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10 “Look, the day! Look, it is coming! Doom has gone out! The staff has budded, pride has blossomed! 11 Violence[a] has grown into a staff that supports wickedness. Not one of them will be left[b]—not from their crowd, not from their wealth, not from their prominence.[c] 12 The time has come; the day has struck! The customer should not rejoice, nor the seller mourn; for divine wrath[d] comes against their whole crowd.

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  1. Ezekiel 7:11 tn Heb “the violence.”
  2. Ezekiel 7:11 tc The LXX reads “he will crush the wicked rod without confusion or haste.”tn The verb has been supplied for the Hebrew text to clarify the sense.
  3. Ezekiel 7:11 tn The Hebrew word occurs only here in the OT.
  4. Ezekiel 7:12 tn Heb “wrath.” Context clarifies that God’s wrath is in view.

10 “‘See, the day!
    See, it comes!
Doom has burst forth,
    the rod(A) has budded,
    arrogance has blossomed!
11 Violence(B) has arisen,[a]
    a rod to punish the wicked.
None of the people will be left,
    none of that crowd—
none of their wealth,
    nothing of value.(C)
12 The time has come!
    The day has arrived!
Let not the buyer(D) rejoice
    nor the seller grieve,
    for my wrath is on the whole crowd.(E)

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  1. Ezekiel 7:11 Or The violent one has become