Ezekiel 7:5

Translations

Modern

This is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Disaster! An unprecedented disaster—behold, it is coming!

Traditional

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

Literal

Thus says the Lord YHWH: ‘Disaster! A unique disaster! Behold, it is coming!

Latin

Hæc dicit Dominus Deus: Afflictio una, afflictio ecce venit.

Original

Hebrew

English

This is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Disaster! An unprecedented disaster—behold, it is coming!

Notes

Ezekiel 7:5–9

A second message repeats that the coming judgment would be personal. The people would not only know that God is the Lord, as in Ezekiel 7:4. They would feel his judgment in their own lives.

The Lord, who once revealed himself to his people as “the LORD who heals you” (Exodus 15:26), had now become “the LORD, who strikes the blow.” The day of the Lord had arrived. This is a time when God steps in to judge and act in power (Joel 1:15; Amos 5:18–20).

Ezekiel 7:1–27

Ezekiel 7 contains three messages of doom (7:3–4, 5–9, 10–27). These messages reminded Judah that their coming destruction was not random. It was an act of the Lord's judgment.

Ezekiel 4:1–7:27

These chapters discuss words and actions that warned of disaster for Jerusalem (Ezekiel 4–5) and the land of Judah (Ezekiel 6–7).

Theme notes and profiles

God’s Judgment of His People

Events

Prophecies of Ezekielc. 593 BC

Related verses

Ezekiel 5:9
Because of all your abominations, I will do to you what I have never done before and will never do again.
2 Kings 21:12–13
…this is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: ‘Behold, I am bringing such calamity upon Jerusalem and Judah that the news will reverberate in the ears of all who hear it.
Nahum 1:9
Whatever you plot against the LORD, He will bring to an end. Affliction will not rise up a second time.
Amos 3:2
“Only you have I known from all the families of the earth; therefore I will punish you for all your iniquities.”
Matthew 24:21
For at that time there will be great tribulation, unseen from the beginning of the world until now, and never to be seen again.
Daniel 9:12
You have carried out the words spoken against us and against our rulers by bringing upon us a great disaster. For under all of heaven, nothing has ever been done like what has been done to Jerusalem.

People

LORD: Names or title used to refer to God

Glossary

Ezekiel, Book of Son of Man

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