Ezekiel 7
1. Moreover the word of the LORD came unto me, saying * ,
2. Also, thou son of man, thus saith * the Lord GOD unto the land of Israel; An end, the end is come * upon the four corners of the land.
3. Now is the end come upon thee, and I will send * mine anger upon thee, and will judge * thee according to thy ways, and will recompense * upon thee all thine abominations.
4. And mine eye shall not spare * thee, neither will I have pity * : but I will recompense * thy ways upon thee, and thine abominations shall be in the midst of thee: and ye shall know * that I am the LORD.
5. Thus saith * the Lord GOD; An evil, an only evil, behold, is come * .
6. An end is come * , the end is come * : it watcheth * for thee; behold, it is come * .
7. The morning is come * unto thee, O thou that dwellest * in the land: the time is come * , the day of trouble is near, and not the sounding again of the mountains.
8. Now will I shortly pour out * my fury upon thee, and accomplish * mine anger upon thee: and I will judge * thee according to thy ways, and will recompense * thee for all thine abominations.
9. And mine eye shall not spare * , neither will I have pity * : I will recompense * thee according to thy ways and thine abominations that are in the midst of thee; and ye shall know * that I am the LORD that smiteth * .
10. Behold the day, behold, it is come * : the morning is gone forth * ; the rod hath blossomed * , pride hath budded * .
11. Violence is risen up * into a rod of wickedness: none of them shall remain, nor of their multitude, nor of any of theirs: neither shall there be wailing for them.
12. The time is come * , the day draweth near * : let not the buyer * rejoice * , nor the seller * mourn * : for wrath is upon all the multitude thereof.
13. For the seller * shall not return * to that which is sold, although they were yet alive: for the vision is touching the whole multitude thereof, which shall not return * ; neither shall any strengthen * himself in the iniquity of his life.
14. They have blown * the trumpet, even to make all ready * ; but none goeth * to the battle: for my wrath is upon all the multitude thereof.
15. The sword is without, and the pestilence and the famine within: he that is in the field shall die * with the sword; and he that is in the city, famine and pestilence shall devour * him.
16. But they that escape * of them shall escape, and shall be on the mountains like doves of the valleys, all of them mourning * , every one for his iniquity.
17. All hands shall be feeble * , and all knees shall be weak * as water.
18. They shall also gird * themselves with sackcloth, and horror shall cover * them; and shame shall be upon all faces, and baldness upon all their heads.
19. They shall cast * their silver in the streets, and their gold shall be removed:their silver and their gold shall not be able * to deliver * them in the day of the wrath of the LORD: they shall not satisfy * their souls, neither fill * their bowels: because it is the stumblingblock of their iniquity.
20. As for the beauty of his ornament, he set * it in majesty: but they made * the images of their abominations and of their detestable things therein: therefore have I set * it far from them.
21. And I will give * it into the hands of the strangers * for a prey, and to the wicked of the earth for a spoil; and they shall pollute * it.
22. My face will I turn * also from them, and they shall pollute * my secret * place: for the robbers shall enter * into it, and defile * it.
23. Make * a chain: for the land is full * of bloody crimes, and the city is full * of violence.
24. Wherefore I will bring * the worst of the heathen, and they shall possess * their houses: I will also make the pomp of the strong to cease * ; and their holy places * shall be defiled * .
25. Destruction cometh * ; and they shall seek * peace, and there shall be none.
26. Mischief shall come * upon mischief, and rumour shall be upon rumour; then shall they seek * a vision of the prophet; but the law shall perish * from the priest, and counsel from the ancients.
27. The king shall mourn * , and the prince shall be clothed * with desolation,and the hands of the people of the land shall be troubled * : I will do * unto them after their way, and according to their deserts will I judge * them; and they shall know * that I am the LORD.
