Ezekiel 7:14-27

New Living Translation

The Desolation of Israel

¹⁴“The trumpet calls Israel’s army to mobilize,
    but no one listens,
    for my fury is against them all.
¹⁵There is war outside the city
    and disease and famine within.
Those outside the city walls
    will be killed by enemy swords.
Those inside the city
    will die of famine and disease.
¹⁶The survivors who escape to the mountains
    will moan like doves, weeping for their sins.
¹⁷Their hands will hang limp,
    their knees will be weak as water.
¹⁸They will dress themselves in burlap;
    horror and shame will cover them.
They will shave their heads
    in sorrow and remorse.

¹⁹“They will throw their money in the streets,
    tossing it out like worthless trash.
Their silver and gold won’t save them
    on that day of the Lord’s anger.
It will neither satisfy nor feed them,
    for their greed can only trip them up.
²⁰They were proud of their beautiful jewelry
    and used it to make detestable idols and vile images.
Therefore, I will make all their wealth
    disgusting to them.
²¹I will give it as plunder to foreigners,
    to the most wicked of nations,
    and they will defile it.
²²I will turn my eyes from them
    as these robbers invade and defile my treasured land.

²³“Prepare chains for my people,
    for the land is bloodied by terrible crimes.
    Jerusalem is filled with violence.
²⁴I will bring the most ruthless of nations
    to occupy their homes.
I will break down their proud fortresses
    and defile their sanctuaries.
²⁵Terror and trembling will overcome my people.
    They will look for peace but not find it.
²⁶Calamity will follow calamity;
    rumor will follow rumor.
They will look in vain
    for a vision from the prophets.
They will receive no teaching from the priests
    and no counsel from the leaders.
²⁷The king and the prince will stand helpless,
    weeping in despair,
and the people’s hands
    will tremble with fear.
I will bring on them
    the evil they have done to others,
and they will receive the punishment
    they so richly deserve.
Then they will know that I am the Lord.”