1 M oreover Yahweh’s word came to me, saying,

¶ And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,

2 Y ou, son of man, thus says the Lord Yahweh to the land of Israel, An end: the end has come on the four corners of the land.

and thou son of man, thus hath the Lord GOD said unto the land of Israel: The end, the end comes upon the four corners of the land.

3 N ow is the end on you, and I will send my anger on you, and will judge you according to your ways; and I will bring on you all your abominations.

Now shall be the end upon thee, and I will send my anger upon thee and will judge thee according to thy ways and will recompense upon thee all thine abominations.

4 M y eye shall not spare you, neither will I have pity; but I will bring your ways on you, and your abominations shall be among you: and you shall know that I am Yahweh.

And my eye shall not forgive thee, neither will I have mercy; 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.

5 T hus says the Lord Yahweh: An evil, an only evil; behold, it comes.

Thus hath the Lord GOD said: An evil, behold, an evil is come.

6 A n end has come, the end has come; it awakes against you; behold, it comes.

An end is come, the end is come; it watches for thee; behold, it is come.

7 Y our doom has come to you, inhabitant of the land: the time has come, the day is near, a day of tumult, and not of joyful shouting, on the mountains.

The morning comes for thee. O thou that dwellest in the land; the time comes, the day is near, the day of trouble, and it shall not be the echo of the mountains.

8 N ow will I shortly pour out my wrath on you, and accomplish my anger against you, and will judge you according to your ways; and I will bring on you all your abominations.

Now I will shortly pour out my fury upon thee and accomplish my anger in thee; and I will judge thee according to thy ways and place all thine abominations upon thee.

9 M y eye shall not spare, neither will I have pity: I will bring on you according to your ways; and your abominations shall be among you; and you shall know that I, Yahweh, do strike.

And my eye shall not forgive, neither will I have mercy; I will recompense thee according to thy ways, and thine abominations shall be in the midst of thee; and ye shall know that I am the LORD that smites.

10 B ehold, the day, behold, it comes: your doom has gone out; the rod has blossomed, pride has budded.

Behold the day, behold, it comes; the morning is gone forth; the rod has blossomed; pride has budded.

11 V iolence has risen up into a rod of wickedness. None of them shall remain, nor of their multitude, nor of their wealth. There shall be nothing of value among them.

Violence is risen up into a rod of wickedness; nothing shall remain of them, nor of their riches, nor of anything of theirs; neither shall there be lamentation for them.

12 T he time has come, the day draws near: don’t let the buyer rejoice, nor the seller mourn; for wrath is on all its multitude.

The time is come, the day draws near; do not let the buyer rejoice, nor the seller mourn; for wrath is upon all the multitude thereof.

13 F or the seller shall not return to that which is sold, although they be yet alive: for the vision is touching the whole multitude of it, none shall return; neither shall any strengthen himself in the iniquity of his life.

For the seller shall not return to that which is sold although they remain alive, for the vision is touching the whole multitude thereof and shall not be cancelled; neither shall any in the iniquity of his life strengthen himself.

14 T hey have blown the trumpet, and have made all ready; but no one goes to the battle; for my wrath is on all its multitude.

They shall blow the trumpet and make everything ready, but there shall be no one to go forth to the battle, for my wrath is upon all the multitude thereof.

15 T he sword is outside, and the pestilence and the famine within: he who is in the field shall die with the sword: and he who is in the city, famine and pestilence shall devour him.

The 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.

16 B ut those of those who escape shall escape, and shall be on the mountains like doves of the valleys, all of them moaning, every one in his iniquity.

¶ And those that escape of them shall be upon the mountains like doves of the valleys, all of them mourning, each one for his iniquity.

17 A ll hands shall be feeble, and all knees shall be weak as water.

All hands shall be feeble, and all knees shall be weak as water.

18 T hey shall also clothe themselves with sackcloth, and horror shall cover them; and shame shall be on all faces, and baldness on all their heads.

They shall also gird themselves with sackcloth, and trembling shall cover them; and shame shall be upon all faces, and baldness upon all their heads.

19 T hey shall cast their silver in the streets, and their gold shall be as an unclean thing; their silver and their gold shall not be able to deliver them in the day of Yahweh’s wrath: they shall not satisfy their souls, neither fill their bowels; because it has been the stumbling block of their iniquity.

They shall cast their silver in the streets and their gold far from them 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 shall be the stumblingblock of their iniquity.

20 A s for the beauty of his ornament, he set it in majesty; but they made the images of their abominations and their detestable things therein: therefore have I made it to them as an unclean thing.

Because they turned the glory of his ornament into pride and made in her the images of their abominations of their statues; therefore I have set it far from them.

21 I will give it into the hands of the strangers for a prey, and to the wicked of the earth for a plunder; and they shall profane it.

And I gave 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.

22 M y face will I turn also from them, and they shall profane my secret place; and robbers shall enter into it, and profane it.

I will also turn my face from them, and they shall pollute my secret place, for the destroyers shall enter into it and defile it.

23 M ake the chain; for the land is full of bloody crimes, and the city is full of violence.

¶ Make a chain, for the land is full of bloody judgments, and the city is full of violence.

24 T herefore I will bring the worst of the nations, and they shall possess their houses: I will also make the pride of the strong to cease; and their holy places shall be profaned.

Therefore I will bring the worst of all the Gentiles, and they shall possess their houses; I will also cause the arrogance of the strong to cease; and their sanctuaries shall be defiled.

25 D estruction comes; and they shall seek peace, and there shall be none.

A cutting off comes, and they shall seek peace, and there shall be none.

26 M ischief shall come on mischief, and rumor shall be on rumor; and they shall seek a vision of the prophet; but the law shall perish from the priest, and counsel from the elders.

Destruction shall come upon destruction, and rumour shall be upon rumour; then they shall seek an answer from the prophet, but the law shall perish from the priest and counsel from the elders.

27 T he 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 to them after their way, and according to their own judgments will I judge them; and they shall know that I am Yahweh.

The 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 judgments I will judge them; and they shall know that I am the LORD.