Ezekiel 7:12

The time is come, behold the day: let not the buyer rejoice, and let not the seller mourn.

Updated Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

11pride has sprung up, and will break the staff of the wicked one, and that not with tumult, nor with haste.

13For the buyer shall never again return to the seller, neither shall a man cleave with the eye of hope to his life.

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Cross References

Isaiah 21:12I watch in the morning and the night: if thou wouldest inquire, inquire, and dwell by me.

Isaiah 24:2And the people shall be as the priest, and the servant as the lord, and the maid as the mistress; the buyer shall be as the seller, the lender as the borrower, and the debtor as his creditor.

Ezekiel 6:11Thus saith the Lord; Clap with thy hand, and stamp with thy foot and say, Aha, aha! for all the abominations of the house of Israel: they shall fall by the sword, and by pestilence, and by famine.

Ezekiel 7:10Behold, the day of the Lord! although the rod has blossomed,

Ezekiel 12:23Therefore say to them, Thus saith the Lord; I will even set aside this parable, and the house of Israel shall no more at all use this parable: for thou shalt say to them, The days are at hand, and the import of every vision.

Matthew Henry on Ezekiel 7:2-16

The Desolation of Israel. ( b. c. 594.) 1 Moreover the word of the Lord came unto me, saying, 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. 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. 4 And mine eye shall not spare thee, neither will I have pity: but I will recompense thy ways upon thee, and thine… Read the whole commentary →

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