7:1 Moreover the word of the Lord came to
me, saying, Also, thou, son of man, say,
7:2 Thus saith the Lord; An end is come to the land of Israel, the end is
come on the four corners of the land.
7:3 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.
7:4 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.
7:5 For thus saith the Lord; Behold, the end is come.
7:6 The end is come on thee,
7:7 the inhabitant of the land: the time is come, the day has drawn nigh,
not with tumult, nor with pangs.
7:8 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.
7:9 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].
7:10 Behold, the day of the Lord! although the rod has blossomed,
7:11 ride has sprung up, and will break the staff of the wicked one, and
[that] not with tumult, nor with haste.
7:12 The time is 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 ye 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 of them shall be delivered, and shall be upon the
mountains: and I will slay all [the rest], every one 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
charge, 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;
ad 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 judgements will I punish them; and they
shall know that I am the Lord. |
7:1 Moreover the word of the LORD came unto
me, saying,
7:2 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.
7:3 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.
7:4 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.
7:5 Thus saith the Lord GOD; An evil, an only evil, behold, is come.
7:6 An end is come, the end is come: it watcheth for thee; behold, it is
come.
7:7 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.
7:8 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.
7:9 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.
7:10 Behold the day, behold, it is come: the morning is gone forth; the rod
hath blossomed, pride hath budded.
7:11 Violence is risen up into a rod of wickedness: none of them shall
remain, nor of their multitude, nor of any of their's: neither shall there
be wailing for them.
7:12 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.
7:13 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.
7:14 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.
7:15 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.
7:16 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.
7:17 All hands shall be feeble, and all knees shall be weak as water.
7:18 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.
7:19 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.
7:20 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.
7:21 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.
7:22 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.
7:23 Make a chain: for the land is full of bloody crimes, and the city is
full of violence.
7:24 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.
7:25 Destruction cometh; and they shall seek peace, and there shall be none.
7:26 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.
7:27 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. |