Ezekiel 7

1 And the word of the LORD came to me, saying,

2 “O son of man, this is what the Lord GOD says to the land of Israel: ‘The end! The end has come upon the four corners of the land.

3 The end is now upon you, and I will unleash My anger against you. I will judge you according to your ways and repay you for all your abominations.

4 I will not look on you with pity, nor will I spare you, but I will punish you for your ways and for the abominations among you. Then you will know that I am the LORD.’

5 This is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Disaster! An unprecedented disaster—behold, it is coming!

6 The end has come! The end has come! It has roused itself against you. Behold, it has come!

7 Doom has come to you, O inhabitants of the land. The time has come; the day is near; there is panic on the mountains instead of shouts of joy.

8 Very soon I will pour out My wrath upon you and vent My anger against you; I will judge you according to your ways and repay you for all your abominations.

9 I will not look on you with pity, nor will I spare you, but I will punish you for your ways and for the abominations among you. Then you will know that it is I, the LORD, who strikes the blow.

10 Behold, the day is here! It has come! Doom has gone out, the rod has budded, arrogance has bloomed.

11 Their violence has grown into a rod to punish their wickedness. None of them will remain: none of their multitude, none of their wealth, and nothing of value.

12 The time has come; the day has arrived. Let the buyer not rejoice and the seller not mourn, for wrath is upon the whole multitude.

13 The seller will surely not recover what he sold while both remain alive. For the vision concerning the whole multitude will not be revoked, and because of their iniquity, not one of them will preserve his life.

14 They have blown the trumpet and made everything ready, but no one goes to war, for My wrath is upon the whole multitude.

15 The sword is outside; plague and famine are within. Those in the country will die by the sword, and those in the city will be devoured by famine and plague.

16 The survivors will escape and live in the mountains, moaning like doves of the valley, each for his own iniquity.

17 Every hand will go limp, and every knee will turn to water.

18 They will put on sackcloth, and terror will overwhelm them. Shame will cover all their faces, and all their heads will be shaved.

19 They will throw their silver into the streets, and their gold will seem unclean. Their silver and gold cannot save them in the day of the wrath of the LORD. They cannot satisfy their appetites or fill their stomachs with wealth, for it became the stumbling block that brought their iniquity.

20 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.

21 And I will hand these things over as plunder to foreigners and loot to the wicked of the earth, who will defile them.

22 I will turn My face away from them, and they will defile My treasured place. Violent men will enter it, and they will defile it.

23 Forge the chain, for the land is full of crimes of bloodshed, and the city is full of violence.

24 So I will bring the most wicked of nations to take possession of their houses. I will end the pride of the mighty, and their holy places will be profaned.

25 Anguish is coming! They will seek peace, but find none.

26 Disaster upon disaster will come, and rumor after rumor. Then they will seek a vision from a prophet, but instruction from the priests will perish, as will counsel from the elders.

27 The king will mourn, the prince will be clothed with despair, and the hands of the people of the land will tremble. I will deal with them according to their conduct, and I will judge them by their own standards. Then they will know that I am the LORD.’”

1 ¶ Moreover the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,

2 Also, thou son of man, thus saith the Lord GOD unto the land of Israel; An end, the end is come upon the four corners of the land.

3 Now [is] the end [come] upon thee, and I will send mine anger upon thee, and will judge thee according to thy ways, and will recompense upon thee all thine abominations.

4 And mine eye shall not spare thee, neither will I have pity: but I will recompense thy ways upon thee, and thine abominations shall be in the midst of thee: and ye shall know that I [am] the LORD.

5 Thus saith the Lord GOD; An evil, an only evil, behold, is come.

6 An end is come, the end is come: it watcheth for thee; behold, it is come.

7 The morning is come unto thee, O thou that dwellest in the land: the time is come, the day of trouble [is] near, and not the sounding again of the mountains.

8 Now will I shortly pour out my fury upon thee, and accomplish mine anger upon thee: and I will judge thee according to thy ways, and will recompense thee for all thine abominations.

9 And mine eye shall not spare, neither will I have pity: I will recompense thee according to thy ways and thine abominations [that] are in the midst of thee; and ye shall know that I [am] the LORD that smiteth.

10 Behold the day, behold, it is come: the morning is gone forth; the rod hath blossomed, pride hath budded.

11 Violence is risen up into a rod of wickedness: none of them [shall remain], nor of their multitude, nor of any of theirs: neither [shall there be] wailing for them.

12 The time is come, the day draweth near: let not the buyer rejoice, nor the seller mourn: for wrath [is] upon all the multitude thereof.

13 For the seller shall not return to that which is sold, although they were yet alive: for the vision [is] touching the whole multitude thereof, [which] shall not return; neither shall any strengthen himself in the iniquity of his life.

14 They have blown the trumpet, even to make all ready; but none goeth to the battle: for my wrath [is] upon all the multitude thereof.

15 The sword [is] without, and the pestilence and the famine within: he that [is] in the field shall die with the sword; and he that [is] in the city, famine and pestilence shall devour him.

16 ¶ But they that escape of them shall escape, and shall be on the mountains like doves of the valleys, all of them mourning, every one for his iniquity.

17 All hands shall be feeble, and all knees shall be weak [as] water.

18 They shall also gird [themselves] with sackcloth, and horror shall cover them; and shame [shall be] upon all faces, and baldness upon all their heads.

19 They shall cast their silver in the streets, and their gold shall be removed: their silver and their gold shall not be able to deliver them in the day of the wrath of the LORD: they shall not satisfy their souls, neither fill their bowels: because it is the stumblingblock of their iniquity.

20 As for the beauty of his ornament, he set it in majesty: but they made the images of their abominations [and] of their detestable things therein: therefore have I set it far from them.

21 And I will give it into the hands of the strangers for a prey, and to the wicked of the earth for a spoil; and they shall pollute it.

22 My face will I turn also from them, and they shall pollute my secret [place]: for the robbers shall enter into it, and defile it.

23 ¶ Make a chain: for the land is full of bloody crimes, and the city is full of violence.

24 Wherefore I will bring the worst of the heathen, and they shall possess their houses: I will also make the pomp of the strong to cease; and their holy places shall be defiled.

25 Destruction cometh; and they shall seek peace, and [there shall be] none.

26 Mischief shall come upon mischief, and rumour shall be upon rumour; then shall they seek a vision of the prophet; but the law shall perish from the priest, and counsel from the ancients.

27 The king shall mourn, and the prince shall be clothed with desolation, and the hands of the people of the land shall be troubled: I will do unto them after their way, and according to their deserts will I judge them; and they shall know that I [am] the LORD.

1 And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying:

2 Son of man, thus saith the LORD of the land of Israel, The end cometh, the end upon all the four places of the land.

3 Now the end is come upon thee: for I will send my wrath upon thee, and will judge thee according to thine own deserts, and will give thee according to all thine abominations.

4 Mine eye shall not spare thee, nor overlook thee: but I will give thee according to thy deserts, and thine abominations shall come among thee, that ye may know that I am the LORD.

5 Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, one calamity cometh upon another!

6 The end cometh, the end cometh, it is awakened upon thee; behold, it cometh!

7 It riseth up and breaketh upon thee, O inhabitant of the land: the time cometh, the day of mourning is at hand, when there shall be no singing in the mountains.

8 Now soon will I pour out my fury upon thee, and execute my wrath upon thee: and I will judge thee according to thy deserts, and give thee according to all thine abominations.

9 Mine eye shall not pity thee, neither will I have mercy upon thee: but I will give thee according to thy due, and thine abominations shall come among thee, and ye shall know that I am the LORD that smiteth you.

10 Behold, the day, behold, it cometh, it breaketh forth! The rod flourisheth, and the proud is green.

11 The tyrant hath risen up a rod against the wicked, that none of them, nor of their people, nor of their multitude, shall have comfort.

12 Therefore the time cometh, the day draweth nigh. The buyer shall not rejoice, neither shall the seller mourn: for wrath cometh upon all their multitude.

13 Therefore the seller shall not seek again his goods that are sold: for he that liveth shall have them. For the prophecy of all their multitude shall not return: no man shall preserve his life for his iniquity.

14 Let them sound the trumpet, and prepare all things. No man shall go forth to war: for my wrath is upon all their multitude.

15 In the streets goeth the sword; in the houses goeth pestilence and famine. He that is in the field shall die by the sword: but he that is in the city shall be devoured with pestilence and famine.

16 And they that escape among them shall be in the mountains, and shall be as doves in the valley, all gyrating among themselves, every one for his iniquity.

17 Every hand shall sink, and every knee shall stand as the waters.

18 And they shall gird themselves with sackcloth, and be overwhelmed with fear; and every man's face shall be desolate, and every man's head shall be bald.

19 They shall cast their silver into the streets, and shall count their gold as filth: for their silver and their gold shall not save them in the day of the LORD'S wrath. Yet shall not their soul be satisfied with it, nor their belly filled with it: for it hath been a stumblingblock unto their iniquity.

20 They have made images of their abominations and abominations out of their precious jewels, that they might be proud: therefore will I make them filthy.

21 And I will give it into the hands of strangers, that they may spoil it; and to the wicked of the earth for a prey, that they may desecrate it.

22 I will turn my face from it, that they may profane my treasure: yea, robbers shall come upon it, and profane it.

23 Make chains; for the land is full of bloodshed, and the city full of iniquity.

24 Then will I send for the most wicked of the heathen, and they shall take their houses: and I will put an end to the proud, and desecrate their churches.

25 The destroyer cometh; and they shall seek peace, and shall not be there.

26 One accident shall come upon another, one rumour upon another. Then shall they seek a vision from the prophets: but there shall be no more law with the priests, nor counsel with the ancients.

27 The king shall be grieved, and the princes shall be arrayed in mourning, and the hands of the people of the land shall be despondent. I will deal with them as they have dealt, and will judge them as they have deserved, that they may know that I am the LORD.