‏ Ezekiel 7

CHAPTER 7

The End Has Come

1And [³came ¹the word ²of the lord] to me, saying, 2And you, O son of man, thus says Adonai the lord  to the land   of Israel; End is come; the end is come upon the four wings of the land. 3[³is come ¹The ²end] now; the end to you. And I shall send   my rage. I am  against you, and I shall punish you in   your ways, and I shall impute against you all   your abominations. 4[²will not ³spare   ¹My eye] over you, nor shall I show mercy. For   [²your way ³against you ¹I shall impute], and   your abominations [²in ³the midst ⁴of you ¹will be]. And you shall know that I am  the lord. 5For thus says Adonai the lord; An evil, one evil; Behold, it is at hand. 6The end is come, [³is come ¹the ²end] awakened against you.

Punishment Meted Out to Israel

7Behold, [²is come ¹the wreathen circle] upon you, the one dwelling the land. [³is come ¹The ²time], [³has approached ¹the ²day], not with tumult nor with pangs. 8Now nearly I will pour out   my anger upon you, and I will complete   my rage against you, and I will judge you in   your ways, and I will impute against you all   your abominations. 9[²shall not ³spare   ¹My eye], nor shall I show mercy. According to   your ways [²against ³you ¹I will impute], and   your abominations [²in ³your midst ¹will be]. And you shall realize that I am the lord, the one striking. 10Behold, the day of the lord  is come, the rod has bloomed. 11The insolence has risen up, and it will break the reliance of the lawless one, and not with a tumult nor with anxiety. 12[³is come ¹The ²time]; behold, the day. [²the one ³acquiring things  ¹Let not] rejoice! and [²the one ³selling things  ¹let not] wail! for wrath for all the magnitude of it. 13For the one acquiring [²to ³the ⁴thing selling ¹shall not return]; and still in the life   of their living, that the vision is for all   their multitude -- it shall not return, and a man in the eyes [²his life ¹shall not hold]. 14Trump with the trumpet, and judge   all things! But there is not one going to the war, for   my wrath is upon all   her multitude. 15The broadsword from outside, and the famine and   plague from inside. The one in the plain [²by ³a broadsword ¹shall come to an end], and the ones in the city [²by famine ³and ⁴plague ¹shall end]. 16And [⁵shall be escaped ¹the ones ²escaping ³of ⁴them], and they will be upon the mountains as a pigeon meditating. And [²all ¹I will kill], each in   his iniquities. 17All hands shall be enfeebled, and all thighs shall be tainted in wetness. 18And they shall gird on sackcloths, and [²shall cover ³them ¹stupefaction]. And upon every face shame will be upon them, and upon every head baldness. 19  Their silver shall be tossed in the squares, and   their gold shall be spurned.   Their silver and   their gold   shall not be able to rescue them in a day of wrath of the lord.   Their souls in no way shall be satisfied, and   their bellies shall not be filled; because the torment   for their iniquities took place. 20A choice ornament for pride -- they made them; and images   of their abominations they made from them. Because of this I have given them to them for uncleanness. 21And I will deliver them into the hands of strangers   to tear them in pieces; and to the pestilent ones of the earth for spoils. And they shall profane them. 22And I will turn   my face from them, and they shall defile   my overseeing, and they shall enter to them unguardedly, and profane them. 23And they shall produce befouling, because the land is full of judgments of blood, and the city full of lawlessness. And I will bring evils of nations, and they shall inherit   their houses. 24And I will turn the neighing   of their strength; and [²shall be defiled   ¹their holy things]. 25Making an atonement shall come, and one shall seek peace, and it will not be.

Woes upon Priest, Prophet and Elders

26Woe upon woe will be, and message upon message will be; and [²shall be sought ¹a vision] from a prophet, and the law shall be lost of the priest, and counsel from the elders; the king shall mourn, 27and the ruler shall put on extinction, and the hands of the people of the land shall be disabled. According to   their ways I will do to them, and in   their judgments I will punish them; and they shall know that I am  the lord.