Ezekiel 7
1 Moreover the word of the Lord came
to me, saying, Also, thou, son of man, say,
2 Thus saith the Lord;
An end is come to the land of Israel, the end is come on the four corners of
the land. 3 The end is come
4 on thee, the inhabitant of the land:
the time is come, the day has drawn nigh, not with tumult, nor with pangs.
5 Now I will pour out mine anger upon
thee near at hand, and I will accomplish my wrath on thee: and I will judge
thee for thy ways, and recompense upon thee all thine abominations.
6 Mine eye shall not spare, nor will I
have any mercy: for I will recompense thy ways upon thee, and thine
abominations shall be in the midst of thee; and thou shalt know that I am the
Lord that smite thee.
7 Now the end
is come to thee, and I will send
judgment upon thee: and I will take vengeance on thy
ways, and will recompense all thine abominations upon thee.
8 Mine eye shall not spare, nor will I
have any mercy: for I will recompense thy way upon thee, and thine
abominations shall be in the midst of thee; and thou shalt know that I am the
Lord.
9 For thus saith the Lord; Behold, the
end is come.
10 Behold, the day of the Lord!
although the rod has blossomed,
11 pride has sprung up, and will
break the staff of the wicked one, and that not with
tumult, nor with haste. 12 The time
is come, behold the day: let not the buyer rejoice, and let not the seller
mourn. 13 For the buyer shall never
again return to the seller, neither shall a man cleave with the eye
of hope to his life.
14 Sound ye the trumpet, and pass
sentence on all together. 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.
16 But they that escape of them shall
be delivered, and shall be upon the mountains: and I will slay all
the rest, every one for his iniquities.
17 All hands shall be completely
weakened, and all thighs shall be defiled with moisture.
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.
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. 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.
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.
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. 23 And they shall
work uncleanness: because the land is full of strange nations, and the city is
full of iniquity. 24 And I will turn
back the boasting of their strength; and their holy things shall be defiled.
25 And
though propitiation shall come, and
one shall seek peace, yet there shall be none.
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. 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
judgments will I punish them; and they shall know that I am the Lord.