Ezekiel 7:20 meaning and explanation

His beautiful ornaments they transformed into pride and used them to fashion their vile images and detestable idols. Therefore I will make these into something unclean for them.

Ezekiel 7:20, Berean Standard Bible

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Ezekiel 7 is a prophecy of coming judgment on Jerusalem, and verse 20 sits within that larger announcement. The Lord speaks through Ezekiel about the city's beautiful ornaments, likely the gold and silver jewelry and temple treasures that Israel had turned into objects of pride and used to make idols.

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