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The Day of the Lord’s Wrath

Moreover the word of the Lord came to me, saying: And you, son of man, thus says the Lord God to the land of Israel:

An end, the end is coming
    upon the four corners of the land.
Now the end has come upon you,
    and I will send My anger upon you,
and will judge you according to your ways,
    and will recompense upon you all your abominations.
My eye shall not spare you,
    nor will I have pity;
but I will recompense your ways upon you,
    and your abominations shall be in your midst.

And you shall know that I am the Lord!

Thus says the Lord God:

A disaster, a singular disaster;
    it is coming!
An end is coming,
    the end has come;
it watches for you;
    it has come!
Your doom has come to you,
    O inhabitant in the land;
the time has come, the day of trouble is near,
    and not the joyful shouting on the mountains.
Now I will shortly pour out My fury upon you,
    and accomplish My anger upon you;
and I will judge you according to your ways,
    and will recompense you for all your abominations.
My eye shall not spare,
    nor will I have pity;
I will recompense you according to your ways,
    and your abominations that are in your midst.

And you shall know that I am the Lord who strikes.

10 The day is coming!
    Your doom has gone out;
the rod has blossomed,
    pride has budded.
11 Violence has risen up
    into a rod of wickedness;
none of them shall remain,
    none of their people,
none of their wealth,
    nor anything eminent among them.
12 The time has come,
    the day has drawn near.
Do not let the buyer rejoice,
    or the seller mourn,
    for wrath is against all their multitude.
13 For the seller shall not return
    to that which is sold,
    although they both live;
for the vision concerning the whole multitude
    shall not return;
nor shall any strengthen his life
    by his iniquity.

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The End Has Come

The word of the Lord came to me: “Son of man, this is what the Sovereign Lord says to the land of Israel:

“‘The end!(A) The end has come
    upon the four corners(B) of the land!
The end is now upon you,
    and I will unleash my anger against you.
I will judge you according to your conduct(C)
    and repay you for all your detestable practices.(D)
I will not look on you with pity;(E)
    I will not spare you.
I will surely repay you for your conduct
    and for the detestable practices among you.

“‘Then you will know that I am the Lord.’(F)

“This is what the Sovereign Lord says:

“‘Disaster!(G) Unheard-of[a] disaster!
    See, it comes!
The end(H) has come!
    The end has come!
It has roused itself against you.
    See, it comes!
Doom has come upon you,
    upon you who dwell in the land.
The time has come! The day(I) is near!(J)
    There is panic, not joy, on the mountains.
I am about to pour out my wrath(K) on you
    and spend my anger against you.
I will judge you according to your conduct
    and repay you for all your detestable practices.(L)
I will not look on you with pity;
    I will not spare you.(M)
I will repay you for your conduct
    and for the detestable practices among you.(N)

“‘Then you will know that it is I the Lord who strikes you.(O)

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

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 7:5 Most Hebrew manuscripts; some Hebrew manuscripts and Syriac Disaster after
  2. Ezekiel 7:11 Or The violent one has become