Ezekiel 7:20

Context
7:20 They rendered the beauty of his ornaments into pride,¹ and with it they made their abominable images – their detestable idols. Therefore I will render it filthy to them.

Luke 21:5-6

Context

The Signs of the End of the Age

21:5 Now² while some were speaking about the temple, how it was adorned³ with beautiful stones and offerings,⁴ Jesus⁵ said, 21:6 “As for these things that you are gazing at, the days will come when not one stone will be left on another.⁶ All will be torn down!”⁷

[7:20] ¹tc The MT reads “he set up the beauty of his ornament as pride.” The verb may be repointed as plural without changing the consonantal text. The Syriac reads “their ornaments” (plural), implying עֶדְיָם (’edyam) rather than עֶדְיוֹ (’edyo) and meaning “they were proud of their beautiful ornaments.” This understands “ornaments” in the common sense of women’s jewelry, which then were used to make idols. The singular suffix “his ornaments” would refer to using items from the temple treasury to make idols. D. I. Block points out the foreshadowing of Ezek 16:17 which, with Rashi and the Targum, supports the understanding that this is a reference to temple items. See D. I. Block, Ezekiel (NICOT), 1:265.

[21:5] ²tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “now” to indicate the transition to a new topic.

[21:5] ³sn The Jerusalem temple was widely admired around the world. See Josephus, Ant. 15.11 (15.380-425); J. W. 5.5 (5.184-227) and Tacitus, History 5.8, who called it “immensely opulent.” Josephus compared it to a beautiful snowcapped mountain.

[21:5] ⁴tn For the translation of ἀνάθημα (anaqhma) as “offering” see L&N 53.18.

[21:5] ⁵tn Grk “he”; the referent (Jesus) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[21:6] ⁶sn With the statement days will come when not one stone will be left on another Jesus predicted the total destruction of the temple, something that did occur in a.d. 70.

[21:6] ⁷tn Grk “the days will come when not one stone will be left on another that will not be thrown down.”