Ezekiel 7:24

7:24 I will bring the most wicked of the nations and they will take possession of their houses. I will put an end to the arrogance of the strong, and their sanctuaries ¹  will be desecrated.

Ezekiel 24:21

24:21 Say to the house of Israel, ‘This is what the sovereign Lord says: Realize I am about to desecrate my sanctuary – the source of your confident pride, ²  the object in which your eyes delight, ³  and your life’s passion. ⁴  Your very own sons and daughters whom you have left behind will die ⁵  by the sword.

Ezekiel 30:6-7

30:6 “‘This is what the Lord says:

Egypt’s supporters will fall;

her confident pride will crumble. ⁶ 

From Migdol to Syene ⁷  they will die by the sword within her,

declares the sovereign Lord.

30:7 They will be desolate among desolate lands,

and their cities will be among ruined cities.

¹ sn Or “their holy places” (KJV, ASV, NASB, NCV, NRSV).

² tn Heb “the pride of your strength” means “your strong pride.”

³ sn Heb “the delight of your eyes.” Just as Ezekiel was deprived of his beloved wife (v. 16, the “desire” of his “eyes”) so the Lord would be forced to remove the object of his devotion, the temple, which symbolized his close relationship to his covenant people.

⁴ tn Heb “the object of compassion of your soul.” The accentuation in the traditional Hebrew text indicates that the descriptive phrases (“the source of your confident pride, the object in which your eyes delight, and your life’s passion”) modify the preceding “my sanctuary.”

⁵ tn Heb “fall.”

⁶ tn Heb “come down.”

⁷ sn Syene is known as Aswan today.