Ezekiel, 7

1. Moreover the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,

1. This word of Yahweh came to me,

2. Also, thou son of man, thus saith the Lord GOD unto the land of Israel; An end, the end is come upon the four corners of the land.

2. "And you, son of man, listen to what the Lord says to Israel:

3. Now [is] the end [come] upon thee, and I will send mine anger upon thee, and will judge thee according to thy ways, and will recompense upon thee all thine abominations.

3. Finished! The end is coming for the four corners of the land. It is all over for you. I am unleashing my anger against you. I will judge you according to your ways and repay you for all your filthy practices.

4. And mine eye shall not spare thee, neither will I have pity: but I will recompense thy ways upon thee, and thine abominations shall be in the midst of thee: and ye shall know that I [am] the LORD.

4. I will not look on you with pity; I will be merciless. I will bring against you what is fitting for your conduct and your detestable practices and you will know it is Yahweh striking you.

5. Thus saith the Lord GOD; An evil, an only evil, behold, is come.

5. Thus says Yahweh: Disaster! Disaster is coming!

6. An end is come, the end is come: it watcheth for thee; behold, it is come.

6. The end is near! It is your turn, you who live in the country.

7. The morning is come unto thee, O thou that dwellest in the land: the time is come, the day of trouble [is] near, and not the sounding again of the mountains.

7. The time has come, the day is near! No joy, only panic on the mountains!

8. Now will I shortly pour out my fury upon thee, and accomplish mine anger upon thee: and I will judge thee according to thy ways, and will recompense thee for all thine abominations.

8. Now I am unleashing my fury against you; my anger will exhaust itself on you. I will judge you according to your ways and your detestable practices.

9. And mine eye shall not spare, neither will I have pity: I will recompense thee according to thy ways and thine abominations [that] are in the midst of thee; and ye shall know that I [am] the LORD that smiteth.

9. I will not look on you with pity; I will be without mercy. I will judge you according to your conduct and call you to account for your detestable practices. I will not look on you with pity and I will show you no mercy. I will give you what your conduct deserves. And you will know that I am Yahweh when I strike you for your abominable practices.

10. Behold the day, behold, it is come: the morning is gone forth; the rod hath blossomed, pride hath budded.

10. This is the day, the end is coming, the die is cast. For insolence has blossomed, pride bears its fruits

11. Violence is risen up into a rod of wickedness: none of them [shall remain], nor of their multitude, nor of any of theirs: neither [shall there be] wailing for them.

11. and violence reigns. No one will escape.

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.

12. The time has come, the day is here! Let not the buyer rejoice or the seller regret, for the punishment will fall upon all.

13. For the seller shall not return to that which is sold, although they were yet alive: for the vision [is] touching the whole multitude thereof, [which] shall not return; neither shall any strengthen himself in the iniquity of his life.

13. The seller will not get back what he has sold, even though he survives, for the sentence regarding the multitude will not be reversed.

14. They have blown the trumpet, even to make all ready; but none goeth to the battle: for my wrath [is] upon all the multitude thereof.

14. They may sound the trumpet, make preparations, but no one will go to battle, for I am indignant with all.

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.

15. Outside in the open is the sword; plague and starvation in the houses. Those in the country will die by the sword, those in the city will be victims of famine and plague.

16. But they that escape of them shall escape, and shall be on the mountains like doves of the valleys, all of them mourning, every one for his iniquity.

16. Those who escape will go to the mountains; they will be like doves, each one moaning because of his sin.

17. All hands shall be feeble, and all knees shall be weak [as] water.

17. Every hand will be limp, every knee as weak as water;

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.

18. they will put on sackcloth and shudder. All will be covered with shame and every head bald.

19. They shall cast their silver in the streets, and their gold shall be removed: their silver and their gold shall not be able to deliver them in the day of the wrath of the LORD: they shall not satisfy their souls, neither fill their bowels: because it is the stumblingblock of their iniquity.

19. They will throw their silver in the streets and their gold will be dropped like filth. Silver or gold will not save them on the day of Yahweh's anger. It will be useless to satisfy their hunger and to fill their stomachs, for it was their stumbling block, the cause of their sin.

20. As for the beauty of his ornament, he set it in majesty: but they made the images of their abominations [and] of their detestable things therein: therefore have I set it far from them.

20. They became proud of their splendid jewel (the Temple), but they put into it their loathsome images and idols; that is why I will make it a horror.

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 pollute it.

21. I will hand it over as plunder to foreigners and as booty to the most wicked of the land, and they will defile it.

22. My face will I turn also from them, and they shall pollute my secret [place]: for the robbers shall enter into it, and defile it.

22. I will take away my protection from them and people will profane my treasure. Robbers will enter and desecrate it

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

23. and within it there will be massacres, for the land is full of violence.

24. Wherefore I will bring the worst of the heathen, and they shall possess their houses: I will also make the pomp of the strong to cease; and their holy places shall be defiled.

24. I will bring the most cruel of the nations to take possession of their houses. I will break the pride of the violent and their sanctuaries will be profaned.

25. Destruction cometh; and they shall seek peace, and [there shall be] none.

25. Anguish is coming; they will seek peace but there will be none.

26. Mischief shall come upon mischief, and rumour shall be upon rumour; then shall they seek a vision of the prophet; but the law shall perish from the priest, and counsel from the ancients.

26. Disaster will follow disaster, rumor will follow rumor. In vain will they demand a vision from the prophet. The priest will have no answer; the elders will be unable to advise.

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] the LORD.

27. The king will mourn; the princes will be overcome with grief, and the hands of the citizens will tremble. I will treat them as their conduct deserves and judge them according to their deeds, and they will know that I am Yahweh.