“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.” (Ezekiel 7:1-27 AV)
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