Ezekiel 7:14-19
New International Version
14 “‘They have blown the trumpet,(A)
they have made all things ready,
but no one will go into battle,
for my wrath(B) 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.(C)
16 The fugitives(D) who escape
will flee to the mountains.
Like doves(E) of the valleys,
they will all moan,
each for their own sins.(F)
17 Every hand will go limp;(G)
every leg will be wet with urine.(H)
18 They will put on sackcloth(I)
and be clothed with terror.(J)
Every face will be covered with shame,
and every head will be shaved.(K)
19 “‘They will throw their silver into the streets,(L)
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.(M)
It will not satisfy(N) their hunger
or fill their stomachs,
for it has caused them to stumble(O) into sin.(P)
Ezekiel 7:14-19
International Standard Version
14 “They’ve sounded the alarm,[a] and everyone is prepared, but no one is marching for battle, since I’m angry at the entire multitude. 15 The sword lurks outside, but pestilence and famine are on the prowl inside the house. Whoever is in the field will die by violence,[b] while famine and pestilence will devour those in the city. 16 Fugitives will escape to the mountains like doves fleeing through the valleys, all of them moaning because of their own iniquity. 17 Every hand will be limp. Every knee will glisten with sweat.”[c]
The Coming Terror
18 “They’ll clothe themselves with sackcloth, terror will overcome them, shame will cover their faces, and baldness will spread over their entire heads. 19 They’ll fling their silver into the streets, and their gold will be cast away as impure. Their silver and gold won’t be able to deliver them during the time[d] of the Lord’s wrath. They won’t be able to satisfy their appetites or fill their stomachs, because their iniquity has tripped them up.”
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- Ezekiel 7:14 Lit. They’ve blown the trumpet
- Ezekiel 7:15 Lit. by the sword
- Ezekiel 7:17 Lit. water
- Ezekiel 7:19 Lit. day
Ezekiel 7:14-19
King James Version
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.
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