A day of doom

1The word of the LORD came to me: 27.2: Rev 7.1; 20.8.“And you, O son of man, thus says the Lord GOD to the land of Israel: An end! The end has come upon the four corners of the land. 3Now the end is upon you, and I will let loose my anger upon you, and will judge you according to your ways; and I will punish you for all your abominations. 4And my eye will not spare you, nor will I have pity; but I will punish you for your ways, while your abominations are in your midst. Then you will know that I am the LORD.

5“Thus says the Lord GOD: Disaster after disaster! Behold, it comes. 6An end has come, the end has come; it has awakened against you. Behold, it comes. 7Your doom7.7 The meaning of the Hebrew word is uncertain has come to you, O inhabitant of the land; the time has come, the day is near, a day of tumult, and not of joyful shouting upon the mountains. 8Now I will soon pour out my wrath upon you, and spend my anger against you, and judge you according to your ways; and I will punish you for all your abominations. 9And my eye will not spare, nor will I have pity; I will punish you according to your ways, while your abominations are in your midst. Then you will know that I am the LORD, who smite.

10“Behold, the day! Behold, it comes! Your doom7.10 The meaning of the Hebrew word is uncertain has come, injustice7.10 Or the rod has blossomed, pride has budded. 11Violence has grown up into a rod of wickedness; none of them shall remain, nor their abundance, nor their wealth; neither shall there be pre-eminence among them.7.11 The Hebrew of verse 11 is uncertain 12The time has come, the day draws near. Let not the buyer rejoice, nor the seller mourn, for wrath is upon all their multitude. 13For the seller shall not return to what he has sold, while they live. For wrath7.13 Cn: Heb vision is upon all their multitude; it shall not turn back; and because of his iniquity, none can maintain his life.7.13 Heb obscure

14“They have blown the trumpet and made all ready; but none goes to battle, for my wrath is upon all their multitude. 15The sword is without, pestilence and famine are within; he that is in the field dies by the sword; and him that is in the city famine and pestilence devour. 16And if any survivors escape, they will be on the mountains, like doves of the valleys, all of them moaning, every one over his iniquity. 17All hands are feeble, and all knees weak as water. 18They gird themselves with sackcloth, and horror covers them; shame is upon all faces, and baldness on all their heads. 19They cast their silver into the streets, and their gold is like an unclean thing; their silver and gold are not able to deliver them in the day of the wrath of the LORD; they cannot satisfy their hunger or fill their stomachs with it. For it was the stumbling block of their iniquity. 20Their7.20 Syr Symmachus: Heb Its beautiful ornament they used for vainglory, and they made their abominable images and their detestable things of it; therefore I will make it an unclean thing to them. 21And I will give it into the hands of foreigners for a prey, and to the wicked of the earth for a spoil; and they shall profane it. 22I will turn my face from them, that they may profane my precious7.22 Or secret place; robbers shall enter and profane it, 23and make a desolation.7.23 Cn: Heb make the chain

“Because the land is full of bloody crimes and the city is full of violence, 24I will bring the worst of the nations to take possession of their houses; I will put an end to their proud might, and their holy places shall be profaned. 25When anguish comes, they will seek peace, but there shall be none. 26Disaster comes upon disaster, rumour follows rumour; they seek a vision from the prophet, but the law perishes from the priest, and counsel from the elders. 27The king mourns, the prince is wrapped in despair, and the hands of the people of the land are palsied by terror. According to their way I will do to them, and according to their own judgments I will judge them; and they shall know that I am the LORD.”