Ezechiele 7
La Nuova Diodati
7 La parola dell'Eterno mi fu ancora rivolta, dicendo:
2 «E tu, figlio d'uomo, cosí dice il Signore, l'Eterno, al paese d'Israele: La fine! E' giunta la fine sulle quattro estremità del paese.
3 Ora ti sovrasta la fine e io manderò contro di te la mia ira, ti giudicherò secondo le tue vie e ti farò ricadere addosso tutte le tue abominazioni.
4 Il mio occhio non ti risparmierà e non avrò pietà, ma ti farò ricadere addosso le tue vie, e le tue abominazioni saranno in mezzo a te; allora riconoscerete che io sono l'Eterno».
5 Cosí dice il Signore, l'Eterno: «Una calamità, una calamità senza precedenti, ecco è venuta.
6 La fine è giunta, la fine è giunta. Si è destata per te; ecco, è giunta.
7 E' giunta su di te la rovina, o abitante del paese. Il tempo è arrivato è vicino il giorno dei guai e non di grida di gioia sui monti.
8 Ora, tra poco, verserò il mio furore su di te e sfogherò su di te la mia ira, ti giudicherò secondo le tue vie e ti farò ricadere addosso tutte le tue abominazioni.
9 Il mio occhio non ti risparmierà e non avrò pietà, ma ti farò ricadere addosso le tue vie e le tue abominazioni saranno in mezzo a te; allora riconoscerete che io sono l'Eterno che colpisce.
10 Ecco il giorno, eccolo giunto. E' arrivata la rovina. La verga è fiorita, l'orgoglio è sbocciato.
11 La violenza è cresciuta come verga di empietà. Non rimarrà nessuno di essi, nessuno della loro moltitudine, nessuno di essi; non ci sarà alcun lamento per loro.
12 Il tempo è arrivato, il giorno si avvicina. Chi compra non si rallegri, chi vende non si addolori, perché un'ira ardente sovrasta su tutta la loro moltitudine.
13 Poiché chi vende non tornerà in possesso di ciò che ha venduto, anche se rimarrà ancora in vita, perché la visione riguarda tutta la sua moltitudine e non sarà revocata, e nessuno potrà preservare la propria vita, vivendo nell'iniquità.
14 Hanno suonato la tromba, e tutti sono pronti, ma nessuno va alla battaglia, perché l'ardore della mia ira è contro tutta la loro moltitudine.
15 Di fuori la spada, di dentro la peste e la fame. Chi è nei campi morirà per la spada, chi è in città sarà divorato dalla fame e dalla peste.
16 Ma i loro fuggiaschi che riusciranno a mettersi in salvo staranno su per i monti come le colombe della valle, tutti gemendo ciascuno per la propria iniquità.
17 Tutte le mani diverranno fiacche e tutte le ginocchia saranno deboli come acqua.
18 Si vestiranno di sacco e lo spavento li coprirà, la vergogna sarà su tutti i volti e la calvizie su tutte le loro teste.
19 Getteranno il loro argento per le strade e il loro oro diventerà un'immondezza. Il loro argento e il loro oro non li potranno salvare nel giorno del furore dell'Eterno non potranno saziare la loro anima né riempire il loro ventre, perché la loro iniquità è divenuta una causa d'intoppo.
20 Hanno fatto della bellezza dei loro ornamenti un motivo di orgoglio, ne hanno fatto immagini delle loro abominazioni e i loro idoli esecrandi. Per questo li renderò per loro un'immondezza,
21 e li darò come preda nelle mani degli stranieri e come bottino agli empi della terra che lo profaneranno.
22 Distoglierò da loro la mia faccia ed essi profaneranno il mio luogo segreto; vi entreranno uomini violenti e lo profaneranno.
23 Prepara una catena, perché il paese è pieno di delitti di sangue e la città è piena di violenza.
24 Farò venire le nazioni malvagie che s'impadroniranno delle loro case; farò venir meno la superbia dei potenti e i loro luoghi sacri saranno profanati.
25 La distruzione giunge. Essi cercheranno la pace, ma non vi sarà.
26 Verrà calamità su calamità, e ci saranno cattive notizie dietro cattive notizie. Allora chiederanno una visione a un profeta, ma la legge verrà meno al sacerdote e il consiglio agli anziani.
27 Il re sarà in lutto, il principe si vestirà di desolazione e le mani del popolo del paese saranno prese da spavento. Io li tratterò secondo la loro condotta e li giudicherò secondo i loro giudizi; allora riconosceranno che io sono l'Eterno».
Ezekiel 7
New King James Version
Judgment on Israel Is Near
7 Moreover the word of the Lord came to me, saying, 2 “And you, son of man, thus says the Lord God to the land of Israel:
(A)‘An end! The end has come upon the four corners of the land.
3 Now the end has come upon you,
And I will send My anger against you;
I will judge you (B)according to your ways,
And I will repay you for all your abominations.
4 (C)My eye will not spare you,
Nor will I have pity;
But I will repay your ways,
And your abominations will be in your midst;
(D)Then you shall know that I am the Lord!’
5 “Thus says the Lord God:
‘A disaster, a singular (E)disaster;
Behold, it has come!
6 An end has come,
The end has come;
It has dawned for you;
Behold, it has come!
7 (F)Doom has come to you, you who dwell in the land;
(G)The time has come,
A day of trouble is near,
And not of rejoicing in the mountains.
8 Now upon you I will soon (H)pour out My fury,
And spend My anger upon you;
I will judge you according to your ways,
And I will repay you for all your abominations.
9 ‘My eye will not spare,
Nor will I have pity;
I will [a]repay you according to your ways,
And your abominations will be in your midst.
Then you shall know that I am the Lord who strikes.
10 ‘Behold, the day!
Behold, it has come!
(I)Doom has gone out;
The rod has blossomed,
Pride has budded.
11 (J)Violence has risen up into a rod of wickedness;
None of them shall remain,
None of their multitude,
None of [b]them;
(K)Nor shall there be wailing for them.
12 The time has come,
The day draws near.
‘Let not the buyer (L)rejoice,
Nor the seller (M)mourn,
For wrath is on their whole multitude.
13 For the seller shall not return to what has been sold,
Though he may still be alive;
For the vision concerns the whole multitude,
And it shall not turn back;
No one will strengthen himself
Who lives in iniquity.
14 ‘They have blown the trumpet and made everyone ready,
But no one goes to battle;
For My wrath is on all their multitude.
15 (N)The sword is outside,
And the pestilence and famine within.
Whoever is in the field
Will die by the sword;
And whoever is in the city,
Famine and pestilence will devour him.
16 ‘Those who (O)survive will escape and be on the mountains
Like doves of the valleys,
All of them mourning,
Each for his iniquity.
17 Every (P)hand will be feeble,
And every knee will be as weak as water.
18 They will also (Q)be girded with sackcloth;
Horror will cover them;
Shame will be on every face,
Baldness on all their heads.
19 ‘They will throw their silver into the streets,
And their gold will be like refuse;
Their (R)silver and their gold will not be able to deliver them
In the day of the wrath of the Lord;
They will not satisfy their souls,
Nor fill their stomachs,
Because it became their stumbling block of iniquity.
20 ‘As for the beauty of his ornaments,
He set it in majesty;
(S)But they made from it
The images of their abominations—
Their detestable things;
Therefore I have made it
Like refuse to them.
21 I will give it as (T)plunder
Into the hands of strangers,
And to the wicked of the earth as spoil;
And they shall defile it.
22 I will turn My face from them,
And they will defile My secret place;
For robbers shall enter it and defile it.
23 ‘Make a chain,
For (U)the land is filled with crimes of blood,
And the city is full of violence.
24 Therefore I will bring the (V)worst of the Gentiles,
And they will possess their houses;
I will cause the pomp of the strong to cease,
And their holy places shall be (W)defiled.
25 [c]Destruction comes;
They will seek peace, but there shall be none.
26 (X)Disaster will come upon disaster,
And rumor will be upon rumor.
(Y)Then they will seek a vision from a prophet;
But the law will perish from the priest,
And counsel from the elders.
27 ‘The king will mourn,
The prince will be clothed with desolation,
And the hands of the common people will tremble.
I will do to them according to their way,
And according to what they deserve I will judge them;
Then they shall know that I am the Lord!’ ”
Footnotes
- Ezekiel 7:9 Lit. give
- Ezekiel 7:11 Or their wealth
- Ezekiel 7:25 Lit. Shuddering
Ezekiel 7
King James Version
7 Moreover the word of the Lord came unto me, saying,
2 Also, thou son of man, thus saith the Lord God unto the land of Israel; An end, the end is come upon the four corners of the land.
3 Now is the end come upon thee, and I will send mine anger upon thee, and will judge thee according to thy ways, and will recompense upon thee all thine abominations.
4 And mine eye shall not spare thee, neither will I have pity: but I will recompense thy ways upon thee, and thine abominations shall be in the midst of thee: and ye shall know that I am the Lord.
5 Thus saith the Lord God; An evil, an only evil, behold, is come.
6 An end is come, the end is come: it watcheth for thee; behold, it is come.
7 The morning is come unto thee, O thou that dwellest in the land: the time is come, the day of trouble is near, and not the sounding again of the mountains.
8 Now will I shortly pour out my fury upon thee, and accomplish mine anger upon thee: and I will judge thee according to thy ways, and will recompense thee for all thine abominations.
9 And mine eye shall not spare, neither will I have pity: I will recompense thee according to thy ways and thine abominations that are in the midst of thee; and ye shall know that I am the Lord that smiteth.
10 Behold the day, behold, it is come: the morning is gone forth; the rod hath blossomed, pride hath budded.
11 Violence is risen up into a rod of wickedness: none of them shall remain, nor of their multitude, nor of any of their's: neither shall there be wailing for them.
12 The time is come, the day draweth near: let not the buyer rejoice, nor the seller mourn: for wrath is upon all the multitude thereof.
13 For the seller shall not return to that which is sold, although they were yet alive: for the vision is touching the whole multitude thereof, which shall not return; neither shall any strengthen himself in the iniquity of his life.
14 They have blown the trumpet, even to make all ready; but none goeth to the battle: for my wrath is upon all the multitude thereof.
15 The sword is without, and the pestilence and the famine within: he that is in the field shall die with the sword; and he that is in the city, famine and pestilence shall devour him.
16 But they that escape of them shall escape, and shall be on the mountains like doves of the valleys, all of them mourning, every one for his iniquity.
17 All hands shall be feeble, and all knees shall be weak as water.
18 They shall also gird themselves with sackcloth, and horror shall cover them; and shame shall be upon all faces, and baldness upon all their heads.
19 They shall cast their silver in the streets, and their gold shall be removed: their silver and their gold shall not be able to deliver them in the day of the wrath of the Lord: they shall not satisfy their souls, neither fill their bowels: because it is the stumblingblock of their iniquity.
20 As for the beauty of his ornament, he set it in majesty: but they made the images of their abominations and of their detestable things therein: therefore have I set it far from them.
21 And I will give it into the hands of the strangers for a prey, and to the wicked of the earth for a spoil; and they shall pollute it.
22 My face will I turn also from them, and they shall pollute my secret place: for the robbers shall enter into it, and defile it.
23 Make a chain: for the land is full of bloody crimes, and the city is full of violence.
24 Wherefore I will bring the worst of the heathen, and they shall possess their houses: I will also make the pomp of the strong to cease; and their holy places shall be defiled.
25 Destruction cometh; and they shall seek peace, and there shall be none.
26 Mischief shall come upon mischief, and rumour shall be upon rumour; then shall they seek a vision of the prophet; but the law shall perish from the priest, and counsel from the ancients.
27 The king shall mourn, and the prince shall be clothed with desolation, and the hands of the people of the land shall be troubled: I will do unto them after their way, and according to their deserts will I judge them; and they shall know that I am the Lord.
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