The End Has Come
7 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!(A) The end has come
upon the four corners(B) 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(C)
and repay you for all your detestable practices.(D)
4 I will not look on you with pity;(E)
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.’(F)
5 “This is what the Sovereign Lord says:
“‘Disaster!(G) Unheard-of[a] disaster!
See, it comes!
6 The end(H) 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(I) is near!(J)
There is panic, not joy, on the mountains.
8 I am about to pour out my wrath(K) on you
and spend my anger against you.
I will judge you according to your conduct
and repay you for all your detestable practices.(L)
9 I will not look on you with pity;
I will not spare you.(M)
I will repay you for your conduct
and for the detestable practices among you.(N)
“‘Then you will know that it is I the Lord who strikes you.(O)
10 “‘See, the day!
See, it comes!
Doom has burst forth,
the rod(P) has budded,
arrogance has blossomed!
11 Violence(Q) 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.(R)
12 The time has come!
The day has arrived!
Let not the buyer(S) rejoice
nor the seller grieve,
for my wrath is on the whole crowd.(T)
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.(U)
14 “‘They have blown the trumpet,(V)
they have made all things ready,
but no one will go into battle,
for my wrath(W) 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.(X)
16 The fugitives(Y) who escape
will flee to the mountains.
Like doves(Z) of the valleys,
they will all moan,
each for their own sins.(AA)
17 Every hand will go limp;(AB)
every leg will be wet with urine.(AC)
18 They will put on sackcloth(AD)
and be clothed with terror.(AE)
Every face will be covered with shame,
and every head will be shaved.(AF)
19 “‘They will throw their silver into the streets,(AG)
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.(AH)
It will not satisfy(AI) their hunger
or fill their stomachs,
for it has caused them to stumble(AJ) into sin.(AK)
20 They took pride in their beautiful jewelry
and used it to make(AL) their detestable idols.
They made it into vile images;(AM)
therefore I will make it a thing unclean for them.(AN)
21 I will give their wealth as plunder(AO) to foreigners
and as loot to the wicked of the earth,
who will defile it.(AP)
22 I will turn my face(AQ) away from the people,
and robbers will desecrate the place I treasure.
They will enter it
and will defile it.(AR)
23 “‘Prepare chains!
For the land is full of bloodshed,(AS)
and the city is full of violence.(AT)
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(AU) will be desecrated.(AV)
25 When terror comes,
they will seek peace in vain.(AW)
26 Calamity upon calamity(AX) will come,
and rumor upon rumor.
They will go searching for a vision from the prophet,(AY)
priestly instruction in the law will cease,
the counsel of the elders will come to an end.(AZ)
27 The king will mourn,
the prince will be clothed with despair,(BA)
and the hands of the people of the land will tremble.
I will deal with them according to their conduct,(BB)
and by their own standards I will judge them.
“‘Then they will know that I am the Lord.(BC)’”
Footnotes
- Ezekiel 7:5 Most Hebrew manuscripts; some Hebrew manuscripts and Syriac Disaster after
- Ezekiel 7:11 Or The violent one has become
Cross references
- Ezekiel 7:2 : Am 8:2, 10
- Ezekiel 7:2 : Rev 7:1; 20:8
- Ezekiel 7:3 : Eze 18:30
- Ezekiel 7:3 : S Ge 6:13
- Ezekiel 7:4 : S Jer 13:14; S Eze 5:11
- Ezekiel 7:4 : S Eze 5:11; 23:49
- Ezekiel 7:5 : S 2Ki 21:12
- Ezekiel 7:6 : Eze 39:8
- Ezekiel 7:7 : S Job 18:20; S Isa 2:12; Am 5:18-20
- Ezekiel 7:7 : Eze 12:23; 30:3; Zep 1:14; Mal 3:2
- Ezekiel 7:8 : Isa 42:25; Eze 9:8; 14:19; 22:22; Hos 5:10; Na 1:6
- Ezekiel 7:8 : Eze 20:8, 21; 36:19
- Ezekiel 7:9 : S Jer 21:7; S Eze 5:11
- Ezekiel 7:9 : Eze 22:31
- Ezekiel 7:9 : Dt 32:35; S Ps 39:10; S Isa 9:13
- Ezekiel 7:10 : Ps 89:32; Isa 10:5
- Ezekiel 7:11 : S Ps 55:9; S Isa 58:4
- Ezekiel 7:11 : Jer 16:6; Zep 1:18
- Ezekiel 7:12 : S Isa 24:2
- Ezekiel 7:12 : ver 7; Isa 5:13-14; Eze 30:3
- Ezekiel 7:13 : Lev 25:24-28
- Ezekiel 7:14 : S Job 39:24
- Ezekiel 7:14 : Jer 25:38
- Ezekiel 7:15 : S Dt 32:25; Jer 14:18; S La 1:20; S Eze 5:12; 33:27
- Ezekiel 7:16 : S Isa 10:20; S Jer 41:16; 42:17
- Ezekiel 7:16 : S Ge 8:8; S Isa 59:11
- Ezekiel 7:16 : S Ezr 9:15; Jer 9:19; S Eze 6:8
- Ezekiel 7:17 : S 2Ki 19:26; S Jer 47:3; Eze 21:7; 22:14
- Ezekiel 7:17 : Da 5:6
- Ezekiel 7:18 : S Jer 4:8; 48:37; 49:3
- Ezekiel 7:18 : S Ps 55:5
- Ezekiel 7:18 : S Isa 15:2-3; Eze 27:31; Am 8:10
- Ezekiel 7:19 : S La 4:1
- Ezekiel 7:19 : Isa 42:25; Eze 13:5; 30:3; Joel 1:15; 2:1; Zep 1:7, 18; 2:2
- Ezekiel 7:19 : Isa 55:2
- Ezekiel 7:19 : Eze 3:20; 14:3; Hos 4:5
- Ezekiel 7:19 : S Pr 11:4
- Ezekiel 7:20 : S Jer 10:3
- Ezekiel 7:20 : S Eze 5:11
- Ezekiel 7:20 : S Isa 2:20; 30:22; Eze 16:17
- Ezekiel 7:21 : S Nu 14:3
- Ezekiel 7:21 : S 2Ki 24:13
- Ezekiel 7:22 : S Jer 2:27; Eze 39:23-24
- Ezekiel 7:22 : Ps 74:7-8; Jer 19:13; S La 2:7
- Ezekiel 7:23 : S 2Ki 21:16; S Isa 1:15; S Eze 22:9
- Ezekiel 7:23 : S Ge 6:11; Eze 11:6
- Ezekiel 7:24 : La 2:7; Eze 24:21
- Ezekiel 7:24 : 2Ch 7:20; Eze 28:7
- Ezekiel 7:25 : Jer 6:14; S 8:11; Eze 13:10, 16
- Ezekiel 7:26 : S Dt 29:21; S 31:17
- Ezekiel 7:26 : S 1Sa 3:1
- Ezekiel 7:26 : Isa 47:11; S Jer 18:18; Eze 20:1-3; Am 8:11; Mic 3:6
- Ezekiel 7:27 : S Ps 109:19; Eze 26:16
- Ezekiel 7:27 : S Isa 3:11; Eze 18:20
- Ezekiel 7:27 : S ver 4