Ezekiel 21:25

Translations

Modern

And you, O profane and wicked prince of Israel, the day has come for your final punishment.’

Traditional

And thou, profane wicked prince of Israel, whose day is come, when iniquity shall have an end,

Literal

And you, O profane and wicked prince of Israel, for whom his day has come, in the time of your punishment at the end—

Latin

Tu autem, profane, impie dux Israël, cujus venit dies in tempore iniquitatis præfinita:

Original

Hebrew

English

And you, O profane and wicked prince of Israel, the day has come for your final punishment.’

Notes

Ezekiel 21:25–27

This judgment would affect Zedekiah, the corrupt and wicked leader of Israel, and the people. Ezekiel refers to Zedekiah by his title, showing that his position was also judged. He would lose his royal symbols and be humbled, while the Lord would lift up the humble. The old order would face destruction.
the arrival of Him … to whom I have assigned the right of judgment: Many people understand this coming judge to be the Messiah (God’s chosen one), as in Genesis 49:10. In this context, however, the Lord was giving Judah to the Babylonians for judgment (see Ezekiel 23:24).
Ezekiel was likely reshaping the traditional promise in Genesis 49:10. Instead of pointing to a future king, he applied it to a coming judgment. Nebuchadnezzar would act as God’s instrument. God would take the scepter (symbol of royal rule) away from Judah for a time because its rulers had sinned. Later, God would restore it.

Ezekiel 21:1–32

This chapter repeatedly mentions a sword (Ezekiel 21:3–5, 9, 11–12, 14–16, 19, 28–30). Each time, the sword represents God’s judgment.

Events

Prophecies of Ezekielc. 593 BC

Related verses

Ezekiel 35:5
Because you harbored an ancient hatred and delivered the Israelites over to the sword in the time of their disaster at the final stage of their punishment,
Jeremiah 52:2
And Zedekiah did evil in the sight of the LORD, just as Jehoiakim had done.
Ezekiel 17:19
Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘As surely as I live, I will bring down upon his head My oath that he despised and My covenant that he broke.
Ezekiel 21:29
…while they offer false visions for you and lying divinations about you—to be placed on the necks of the wicked who are slain, whose day has come, the time of their final punishment.
2 Chronicles 36:13
He also rebelled against King Nebuchadnezzar, who had made him swear by God. But Zedekiah stiffened his neck and hardened his heart against turning to the LORD, the God of Israel.
Psalm 9:5–6
You have rebuked the nations; You have destroyed the wicked; You have erased their name forever and ever.
Ezekiel 7:6
The end has come! The end has come! It has roused itself against you. Behold, it has come!
Jeremiah 51:13
You who dwell by many waters, rich in treasures, your end has come; the thread of your life is cut.
Psalm 7:9
Put an end to the evil of the wicked, but establish the righteous, O righteous God who searches hearts and minds.
Jeremiah 24:8
But like the bad figs, so bad they cannot be eaten,’ says the LORD, ‘so will I deal with Zedekiah king of Judah, his officials, and the remnant of Jerusalem—those remaining in this land and those living in the land of Egypt.
Ezekiel 30:3
For the day is near, the Day of the LORD is near. It will be a day of clouds, a time of doom for the nations.

People

Israel: Patriarch, son of Isaac, father of twelve tribes

Glossary

Ezekiel, Book of Zedekiah

Topics

Babylon: Predictions Respecting: Conquests By Government: Unclassified Scriptures Relating to God In Rulers: Wicked

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