CHAPTER 7
“O
son
of man,
this is what
the Lord
GOD
says
to the land
of Israel:
‘The end!
The end
has come
upon
the four
corners
of the land.
The end
is now
upon you,
and I will unleash
My anger against you;
I will judge you
according to your ways
and repay
you
for all
your abominations.
I will not
look on you
with pity,
nor
will I spare you,
but I will punish you for
your ways
and for the abominations
among you.
Then you will know
that
I
am the LORD.’
Doom
has come
to you,
O inhabitants
of the land.
The time
has come;
the day
is near;
there is panic
on the mountains
instead of shouts of joy.
Very soon
I will pour out
My wrath
upon you
and vent
My anger
against you;
I will judge you
according to your ways
and punish you
for all
your abominations.
I will not
look on you with pity,
nor
will I spare you,
but I will punish you
for your ways
and for the abominations
among you.
Then you will know
that
it is I,
the LORD,
who strikes the blow.
Behold,
the day
is here!
It has come!
Doom
has gone out,
the rod
has budded,
arrogance
has bloomed.
Their violence
has grown
into a rod
to punish their wickedness.
None
of them will remain:
none
of their multitude,
none
of their wealth,
and nothing
of value.
The time
has come;
the day
has arrived.
Let the buyer
not
rejoice
and the seller
not
mourn,
for
wrath
is upon
all
their multitudes.
The seller
will surely
not
recover
what he sold
as long as
both remain alive.
For
the vision
concerning
the whole
multitude
will not
be revoked,
and because of their iniquity,
not one
will preserve
his life.
They have blown
the trumpet
and made
everything ready,
but no
one goes
to war,
for
My wrath
is upon
the whole
multitude.
The sword
is outside;
plague
and famine
are within.
Those
in the country
will die
by the sword,
and those
in the city
will be devoured
by famine
and plague.
The survivors
will escape
and live in
the mountains,
all
moaning
like doves
of the valley,
each
for his own iniquity.
They will put on
sackcloth,
and terror
will overwhelm them.
Shame
will cover all
their faces,
and all
their heads
will be shaved.
They will throw
their silver
into the streets,
and their gold
will seem
unclean.
Their silver
and gold
cannot
save them
in the day
of the wrath
of the LORD.
They cannot
satisfy
their appetites
or fill
their stomachs with wealth,
for
it became
the stumbling block
that brought their iniquity.
His beautiful
ornaments
they transformed
into pride
and used them
to fashion
their vile
images
and detestable idols.
Therefore
I will make these
into something unclean for them.
And I will hand these things over
as plunder
to foreigners
and as loot
to the wicked
of the earth,
who will defile them.
I will turn
My face
away from them,
as they defile
My treasured place.
Violent men
will enter it
and they will defile it.
So I will bring
the most wicked
of nations
to take possession of
their houses.
I will end
the pride
of the mighty,
and their holy places
will be profaned.
Disaster
upon
disaster
will come,
and
rumor
after
rumor.
Then they will seek
a vision
from a prophet,
but instruction
from the priests
and counsel
from the ancients
will perish.
The king
will mourn,
the prince
will be clothed
with despair,
and the hands
of the people
of the land
will tremble.
I will deal
with them
according to their conduct,
and I will judge them
by their own standards.
Then they will know
that
I
am the LORD.’”