Ezekiel 7

2thus saith the Lord: To the land of Israel an end is coming.

6The end is come upon the four wings of the land. The end is coming on thee who inhabitest the land. The time is come.

7The day hath approached, not with commotions nor with pangs.

8Now near at hand I pour out Mine indignation on thee; and upon thee I will spend My wrath; and judge thee for thy ways, and retribute to thee all thine abominations.

9Mine eye shall not spare, nor will I have compassion. Because I will retribute to thee thy ways, when thine abominations shall be in the midst of thee; therefore thou shalt know that it is I the Lord who smite thee.

3Now the end is upon thee. I will send it against thee, and punish thee for thy ways and retribute to thee all thine abominations.

5For thus saith the Lord, Lo! the end is coming.

10Behold it is the day of the Lord. If indeed the rod hath budded,

11pride hath come to a full growth.-Therefore He will break the stay of the unrighteous; but not with commotion nor with perturbation.

12The end is come. Behold the day! let not him who purchaseth rejoice, nor him who selleth, mourn;

13since he who purchaseth shall no more return to him who selleth. Nor will any man hold with an eye to life.

14Sound the trumpet and pass sentence on all together.

15Abroad let there be battle with the sword, and at home famine and pestilence. Let him who is in the field die by the sword; and them in the city let famine and pestilence destroy.

16Now shall they escape who escape from among them? When they shall be on the mountains, I will indeed slay all, every one for his iniquities.

17All hands shall be enfeebled and all thighs stained with filth.

18And they shall gird on sackcloth; and amazement shall cover them. And shame shall be on all their faces: and on every head, baldness.

19Their silver shall be thrown in the streets; and their gold shall be disregarded. Their souls shall not be satisfied; nor shall their bellies be filled: because the punishment of their iniquities is come.

20With their choice apparel which was laid by for ostentation-even with this they adorned the images of their abominations; therefore I have given it to them for defilement-

21even into the hand of strangers I will deliver it for plunder, and to be a spoil for the ravagers of the earth; and they shall defile it.

22And I will turn away My face from them; and they shall pollute the places under My peculiar inspection, and come into them unobserved, and profane them

23and make them an abomination. Because the land is full of peoples, and the city is full of iniquity;

24therefore I will turn back their tumultuous power, and their holy things shall be polluted.

25Though an atonement shall come and seek peace, it shall be no more.

26Woe shall succeed woe; and news be followed by news; and a vision shall be sought from a prophet: and law shall perish from the priest, and counsel from the elders-

27the chief shall be clothed with darkness; and the hands of the people of the land shall be weakened. According to their ways I will deal with them; and for their crimes I will punish them; and they shall know that I am the Lord.