Announcement of the End
1 And the word of the Lord came to me:
2 “Son of man, this is what the Lord God says to the land of Israel:
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The end is now upon you;
I will send My anger against you
and judge you according to your ways.
I will punish you for all your detestable practices.
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I will send My anger against you
and judge you according to your ways.
I will punish you for all your detestable practices.
5 This is what the Lord God says:
Look, one disaster after another is coming!(E)
6 An end has come; the end has come!
It has awakened against you.
Look, it is coming!
7 It has awakened against you.
Look, it is coming!
Doom(a) has come on you,(F)
inhabitants of the land.
The time has come; the day is near.
There will be panic on the mountains
and not celebration.(G)
inhabitants of the land.
The time has come; the day is near.
There will be panic on the mountains
and not celebration.(G)
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I will pour out My wrath on you very soon;(H)
I will exhaust My anger against you
and judge you according to your ways.
I will punish you for all your detestable practices.
9 I will exhaust My anger against you
and judge you according to your ways.
I will punish you for all your detestable practices.
I will not look on you with pity or spare you.
I will punish you for your ways
and for your detestable practices within you.
Then you will know
that it is I, Yahweh, who strikes.
I will punish you for your ways
and for your detestable practices within you.
Then you will know
that it is I, Yahweh, who strikes.
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Violence has grown into a rod of wickedness.(L)
None of them will remain:
none of their multitude,
none of their wealth,
and none of the eminent(b) among them.
None of them will remain:
none of their multitude,
none of their wealth,
and none of the eminent(b) among them.
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The seller will certainly not return
to what was sold
as long as he and the buyer remain alive.(c)
For the vision concerning all its people
will not be revoked,
and none of them will preserve
his life because of his iniquity.
to what was sold
as long as he and the buyer remain alive.(c)
For the vision concerning all its people
will not be revoked,
and none of them will preserve
his life because of his iniquity.
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They have blown the trumpet(O)
and prepared everything,
but no one goes to war,
for My wrath is on all her masses.
15 and prepared everything,
but no one goes to war,
for My wrath is on all her masses.
The sword is on the outside;(P)
plague and famine are on the inside.
Whoever is in the field will die by the sword,
and famine and plague will devour
whoever is in the city.
plague and famine are on the inside.
Whoever is in the field will die by the sword,
and famine and plague will devour
whoever is in the city.
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The survivors among them will escape(Q)
and live on the mountains
like doves of the valley,
all of them moaning,
each over his own iniquity.
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18 and live on the mountains
like doves of the valley,
all of them moaning,
each over his own iniquity.
They will put on sackcloth,
and horror will overwhelm them.
Shame will cover all their faces,
and all their heads will be bald.(S)
and horror will overwhelm them.
Shame will cover all their faces,
and all their heads will be bald.(S)
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They will throw their silver into the streets,
and their gold will seem like something filthy.(T)
Their silver and gold will be unable to save them
in the day of the Lord’s wrath.(U)
They will not satisfy their appetites
or fill their stomachs,
for these were the stumbling blocks(V)
that brought about their iniquity.
and their gold will seem like something filthy.(T)
Their silver and gold will be unable to save them
in the day of the Lord’s wrath.(U)
They will not satisfy their appetites
or fill their stomachs,
for these were the stumbling blocks(V)
that brought about their iniquity.
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I will hand these things over
to foreigners as plunder(X)
and to the wicked of the earth as spoil,
and they will profane them.
22 to foreigners as plunder(X)
and to the wicked of the earth as spoil,
and they will profane them.
I will turn My face from the wicked
as they profane My treasured place.
Violent men will enter it and profane it.
as they profane My treasured place.
Violent men will enter it and profane it.
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Anguish is coming!
They will seek peace, but there will be none.
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27 They will seek peace, but there will be none.
The king will mourn;
the prince will be clothed in grief;
and the hands of the people of the land will tremble.
I will deal with them according to their own conduct,
and I will judge them by their own standards.(AG)
Then they will know that I am Yahweh.
the prince will be clothed in grief;
and the hands of the people of the land will tremble.
I will deal with them according to their own conduct,
and I will judge them by their own standards.(AG)
Then they will know that I am Yahweh.
Footnotes:
a.
Ezekiel 7:7: Hb obscure
b.
Ezekiel 7:11: Some Hb mss, Syr, Vg read and no rest
c.
Ezekiel 7:13: Lit sold, while still in life is their life
d.
Ezekiel 7:20: Or They turned their beautiful ornaments into objects of pride, and
Cross references:
AD.
Ezekiel 7:26:
Ezekiel 21:7
AF.
Ezekiel 7:26:
Psalm 74:9
AG.
Ezekiel 7:27:
Matthew 7:2