11 [a]Cruelty is risen up into a rod of wickedness: none of them shall remain, nor of their riches, nor of any of theirs, neither shall there be [b]lamentation for them.

12 The time is come, the day draweth near: let not the buyer [c]rejoice, nor let him that selleth [d]mourn: for the wrath is upon all the multitude thereof.

13 For he that selleth, shall not [e]return to that which is sold, although they were yet alive: for the [f]vision was unto all the multitude thereof, and they returned not, [g]neither doth any encourage himself in the punishment of his life.

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 7:11 This cruel enemy shall be a sharp scourge for their wickedness.
  2. Ezekiel 7:11 Their own affliction shall be so great, that they shall have no regard to lament for others.
  3. Ezekiel 7:12 For the present profit.
  4. Ezekiel 7:12 For he shall lose nothing.
  5. Ezekiel 7:13 In the year of the Jubilee, meaning that none should enjoy the privilege of the law, Lev. 25:13, for they should all be carried away captives.
  6. Ezekiel 7:13 This vision signified, that all should be carried away, and none should return for the Jubilee.
  7. Ezekiel 7:13 No man for all this endeavoreth himself, or taketh heart to repent for his evil life. Some read, for none shall be strengthened in his iniquity of his life: meaning, that they should gain nothing by flattering themselves in evil.

11 Violence(A) 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.(B)
12 The time has come!
    The day has arrived!
Let not the buyer(C) rejoice
    nor the seller grieve,
    for my wrath is on the whole crowd.(D)
13 The seller will not recover
    the property that was sold—
    as long as both buyer and seller live.
For the vision concerning the whole crowd
    will not be reversed.
Because of their sins, not one of them
    will preserve their life.(E)

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