Ezekiel 7:13

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

BSB
The seller will surely not recover what he sold while both remain alive. For the vision concerning the whole multitude will not be revoked, and because of their iniquity, not one of them will preserve his life.
KJV
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.
WEB
For the seller won’t return to that which is sold, although they are still alive; for the vision concerns the whole multitude of it. None will return. None will strengthen himself in the iniquity of his life.
ASV
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.
DARBY
For the seller shall not return to that which is sold, even though he were yet alive amongst the living: for the vision is touching the whole multitude thereof; it shall not be revoked; and none shall through his iniquity assure his life.
BLB
For the one selling will not return to what has been sold while they live their life; for the vision [is] to the whole multitude, [and] it will not turn back; and a man cannot by his iniquity strengthen his life.
ÅB
Selgeren skal ikke få igjen det han har solgt, om han enn er i live; for spådommen mot hele deres hop skal ikke tas tilbake, og for sin misgjernings skyld skal ingen kunne trygge seg i sitt liv.
OTB
Sannelig, selgeren vil ikke få tilbake det han solgte i deres levetid; for synet angående hele deres mengde vil ikke bli avverget, og ingen av dem vil bevare sitt liv ved sin urett.
B1930
Selgeren skal ikke få igjen det han har solgt, om han enn er i live; for spådommen mot hele deres hop skal ikke tas tilbake, og for sin misgjernings skyld skal ingen kunne trygge sig i sitt liv.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Leviticus 25:24–28

    And in all the land of your possession ye shall grant a redemption for the land.

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  • Ezekiel 33:26–27

    Ye stand upon your sword, ye work abomination, and ye defile every one his neighbour’s wife: and shall ye possess the land?

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  • Job 15:25

    For he stretcheth out his hand against God, and strengtheneth himself against the Almighty.

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  • Ezekiel 13:22

    Because with lies ye have made the heart of the righteous sad, whom I have not made sad; and strengthened the hands of the wicked, that he should not return from his wicked way, by promising him life:

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  • Psalms 52:7

    Lo, this is the man that made not God his strength; but trusted in the abundance of his riches, and strengthened himself in his wickedness.

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  • Ecclesiastes 8:8

    There is no man that hath power over the spirit to retain the spirit; neither hath he power in the day of death: and there is no discharge in that war; neither shall wickedness deliver those that are given to it.

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  • Leviticus 25:31

    But the houses of the villages which have no wall round about them shall be counted as the fields of the country: they may be redeemed, and they shall go out in the jubile.

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