Chapter 7

Moreover the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,²

Also, thou son of man, thus saith¹ the Lord GOD unto the land of Israel; An end, the end is come¹ upon the four corners of the land.

Now [is] the end [come] upon thee, and I will send¹⁴ mine anger upon thee, and will judge¹ thee according to thy ways, and will recompense¹ upon thee all thine abominations.

And mine eye shall not spare⁴ thee, neither will I have pity:⁴ but I will recompense⁴ thy ways upon thee, and thine abominations shall be in the midst of thee: and ye shall know¹ that I [am] the LORD.

Thus saith¹ the Lord GOD; An evil, an only evil, behold, is come.⁶

An end is come,¹ the end is come:¹ it watcheth⁵² for thee; behold, it is come.⁶

The morning is come¹ unto thee, O thou that dwellest⁶ in the land: the time is come,^{1 935 6} the day of trouble [is] near, and not the sounding again of the mountains.

Now will I shortly pour out⁴ my fury upon thee, and accomplish¹⁴ mine anger upon thee: and I will judge¹ thee according to thy ways, and will recompense¹ thee for all thine abominations.

And mine eye shall not spare,⁴ neither will I have pity:⁴ I will recompense⁴ thee according to thy ways and thine abominations [that] are in the midst of thee; and ye shall know¹ that I [am] the LORD that smiteth.⁵⁶

Behold the day, behold, it is come:⁶ the morning is gone forth;¹ the rod hath blossomed,¹ pride hath budded.¹

Violence is risen up¹ 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.

The time is come,¹ the day draweth near:⁵² let not the buyer⁶ rejoice,⁴ nor the seller⁶ mourn:¹⁰¹ for wrath [is] upon all the multitude thereof.

For the seller⁶ shall not return⁴ to that which is sold, although they were yet alive: for the vision [is] touching the whole multitude thereof, [which] shall not return;⁴ neither shall any strengthen¹⁰¹ himself in the iniquity of his life.

They have blown¹ the trumpet, even to make all ready;⁵³ but none goeth⁶ to the battle: for my wrath [is] upon all the multitude thereof.

The sword [is] without, and the pestilence and the famine within: he that [is] in the field shall die⁴ with the sword; and he that [is] in the city, famine and pestilence shall devour⁴ him.

But they that escape of them shall escape,¹ and shall be on the mountains like doves of the valleys, all of them mourning,⁶ every one for his iniquity.

All hands shall be feeble,⁴ and all knees shall be weak⁴ [as] water.

They shall also gird¹ [themselves] with sackcloth, and horror shall cover¹⁴ them; and shame [shall be] upon all faces, and baldness upon all their heads.

They shall cast⁵⁵ their silver in the streets, and their gold shall be removed: their silver and their gold shall not be able⁴ to deliver⁵³ them in the day of the wrath of the LORD: they shall not satisfy¹⁷ their souls, neither fill¹⁷ their bowels: because it is the stumblingblock of their iniquity.

As for the beauty of his ornament, he set¹ it in majesty: but they made¹ the images of their abominations [and] of their detestable things therein: therefore have I set¹ it far from them.

And I will give¹ it into the hands of the strangers⁵ for a prey, and to the wicked of the earth for a spoil; and they shall pollute¹⁴ it.

My face will I turn⁵² also from them, and they shall pollute¹⁴ my secret⁷ [place]: for the robbers shall enter¹ into it, and defile¹⁴ it.

Make³ a chain: for the land is full¹ of bloody crimes, and the city is full¹ of violence.

Wherefore I will bring⁵² the worst of the heathen, and they shall possess¹ their houses: I will also make the pomp of the strong to cease;⁵² and their holy places¹⁸ shall be defiled.^{8 5157 14}

Destruction cometh;¹ and they shall seek¹⁴ peace, and [there shall be] none.

Mischief shall come⁴ upon mischief, and rumour shall be upon rumour; then shall they seek¹⁴ a vision of the prophet; but the law shall perish⁴ from the priest, and counsel from the ancients.

The king shall mourn,¹⁰¹ and the prince shall be clothed⁴ with desolation, and the hands of the people of the land shall be troubled:¹¹ I will do⁴ unto them after their way, and according to their deserts will I judge⁴ them; and they shall know¹ that I [am] the LORD.