7:1 The word of the LORD came to me:
7:1 The word of the LORD came to me:

7:2 "And you, O son of man, thus says the Lord GOD to the land of Israel: An end! The end has come upon the four corners of the land.
7:2 You, O mortal, thus says the Lord GOD to the land of Israel: An end! The end has come upon the four corners of the land.

7:3 Now the end is upon you, and I will let loose my anger upon you, and will judge you according to your ways; and I will punish you for all your abominations.
7:3 Now the end is upon you, I will let loose my anger upon you; I will judge you according to your ways, I will punish you for all your abominations.

7:4 And my eye will not spare you, nor will I have pity; but I will punish you for your ways, while your abominations are in your midst. Then you will know that I am the LORD.
7:4 My eye will not spare you, I will have no pity. I will punish you for your ways, while your abominations are among you. Then you shall know that I am the LORD.

7:5 "Thus says the Lord GOD: Disaster after disaster! Behold, it comes.
7:5 Thus says the Lord GOD: Disaster after disaster! See, it comes.

7:6 An end has come, the end has come; it has awakened against you. Behold, it comes.
7:6 An end has come, the end has come. It has awakened against you; see, it comes!

7:7 Your doom has come to you, O inhabitant of the land; the time has 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--of tumult, not of reveling on the mountains.

7:8 Now I will soon pour out my wrath upon you, and spend my anger against you, and judge you according to your ways; and I will punish you for all your abominations.
7:8 Soon now I will pour out my wrath upon you; I will spend my anger against you. I will judge you according to your ways, and punish you for all your abominations.

7:9 And my eye will not spare, nor will I have pity; I will punish you according to your ways, while your abominations are in your midst. Then you will know that I am the LORD, who smite.
7:9 My eye will not spare; I will have no pity. I will punish you according to your ways, while your abominations are among you. Then you shall know that it is I the LORD who strike.

7:10 "Behold, the day! Behold, it comes! Your doom has come, injustice has blossomed, pride has budded.
7:10 See, the day! See, it comes! Your doom has gone out. The rod has blossomed, pride has budded.

7:11 Violence has grown up into a rod of wickedness; none of them shall remain, nor their abundance, nor their wealth; neither shall there be preeminence among them.
7:11 Violence has grown into a rod of wickedness. None of them shall remain, not their abundance, not their wealth; no pre-eminence among them.

7:12 The time has come, the day draws near. Let not the buyer rejoice, nor the seller mourn, for wrath is upon all their multitude.
7:12 The time has come, the day draws near; let not the buyer rejoice, nor the seller mourn, for wrath is upon all their multitude.

7:13 For the seller shall not return to what he has sold, while they live. For wrath is upon all their multitude; it shall not turn back; and because of his iniquity, none can maintain his life.
7:13 For the sellers shall not return to what has been sold as long as they remain alive. For the vision concerns all their multitude; it shall not be revoked. Because of their iniquity, they cannot maintain their lives.

7:14 "They have blown the trumpet and made all ready; but none goes to battle, for my wrath is upon all their multitude.
7:14 They have blown the horn and made everything ready; but no one goes to battle, for my wrath is upon all their multitude.

7:15 The sword is without, pestilence and famine are within; he that is in the field dies by the sword; and him that is in the city famine and pestilence devour.
7:15 The sword is outside, pestilence and famine are inside; those in the field die by the sword; those in the city--famine and pestilence devour them.

7:16 And if any survivors escape, they will be on the mountains, like doves of the valleys, all of them moaning, every one over his iniquity.
7:16 If any survivors escape, they shall be found on the mountains like doves of the valleys, all of them moaning over their iniquity.

7:17 All hands are feeble, and all knees weak as water.
7:17 All hands shall grow feeble, all knees turn to water.

7:18 They gird themselves with sackcloth, and horror covers them; shame is upon all faces, and baldness on all their heads.
7:18 They shall put on sackcloth, horror shall cover them. Shame shall be on all faces, baldness on all their heads.

7:19 They cast their silver into the streets, and their gold is like an unclean thing; their silver and gold are not able to deliver them in the day of the wrath of the LORD; they cannot satisfy their hunger or fill their stomachs with it. For it was the stumbling block of their iniquity.
7:19 They shall fling their silver into the streets, their gold shall be treated as unclean. Their silver and gold cannot save them on the day of the wrath of the LORD. They shall not satisfy their hunger or fill their stomachs with it. For it was the stumbling block of their iniquity.

7:20 Their beautiful ornament they used for vainglory, and they made their abominable images and their detestable things of it; therefore I will make it an unclean thing to them.
7:20 From their beautiful ornament, in which they took pride, they made their abominable images, their detestable things; therefore I will make of it an unclean thing to them.

7:21 And I will give it into the hands of foreigners for a prey, and to the wicked of the earth for a spoil; and they shall profane it.
7:21 I will hand it over to strangers as booty, to the wicked of the earth as plunder; they shall profane it.

7:22 I will turn my face from them, that they may profane my precious place; robbers shall enter and profane it,
7:22 I will avert my face from them, so that they may profane my treasured place; the violent shall enter it, they shall profane it.

7:23 and make a desolation. "Because the land is full of bloody crimes and the city is full of violence,
7:23 Make a chain! For the land is full of bloody crimes; the city is full of violence.

7:24 I will bring the worst of the nations to take possession of their houses; I will put an end to their proud might, and their holy places shall be profaned.
7:24 I will bring the worst of the nations to take possession of their houses. I will put an end to the arrogance of the strong, and their holy places shall be profaned.

7:25 When anguish comes, they will seek peace, but there shall be none.
7:25 When anguish comes, they will seek peace, but there shall be none.

7:26 Disaster comes upon disaster, rumor follows rumor; they seek a vision from the prophet, but the law perishes from the priest, and counsel from the elders.
7:26 Disaster comes upon disaster, rumor follows rumor; they shall keep seeking a vision from the prophet; instruction shall perish from the priest, and counsel from the elders.

7:27 The king mourns, the prince is wrapped in despair, and the hands of the people of the land are palsied by terror. According to their way I will do to them, and according to their own judgments I will judge them; and they shall know that I am the LORD."
7:27 The king shall mourn, the prince shall be wrapped in despair, and the hands of the people of the land shall tremble. According to their way I will deal with them; according to their own judgments I will judge them. And they shall know that I am the LORD.