The Hour of Doom

And the word of the LORD came to me, saying, 2 “O son of man, this is what the Lord GOD says to the land of Israel:

‘The end! The end has come

upon the four corners of the land.

3 

The end is now upon you,

and I will unleash My anger against you.

I will judge you according to your ways

and repay you for all your abominations.

4 

I will not look on you with pity,

nor will I spare you,

but I will punish you for your ways

and for the abominations among you.

Then you will know that I am the LORD.’

5 

This is what the Lord GOD says:

‘Disaster! An unprecedented disaster[fn] —

behold, it is coming!

6 

The end has come!

The end has come!

It has roused itself against you.

Behold, it has come!

7 

Doom has come to you,

O inhabitants of the land.

The time has come;

the day is near;

there is panic on the mountains

instead of shouts of joy

8 

Very soon I will pour out My wrath upon you

and vent My anger against you;

I will judge you according to your ways

and repay you for all your abominations.

9 

I will not look on you with pity

nor will I spare you,

but I will punish you for your ways

and for the abominations among you

Then you will know that it is I, the LORD,

who strikes the blow.

10 

Behold, the day is here!

It has come!

Doom has gone out,

the rod has budded,

arrogance has bloomed.

11 

Their violence has grown into a rod

[to punish their] wickedness.[fn]

None of them [will remain]:

none of their multitude,

none of their wealth,

and nothing of value.

12 

The time has come;

the day has arrived.

Let the buyer not rejoice

and the seller not mourn,

for wrath is upon the whole multitude.

13 

The seller will surely not recover what he sold

while both remain alive

For the vision concerning the whole multitude

will not be revoked,

and because of their iniquity,

not one of them will preserve his life.

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