1Moreover the word of Jehovah came unto me , saying , 2And thou, son of man , thus saith the Lord Jehovah unto the land of Israel , An end : the end is come upon the four corners of the land. 3Now is the end upon thee , and I will send mine anger upon thee , and will judge thee according to thy ways ; and I will bring upon thee all thine abominations . 4And mine eye shall not spare thee , neither will I have pity ; but I will bring thy ways upon thee , and thine abominations shall be in the midst of thee : and ye shall know that I am Jehovah . 5Thus saith the Lord Jehovah : An evil , an only evil ; behold , it cometh. 6An end is come, the end is come; it awaketh against thee; behold , it cometh. 7Thy doom is come unto thee, O inhabitant of the land: the time is come, the day is near , a day of tumult , and not of joyful shouting , upon the mountains . 8Now will I shortly pour out my wrath upon thee , and accomplish mine anger against thee , and will judge thee according to thy ways ; and I will bring upon thee all thine abominations . 9And mine eye shall not spare , neither will I have pity : I will bring upon thee according to thy ways ; and thine abominations shall be in the midst of thee ; and ye shall know that I , Jehovah , do smite .
The Consequences of Sin
10Behold , the day , behold , it cometh : thy doom is gone forth ; the rod hath blossomed , pride hath budded . 11Violence is risen up into a rod of wickedness ; none of them shall remain , nor of their multitude , nor of their wealth : neither shall there be eminency among them . 12The time is come , the day draweth near : let not the buyer rejoice , nor the seller mourn; for wrath is upon all the multitude thereof. 13For the seller shall not return to that which is sold , although they be yet alive : for the vision is touching the whole multitude thereof , none shall return ; neither shall any strengthen himself in the iniquity of his life . 14They have blown the trumpet , and have made all ready ; but none goeth to the battle ; for my wrath is upon all the multitude thereof. 15The 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 . 16But those of them that escape shall escape , and shall be on the mountains like doves of the valleys , all of them moaning, every one in his iniquity . 17All hands shall be feeble , and all knees shall be weak as water . 18They shall also gird themselves with sackcloth , and horror shall cover them ; and shame shall be upon all faces , and baldness upon all their heads . 19They shall cast their silver in the streets , and their gold shall be as an unclean thing ; their silver and their gold shall not be able to deliver them in the day of the wrath of Jehovah : they shall not satisfy their souls , neither fill their bowels ; because it hath been the stumblingblock of their iniquity .
A Call to Repentance
20As for the beauty of his ornament , he set it in majesty ; but they made the images of their abominations and their detestable things therein: therefore have I made it unto them as an unclean thing . 21And 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 profane it . 22My face will I turn also from them , and they shall profane my secret place ; and robbers shall enter into it , and profane it . 23Make the chain ; for the land is full of bloody crimes , and the city is full of violence . 24Wherefore I will bring the worst of the nations , and they shall possess their houses : I will also make the pride of the strong to cease ; and their holy places shall be profaned . 25Destruction cometh; and they shall seek peace , and there shall be none. 26Mischief shall come upon mischief , and rumor shall be upon rumor ; and they shall seek a vision of the prophet ; but the law shall perish from the priest , and counsel from the elders . 27The 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 Jehovah .