Chapter 7
1 Moreover Yahweh ’s word came to me , saying ,
2 " You , son of man , the Lord Yahweh says to the land of Israel , ‘ An end ! The end has come on the four corners of the land.
3 Now the end is on you , and I will send my anger on you , and will judge you according to your ways . I will bring on you all your abominations .
4 My eye will not spare you , neither will I have pity ; but I will bring your ways on you , and your abominations will be among you . Then you will know that I am Yahweh .’
5 " The Lord Yahweh says : ‘ A disaster ! A unique disaster ! Behold , it comes.
6 An end has come. The end has come! It awakes against you . Behold , it comes.
7 Your doom has come to you , inhabitant of the land! The time has come! The day is near , a day of tumult , and not of joyful shouting , on the mountains .
8 Now I will shortly pour out my wrath on you , and accomplish my anger against you , and will judge you according to your ways . I will bring on you all your abominations .
9 My eye won’t spare , neither will I have pity . I will punish you according to your ways . Your abominations will be among you . Then you will know that I , Yahweh , strike .
10 "‘ Behold , the day ! Behold , it comes ! Your doom has gone out . The rod has blossomed . Pride has budded .
11 Violence has risen up into a rod of wickedness . None of them will remain , nor of their multitude , nor of their wealth . There will be nothing of value among them .
12 The time has come ! The day draws near . Don’t let the buyer rejoice , nor the seller mourn; for wrath is on all its multitude .
13 For the seller won’t return to that which is sold , although they are still alive ; for the vision concerns the whole multitude of it . None will return . None will strengthen himself in the iniquity of his life .
14 They have blown the trumpet , and have made all ready ; but no one goes to the battle , for my wrath is on all its multitude .
15 "‘ The sword is outside , and the pestilence and the famine within . He who is in the field will die by the sword . He who is in the city will be devoured by famine and pestilence .
16 But of those who escape , they will escape and will be on the mountains like doves of the valleys , all of them moaning, everyone in his iniquity .
17 All hands will be feeble , and all knees will be weak as water .
18 They will also clothe themselves with sackcloth , and horror will cover them . Shame will be on all faces , and baldness on all their heads .
19 They will cast their silver in the streets , and their gold will be as an unclean thing . Their silver and their gold won’t be able to deliver them in the day of Yahweh ’s wrath . They won’t satisfy their souls or fill their bellies; because it has been the stumbling block 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 their detestable things therein. Therefore I have made it to them as an unclean thing .
21 I will give it into the hands of the strangers for a prey , and to the wicked of the earth for a plunder ; and they will profane it .
22 I will also turn my face from them , and they will profane my secret place . Robbers will enter into it , and profane it .
23 "‘ Make chains , for the land is full of bloody crimes , and the city is full of violence .
24 Therefore I will bring the worst of the nations , and they will possess their houses . I will also make the pride of the strong to cease . Their holy places will be profaned .
25 Destruction comes! They will seek peace , and there will be none.
26 Mischief will come on mischief , and rumor will be on rumor . They will seek a vision of the prophet ; but the law will perish from the priest , and counsel from the elders .
27 The king will mourn, and the prince will be clothed with desolation . The hands of the people of the land will be troubled. I will do to them after their way , and according to their own judgments I will judge them . Then they will know that I am Yahweh .’"