# Ezekiel 07 đź“–: The End Has Come
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> [!info] Table of Contents
> [[#đź“ś Scripture Text (NET)]]
> [[#đź“– Verse-by-Verse Commentary]]
> [[#🤔 Interesting Facts / Historical and Cultural Insights]]
> [[#🧠Chapter Summary]]
> [[#✝️ Christ in This Chapter]]
> [[#🔎 Key Principles / 🛟 Life Application]]
> [[#đź’¬ Discussion Questions]]
> [[#✍️ Key Verses to Remember]]
> [[#đź”— Related Passages/Cross Reference]]
> [[#🙏 Devotional Reflection]]
> [[#đź“‚ Internal Notes]]
## đź“ś Scripture Text (NET)
(The NET Bible: New English Translation. Biblical Studies Press, 2005)
### The End Arrives
[[#Verse 01.]] The Lord’s message came to me:Â
[[#Verse 02.]] “You, son of man—this is what the Sovereign Lord says to the land of Israel: An end! The end is coming on the four corners of the land!Â
[[#Verse 03.]] The end is now upon you, and I will release my anger against you. I will judge you according to your behavior; I will hold you accountable for all your abominable practices.Â
[[#Verse 04.]] My eye will not pity you; I will not spare you. For I will hold you responsible for your behavior, and you will suffer the consequences of your abominable practices. Then you will know that I am the Lord!
[[#Verse 05.]] “This is what the Sovereign Lord says: A disaster—a one-of-a-kind disaster—is coming!
[[#Verse 06.]] An end comes—the end comes! It has awakened against you! Look, it is coming!Â
[[#Verse 07.]] Doom is coming upon you who live in the land! The time is coming, the day is near. There are sounds of tumult, not shouts of joy, on the mountains.Â
[[#Verse 08.]] Soon now I will pour out my rage on you; I will fully vent my anger against you. I will judge you according to your behavior. I will hold you accountable for all your abominable practices.Â
[[#Verse 09.]] My eye will not pity you; I will not spare you. For your behavior I will hold you accountable, and you will suffer the consequences of your abominable practices. Then you will know that it is I, the Lord, who is striking you.
[[#Verse 10.]] “Look, the day! Look, it is coming! Doom has gone out! The staff has budded, pride has blossomed!Â
[[#Verse 11.]] Violence has grown into a staff that supports wickedness. Not one of them will be left—not from their crowd, not from their wealth, not from their prominence.Â
[[#Verse 12.]] The time has come; the day has struck! The customer should not rejoice, nor the seller mourn; for divine wrath comes against their whole crowd.Â
[[#Verse 13.]] The customer will no longer pay the seller while both parties are alive, for the vision against their whole crowd will not be revoked. Each person, for his iniquity, will fail to preserve his life.
[[#Verse 14.]] “They have blown the trumpet and everyone is ready, but no one goes to battle, because my anger is against their whole crowd.
[[#Verse 15.]]Â The sword is outside; pestilence and famine are inside the house. Whoever is in the open field will die by the sword, and famine and pestilence will consume everyone in the city.Â
[[#Verse 16.]] Their survivors will escape to the mountains and become like doves of the valleys ; all of them will moan—each one for his iniquity.Â
[[#Verse 17.]]Â All their hands will hang limp; their knees will be wet with urine.Â
[[#Verse 18.]]Â They will wear sackcloth, terror will cover them; shame will be on all their faces, and all their heads will be shaved bald.Â
[[#Verse 19.]] They will discard their silver in the streets, and their gold will be treated like filth. Their silver and gold will not be able to deliver them on the day of the Lord’s fury. They will not satisfy their hunger or fill their stomachs because their wealth was the obstacle leading to their iniquity.
[[#Verse 20.]] They rendered the beauty of his ornaments into pride, and with it they made their abominable images—their detestable idols. Therefore I will render it filthy to them.Â
[[#Verse 21.]] I will give it to foreigners as loot, to the world’s wicked ones as plunder, and they will desecrate it.Â
[[#Verse 22.]] I will turn my face away from them, and they will desecrate my treasured place. Vandals will enter it and desecrate it.Â
[[#Verse 23.]] (Make the chain, because the land is full of murder and the city is full of violence.)Â
[[#Verse 24.]] I will bring the most wicked of the nations, and they will take possession of their houses. I will put an end to the arrogance of the strong, and their sanctuaries will be desecrated.Â
[[#Verse 25.]] Terror is coming! They will seek peace, but find none.Â
[[#Verse 26.]]Â Disaster after disaster will come, and one rumor after another. They will seek a vision from a prophet; priestly instruction will disappear, along with counsel from the elders.Â
[[#Verse 27.]] The king will mourn and the prince will be clothed with shuddering; the hands of the people of the land will tremble. Based on their behavior I will deal with them, and by their standard of justice I will judge them. Then they will know that I am the Lord!”
## đź“– Verse-by-Verse Commentary
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## 🤔 Interesting Facts / Historical and Cultural Insights
1. "The end" is repeated again and again in the opening verses (7:2-6) for emphasis.
2. In 7:6 there is a Hebrew wordplay: "the end" (*haqqets*) "has awakened" (*heqits*).
3. Amos 8:2 uses a similar wordplay between "summer fruit" and "the end."
4. "The four corners of the land" (7:2) means the whole land, from every direction.
5. The buyer should not rejoice and the seller should not mourn (7:12) because property would mean nothing in exile.
6. The trumpet blows, but no one goes into battle (7:14). The people would be too weak to fight.
7. Zephaniah 1:18 also warns that silver and gold will not deliver on the day of the Lord's wrath.
8. The jewelry they used to make idols (7:20) may recall the gold earrings used to make the golden calf (Exodus 32:2-4).
9. Prophet, priest, and elders all fail in 7:26, the same three sources of guidance named in Jeremiah 18:18.
10. The king and the prince are named together in 7:27, showing that judgment would reach the highest leaders.
## 🧠Chapter Summary
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## ✝️ Christ in This Chapter
Christ is the redemption that money can never buy. Silver and gold could not rescue the people on the day of the Lord's wrath (7:19), but we were redeemed with the precious blood of Christ (1 Peter 1:18-19).
## 🔎 Key Principles / 🛟 Life Application
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## đź’¬ Discussion Questions
1. The people turned their beautiful jewelry into idols (7:20). How can good gifts from God become things we worship?
2. Their silver and gold could not save them (7:19). What are people tempted to trust in today instead of God?
3. In the crisis they looked for a vision, but none came (7:26). Why is it wise to seek God before a crisis instead of only during one?
## ✍️ Key Verses to Remember
- đź“– verses 2-3: The end has come on the four corners of the land.
- đź“– verse 19: Their silver and gold cannot rescue them on the day of the Lord's anger.
- đź“– verse 27: God will judge them by their own standards, and they will know that He is the Lord.
## đź”— Related Passages/Cross Reference
- đź”— [[Zephaniah 01#Verse 14.|Zephaniah 1:14-18]] - The great day of the Lord is near.
- đź”— [[Amos 08#Verse 02.|Amos 8:2]] - The end has come for My people Israel.
- đź”— [[Proverbs 11#Verse 04.|Proverbs 11:4]] - Wealth is worthless in the day of wrath.
- đź”— [[1 Peter 01#Verse 18.|1 Peter 1:18-19]] - Redeemed not with silver or gold, but with Christ's blood.
- đź”— [[Matthew 06#Verse 19.|Matthew 6:19-21]] - Store up treasures in heaven.
## 🙏 Devotional Reflection
đź“ť SOAP: [[Ezekiel 07 - SOAP|What You Idolize Destroys You]]
## đź“‚ Internal Notes