aoSee ch. 9:8-10
Psalms 50:21
21These things you have done, and I ahave been silent;you thought that I ▼ was one like yourself.
But now I crebuke you and dlay the charge before you.
Jeremiah 5:13
13The prophets will become wind;the word is not in them.
Thus shall it be done to them!’”
Jeremiah 5:31
31 ethe prophets prophesy falsely,and the priests rule at their direction;
fmy people love to have it so,
but what will you do when the end comes?
Ezekiel 7:2-13
2“And you, gO son of man, thus says the Lord God to the land of Israel: hAn end! The end has come upon the four corners of the land. ▼▼Or earth
3Now jthe end is upon you, and kI will send my anger upon you; lI will judge you according to your ways, and I will punish you for all your abominations. 4 mAnd my eye will not spare you, nor will I have pity, but nI will punish you for your ways, while your abominations are in your midst. oThen you will know that I am the Lord. 5“Thus says the Lord God: Disaster pafter disaster! ▼
▼Some Hebrew manuscripts (compare Syriac, Targum); most Hebrew manuscripts Disaster! A unique disaster!
Behold, it comes. 6 rAn end has come; the end has come; it has awakened against you. Behold, it comes. 7 sYour doom ▼▼The meaning of the Hebrew word is uncertain; also verse 10
has come to you, O inhabitant of the land. uThe time has come; the day is near, a day of tumult, and not vof joyful shouting on the mountains. 8Now I will soon wpour out my wrath upon you, and xspend my anger against you, yand judge you according to your ways, and I will punish you for all your abominations. 9 zAnd 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. aaThen you will know that I am the Lord, who strikes. 10 ab“Behold, the day! Behold, it comes! acYour doom has come; adthe rod has blossomed; pride has budded. 11 aeViolence has grown up into afa rod of wickedness. agNone of them shall remain, nor their abundance, nor their wealth; neither shall there be preeminence among them. ▼
▼The meaning of this last Hebrew sentence is uncertain
12 aiThe time has come; the day has arrived. Let not ajthe buyer rejoice, nor akthe seller mourn, alfor wrath is upon all their multitude. ▼▼Or abundance; also verses 13, 14
13For anthe seller shall not return to what he has sold, while they live. aoFor the vision concerns all their multitude; it shall not turn back; and because of his iniquity, none can maintain his life. ▼▼The meaning of this last Hebrew sentence is uncertain
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