Ezekiel - 21:25



25 You, deadly wounded wicked one, the prince of Israel, whose day is come, in the time of the iniquity of the end,

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Explanation and meaning of Ezekiel 21:25.

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And thou, profane wicked prince of Israel, whose day is come, when iniquity shall have an end,
But thou profane wicked prince of Israel, whose day is come that hath been appointed in the time of iniquity:
And thou, profane, wicked prince of Israel, whose day is come, at the time of the iniquity of the end,
And you, O evil one, wounded to death, O ruler of Israel, whose day has come in the time of the last punishment;
And thou, O wicked one, that art to be slain, the prince of Israel, whose day is come, in the time of the iniquity of the end;
'You, deadly wounded wicked one, the prince of Israel, whose day has come, in the time of the iniquity of the end,
But as for you, O impious leader of Israel, whose day has arrived that was predetermined at the time of iniquity:

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Historical Commentaries

Scholarly Analysis and Interpretation.

Profane - Rather, "wounded," - not dead but - having a death-wound. The prophet, turning from the general crowd, addresses Zedekiah.
When iniquity shall have an end - i. e., at the time when iniquity shall be closed with punishment. So in Ezekiel 21:29.

And thou profane wicked prince of Israel - Zedekiah, called here profane, because he had broken his oath; and wicked, because of his opposition to God and his prophet.
Whose day is come - Who in a short time shalt be delivered into the hands of thy enemies.

And thou, profane wicked (u) prince of Israel, whose day is come, when iniquity [shall have] an end,
(u) Meaning, Zedekiah who practised with the Egyptians to make himself high and able to resist the Babylonians.

And thou, profane wicked prince of Israel,.... Meaning Zedekiah, the then reigning prince; who is so called, because he had profaned or violated the oath and covenant he made with the king of Babylon, as well as because of other sins he was guilty of; and his being a prince of Israel was an aggravation of his crimes: now, though it is "not fit" in common, or for ordinary persons, "to say to a king thou art wicked, and to princes ye are ungodly", Job 34:18, yet a prophet from the Lord, and in his name, may say so; and he ought, when he has a commission from God for it:
whose day is come; the time of his downfall and ruin; and so the Targum,
"whose day of destruction is come:''
when iniquity shall have an end; a stop put to the torrent of it, both in the king and his subjects; they not having the opportunity and means of sinning in captivity as before; or when the measure of iniquity is filled up, then comes punishment; or when the punishment of iniquity shall be completed. So the Targum,
"the time of the recompence of his sins.''

profane--as having desecrated by idolatry and perjury his office as the Lord's anointed. HAVERNICK translates, as in Ezekiel 21:14, "slain," that is, not literally, but virtually; to Ezekiel's idealizing view Zedekiah was the grand victim "pierced through" by God's sword of judgment, as his sons were slain before his eyes, which were then put out, and he was led a captive in chains to Babylon. English Version is better: so GESENIUS (2-Chronicles 36:13; Jeremiah 52:2).
when iniquity shall have an end-- (Ezekiel 21:29). When thine iniquity, having reached its last stage of guilt, shall be put an end to by judgment (Ezekiel 35:5).

And thou - Zedekiah. Whose day - The day of sorrows, and sufferings, and punishment is at hand. Shall have an end - Shall bring the ruin of king and kingdom, and with the overthrow of your state, the means of sinning shall end too.

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