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Commentary Index | Return to PrayerRequest.comJamieson Fausset Brown Commentary - Ezekiel 7:20 - 7:20
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beauty of his ornament - the temple of Jehovah, the especial glory of the Jews, as a bride glories in her ornaments (the very imagery used by God as to the temple, Eze 16:10, Eze 16:11). Compare Eze 24:21 : “My sanctuary, the excellency of your strength, the desire of your eyes.”
images ... therein - namely, in the temple (Eze 8:3-17).
set it far from them - God had “set” the temple (their “beauty of ornament”) “for His majesty”; but they had set up “abominations therein”; therefore God, in just retribution, “set it far from them,” (that is, removed them far from it, or took it away from them [Vatablus]). The Margin translates, “Made it unto them an unclean thing” (compare Margin on Eze 7:19, “removed”); what I designed for their glory they turned to their shame, therefore I will make it turn to their ignominy and ruin.