Moreover, the word of the LORD
came
to me saying
,
"And you, son of man
, thus
says
the Lord
1GOD
to the land
of Israel
, `An aend
! The end
is coming
on the four
corners
of the land
.
`Now the end
is upon you, and I will send
My anger
against you; I will judge
you according to your ways
and bring
all
your abominations
upon you.
`For My eye will have
no
pity
on you, nor
will I spare
you, but I will abring
your ways
upon you, and your abominations
will be among
you; then you will bknow
that I am the LORD
!'
"Thus says
the Lord
1GOD
, `A adisaster
, unique
disaster
, behold
it is coming
!
`An end is coming
; the end
has come
! It has aawakened
against
you; behold
, it has come
!
`Your doom has come
to you, O inhabitant
of the land
. The atime
has come
, the bday
is near
--tumult
rather
than
joyful
shouting
on the mountains
.
`Now I will shortly
apour
out My wrath
on you and spend
My anger
against you; bjudge
you according to your ways
and bring
on you all
your abominations
.
`My eye will show
no
pity
nor
will I spare
. I will 1repay
you according to your ways
, while your abominations
are in your midst
; then you will know
that I, the LORD
, do the smiting
.
`Behold, the day
! Behold
, it is coming
! Your doom
has gone
forth
; the arod
has budded
, arrogance
has blossomed
.
`Violence 1has grown
into a rod
of awickedness
. None
of them shall remain, none
of their people
, none
of their bwealth
, nor
anything eminent
among them.
`The atime has come
, the day
has arrived
. Let not the bbuyer
rejoice
nor
the seller
mourn
; for cwrath
is against
all
their multitude
.
`Indeed, the seller
will not 1 aregain
2what
he sold
as long
as 3they both live
; for the vision
regarding
all
their multitude
will not 4be averted
, nor
will any
of them maintain
his life
by his iniquity
.
`They have ablown the trumpet
and made
everything
ready
, but no
one
is going
to the battle
, for My wrath
is against
all
1their multitude
.
`The asword is outside
and the plague
and the famine
are within
. He who
is in the field
will die
by the sword
; famine
and the plague
will also consume
those in the city
.
`Even when their survivors aescape
, they will be on the mountains
like bdoves
of the valleys
, all
of them 1 cmourning
, each
over his own iniquity
.
`All ahands
will hang
limp
and all
knees
will 1become
like water
.
`They will agird themselves with sackcloth
and bshuddering
will overwhelm
them; and shame
will be on all
faces
and cbaldness
on all
their heads
.
`They will afling their silver
into the streets
and their gold
will become
an abhorrent
thing
; their bsilver
and their gold
will not be able
to deliver
them in the day
of the wrath
of the LORD
. They cannot
satisfy
their 1appetite
nor
can they fill
their stomachs
, for their iniquity
has become
an occasion
of stumbling
.
`They transformed the beauty
of His ornaments
into pride
, and athey made
the images
of their abominations
and their detestable
things
with it; therefore
I will make
it an abhorrent
thing
to them.
`I will give it into the hands
of the aforeigners
as plunder
and to the wicked
of the earth
as spoil
, and they will profane
it.
`I will also turn My aface
from them, and they will profane
My secret
place
; then robbers
will enter
and profane
it.
` aMake the chain
, for the land
is full
of 1 bbloody
crimes
and the city
is cfull
of violence
.
`Therefore, I will bring the worst
of the anations
, and they will possess
their houses
. I will also make the bpride
of the strong
ones
cease
, and their choly
places
will be profaned
.
`When anguish comes
, they will seek
apeace
, but there
will be none
.
` aDisaster will come
upon disaster
and brumor
will be added to rumor
; then they will seek
a cvision
from a prophet
, but the dlaw
will be lost
from the priest
and ecounsel
from the elders
.
`The king will mourn
, the prince
will be aclothed
with horror
, and the hands
of the people
of the land
will 1tremble
. According
to their conduct
I will deal
with them, and by their judgments
I will judge
them. And they will know
that I am the LORD
.' "