The
End Has Come
The
Word of the Lord came to me:
2
'Son of man, this is what the Sovereign Lord says
To
the Land of Israel:
THE
END! THE END HAS COME
UPON
THE FOUR CORNERS
OF THE LAND.
3
The End is now upon you
And
I will Unleash My Anger against you.
I
will Judge you according to your Conduct
And
Repay you for all your Detestable Practices.
4
I will not look on you with Pity or Spare you;
I
will surely Repay you for your Conduct
And
the Detestable Practices among you.
THEN
YOU WILL KNOW THAT I AM THE LORD.
5
'THIS IS WHAT THE SOVEREIGN LORD SAYS:
Disaster!
An unheard of Disaster is coming.
6
THE END HAS COME! THE END HAS COME!
It
has Roused itself against you. It has come!
7
DOOM HAS COME UPON YOU--
You
who dwell in the Land.
The
time has come, the day is near;
There
is Panic, not joy, upon the Mountains.
8
I AM ABOUT TO POUR OUT MY WRATH ON YOU
AND
SPEND MY ANGER AGAINST YOU;
I
will Judge you according to your Conduct
And
Repay you for all your Detestable Practices.
9
I will not look on you with Pity or Spare you;
I
will Repay you in accordance with your Conduct
And
the Detestable Practices among you.
THEN
YOU WILL KNOW THAT IT IS THE LORD
WHO
STRIKES THE BLOW.
10
THE DAY IS HERE! IT HAS COME!
DOOM
HAS BURST FORTH, THE ROD HAS BUDDED,
Arrogance
has Blossomed!
11
Violence has grown into a Rod to Punish Wickedness;
None
of the people will be left,
None
of that Crowd—No Wealth, Nothing of Value.
12
THE TIME HAS COME THE DAY HAS ARRIVED.
Let
not Buyer rejoice not the Seller grieve,
FOR
WRATH IS UPON THE WHOLE CROWD.
13
The Seller will not recover the Land he has sold
As
long as both of them li9ve,
FOR
THE VISION CONCERNING THE WHOLE CROWD
WILL
NOT BE REVERSED.
Because
of their Sins,
Not
one of them will Preserve his life
14
Though they blow the Trumpet and get everything ready,
No
one will go into Battle,
FOR
MY WRATH IS UPON THE WHOLE CROWD.
15
'Outside is the Sword,
Inside
are Plague and Famine;
Those
in the Country will Die by the Sword,
And
those in the City will be Devoured by Famine and Plague.
16
All who Survive and Escape will be in the Mountains,
Moaning
like doves of the valleys,
Each
because of his Sins.
17
Every hand will go limp,
And
every knee will become as weak as water.
18
They will put on Sackcloth and be clothed with Terror
There
faces will be covered with Shame
And
their heads will be Shaved.
19
They will throw their silver into the streets,
And
their gold will be and Unclean thing.
Their
silver and gold will not be able to save them
IN
THE DAY OF THE LORD'S WRATH.
They
will not satisfy their hunger or fill their stomachs with it,
FOR
IT HAS MADE THEM STUMBLE INTO SIN.
20
They were Proud of their beautiful jewelry
And
used it to make their Detestable Idols and Vile Images.
Therefore
I will turn these into and Unclean Thing for them.
21
I will hand it all over as Plunder to Foreigners
And
as Loot to the Wicked of the Earth,
And
they will Defile it.
22
I WILL TURN MY FACE AWAY FROM THEM,
And
they will Desecrate My Treasured Place;
Robbers
will enter it and Desecrate it.
23
'PREPARE THE CHAINS,
BECAUSE
THE LAND IS FULL OF VIOLENCE.
I
WILL BRING THE MOST WICKED OF THE NATIONS
TO
TAKE POSSESSION OF THEIR HOUSES;
I
will put and End to the Pride of the Mighty,
And
their Sanctuaries will be Desecrated.
25
WHEN TERROR COME THEY WILL SEEK PEACE,
But
there will be None.
26
CALAMITY UPON CALAMITY WILL COME,
AND
RUMOR UPON RUMOR.
They
will try to get a Vision from the Prophet;
The
Teaching of the Law by the Priest will be Lost,
As
will the Counsel of the Elders
27
The king will Mourn,
The
Prince will be clothed with Despair,
and
the hands of the people of the Land will Tremble.
I
WILL DEAL WITH THEM ACCORDING TO THEIR CONDUCT,
AND
BY THEIR OWN STANDARDS I WILL JUDGE THEM.
THEN
THEY WILL KNOW THAT I AM THE LORD.'
(Ezekiel
7)
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