AB - Ezekiel - 7

7:1  Moreover the word of the Lord came to me, saying, Also, you, son of man, say,

7:2  Thus says the Lord: An end has come to the land of Israel, the end has come on the four corners of the land.

7:3  Now the end has come upon you, and I will send judgment upon you: and I will take vengeance on your ways, and will recompense all your abominations upon you.

7:4  My eye shall not spare, nor will I have any mercy, for I will recompense your way upon you, and your abominations shall be in the midst of you; and you shall know that I am the Lord.

7:5  For thus says the Lord; Behold, the end has come.

7:6  The end has come on you,

7:7  the inhabitant of the land: the time has come, the day has drawn near, not with tumult, nor with pangs.

7:8  Now I will pour out My anger upon you near at hand, and I will accomplish My wrath on you: and I will judge you for your ways, and recompense all your abominations upon you.

7:9  My eye shall not spare, nor will I have any mercy: for I will recompense your ways upon you, and your abominations shall be in the midst of you; and you shall know that I am the Lord that strikes you.

7:10  Behold, the day of the Lord! Although the rod has blossomed,

7:11  pride has sprung up, and will break the staff of the wicked one, and that not with tumult, nor with haste.

7:12  The time has come, behold the day: let not the buyer rejoice, and let not the seller mourn.

7:13  For the buyer shall never again return to the seller, neither shall a man cleave with the eye of hope to his life.

7:14  Sound the trumpet, and pass sentence on all together.

7:15  There shall be war with the sword without, and famine and pestilence within: he that is in the field shall die by the sword, and famine and pestilence shall destroy them that are in the city.

7:16  But they that escape among them shall be delivered, and shall be upon the mountains, and I will slay all the rest, everyone for his iniquities.

7:17  All hands shall be completely weakened, and all thighs shall be defiled with moisture.

7:18  And they shall gird themselves with sackcloth, and amazement shall cover them; and shame shall be upon them, even upon every face, and baldness upon every head.

7:19  Their silver shall be cast forth in the streets, and their gold shall be despised: their souls shall not be satisfied, and their bellies shall not be filled; for it was the punishment of their iniquities.

7:20  As for their choice ornaments, they employed them for pride, and they made of them images of their abominations; therefore have I made them uncleanness to them.

7:21  And I will deliver them into the hands of strangers to make them a prey, and to the pests of the earth for a spoil; and they shall profane them.

7:22  And I will turn away My face from them, and they shall defile My secret place, and shall go in to them unguardedly, and profane them.

7:23  And they shall work uncleanness: because the land is full of strange nations, and the city is full of iniquity.

7:24  And I will turn back the boasting of their strength; and their holy things shall be defiled.

7:25  And though propitiation shall come, and one shall seek peace, yet there shall be none.

7:26  There shall be woe upon woe, and there shall be message upon message; and a vision shall be sought from a prophet, but the law shall perish from the priest, and counsel from the elders.

7:27  The prince shall clothe himself with desolation, and the hands of the people of the land shall be made feeble. I will do to them according to their ways, and according to their judgments will I punish them; and they shall know that I am the Lord.