1-15 The final desolation of Israel 16-19 The mournful repentance from that escape 20-22 The enemies defile the sanctuary because of the Israelites' abominations 23-27 Under the type of a chain is shown the miserable captivity of all orders of men

2 Also, thou son of man, thus saith the Lord GOD unto the land of Israel; An end, the end is come upon the four corners of the land.

unto Eze 12:22 21:2 40:2 2Ch 34:7

an end. Two or three MSS read ketz ba, ba hakketz, `the end cometh, come is the end;' which is supported by all the ancient versions. Eze 7:3,5,6 11:13 Ge 6:13 De 32:20 Jer 5:31 51:13 La 1:9 4:18 Am 8:2,10 Mt 24:6,13,14 1Pe 4:7

3 Now is the end come upon thee, and I will send mine anger upon thee, and will judge thee according to thy ways, and will recompense upon thee all thine abominations.

and I Eze 7:8,9 5:13 6:3-7,12,13

will judge Eze 7:8,27 11:10,11 16:38 18:30 33:20 34:20-22 36:19 Re 20:12,13

recompense [heb] give

4 And mine eye shall not spare thee, neither will I have pity: but I will recompense thy ways upon thee, and thine abominations shall be in the midst of thee: and ye shall know that I am the LORD.

mine Eze 7:9 5:11 8:18 9:10 24:14 Jer 13:14 Zec 11:6

but Eze 11:21 16:43 23:31 23:49 Jer 16:18 25:14 Ho 9:7 12:2 Heb 10:30

and ye Eze 7:27 6:7,14 12:20

5 Thus saith the Lord GOD; An evil, an only evil, behold, is come.

Eze 5:9 2Ki 21:12,13 Da 9:12 Am 3:2 Na 1:9 Mt 24:21

6 An end is come, the end is come: it watcheth for thee; behold, it is come.

An end. This is similar to the second verse; but there is a paronomasia, or play upon words, here, deserving of notice: ketz ba, ba hakketz, haikeetz ailayich, `the end cometh, come is the end: it waketh for thee.' Ketz, is and end; haikeetz, is to wake or watch Eze 7:3 Jer 44:27

watcheth for thee [heb] awaketh against thee Zec 13:7

behold Eze 7:10 21:25 39:8 2Pe 2:5

7 The morning is come unto thee, O thou that dwellest in the land: the time is come, the day of trouble is near, and not the sounding again of the mountains.

morning Ge 19:15,24 Isa 17:14 Am 4:13

the time Eze 7:12 12:23-25,28 Isa 13:22 Zep 1:14-16 1Pe 4:17

the day Isa 22:5 Jer 20:7

sounding again. or, echo

8 Now will I shortly pour out my fury upon thee, and accomplish mine anger upon thee: and I will judge thee according to thy ways, and will recompense thee for all thine abominations.

pour Eze 9:8 14:19 20:8,13,21,33 22:31 30:15 36:18 2Ch 34:21 Ps 79:6 Isa 42:25 Jer 7:20 La 2:4 4:11 Da 9:11,27 Ho 5:10 Na 1:6 Re 14:10 16:2

accomplish Eze 6:12

and I Eze 7:3,4

9 And mine eye shall not spare, neither will I have pity: I will recompense thee according to thy ways and thine abominations that are in the midst of thee; and ye shall know that I am the LORD that smiteth.

thee [heb] upon thee
and ye Eze 7:4

the Lord Isa 9:13 Mic 6:9 Ga 6:7 Re 20:13

10 Behold the day, behold, it is come: the morning is gone forth; the rod hath blossomed, pride hath budded.

behold, it Eze 7:6 1Th 5:3

the morning Eze 7:7

the rod Eze 19:14 21:10,13 Nu 17:8 Isa 10:5

pride Pr 14:3 16:18 Isa 28:1 Da 4:37 Jas 4:6

11 Violence is risen up into a rod of wickedness: none of them shall remain, nor of their multitude, nor of any of their's: neither shall there be wailing for them.

Violence Eze 7:23 Isa 5:7 9:4 14:29 59:6-8 Jer 6:7 Am 3:10 6:3 Mic 2:2 3:3 6:12 Jas 2:13

none Eze 7:2,16 5:4,11 6:11 Zep 1:18

multitude. or, tumult.
theirs. or, their tumultuous persons.
neither Eze 24:16-24 Ps 78:64 Jer 16:5,6 22:18 25:33

12 The time is come, the day draweth near: let not the buyer rejoice, nor the seller mourn: for wrath is upon all the multitude thereof.

time Eze 7:7:5-7,10 1Co 7:29-31 Jas 5:8,9

let Isa 24:1,2 Jer 32:7,8,24,25

for Eze 7:13,14 6:11,12 Isa 5:13,14

13 For the seller shall not return to that which is sold, although they were yet alive: for the vision is touching the whole multitude thereof, which shall not return; neither shall any strengthen himself in the iniquity of his life.

the seller Ec 8:8 Le 25:24-28,31

they were yet alive. [heb] their life were yet among the living.
neither Eze 13:22 33:26,27 Job 15:25 Ps 52:7

in, etc, or, whose life is in his iniquity
the iniquity of his life [heb] his iniquity

14 They have blown the trumpet, even to make all ready; but none goeth to the battle: for my wrath is upon all the multitude thereof.

have Jer 4:5 6:1 51:27

for Eze 7:11,12 Isa 24:1-7 Jer 6:11 7:20 12:12

15 The sword is without, and the pestilence and the famine within: he that is in the field shall die with the sword; and he that is in the city, famine and pestilence shall devour him.

Eze 5:12 De 32:23-25 Jer 14:18 15:2,3 La 1:20

16 But they that escape of them shall escape, and shall be on the mountains like doves of the valleys, all of them mourning, every one for his iniquity.

they Eze 6:8 Ezr 9:15 Isa 1:9 37:31 Jer 44:14,28

like Eze 6:9 Isa 38:14 59:11

mourning Eze 36:31 Pr 5:11-14 Jer 31:9,18,19 50:4,5 Zec 12:10-14

17 All hands shall be feeble, and all knees shall be weak as water.

hands Eze 21:7 Isa 13:7,8 Jer 6:24 Heb 12:12

be weak as water. [heb] go into water

18 They shall also gird themselves with sackcloth, and horror shall cover them; and shame shall be upon all faces, and baldness upon all their heads.

shall also Isa 3:24 15:2,3 Jer 48:37 Am 8:10

and horror Ge 15:12 Job 21:6 Ps 35:26 55:4,5 Jer 3:25 Re 6:15-17

19 They shall cast their silver in the streets, and their gold shall be removed: their silver and their gold shall not be able to deliver them in the day of the wrath of the LORD: they shall not satisfy their souls, neither fill their bowels: because it is the stumblingblock of their iniquity.

shall cast 2Ki 7:7,8,15 Pr 11:4 Isa 2:20 30:22 Zep 1:18 Mt 16:26

removed [heb] for a separation, or uncleanness
they shall not Job 20:12-23 Ps 78:30,31 Ec 5:10 Isa 55:2 Lu 12:19,20

it is the stumbling-block of their iniquity. or, their iniquity is their stumbling-block Eze 14:3,4,7 44:12 Ro 11:9

20 As for the beauty of his ornament, he set it in majesty: but they made the images of their abominations and of their detestable things therein: therefore have I set it far from them.

the beauty Eze 24:21 1Ch 29:1,2 2Ch 2:9 Ezr 3:12 Ps 48:2 50:2 87:2,3 Isa 64:11 Hag 2:3

but. Eze 5:11 8:7-10,15,16 2Ki 21:4,7 23:11 12:2 2Ch 33:4-7 36:14 Jer 7:30

set it far from them. or, made it unto them and unclean thing Eze 7:22 9:7 24:21 Jer 7:14 La 1:10 2:1,7

21 And I will give it into the hands of the strangers for a prey, and to the wicked of the earth for a spoil; and they shall pollute it.

2Ki 24:13 25:9,13-16 2Ch 36:18,19 Ps 74:2-8 79:1 Jer 52:13

22 My face will I turn also from them, and they shall pollute my secret place: for the robbers shall enter into it, and defile it.

face Ps 10:11 35:22 74:10,11,18-23 Jer 18:17

robbers. or, burglars

23 Make a chain: for the land is full of bloody crimes, and the city is full of violence.

a chain Eze 19:3-6 Jer 27:2 40:1 La 3:7 Na 3:10

for Eze 9:9 11:6 22:3-6,9,13,27 2Ki 21:16 24:4 Isa 1:15 59:3,7 Jer 2:34 7:6 22:17 Ho 4:2 Mic 2:2 7:2 Zep 3:3,4

24 Wherefore I will bring the worst of the heathen, and they shall possess their houses: I will also make the pomp of the strong to cease; and their holy places shall be defiled.

I will bring Eze 21:31 28:7 Ps 106:41 Jer 4:7 12:12 Hab 1:6-10

they shall. That is, `the Chaldeans shall possess the houses of the Jews.' The antecedents of pronouns are thus frequently understood in Hebrew poetry. Jer 6:12 La 5:2

I will also Eze 33:28 Isa 5:14

the pomp. That is, the magnificence of their greatest and haughtiest princes.

their holy places shall be defiled. or, they shall inherit their holy places. Eze 21:2 2Ch 7:19 Ps 83:12

25 Destruction cometh; and they shall seek peace, and there shall be none.

Destruction [heb] Cutting off
and they Isa 57:21 59:8-12 Jer 8:15,16 La 4:17,18 Mic 1:12

26 Mischief shall come upon mischief, and rumour shall be upon rumour; then shall they seek a vision of the prophet; but the law shall perish from the priest, and counsel from the ancients.

Mischief shall Le 26:18,21,24,28 De 32:23 Jer 4:20

then Eze 14:1 20:1-3 33:31 Jer 21:2 37:17 38:14

but Ps 74:9 La 2:9 Am 8:11,12 Mic 3:6

ancients Eze 8:1 14:1 20:1 Jer 18:18

27 The king shall mourn, and the prince shall be clothed with desolation, and the hands of the people of the land shall be troubled: I will do unto them after their way, and according to their deserts will I judge them; and they shall know that I am the LORD.

king Eze 12:10-22 17:15-21 21:25 Jer 52:8-11

I will Eze 7:4-8 18:30 Isa 3:11 Ro 2:5-10

according to their deserts [heb] with their judgments Mt 7:2 Jas 2:13

and they Eze 7:4 1Ki 20:28 Ps 9:16 Joe 3:17