THE BOOK OF EZEKIEL

 

Ezekiel Chapter 7

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

2 Son of man, the Lord GOD also says this to the land of Israel; The end has come, the end has come to the four corners of the land.

3 The end is now upon you, and I will send my anger against you, and will judge you according to your ways, and will give you what your abominations have earned.

4 And my eye will not spare you, nor will I have pity: but I will pay you back for your ways, and your abominations will be in the midst of you: and you will know that I am the LORD.

5 The Lord GOD says this; Behold, one disaster after another is coming.

6 The end is coming, the end is coming: it has awakened against you; look, it is coming.

7 Doom is coming to you, O you who live in the land: the time has come, the day is near, not of joyful shouting, but a day of trouble on the mountains.

8 Soon I will pour out my fury upon you, and spend my anger upon you: and I will judge you according to your ways, and will recompense you for all your abominations.

9 And my eye will not spare, nor will I have pity: I will pay you back according to your ways and your abominations that are in the midst of you; and you will know that I am the LORD who strikes.

10 The day is here, see, it has come: your doom is appearing; the rod has blossomed, pride has budded.

11 Violence has grown up into a rod of wickedness: none of them will remain, none of their crowd, or any of theirs: nor will there be any wailing for them.

12 The time has come, the day draws near: do not let the buyer rejoice, or the seller mourn: for wrath is on her entire multitude.

13 For the seller will not be sorry for what he sold, while they are still alive: for the vision concerning the entire community, will not be revoked; nor will any of them preserve their life by iniquity.

14 They blow the trumpet, and get everything ready; but no one will go into battle: for my wrath is on the entire community.

15 The sword is outside, and disease and famine are within: he who is in the field will die by the sword; and he who is in the city, will be consumed by famine and pestilence.

16 ¶ But those of them who survive will escape, and will flee to the hills like doves of the valley, all of them mourning, each over his iniquity.

17 All hands will hang helpless, and all knees will be weak as water.

18 They will also put on sackcloth, and horror will overwhelm them; and shame will be on all their faces, and baldness on all their heads.

19 They will throw their silver in the streets, and their gold will be discarded: their silver and gold will not be able to save them on the day of the LORD’S wrath: it will not satisfy their hunger, or fill their stomachs: because it is the stumbling-block at the root of their sin.

20 They were proud of its beauty: but they made their abominable images and their detestable things out of it: therefore I will remove it far from them.

21 For I will hand these things over to strangers as loot, and to the wicked of the earth as spoils; and they will pollute them.

22 I will also turn my face from them, and they will pollute my secret place: for robbers will enter it, and defile it.

23 ¶ Make a chain: because the land is full of bloodshed, and the city is full of crime.

24 Therefore I will bring the worst of the heathen, and they will possess their homes: and I will stop the strong from feeling proud; and their holy places will be defiled.

25 Anguish and destruction is coming; and they will seek peace, but there will be none.

26 Tragedy will follow tragedy, and rumor will follow rumor; then they will seek a vision from the prophet; but the priests will no longer teach, nor will the elders provide guidance.

27 The king will mourn, the ruler will be overwhelmed with despair, and the hands of the people of the land will become feeble: I will give them what they deserve, and judge them as they judged others; and they will know that I am the LORD.