1Moreover the word of the LORD came unto me, saying , 2Also, 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 . 3Now 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 . 4And 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 . 5Thus saith the Lord GOD ; An evil , an only evil , behold, is come . 6An end is come , the end is come : it watcheth for thee; behold, it is come . 7The 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 . 8Now 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 . 9And 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 .
The Consequences of Sin
10Behold the day , behold, it is come : the morning 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 any of theirs: neither shall there be wailing for 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 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 . 14They have blown the trumpet , even to make 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 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 . 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 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 .
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 of their detestable things therein: therefore have I set it far from them. 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 pollute it. 22My face will I turn also from them, and they shall pollute my secret place: for the robbers shall enter into it, and defile it. 23Make a chain : for the land is full of bloody crimes , and the city is full of violence . 24Wherefore 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 . 25Destruction cometh ; and they shall seek peace , and there shall be none. 26Mischief 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 . 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 the LORD .