7:1 Moreover the word of Jehovah came unto me, saying,
7:1 Moreover, the word of the LORD came to me saying,

7:2 And thou, son of man, thus saith the Lord Jehovah unto the land of Israel, An end: the end is come upon the four corners of the land.
7:2 "And you, son of man, thus says the Lord GOD to the land of Israel, 'An end! The end is coming on the four corners of the land.

7:3 Now is the end upon thee, and I will send mine anger upon thee, and will judge thee according to thy ways; and I will bring upon thee all thine abominations.
7:3 'Now the end is upon you, and I shall send My anger against you; I shall judge you according to your ways, and I shall bring all your abominations upon you.

7:4 And mine eye shall not spare thee, neither will I have pity; but I will bring thy ways upon thee, and thine abominations shall be in the midst of thee: and ye shall know that I am Jehovah.
7:4 'For My eye will have no pity on you, nor shall I spare [you,] but I shall bring your ways upon you, and your abominations will be among you; then you will know that I am the LORD!'

7:5 Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: An evil, an only evil; behold, it cometh.
7:5 "Thus says the Lord GOD, 'A disaster, unique disaster, behold it is coming!

7:6 An end is come, the end is come; it awaketh against thee; behold, it cometh.
7:6 'An end is coming; the end has come! It has awakened against you; behold, it has come!

7:7 Thy doom is come unto thee, O inhabitant of the land: the time is come, the day is near, (a day of) tumult, and not (of) joyful shouting, upon the mountains.
7:7 'Your doom has come to you, O inhabitant of the land. The time has come, the day is near-- tumult rather than joyful shouting on the mountains.

7:8 Now will I shortly pour out my wrath upon thee, and accomplish mine anger against thee, and will judge thee according to thy ways; and I will bring upon thee all thine abominations.
7:8 'Now I will shortly pour out My wrath on you, and spend My anger against you, judge you according to your ways, and bring on you all your abominations.

7:9 And mine eye shall not spare, neither will I have pity: I will bring upon thee according to thy ways; and thine abominations shall be in the midst of thee; and ye shall know that I, Jehovah, do smite.
7:9 'And My eye will show no pity, nor will I spare. I will repay you according to your ways, while your abominations are in your midst; then you will know that I, the LORD, do the smiting.

7:10 Behold, the day, behold, it cometh: thy doom is gone forth; the rod hath blossomed, pride hath budded.
7:10 'Behold, the day! Behold, it is coming! [Your] doom has gone forth; the rod has budded, arrogance has blossomed.

7:11 Violence is risen up into a rod of wickedness; none of them (shall remain), nor of their multitude, nor of their wealth: neither shall there be eminency among them.
7:11 'Violence has grown into a rod of wickedness. None of them [shall remain], none of their multitude, none of their wealth, nor anything eminent among them.

7:12 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.
7:12 'The time has come, the day has arrived. Let not the buyer rejoice nor the seller mourn; for wrath is against all their multitude.

7:13 For the seller shall not return to that which is sold, although they be yet alive: for the vision is touching the whole multitude thereof, none shall return; neither shall any strengthen himself in the iniquity of his life.
7:13 'Indeed, the seller will not regain what he sold as long as they [both] live; for the vision regarding all their multitude will not be averted, nor will any of them maintain his life by his iniquity.

7:14 They have blown the trumpet, and have made all ready; but none goeth to the battle; for my wrath is upon all the multitude thereof.
7:14 'They have blown the trumpet and made everything ready, but no one is going to the battle; for My wrath is against all their multitude.

7:15 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.
7:15 'The sword is outside, and the plague and the famine are within. He who is in the field will die by the sword; famine and the plague will also consume those in the city.

7:16 But those of them that escape shall escape, and shall be on the mountains like doves of the valleys, all of them moaning, every one in his iniquity.
7:16 'Even when their survivors escape, they will be on the mountains like doves of the valleys, all of them mourning, each over his own iniquity.

7:17 All hands shall be feeble, and all knees shall be weak as water.
7:17 'All hands will hang limp, and all knees will become like water.

7:18 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.
7:18 'And they will gird themselves with sackcloth, and shuddering will overwhelm them; and shame [will be] on all faces, and baldness on all their heads.

7:19 They shall cast their silver in the streets, and their gold shall be as an unclean thing; their silver and their gold shall not be able to deliver them in the day of the wrath of Jehovah: they shall not satisfy their souls, neither fill their bowels; because it hath been the stumblingblock of their iniquity.
7:19 'They shall fling their silver into the streets, and their gold shall become an abhorrent thing; their silver and their gold shall not be able to deliver them in the day of the wrath of the LORD. They cannot satisfy their appetite, nor can they fill their stomachs, for their iniquity has become an occasion of stumbling.

7:20 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 have I made it unto them as an unclean thing.
7:20 'And they transformed the beauty of His ornaments into pride, and they made the images of their abominations [and] their detestable things with it; therefore I will make it an abhorrent thing to them.

7:21 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 profane it.
7:21 'And I shall give it into the hands of the foreigners as plunder and to the wicked of the earth as spoil, and they will profane it.

7:22 My face will I turn also from them, and they shall profane my secret (place); and robbers shall enter into it, and profane it.
7:22 'I shall also turn My face from them, and they will profane My secret place; then robbers will enter and profane it.

7:23 Make the chain; for the land is full of bloody crimes, and the city is full of violence.
7:23 'Make the chain, for the land is full of bloody crimes, and the city is full of violence.

7:24 Wherefore I will bring the worst of the nations, and they shall possess their houses: I will also make the pride of the strong to cease; and their holy places shall be profaned.
7:24 'Therefore, I shall bring the worst of the nations, and they will possess their houses. I shall also make the pride of the strong ones cease, and their holy places will be profaned.

7:25 Destruction cometh; and they shall seek peace, and there shall be none.
7:25 'When anguish comes, they will seek peace, but there will be none.

7:26 Mischief shall come upon mischief, and rumor shall be upon rumor; and they shall seek a vision of the prophet; but the law shall perish from the priest, and counsel from the elders.
7:26 'Disaster will come upon disaster, and rumor will be [added] to rumor; then they will seek a vision from a prophet, but the law will be lost from the priest and counsel from the elders.

7:27 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 Jehovah.
7:27 'The king will mourn, the prince will be clothed with horror, and the hands of the people of the land will tremble. According to their conduct I shall deal with them, and by their judgments I shall judge them. And they will know that I am the LORD.' "