Ezekiel 7

Moreover the word of the Lord came unto me, saying, ²Also, thou son of man, thus saith the Lord God unto the land of ^aIsrael; ^bAn end, the end is come upon the four ^ccorners of the land. ³Now ^bis the end come upon thee, and I will send mine anger upon thee, and ^dwill judge thee according to thy ways, and ^dwill recompense upon thee all thine abominations. ^4eAnd ^fmine eye shall not spare thee, ^fneither will I have pity: but ^egI will recompense thy ways upon thee, ^eand thine abominations shall be in the midst of thee: ^hand ye shall know that I am the Lord.

⁵Thus saith the Lord God; An evil, an only evil, behold, is come. ^6bAn end is come, the end is come: it watcheth for thee; behold, it is come. ⁷ⁱThe morning is come unto thee, O thou that dwellest in the land: ^jthe time is come, ^ikthe day of trouble is near, and not the ^lsounding again of the mountains. ⁸Now will I ^mshortly ⁿpour out my fury upon thee, and ^oaccomplish mine anger upon thee: and ^dI will judge thee according to thy ways, and ^dwill recompense thee for all thine abominations. ^9efAnd mine eye shall not spare, neither will I have pity: ^dI will recompense thee according to thy ways ^eand thine abominations that are in the midst of thee; ^ehand ye shall know that I am the Lord ^pthat smiteth. ¹⁰Behold the day, behold, it is come: ⁱthe morning is gone forth; ^qthe rod hath blossomed, pride hath budded. ^11rViolence is risen up into ^qsa rod of wickedness: none of them shall remain, nor of their ^tmultitude, nor of any of theirs: ^uneither shall there be wailing for them. ^12ijThe time is come, the day draweth near: let not ^vthe buyer rejoice, nor ^vthe seller mourn: ^wfor wrath is upon all ^tthe multitude thereof. ¹³For ^xthe seller shall not return to ^ythat which is sold, although they were yet alive: for the vision is touching the whole ^tmultitude thereof, which shall not return; neither shall any strengthen himself in the iniquity of his life.

^14zThey have blown the trumpet, even to make all ready; but none goeth to the battle: ^wfor my wrath is upon all ^tthe multitude thereof. ^15aThe sword is without, and ^athe pestilence and ^athe famine within: ^bhe that is in the field shall die with the sword; and ^bhe that is in the city, famine and pestilence shall devour him. ¹⁶But ^cthey that escape of them shall escape, and shall be ^ccon the mountains ^dlike doves of ^ccthe valleys, all of them mourning, every one ^efor his iniquity. ^17fAll ^ghands shall be feeble, and ^fall knees shall be ^hweak as water. ¹⁸They shall also ⁱgird themselves with sackcloth, and ^khorror shall cover them; and shame shall be upon all faces, and ^lbaldness upon all their heads. ¹⁹They shall cast their silver in the streets, and their gold shall be removed: ^notheir silver and their gold shall not be able to deliver them ⁿin the day of the wrath of the Lord: they shall not satisfy their souls, neither fill their bowels: because it is ^pthe stumblingblock of their iniquity.

²⁰As for ^qthe beauty of his ornament, he set it in ^qrmajesty: but ^sthey made the images of ^ttheir abominations and of ^ttheir detestable things therein: therefore have I set it far from them. ²¹And ^ttI will give it into the hands of ^uthe strangers ^vfor a prey, and to ^wthe wicked of the earth for a spoil; and ^uthey shall pollute it. ²²My face will I turn also from them, and ^uthey shall pollute my secret place: for the robbers shall enter into it, and ^udefile it. ^23xMake a chain: for ^ythe land is full of bloody crimes, and ^zthe city is full of violence. ²⁴Wherefore I will bring ^wthe worst of the heathen, and they shall possess their houses: I will also make ^athe pomp of the strong to cease; and ^btheir holy places ^bcshall be defiled. ²⁵Destruction cometh; and they shall seek peace, and ^dthere shall be none. ^26eMischief shall come ^fupon mischief, and rumour shall be upon rumour; ^gthen shall they seek a vision of the prophet; but ^hthe law shall perish from the priest, and counsel from ⁱthe ancients. ²⁷The king shall mourn, and the prince ^jshall be clothed with desolation, and the hands of the people of the land shall be troubled: ^kI will do unto them after their way, and according to their deserts will I judge them; ^mand they shall know that I am the Lord.

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