Text -- Ezekiel 7:1-5 (NET)

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!

Commentary -- Verse Notes / Footnotes

NET Notes: Eze 7:2

¹ tn Or “earth.” Elsewhere the expression “four corners of the earth” figuratively refers to the whole earth (Isa 11:12).

NET Notes: Eze 7:3

¹ tn Or “punish” (cf. BDB 1047 s.v. שָׁפַט 3.c).

² tn Heb “ways.”

³ tn Heb “I will place on you.”

NET Notes: Eze 7:4

¹ tn The meaning of the Hebrew term is primarily emotional: “to pity,” which in context implies an action, as in being moved by pity in order to spare them from the horror of their punishment.

² tn The pronoun “you” is not in the Hebrew text, but is implied.

³ tn “I will set your behavior on your head.”

⁴ tn Heb “and your abominable practices will be among you.”

NET Notes: Eze 7:5

¹ tn The Hebrew term often refers to moral evil (see Ezek 6:10; 14:22), but in many contexts it refers to calamity or disaster, sometimes as punishment for evil behavior.

² tc So most Hebrew mss; many Hebrew mss read “disaster after disaster” (cf. NAB, NCV, NRSV, NLT).