Ezekiel 7:12-14
New English Translation
12 The time has come; the day has struck! The customer should not rejoice, nor the seller mourn; for divine wrath[a] comes against their whole crowd. 13 The customer will no longer pay the seller[b] while both parties are alive, for the vision against their whole crowd[c] will not be revoked. Each person, for his iniquity,[d] will fail to preserve his life.
14 “They have blown the trumpet and everyone is ready, but no one goes to battle, because my anger is against their whole crowd.[e]
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- Ezekiel 7:12 tn Heb “wrath.” Context clarifies that God’s wrath is in view.
- Ezekiel 7:13 tc The translation follows the LXX for the first line of the verse, although the LXX has lost the second line due to homoioteleuton (similar endings of the clauses). The MT reads “The seller will not return to the sale.” This Hebrew reading has been construed as a reference to land redemption, the temporary sale of the use of property, with property rights returned to the seller in the year of Jubilee. But the context has no other indicator that land redemption is in view. If correct, the LXX evidence suggests that one of the cases of “the customer” has been replaced by “the seller” in the MT, perhaps due to hoimoioarcton (similar beginnings of the words).
- Ezekiel 7:13 tn The Hebrew word refers to the din or noise made by a crowd, and by extension may refer to the crowd itself.
- Ezekiel 7:13 tn Or “in their punishment.” The phrase “in/for [a person’s] iniquity” occurs fourteen times in Ezekiel: here and in v. 16; 3:18, 19; 4:17; 18:17, 18, 19, 20; 24:23; 33:6, 8, 9; 39:23. The Hebrew word for “iniquity” may also mean the “punishment for iniquity.”
- Ezekiel 7:14 tn The Hebrew word refers to the din or noise made by a crowd, and by extension may refer to the crowd itself.
Ezekiel 7:12-14
New International Version
12 The time has come!
The day has arrived!
Let not the buyer(A) rejoice
nor the seller grieve,
for my wrath is on the whole crowd.(B)
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.(C)
Ezekiel 7:12-14
King James Version
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.
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Ezekiel 7:12-14
English Standard Version
12 (A)The time has come; the day has arrived. Let not (B)the buyer rejoice, nor (C)the seller mourn, (D)for wrath is upon all their multitude.[a] 13 For (E)the seller shall not return to what he has sold, while they live. (F)For the vision concerns all their multitude; it shall not turn back; and because of his iniquity, none can maintain his life.[b]
14 “They have blown the trumpet and made everything ready, but none goes to battle, (G)for my wrath is upon all their multitude.
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- Ezekiel 7:12 Or abundance; also verses 13, 14
- Ezekiel 7:13 The meaning of this last Hebrew sentence is uncertain
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