10 (A)“Behold, the day! Behold, it comes! (B)Your doom has come; (C)the rod has blossomed; pride has budded. 11 (D)Violence has grown up into (E)a rod of wickedness. (F)None of them shall remain, nor their abundance, nor their wealth; neither shall there be preeminence among them.[a] 12 (G)The time has come; the day has arrived. Let not (H)the buyer rejoice, nor (I)the seller mourn, (J)for wrath is upon all their multitude.[b] 13 For (K)the seller shall not return to what he has sold, while they live. (L)For the vision concerns all their multitude; it shall not turn back; and because of his iniquity, none can maintain his life.[c]

14 “They have blown the trumpet and made everything ready, but none goes to battle, (M)for my wrath is upon all their multitude. 15 (N)The sword is without; pestilence and famine are within. (O)He who is in the field dies by the sword, (P)and him who is in the city famine and pestilence devour. 16 (Q)And if any survivors escape, they will be on the mountains, like (R)doves of the valleys, all of them moaning, each one over his iniquity. 17 (S)All hands are feeble, and all knees turn to water. 18 (T)They put on sackcloth, and (U)horror covers them. Shame is on all faces, and (V)baldness on all their heads. 19 They cast their silver into the streets, and their gold is like an unclean thing. (W)Their silver and gold are not able to deliver them in the day of the wrath of the Lord. They cannot satisfy their hunger or fill their stomachs with it. (X)For it was (Y)the stumbling block of their iniquity. 20 (Z)His beautiful ornament they used for pride, and (AA)they made their abominable images and their detestable things of it. Therefore (AB)I make it an unclean thing to them. 21 And I will give it into the hands of (AC)foreigners for prey, (AD)and to the wicked of the earth for spoil, and (AE)they shall profane it. 22 I will turn my face from them, and (AF)they shall profane my treasured[d] place. Robbers shall enter (AG)and profane it.

23 (AH)“Forge a chain![e] (AI)For the land is full of bloody crimes (AJ)and the city is full of violence. 24 I will bring (AK)the worst of the nations to take possession of their houses. (AL)I will put an end to the pride of the strong, (AM)and their holy places[f] shall be profaned. 25 (AN)When anguish comes, (AO)they will seek peace, but there shall be none. 26 (AP)Disaster comes upon disaster; (AQ)rumor follows rumor. (AR)They seek a vision from the prophet, while (AS)the law[g] perishes from the priest and (AT)counsel from the elders. 27 The king mourns, the prince is wrapped in despair, and the hands of the people of the land are paralyzed by terror. According to their way (AU)I will do to them, and according to their judgments I will judge them, (AV)and they shall know that I am the Lord.”

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 7:11 The meaning of this last Hebrew sentence is uncertain
  2. Ezekiel 7:12 Or abundance; also verses 13, 14
  3. Ezekiel 7:13 The meaning of this last Hebrew sentence is uncertain
  4. Ezekiel 7:22 Or secret
  5. Ezekiel 7:23 Probably refers to an instrument of captivity
  6. Ezekiel 7:24 By revocalization (compare Septuagint); Hebrew and those who sanctify them
  7. Ezekiel 7:26 Or instruction

10 “‘See, the day!
    See, it comes!
Doom has burst forth,
    the rod(A) has budded,
    arrogance has blossomed!
11 Violence(B) has arisen,[a]
    a rod to punish the wicked.
None of the people will be left,
    none of that crowd—
none of their wealth,
    nothing of value.(C)
12 The time has come!
    The day has arrived!
Let not the buyer(D) rejoice
    nor the seller grieve,
    for my wrath is on the whole crowd.(E)
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.(F)

14 “‘They have blown the trumpet,(G)
    they have made all things ready,
but no one will go into battle,
    for my wrath(H) 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.(I)
16 The fugitives(J) who escape
    will flee to the mountains.
Like doves(K) of the valleys,
    they will all moan,
    each for their own sins.(L)
17 Every hand will go limp;(M)
    every leg will be wet with urine.(N)
18 They will put on sackcloth(O)
    and be clothed with terror.(P)
Every face will be covered with shame,
    and every head will be shaved.(Q)

19 “‘They will throw their silver into the streets,(R)
    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.(S)
It will not satisfy(T) their hunger
    or fill their stomachs,
    for it has caused them to stumble(U) into sin.(V)
20 They took pride in their beautiful jewelry
    and used it to make(W) their detestable idols.
They made it into vile images;(X)
    therefore I will make it a thing unclean for them.(Y)
21 I will give their wealth as plunder(Z) to foreigners
    and as loot to the wicked of the earth,
    who will defile it.(AA)
22 I will turn my face(AB) away from the people,
    and robbers will desecrate the place I treasure.
They will enter it
    and will defile it.(AC)

23 “‘Prepare chains!
    For the land is full of bloodshed,(AD)
    and the city is full of violence.(AE)
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(AF) will be desecrated.(AG)
25 When terror comes,
    they will seek peace in vain.(AH)
26 Calamity upon calamity(AI) will come,
    and rumor upon rumor.
They will go searching for a vision from the prophet,(AJ)
    priestly instruction in the law will cease,
    the counsel of the elders will come to an end.(AK)
27 The king will mourn,
    the prince will be clothed with despair,(AL)
    and the hands of the people of the land will tremble.
I will deal with them according to their conduct,(AM)
    and by their own standards I will judge them.

“‘Then they will know that I am the Lord.(AN)’”

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 7:11 Or The violent one has become