Punishment for Wickedness Foretold

7 Moreover, the word of the Lord came to me, saying, ² “And you, son of man, this is what the Lord ^[a]God says to the land of Israel: ‘An ^(A)end! The end is coming on the four corners of the land. ³ Now the end is upon you, for I will send My anger against you; I will judge you according to your ways and ^[b]bring all your abominations upon you. ⁴ And My eye will have no pity on you, nor will I spare you, but I will ^[c](B)bring your ways upon you, and your abominations will be among you; then you will ^(C)know that I am the Lord!’

⁵ “This is what the Lord ^[d]God says: ‘A ^(D)disaster, a unique disaster, behold, it is coming! ⁶ An end ^[e]is coming; the end has come! It has ^(E)awakened against you; behold, it has come! ⁷ Your ^[f]doom has come to you, you inhabitant of the land. The ^(F)time has come, the ^(G)day is near—panic rather than joyful shouting on the mountains. ⁸ Now I will shortly ^(H)pour out My wrath on you and expend My anger against you; I will ^(I)judge you according to your ways and ^[g]bring on you all your abominations. ⁹ My eye will have no pity nor will I spare you. I will ^[h]repay you according to your ways, while your abominations are in your midst; then you will know that I, the Lord, am striking.

¹⁰ ‘Behold, the day! Behold, it is coming! Your ^[i]doom has gone forth; the ^(J)rod has budded, arrogance has blossomed. ¹¹ Violence ^[j]has grown into a rod of ^(K)wickedness. None of them shall remain, none of their ^[k]people, none of their ^(L)wealth, nor anything eminent among them. ¹² The ^(M)time has come, the day has arrived. Let neither the ^(N)buyer rejoice nor the seller mourn; for ^(O)wrath is against all their multitude. ¹³ Indeed, the seller will not ^[l](P)regain ^[m]what he sold as long as ^[n]they both live; for the vision regarding all their multitude will not ^[o]be averted, nor will any of them maintain his life by his wrongdoing.