Ezekiel 7:1-13

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Ezekiel Tells of the End

7 Again the ·Lord spoke his word to me [^Lword of the Lord came], saying: ² “·Human [^TSon of man; 2:1], the Lord God says this to the land of Israel: An end! The end has come on the four corners of the land. ³ Now the end has come for you, and I will send my anger against you. I will judge you for the way you have lived, and I will ·make you pay [punish you; or hold you accountable; ^Lplace upon you] for all your ·actions that I hate [detestable/abominable practices]. ⁴ ·I will have no pity on [^LMy eye will not pity] you; I will not ·hold back punishment from [spare] you. Instead, I will make you pay for the way you have lived and for your ·actions that I hate [detestable/abominable practices]. Then you will know that I am the Lord.

⁵ “This is what the Lord God says: Disaster ·on top of [or unheard of] disaster ·is [^Llook/^Tbehold, it is] coming. ⁶ The end has come! The end has come! It has ·stirred itself up [aroused; awakened] against you! Look! It ·has come [or is coming]! ⁷ ·Disaster [Doom] has come for you who live in the land! The time has come; the day of is near. It will be a day of ·confusion [panic], not ·celebration [shouts of joy], on the mountains. ⁸ Soon I will pour out my ·anger [wrath] against you; I will ·carry out [spend; exhaust] my anger against you. I will judge you for the way you have lived and will ·make you pay [punish you; or hold you accountable] for ·everything you have done that I hate [your detestable/abominable practices]. ⁹ ·I will show no pity [^LMy eye will not pity you], and I will not ·hold back punishment [spare you]. I will ·pay you back [punish you; or hold you accountable] for ·the way you have lived and the things you have done that I hate [your detestable/abominable practices]. Then you will know that I am the Lord who ·punishes [strikes you].

¹⁰ “·Look [^TBehold], the day is here. ·Look [^TBehold] It has come. ·Disaster [Doom] has ·come [gone out], ·violence has grown [^Lthe rod has budded; Num. 17; ^Cmay refer to Nebuchadnezzar, the instrument of God’s judgment], ·and there is more pride than ever [^Lpride/arrogance has blossomed]. ¹¹ Violence has grown into a ·weapon [rod; staff] for punishing wickedness. None of the people will be left—none of that crowd, none of their wealth, and ·nothing of value [or none of their prominent ones]. ¹² The time has come; the day has arrived. Don’t let the buyer ·be happy [rejoice] or the seller ·be sad [grieve; mourn], because my ·burning anger [wrath] is against the whole crowd. ¹³ Sellers will not ·return to the land [or recover the property] they have sold as long as they live, because the vision against all that crowd will not be ·changed [revoked; reversed]. Because of their ·sins [iniquity], they will not ·save [preserve] their lives.