Ezekiel 7:12

The time is coming; the day has come close. Do not let the buyer rejoice, 1 nor the seller mourn, since my anger is on the entire multitude! 1

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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

11Violence has grown up into a rod of wickedness— 1 none of them, and none of their multitude, none of their wealth, and none of their importance will last! 1

13For the seller will not return to the land he sold as long as they both live, 1 because the vision concerning the entire multitude will not be reversed; 1 and because of their sins, none of them will be strengthened! 1

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Cross References

Isaiah 21:12The watchman said, “The morning comes and also the night. 1 If you want to ask, then ask; and come back again.” 1

Isaiah 24:2It will come about that, as with the people, so with the priest; 1 as with the servant, so with his master; 1 as with the maid, so with her mistress; 1 as with the buyer, so with the seller; 1 as with the creditor, so with the debtor; 1 as with the receiver of interest, so with the giver of interest. 1

Jeremiah 32:7'Look, Hanamel son of Shallum your uncle is coming to you and will say, “Buy my field that is in Anathoth for yourself, for the right to buy it belongs to you.”'”

Ezekiel 6:11The Lord Yahweh says this: Clap your hands and stomp your foot! Say, 'Alas!' because of all the evil abominations of the house of Israel! For they will fall by sword, famine, and plague.

Ezekiel 7:10Behold, the day! Behold, it is coming! 1 Doom has gone out! The rod has blossomed, arrogance has budded! 1

Ezekiel 12:23Therefore, say to them, 'The Lord Yahweh says this: I will put an end to this proverb, and the people of Israel will no longer use it.' Say to them, 'The days have drawn near when every vision will be fulfilled.

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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