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The End Arrives
7:1 The word of the Lord came to me: 7:2 “You , son of man – this is what the sovereign Lord says to the land of Israel : An end ! The end is coming on the four corners of the land ! 7:3 The end is now upon you, and I will release my anger against you; I will judge you according to your behavior , I will hold you accountable for all your abominable practices . 7:4 My eye will not pity you; I will not spare you. For I will hold you responsible for your behavior , and you will suffer the consequences of your abominable practices . Then you will know that I am the Lord ! 7:5 “This is what the sovereign Lord says : A disaster – a one-of-a-kind disaster – is coming ! 7:6 An end comes – the end comes ! It has awakened against you– the end is upon you! Look , it is coming ! 7:7 Doom is coming upon you who live in the land ! The time is coming , the day is near . There are sounds of tumult , not shouts of joy , on the mountains . 7:8 Soon now I will pour out my rage on you; I will fully vent my anger against you. I will judge you according to your behavior . I will hold you accountable for all your abominable practices . 7:9 My eye will not pity you; I will not spare you. For your behavior I will hold you accountable , and you will suffer the consequences of your abominable practices . Then you will know that it is I , the Lord , who is striking you. 7:10 “Look , the day ! Look , it is coming ! Doom has gone out ! The staff has budded , pride has blossomed ! 7:11 Violence has grown into a staff that supports wickedness . Not one of them will be left– not from their crowd , not from their wealth , not from their prominence . 7:12 The time has come ; the day has struck ! The customer should not rejoice , nor the seller mourn ; for divine wrath comes against their whole crowd . 7:13 The customer will no longer pay the seller while both parties are alive , for the vision against their whole crowd will not be revoked . Each person , for his iniquity , will fail to preserve his life . 7:14 “They have blown the trumpet and everyone is ready , but no one goes to battle , because my anger is against their whole crowd . 7:15 The sword is outside ; pestilence and famine are inside the house . Whoever is in the open field will die by the sword , and famine and pestilence will consume everyone in the city . 7:16 Their survivors will escape to the mountains and become like doves of the valleys ; all of them will moan – each one for his iniquity . 7:17 All of their hands will hang limp ; their knees will be wet with urine . 7:18 They will wear sackcloth , terror will cover them; shame will be on all their faces , and all of their heads will be shaved bald . 7:19 They will discard their silver in the streets , and their gold will be treated like filth . Their silver and gold will not be able to deliver them on the day of the Lord’s fury . They will not satisfy their hunger or fill their stomachs because their wealth was the obstacle leading to their iniquity .

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  • Israel

    [nave] ISRAEL 1. A name given to Jacob, Gen. 32:24-32; 2 Kin. 17:34; Hos. 12:3, 4. 2. A name of the Christ in prophecy, Isa. 49:3. 3. A name given to the descendants of Jacob, a nation. Called also Israelites, and Hebrews, Gen. 4...

  • Sin

    [nave] SIN. Index of Sub-Topics Miscellany of Minor Sub-Topics; Unclassified Scriptures Relating to, Defining, and Illustrating; Confession of; Consequences of, Entailed Upon Children; Conviction of; Forgiveness of; Fruits of; Kn...

  • Conviction

    [nave] CONVICTION. Of Sin Gen. 4:13; Deut. 28:65-67; Job 40:4, 5; Psa. 31:10; Psa. 38:1-22; Psa. 51:1-4, 7-17; Isa. 6:5; Lam. 1:20; Ezek. 7:16-18, 25, 26; Ezek. 33:10; Mic. 7:17; Luke 5:8; Acts 2:37; Acts 9:6; Acts 16:29, 30; Rom...

  • Remorse

    [nave] REMORSE. Psa. 31:10; Psa. 38:2-6; Psa. 51:1-4, 7-17; Prov. 1:25-27; Prov. 5:7-13; Prov. 28:1; Isa. 2:19 v. 21.; Isa. 6:5; Isa. 57:20, 21 Isa. 48:22. Lam. 1:20; Ezek. 7:16-18, 25, 26; Ezek. 33:10; Luke 13:28; Acts 2:37; Acts...

  • Wicked

    [nave] WICKED Compared with: Abominable branches, Isa. 14:19; ashes under the feet, Mal. 4:3; bad fishes, Matt. 13:48; beasts, Psa. 49:12; 2 Pet. 2:12; the blind, Zeph. 1:17; Matt. 15:14; bronze and iron, Jer. 6:28; Ezek. 22:18; br...

  • CORNER

    [ebd] The angle of a house (Job 1:19) or a street (Prov. 7:8). "Corners" in Neh. 9:22 denotes the various districts of the promised land allotted to the Israelites. In Num. 24:17, the "corners of Moab" denotes the whole land of Mo...
    [isbe] CORNER - kor'-ner (miqtsoa`, pe'ah, pinnah; arche, gonia, akrogoniaios): In Ex 26:24; Ezek 41:22; 46:21,22, miqtsoa`, "angle" is translated "corner"; pe'ah, "side," "quarter" and pinnah "corner," "front," "chief," are more f...

  • Judgment

    [nave] JUDGMENT. The General 1 Chr. 16:33; Job 14:17; Job 21:30; Job 31:13-15; Psa. 9:7; Psa. 50:3-6; Psa. 96:13 Psa. 98:9. Eccl. 3:17; Eccl. 11:9; Eccl. 12:14; Ezek. 18:20-28; Dan. 7:9, 10; Amos 4:12; Matt. 3:12 Luke 3:17. Matt....

  • Punishment

    [nave] PUNISHMENT. Death Penalty Shall not be remitted, Num. 35:31. In the Mosaic law the death penalty was inflicted for murder, Gen. 9:5, 6; Num. 35:16-21, 30-33; Deut. 17:6; adultery, Lev. 20:10; Deut. 22:24; incest, Lev. 20:...

  • Baldness

    [smith] Natural baldness seems to have been uncommon, since it exposed people to public derision. (Leviticus 13:29; 2 Kings 2:23; Isaiah 3:24; 15:2; Jeremiah 47:5; Ezekiel 7:18) Artificial baldness marked the conclusion of a Nazar...
    [nave] BALDNESS, Lev. 13:40, 41. A judgment, Isa. 3:24; Jer. 47:5; 48:37; Ezek. 7:18. Artificial, a sign of mourning, Isa. 22:12; Jer. 16:6; Ezek. 27:31; 29:18; Amos 8:10; Mic. 1:16. Artificial, as an idolatrous practice, forbi...

  • Jubilee

    [ebd] a joyful shout or clangour of trumpets, the name of the great semi-centennial festival of the Hebrews. It lasted for a year. During this year the land was to be fallow, and the Israelites were only permitted to gather the sp...

  • DOOM

    [isbe] DOOM - doom: Occurs only once in the King James Version (2 Esdras 7:43), "The day of doom shall be the end of this time" (the Revised Version (British and American) "the day of judgment"); but the Revised Version (British an...

  • Repentance

    [nave] REPENTANCE Attributed to God, Gen. 6:6, 7; Ex. 32:14; Deut. 32:36; Judg. 2:18; 1 Sam. 15:11, 29, 35; 2 Sam. 24:16; 1 Chr. 21:15; Psa. 106:45; 110:4; 135:14; Jer. 15:6; 18:8, 10; 26:3; 42:10; Joel 2:13; Amos 7:3, 6; Jonah 3:9...

  • Rich, The

    [nave] RICH, THE: Neh. 5:1-13; Job 21:7-15; Job 27:13-23; Job 31:24, 25, 28; Psa. 49:16-18; Psa. 52:1-7; Psa. 73:3-22; Prov. 14:20; Prov. 18:11, 23; Prov. 28:11; Eccl. 5:13, 14, 19, 20; Jer. 5:7-9, 27-29; Jer. 9:23; Jer. 17:11; Je...

  • CUT; CUTTING

    [isbe] CUT; CUTTING - (karath, gadha`, kachadh, nathach; apokopto, ekkopto): Many Hebrew words are translated "cut." Of these karath, "to cut down, out, off," is the most frequent. As "cut off" it is used in the sense of laying or ...

  • CUTTINGS IN THE FLESH

    [isbe] CUTTINGS IN THE FLESH - (sereT, sareTeth): For relatives or friends to cut or beat themselves even to free blood-flowing, especially in the violence of grief in mourning for their dead (see BURIAL; MOURNING), was a widely pr...

  • Prophecy

    [nave] PROPHECY Concerning Jesus, See: Jesus. Concerning church, See: Church, Prophecies Concerning Prosperity of. Relating to various countries, nations, and cities, see under their respective titles. Respecting individuals, see...

  • Sackcloth

    [nave] SACKCLOTH A symbol of mourning, 1 Kin. 20:31, 32; Job 16:15; Isa. 15:3; Jer. 4:8; 6:26; 49:3; Lam. 2:10; Ezek. 7:18; Dan. 9:3; Joel 1:8. Worn by Jacob when it was reported to him that Joseph had been devoured by wild beasts...

  • ARMOR; ARMS

    [isbe] ARMOR; ARMS - ar'-mer, arms. I. ARMOR IN GENERAL--OLD TESTAMENT II. IN THE NEW TESTAMENT; POLYBIUS III. OFFENSIVE WEAPONS 1. Rod 2. Sling 3. Bow and Arrows 4. Spear--Javelin 5. Sword IV. DEFENSIVE WEAPONS 1. Shield 2. Helmet...

  • Works

    [nave] WORKS. Good Jesus an example of, John 10:32; Acts 10:38. Holy women should manifest, 1 Tim. 2:10; 5:10. God remembers, Neh. 13:14, with Heb. 6:9, 10. Shall be brought into judgment, Eccl. 12:14, with 2 Cor. 5:10. In th...

  • HORROR

    [isbe] HORROR - hor'-er ('emah, pallatsuth): In Gen 15:12 'emah (often rendered "terror") is translated "horror," "a horror of great darkness"; pallatsuth, "trembling," "horror" (Ps 55:5; Ezek 7:18); zal`aphah, "glow," "heat" (Ps 1...
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  • 11:2 A proud person refuses to accept instruction from God, which, if he or she would follow it, would result in his or her receiving honor. The humble take God's advice, and that is their wisdom.10211:4 Riches do not profit ...
  • Ezekiel ministered to the Jews in exile. He probably wrote this book for the benefit of the exiles and the other Jewish communities of his day and beyond his day. In some of his visions (e.g. chs. 8 and 11) the Lord carried t...
  • There are two major structural peculiarities that set Ezekiel off as distinctive.First, the book is a collection of prophecies arranged in almost consistent chronological order. No other prophetical book is as consistently ch...
  • Ezekiel began prophesying when he was 30 years old, and he had gone into captivity five years before that. Thus Ezekiel was familiar with Jeremiah's preaching and ministry. Ezekiel shows quite a bit of similarity to Jeremiah ...
  • I. Ezekiel's calling and commission chs. 1-3A. The vision of God's glory ch. 11. The setting of the vision 1:1-32. The vision proper 1:4-28B. The Lord's charge to Ezekiel chs. 2-31. The recipients of Ezekiel's ministry 2:1-52...
  • This pericope contains 10 commands, and it is the center of the chiasm in chapters 1-3."The Lord's charge to Ezekiel emphasized the absolute necessity of hearing, understanding, and assimilating God's message prior to going f...
  • In this section, Ezekiel grouped several symbolic acts that pictured the destruction of Jerusalem (4:1-5:4) and several discourses that he delivered on the subject of Jerusalem's destruction (5:5-7:27). Most of the exiles bel...
  • The Lord commanded Ezekiel to announce prophetic messages to the Jews in captivity after his time of imposed silence ended (cf. 3:26-27). In these messages the prophet elaborated some of the symbols he introduced in chapter 5...
  • This chapter, like the previous one, probably contains several separate oracles. Together they make up a lamentation. Here the nature of the coming judgment of Jerusalem and Judah receives primary emphasis."There are six part...
  • "The exiles had not grasped the serious consequences of Ezekiel's warnings. They still hoped for an early return to Palestine, for they viewed the continued preservation of Jerusalem and Judah as signs of security. After all,...
  • It is appropriate that this section appears at this point in Ezekiel, between the messages announcing judgment on Judah and Jerusalem for sin (chs. 4-24) and the messages announcing future blessings for Israel (chs. 33-48). I...
  • Of the seven oracles against Egypt, this is the only one that is undated. Most of the commentators assumed that Ezekiel gave it in 587 B.C., the same year as the first, second, and third oracles. But he could have given it in...
  • "This last major division of the book focuses on the restoration of Israel's blessing. Israel would be judged for her sin (chaps. 1-24) as would the surrounding nations (chaps. 25-32). But Israel will not remain under judgmen...
  • Since this message is undated, it may have come to Ezekiel about the same time as the previous two in chapter 32, namely, in the last month of 585 B.C. If so, Ezekiel received it about two months after God gave him the six me...
  • This part of Ezekiel's message of warning to the exiles is similar to 3:16-21. Yahweh recommissioned Ezekiel to his prophetic task (cf. chs. 2-3)."Now that Ezekiel's original ministry of judgment was completed, God appointed ...
  • The Book of Ezekiel begins with a vision of God's glory (ch. 1), records the departure of God's glory (chs. 8-11), and ends with another vision of God's glory (chs. 40-48). This is the longest vision outside the Book of Revel...
  • Ackroyd, Peter R. Exile and Restoration. Philadelphia: Westminster Press, 1968.Alexander, Ralph H. Ezekiel. Everyman's Bible Commentary series. Chicago: Moody Press, 1976._____. "Ezekiel."In Isaiah-Ezekiel. Vol. 6 of The Expo...
  • 1:14 Zephaniah reported that this great day of the Lord was near, very near, and coming very quickly. His hearers needed to realize that it would be a day in which Yahweh would act (cf. v. 12). When it came, warriors would cr...
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