Ezekiel 7

The End Has Come

1 The word of the LORD came to me:
2 “Son of man, this is what the Sovereign LORD 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 conduct and repay you for all your detestable practices.
4 I will not look on you with pity; I will not spare you. I will surely repay you for your conduct and for the detestable practices among you. “ ‘Then you will know that I am the LORD.’
5 “This is what the Sovereign LORD says: “ ‘Disaster! Unheard-of[a] disaster! See, it comes!
6 The end has come! The end has come! It has roused itself against you. See, it comes!
7 Doom has come upon you, upon you who dwell in the land. The time has come! The day is near! There is panic, not joy, on the mountains.
8 I am about to pour out my wrath on you and spend my anger against you. I will judge you according to your conduct and repay you for all your detestable practices.
9 I will not look on you with pity; I will not spare you. I will repay you for your conduct and for the detestable practices among you. “ ‘Then you will know that it is I the LORD who strikes you.
10 “ ‘See, the day! See, it comes! Doom has burst forth, the rod has budded, arrogance has blossomed!
11 Violence has arisen,[b]a rod to punish the wicked. None of the people will be left, none of that crowd— none of their wealth, nothing of value.
12 The time has come! The day has arrived! Let not the buyer rejoice nor the seller grieve, for my wrath is on the whole crowd.
13 The seller will not recover the property that was sold— as long as both buyer and seller live. For the vision concerning the whole crowd will not be reversed. Because of their sins, not one of them will preserve their life.
14 “ ‘They have blown the trumpet, they have made all things ready, but no one will go into battle, for my wrath is on the whole crowd.
15 Outside is the sword; inside are plague and famine. Those in the country will die by the sword; those in the city will be devoured by famine and plague.
16 The fugitives who escape will flee to the mountains. Like doves of the valleys, they will all moan, each for their own sins.
17 Every hand will go limp; every leg will be wet with urine.
18 They will put on sackcloth and be clothed with terror. Every face will be covered with shame, and every head will be shaved.
19 “ ‘They will throw their silver into the streets, and their gold will be treated as a thing unclean. Their silver and gold will not be able to deliver them in the day of the LORD’s wrath. It will not satisfy their hunger or fill their stomachs, for it has caused them to stumble into sin.
20 They took pride in their beautiful jewelry and used it to make their detestable idols. They made it into vile images; therefore I will make it a thing unclean for them.
21 I will give their wealth as plunder to foreigners and as loot to the wicked of the earth, who will defile it.
22 I will turn my face away from the people, and robbers will desecrate the place I treasure. They will enter it and will defile it.
23 “ ‘Prepare chains! For the land is full of bloodshed, and the city is full of violence.
24 I will bring the most wicked of nations to take possession of their houses. I will put an end to the pride of the mighty, and their sanctuaries will be desecrated.
25 When terror comes, they will seek peace in vain.
26 Calamity upon calamity will come, and rumor upon rumor. They will go searching for a vision from the prophet, priestly instruction in the law will cease, the counsel of the elders will come to an end.
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 by their own standards I will judge them. “ ‘Then they will know that I am the LORD.’ ”

Cross References 55

  • 1. Amos 8:2,10
  • 2. Revelation 7:1; Revelation 20:8
  • 3. Ezekiel 18:30
  • 4. S Genesis 6:13
  • 5. S Jeremiah 13:14; S Ezekiel 5:11
  • 6. S Ezekiel 5:11; Ezekiel 23:49
  • 7. S 2 Kings 21:12
  • 8. Ezekiel 39:8
  • 9. S Job 18:20; S Isaiah 2:12; Amos 5:18-20
  • 10. Ezekiel 12:23; Ezekiel 30:3; Zephaniah 1:14; Malachi 3:2
  • 11. Isaiah 42:25; Ezekiel 9:8; Ezekiel 14:19; Ezekiel 22:22; Hosea 5:10; Nahum 1:6
  • 12. Ezekiel 20:8,21; Ezekiel 36:19
  • 13. S Jeremiah 21:7; S Ezekiel 5:11
  • 14. Ezekiel 22:31
  • 15. Deuteronomy 32:35; S Psalms 39:10; S Isaiah 9:13
  • 16. Psalms 89:32; Isaiah 10:5
  • 17. S Psalms 55:9; S Isaiah 58:4
  • 18. Jeremiah 16:6; Zephaniah 1:18
  • 19. S Isaiah 24:2
  • 20. ver 7; Isaiah 5:13-14; Ezekiel 30:3
  • 21. Leviticus 25:24-28
  • 22. S Job 39:24
  • 23. Jeremiah 25:38
  • 24. S Deuteronomy 32:25; Jeremiah 14:18; S Lamentations 1:20; S Ezekiel 5:12; Ezekiel 33:27
  • 25. S Isaiah 10:20; S Jeremiah 41:16; Jeremiah 42:17
  • 26. S Genesis 8:8; S Isaiah 59:11
  • 27. S Ezra 9:15; Jeremiah 9:19; S Ezekiel 6:8
  • 28. S 2 Kings 19:26; S Jeremiah 47:3; Isaiah 13:7; Ezekiel 21:7; Ezekiel 22:14
  • 29. Daniel 5:6
  • 30. S Jeremiah 4:8; Jeremiah 48:37; Jeremiah 49:3
  • 31. S Psalms 55:5
  • 32. S Isaiah 15:2-3; Ezekiel 27:31; Amos 8:10
  • 33. S Lamentations 4:1
  • 34. Zephaniah 2:25">Isa 4Zephaniah 2:25; Ezekiel 13:5; Ezekiel 30:3; Joel 1:15; Joel 2:1; Zephaniah 1:7,18; Zephaniah 2:2
  • 35. Isaiah 55:2
  • 36. Ezekiel 3:20; Ezekiel 14:3; Hosea 4:5
  • 37. S Proverbs 11:4
  • 38. S Jeremiah 10:3
  • 39. S Ezekiel 5:11; Jeremiah 7:30
  • 40. S Isaiah 2:20; Isaiah 30:22; Ezekiel 16:17
  • 41. S Numbers 14:3
  • 42. S 2 Kings 24:13
  • 43. S Jeremiah 2:27; Ezekiel 39:23-24
  • 44. Psalms 74:7-8; Jeremiah 19:13; S Lamentations 2:7
  • 45. S 2 Kings 21:16; S Isaiah 1:15; S Ezekiel 22:9
  • 46. S Genesis 6:11; Ezekiel 11:6
  • 47. Lamentations 2:7; Ezekiel 24:21
  • 48. 2 Chronicles 7:20; Ezekiel 28:7
  • 49. Jeremiah 6:14; S Jeremiah 8:11; Ezekiel 13:10,16
  • 50. S Deuteronomy 29:21; S Deuteronomy 31:17; Jeremiah 4:20
  • 51. S 1 Samuel 3:1
  • 52. Isaiah 47:11; S Jeremiah 18:18; Ezekiel 20:1-3; Amos 8:11; Micah 3:6
  • 53. S Psalms 109:19; Ezekiel 26:16
  • 54. S Isaiah 3:11; Ezekiel 18:20
  • 55. S ver 4

Footnotes 2

  • [a]. Most Hebrew manuscripts; some Hebrew manuscripts and Syriac "Disaster after"
  • [b]. Or "The violent one has become"

Ezekiel 7 Commentaries

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