Ezekiel 7

1-27 Impending Disaster (in poetry format)

1-4 So you shall know I am the LORD:

• The end has come: I will loose my anger upon you
• I will punish you for your abominations
• My eye will not spare; I will have no pity

5-9 So you will know it is I the LORD who strikes:

• Disaster after disaster, then the end
• Tumult, not reveling
• My eye will not spare; I will have no pity

10-13 Your position and wealth will mean nothing.

• Pride has budded; violence has turned into wickedness
• Their wealth will be gone; neither the seller nor buyer will rejoice

14-20 Your sword will have no power

• You’ll blow the horn, but none will fight
• The sword is outside; pestilence and famine are inside
• Survivors who escape will be found
• Gold and silver will be worthless, because you can’t eat them

21-27 So they will know I am the LORD:

• I will hand them over to strangers
• The worst nations will take their houses
• They will have no peace in anguish, no visions from prophets, no instructions from priests, no counsel from elders. They will receive what the rebellious say they want in a time of prosperity: for prophets to stop warning and elders to stop giving them advice. Yet when trouble strikes, and they want counsel, prophets, priests and elders will not be there.
• The king and prince will be in despair. Royalty won’t be there for them, either – they’ll have their own problems.