Ezekiel 7:5
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.
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.
Thus saith the Lord GOD; An evil, an only evil, behold, is come.
6 An end is come, the end is come: it watcheth for thee; behold, it is come.
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.
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
- This is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Disaster! An unprecedented disaster — behold, it is coming!
- KJV
- Thus saith the Lord GOD; An evil, an only evil, behold, is come.
- WEB
- “The Lord GOD says: ‘A disaster! A unique disaster! Behold, it comes.
- ASV
- Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: An evil, an only evil; behold, it cometh.
- DARBY
- Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: An evil, an only evil! behold, it is come.
- BLB
- Thus says the Lord YHWH: ‘Disaster! A unique disaster! Behold, it is coming!
- ÅB
- Så sier Herren, Israels Gud: Ulykke, en ulykke uten like, se, den kommer.
- OTB
- Så sier Herren Gud: ‘Ulykke! En enestående ulykke! Se, den kommer!
- B1930
- Så sier Herren, Israels Gud: Ulykke, en ulykke uten like, se, den kommer.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
2 Kings 21:12–13
Therefore thus saith the LORD God of Israel, Behold, I am bringing such evil upon Jerusalem and Judah, that whosoever heareth of it, both his ears shall tingle.
Read in contextNahum 1:9
What do ye imagine against the LORD? he will make an utter end: affliction shall not rise up the second time.
Read in contextEzekiel 5:9
And I will do in thee that which I have not done, and whereunto I will not do any more the like, because of all thine abominations.
Read in contextAmos 3:2
You only have I known of all the families of the earth: therefore I will punish you for all your iniquities.
Read in contextDaniel 9:12
And he hath confirmed his words, which he spake against us, and against our judges that judged us, by bringing upon us a great evil: for under the whole heaven hath not been done as hath been done upon Jerusalem.
Read in contextMatthew 24:21
For then shall be great tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be.
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