Jezekiel 7

1 Moreover the word of the Lord came to me, saying, Also, thou, son of man, say,

The word of Yahweh came to me, saying,

2 Thus saith the Lord; An end is come to the land of Israel, the end is come on the four corners of the land.

“You, son of man—the Lord Yahweh says this to the land of Israel.” 'An end! An end has come to the four borders of the land.

3 The end is come on thee,

Now the end is upon you, for I am sending out my wrath on you, and I will judge you according to your ways; then I will bring all your abominations upon you.

4 the inhabitant of the land: the time is come, the day has drawn nigh, not with tumult, nor with pangs.

For my eyes will not pity you, and I will not spare you. Instead, I will bring your ways upon you, and your abominations will be in your midst, so you will know that I am Yahweh.

5 Now I will pour out my anger upon thee near at hand, and I will accomplish my wrath on thee: and I will judge thee for thy ways, and recompense upon thee all thine abominations.

The Lord Yahweh says this: Disaster! A unique disaster! Behold, it is coming.

6 Mine eye shall not spare, nor will I have any mercy: for I will recompense thy ways upon thee, and thine abominations shall be in the midst of thee; and thou shalt know that I am the Lord that smite [thee].

An end is surely coming. The end has woken up against you. Behold, it is coming!

7 Now the end [is come] to thee, and I will send [judgment] upon thee: and I will take vengeance on thy ways, and will recompense all thine abominations upon thee.

Your doom is coming to you who inhabit the land. The time has come; the day of destruction is near, and the mountains will no longer be joyful.

8 Mine eye shall not spare, nor will I have any mercy: for I will recompense thy way upon thee, and thine abominations shall be in the midst of thee; and thou shalt know that I am the Lord.

Now before long I will pour out my fury against you and fill up my wrath upon you when I judge you according to your ways and bring all your abominations upon you.

9 For thus saith the Lord; Behold, the end is come.

For my eye will not look compassionately, and I will not spare you. As you have done, I will do to you; and your abominations will be in your midst so you will know that I am Yahweh, the one punishing you.

10 Behold, the day of the Lord! although the rod has blossomed,

Behold, the day! Behold, it is coming! Doom has gone out! The rod has blossomed, arrogance has budded!

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

Violence has grown up into a rod of wickedness— none of them, and none of their multitude, none of their wealth, and none of their importance will last!

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

The time is coming; the day has come close. Do not let the buyer rejoice, nor the seller mourn, since my anger is on the entire multitude!

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

For the seller will not return to the land he sold as long as they both live, because the vision concerning the entire multitude will not be reversed; and because of their sins, none of them will be strengthened!

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

They have blown the trumpet and made everything ready, but there is no one marching to battle; since my anger is on the entire multitude.

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.

The sword is on the outside, and plague and famine are inside the building. Those who are in the field will die by the sword, while famine and plague will consume those in the city.

16 But they that escape of them shall be delivered, and shall be upon the mountains: and I will slay all [the rest], every one for his iniquities.

But some survivors will escape from among them, and they will go to the mountains. Like doves of the valleys, all of them will moan—each man for his iniquity.

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

Every hand will falter and every knee will be weak as water,

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.

and they will wear sackcloth, and terror will cover them; and shame will be on every face, and baldness on all of their heads.

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.

They will throw their silver into the streets and their gold will be like refuse. Their silver and their gold will not be able to rescue them in the day of Yahweh's rage. Their lives will not be saved, and their hunger will not be satisfied, because their iniquity has become a stumbling block.

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.

In their pride they took the beauty of his jeweled ornaments, and with them they made their idolatrous figures, and their detestable things. Therefore, I am turning these into an unclean thing to them.

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.

Then I will give those things into the hand of strangers as plunder and to the wicked of the earth as plunder, and they will defile them.

22 And I will turn away my face from them, and they shall defile my charge, and shall go in to them unguardedly, and profane them.

Then I will turn my face away from them when they defile my cherished place; bandits will enter it and defile it.

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

Make a chain, because the land is filled with the judgment of blood, and the city is full of violence.

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

So I will bring the most wicked of the nations, and they will possess their houses, and I will bring an end to the pride of the mighty, for their holy places will be defiled!

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

Fear will come! They will seek peace, but there will be none.

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.

Disaster upon disaster will come, and there will be rumor after rumor. Then they will seek a vision from the prophet, but the law will perish from the priest and advice from the elders.

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.

The king will mourn and the prince will dress in despair, while the hands of the people of the land will tremble in fear. According to their own ways I will do this to them! I will judge them with their own standards until they know that I am Yahweh.'”