Jezekiel 7

1 Moreover the word of the Lord came to me, saying, Also, you, son of man, say,

And the word of the Lord came to me, saying,

2 Thus says the Lord; An end is come to the land of Israel, the end is come on the four corners of the land.

And you, son of man, say, This is what the Lord has said to the land of Israel: An end has come, the end has come on the four quarters of the land.

3 The end is come on you,

Now the end has come on you, and I will send my wrath on you, judging you for your ways, I will send punishment on you for all your disgusting acts.

4 the inhabitant of the land: the time is come, the day has drawn near, not with tumult, nor with pangs.

My eye will not have mercy on you, and I will have no pity: but I will send the punishment of your ways on you, and your disgusting works will be among you: and you will be certain that I am the Lord.

5 Now I will pour out my anger upon you near at hand, and I will accomplish my wrath on you: and I will judge you for your ways, and recompense upon you all your abominations.

This is what the Lord has said: An evil, even one evil; see, it is coming.

6 Mine eye shall not spare, nor will I have any mercy: for I will recompense your ways upon you, and your abominations shall be in the midst of you; and you shall know that I am the Lord that strike [you].

An end has come, the end has come; see, it is coming on you.

7 Now the end [is come] to you, and I will send [judgement] upon you: and I will take vengeance on your ways, and will recompense all your abominations upon you.

The crowning time has come on you, O people of the land: the time has come, the day is near; the day will not be slow in coming, it will not keep back.

8 Mine eye shall not spare, nor will I have any mercy: for I will recompense your way upon you, and your abominations shall be in the midst of you; and you shall know that I am the Lord.

Now, in a little time, I will let loose my passion on you, and give full effect to my wrath against you, judging you for your ways, and sending punishment on you for all your disgusting works.

9 For thus says the Lord; Behold, the end is come.

My eye will not have mercy, and I will have no pity: I will send on you the punishment of your ways, and your disgusting works will be among you; and you will see that I am the Lord who gives punishment.

10 Behold, the day of the Lord! although the rod has blossomed,

See, the day; see, it is coming: the crowning time has gone out; the twisted way is flowering, pride has put out buds.

11 pride has sprung up, and will break the staff of the wicked one, and [that] not with tumult, nor with haste.

Violent behaviour has been lifted up into a rod of evil; it will not be slow in coming, it will not keep back.

12 The time is come, behold the day: let not the buyer rejoice, and let not the seller mourn.

The time has come, the day is near: let not him who gives a price for goods be glad, or him who gets the price have sorrow:

13 For the buyer shall never again return to the seller, neither shall a man cleave with the eye [of hope] to his life.

For the trader will not go back to the things for which he had his price, even while he is still living:

14 Sound you the trumpet, and pass sentence on all together.

And he who has given a price for goods will not get them, for my wrath is on all of them.

15 [There shall be] war with the sword without, and famine and pestilence within: he that is in the field shall die by the sword; and famine and pestilence shall destroy them that are in the city.

Outside is the sword, and inside disease and need of food: he who is in the open country will be put to the sword; he who is in the town will come to his end through need of food and disease.

16 But they that escape of them shall be delivered, and shall be upon the mountains: and I will kill all [the rest], every one for his iniquities.

And those of them who get away safely will go and be in the secret places like the doves of the valleys, all of them will come to death, every one in his sin.

17 All hands shall be completely weakened, and all thighs shall be defiled with moisture.

All hands will be feeble and all knees without strength, like water.

18 And they shall gird themselves with sackcloth, and amazement shall cover them; and shame shall be upon them, [even] upon every face, and baldness upon every head.

And they will put haircloth round them, and deep fear will be covering them; and shame will be on all faces, and the hair gone from all their heads.

19 Their silver shall be cast forth in the streets, and their gold shall be despised: their souls shall not be satisfied, and their bellies shall not be filled: for it was the punishment of their iniquities.

They will put out their silver into the streets, and their gold will be as an unclean thing; their silver and their gold will not be able to keep them safe in the day of the wrath of the Lord; they will not get their desire or have food for their need: because it has been the cause of their falling into sin.

20 [As for] their choice ornaments, they employed them for pride, and they made of them images of their abominations: therefore have I made them uncleanness to them.

As for their beautiful ornament, they had put it on high, and had made the images of their disgusting and hated things in it: for this cause I have made it an unclean thing to them.

21 And I will deliver them into the hands of strangers to make them a prey, and to the pests of the earth for a spoil; and they shall profane them.

And I will give it into the hands of men from strange lands who will take it by force, and to the evil-doers of the earth to have for themselves; and they will make it unholy.

22 And I will turn away my face from them, and they shall defile my charge, and shall go in to them unguardedly, and profane them.

And my face will be turned away from them, and they will make my secret place unholy: violent men will go into it and make it unholy.

23 And they shall work uncleanness: because the land is full of strange nations, and the city is full of iniquity.

Make the chain: for the land is full of crimes of blood, and the town is full of violent acts.

24 And I will turn back the boasting of their strength; and their holy things shall be defiled.

For this reason I will send the worst of the nations and they will take their houses for themselves: I will make the pride of their strength come to an end; and their holy places will be made unclean.

25 And [though] propitiation shall come, and [one] shall seek peace, yet there shall be none.

Shaking fear is coming; and they will be looking for peace, and there will be no peace.

26 There shall be woe upon woe, and there shall be message upon message; and a vision shall be sought from a prophet; but the law shall perish from the priest, and counsel from the elders.

Destruction will come on destruction, and one story after another; and the vision of the prophet will be shamed, and knowledge of the law will come to an end among the priests, and wisdom among the old.

27 The prince shall clothe himself with desolation, and the hands of the people of the land shall be made feeble: I will do to them according to their ways, and according to their judgements will I punish them; and they shall know that I am the Lord.

The king will give himself up to sorrow, and the ruler will be clothed with wonder, and the hands of the people of the land will be troubled: I will give them punishment for their ways, judging them as it is right for them to be judged; and they will be certain that I am the Lord.