Eze 24:21 | JFB | STEP | 21. excellency of your strength-- (compare ). The object of your pride and confidence ( , ). desire of ... eyes-- ( ). The antitype to Ezekiel's wife ( ). pitieth-- loveth, as pity is akin to love: "yearned over." Profane-- an appropriate word. They had profaned the temple with idolatry; God, in just retribution, will profane it with the Chaldean sword, that is, lay it in the dust, as Ezekiel's wife. sons ... daughters ... left-- the children left behind in Judea, when the parents were carried away.

‏ Ezekiel 24:21

21. excellency of your strength--(compare Am 6:8). The object of your pride and confidence (Jr 7:4, 10, 14).

desire of ... eyes--(Psa 27:4). The antitype to Ezekiel's wife (Eze 24:16).

pitieth--loveth, as pity is akin to love: "yearned over."

Profane--an appropriate word. They had profaned the temple with idolatry; God, in just retribution, will profane it with the Chaldean sword, that is, lay it in the dust, as Ezekiel's wife.

sons ... daughters ... left--the children left behind in Judea, when the parents were carried away.