter, + weep, + willingly, + withdraw, + would (to) God, yield.
Pronounce: naw-than'
Origin: a primitive root
it far
niddah (Hebrew #5079)
properly, rejection; by implication, impurity, especially personal (menstruation) or moral (idolatry, incest)
KJV usage: X far, filthiness, X flowers, menstruous (woman), put apart, X removed (woman), separation, set apart, unclean(-ness, thing, with filthiness).
Pronounce: nid-daw'
Origin: from 5074
from them.

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the beauty.
Ezek. 24:21• 21Say unto the house of Israel, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Behold, I will profane my sanctuary, the pride of your strength, the desire of your eyes, and your soul's longing; and your sons and your daughters whom ye have left behind shall fall by the sword. (Ezek. 24:21)
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1 Chron. 29:1‑2• 1And king David said to all the congregation, Solomon my son, the one whom God has chosen, is young and tender, and the work is great; for this palace is not to be for man, but for Jehovah Elohim.
2And I have prepared according to all my power for the house of my God gold for things of gold, and silver for things of silver, and brass for things of brass, iron for things of iron, and wood for things of wood; onyx stones, and stones to be set, glistering stones, and of divers colours, and all manner of precious stones, and white marble in abundance.
(1 Chron. 29:1‑2)
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2 Chron. 2:9• 9even to prepare me timber in abundance: for the house that I build shall be great and wonderful. (2 Chron. 2:9)
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2 Chron. 3:1‑17• 1And Solomon began to build the house of Jehovah at Jerusalem on mount Moriah, where he appeared to David his father, in the place that David had prepared in the threshing-floor of Ornan the Jebusite.
2And he began to build on the second of the second month, in the fourth year of his reign.
3And this was Solomon's foundation for the construction of the house of God. The length by cubits after the first measure was sixty cubits, and the breadth twenty cubits.
4And the porch which was in front was twenty cubits in length, in front of the house broadways, and the height was a hundred and twenty; and he overlaid it within with pure gold.
5And the greater house he boarded with cypress-wood, which he overlaid with fine gold, and set on it palm-trees and chains.
6And he overlaid the house with precious stones for beauty; and the gold was gold of Parvaim.
7And he covered the house, the beams, the threshold, and its walls, and its doors with gold, and engraved cherubim on the walls.
8And he made the house of the most holy place, the length of which was according to the breadth of the house, twenty cubits, and its breadth twenty cubits; and he covered it with fine gold, amounting to six hundred talents.
9And the weight of the nails was fifty shekels of gold. And he covered the upper chambers with gold.
10And in the house of the most holy place he made two cherubim of image work, and they overlaid them with gold.
11And the wings of the cherubim were twenty cubits long: one wing of five cubits touched the wall of the house; and the other wing of five cubits touched the wing of the other cherub.
12And the wing of the other cherub of five cubits touched the wall of the house; and the other wing was five cubits joining the wing of the other cherub.
13The wings of these cherubim spread forth were twenty cubits; and they stood on their feet, and their faces were toward the house.
14And he made the veil of blue, and purple, and crimson, and byssus, and made cherubim upon it.
15And before the house he made two pillars thirty-five cubits long; and the capital that was on the top of each of them was five cubits.
16And he made chains as in the oracle, and he put them on the top of the pillars; and he made a hundred pomegranates, and put them on the chains.
17And he set up the pillars in front of the temple, one on the right hand and the other on the left; and he called the name of that on the right Jachin, and the name of that on the left Boaz.
(2 Chron. 3:1‑17)
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Ezra 3:12• 12But many of the priests and Levites and chief fathers, the ancient men that had seen the first house, wept with a loud voice, when the foundation of this house was laid in their sight; and many shouted aloud for joy. (Ezra 3:12)
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Psa. 48:2• 2Beautiful in elevation, the joy of the whole earth, is mount Zion, on the sides of the north, the city of the great King. (Psa. 48:2)
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Psa. 50:2• 2Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty, God hath shined forth. (Psa. 50:2)
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Psa. 87:2‑3• 2Jehovah loveth the gates of Zion more than all the habitations of Jacob.
3Glorious things are spoken of thee, O city of God. Selah.
(Psa. 87:2‑3)
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Isa. 64:11• 11Our holy and our beautiful house, where our fathers praised thee, is burnt up with fire, and all our precious things are laid waste. (Isa. 64:11)
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Hag. 2:3• 3Who is left among you that saw this house in its former glory? and how do ye see it now? Is it not as nothing in your eyes? (Hag. 2:3)
but.
Ezek. 5:11• 11Wherefore, as I live, saith the Lord Jehovah, verily because thou hast defiled my sanctuary with all thy detestable things, and with all thine abominations, therefore will I also withdraw mine eye, and it shall not spare, nor will I have any pity. (Ezek. 5:11)
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Ezek. 8:7‑10,15‑16• 7And he brought me to the entry of the court, and I looked, and behold, a hole in the wall.
8And he said unto me, Son of man, dig now through the wall; and I digged through the wall, and behold, a door.
9And he said unto me, Go in, and behold the wicked abominations that they do here.
10And I went in and looked, and behold, every form of creeping thing and abominable beast, and all the idols of the house of Israel, portrayed upon the wall round about.
15And he said unto me, Seest thou, son of man? Thou shalt yet again see greater abominations than these.
16And he brought me into the inner court of Jehovah's house, and behold, at the entry of the temple of Jehovah, between the porch and the altar, were about five and twenty men, with their backs toward the temple of Jehovah and their faces toward the east; and they worshipped the sun toward the east.
(Ezek. 8:7‑10,15‑16)
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2 Kings 21:4,7• 4And he built altars in the house of Jehovah, of which Jehovah had said, In Jerusalem will I put my name.
7And he set the graven image of the Asherah that he had made, in the house of which Jehovah had said to David and to Solomon his son, In this house, and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, will I put my name for ever;
(2 Kings 21:4,7)
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2 Kings 23:11‑12• 11And he abolished the horses that the kings of Judah had appointed to the sun at the entrance of the house of Jehovah, by the chamber of Nathan-melech the chamberlain, which was in the suburbs, and burned the chariots of the sun, with fire.
12And the king broke down the altars that were on the roof of the upper chamber of Ahaz, which the kings of Judah had made, and the altars that Manasseh had made in the two courts of the house of Jehovah, and he shattered them, removing them from thence, and cast the powder of them into the torrent of Kidron.
(2 Kings 23:11‑12)
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2 Chron. 33:4‑7• 4And he built altars in the house of Jehovah, of which Jehovah had said, In Jerusalem shall my name be for ever.
5And he built altars to all the host of heaven in both courts of the house of Jehovah.
6He also caused his children to pass through the fire in the valley of the son of Hinnom; and he used magic and divination and sorcery, and appointed necromancers and soothsayers: he wrought evil beyond measure in the sight of Jehovah, to provoke him to anger.
7And he set the graven image of the idol that he had made, in the house of God, of which God had said to David and to Solomon his son, In this house, and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, will I put my name for ever;
(2 Chron. 33:4‑7)
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2 Chron. 36:14• 14All the chiefs of the priests also, and the people, increased their transgressions, according to all the abominations of the nations; and they defiled the house of Jehovah which he had hallowed in Jerusalem. (2 Chron. 36:14)
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Jer. 7:30• 30For the children of Judah have done evil in my sight, saith Jehovah; they have set their abominations in the house which is called by my name, to defile it. (Jer. 7:30)
set it far from them.
or, made it unto them an uncleanthing.
Ezek. 7:22• 22And I will turn my face from them; and they shall profane my secret place; and the violent shall enter into it, and profane it. (Ezek. 7:22)
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Ezek. 9:7• 7And he said unto them, Defile the house, and fill the courts with the slain: go forth. And they went forth, and smote in the city. (Ezek. 9:7)
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Ezek. 24:21• 21Say unto the house of Israel, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Behold, I will profane my sanctuary, the pride of your strength, the desire of your eyes, and your soul's longing; and your sons and your daughters whom ye have left behind shall fall by the sword. (Ezek. 24:21)
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Jer. 7:14• 14I will even do unto the house which is called by my name, wherein ye trust, and unto the place which I gave to you and to your fathers, as I have done to Shiloh; (Jer. 7:14)
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Lam. 1:10• 10The adversary hath spread out his hand upon all her precious things; for she hath seen the nations enter into her sanctuary, concerning whom thou didst command that they should not enter into thy congregation. (Lam. 1:10)
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Lam. 2:1,7• 1How hath the Lord in his anger covered the daughter of Zion with a cloud! He hath cast down from the heavens unto the earth the beauty of Israel, and remembered not his footstool in the day of his anger.
7The Lord hath cast off his altar, he hath rejected his sanctuary; he hath given up into the hand of the enemy the walls of her palaces: they have made a noise in the house of Jehovah, as on the day of a set feast.
(Lam. 2:1,7)

J. N. Darby Translation

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And he set in majesty his beautiful ornament; but they made thereina the images of their abominations and of their detestable things: therefore have I made it an impurity unto them.

JND Translation Notes

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Or "of his beautiful ornament, he (i.e. the people) hath made his pride; and they have made therefrom."