And I will give it into the hands of foreigners for prey, and to the wicked of the earth for spoil, and they shall profane it.
The Prophet speaks of the people, not the sanctuary, I reject that reading. God will deliver them to foreigners and to the impious of the earth, cruel men from whom no mercy or fairness is to be expected. Here lies a mystery: the wicked are God's scourges, His instruments of judgment, yet remain condemned by their own lusts; He works through them without alliance in their faults.
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These survivors escape only to become fugitives and vagabonds, carrying guilty consciences that make them burden to themselves. Once bold as lions, they become timid as doves, mourning each for his own iniquity; sin will extract its sorrow from all who refuse to repent.
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Commenting on Ezekiel 7:16-22
God withdraws His face and protection, refusing them help when they cry out in distress. The robbers, the Chaldeans, will enter the holy of holies itself, which only the high priest might enter once yearly, and defile it. This defilement has happened again and again: Babylon, then Antiochus, then Pompey, then Titus.
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