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Ezekiel 7:20

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7:20They rendered the beauty of his ornaments into pride,35 and with it they made their abominable images—their detestable idols. Therefore I will render it filthy to them.

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  1. 35 The reads “he set up the beauty of his ornament as pride.” The verb may be repointed as plural without changing the consonantal text. The 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 , supports the understanding that this is a reference to temple items. See D. I. Block, Ezekiel (), 1:.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

His beautiful ornament they used for pride, and they made their abominable images and their detestable things of it. Therefore I make it an unclean thing to them.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

They took pride in their beautiful jewelry

and used it to make their detestable idols.

They made it into vile images;

therefore I will make it a thing unclean for them.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

He appointed his beautiful ornaments for majesty,

but they made their detestable images from them,

their abhorrent things.

Therefore, I have made these

into something filthy to them.

NLTNew Living Translation

They were proud of their beautiful jewelry

and used it to make detestable idols and vile images.

Therefore, I will make all their wealth

disgusting to them.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

“ ‘And the beauty of its ornament he made into a prideful thing and made with it their detestable things and their vile idols; therefore I will make it into an impure thing for them.

KJV 1900King James Version

As for the beauty of his ornament, he set it in majesty: but they made the images of their abominations and of their detestable things therein: therefore have I set it far from them.