71 Moreover, the word of the Lord came to me saying , 2 "And you, son of man , thus says the Lord GOD to the land of Israel , 'An end ! The end is coming on the four corners of the land . 3 'Now the end is upon you, and I will send My anger against you; I will judge you according to your ways and bring all your abominations upon you. 4 'For My eye will have no pity on you, nor will I spare you, but I will bring your ways upon you, and your abominations will be among you; then you will know that I am the Lord !' 5 "Thus says the Lord GOD , 'A disaster , unique disaster , behold it is coming ! 6 'An end is coming ; the end has come ! It has awakened against you; behold , it has come ! 7 'Your doom has come to you, O inhabitant of the land . The time has come , the day is near -tumult rather than joyful shouting on the mountains . 8 'Now I will shortly pour out My wrath on you and spend My anger against you; judge you according to your ways and bring on you all your abominations . 9 'My eye will show no pity nor will I spare . I will repay you according to your ways , while your abominations are in your midst ; then you will know that I, the Lord , do the smiting . 10 'Behold , the day ! Behold , it is coming ! Your doom has gone forth ; the rod has budded , arrogance has blossomed . 11 'Violence has grown into a rod of wickedness . None of them shall remain, none of their people , none of their wealth , nor anything eminent among them. 12 'The time has come , the day has arrived . Let not the buyer rejoice nor the seller mourn ; for wrath is against all their multitude . 13 'Indeed , the seller will not regain what he sold as long as they both live ; for the vision regarding all their multitude will not be averted , nor will any of them maintain his life by his iniquity . 14 'They have blown the trumpet and made everything ready , but no one is going to the battle , for My wrath is against all their multitude . 15 'The sword is outside and the plague and the famine are within . He who is in the field will die by the sword ; famine and the plague will also consume those in the city .
16 'Even when their survivors escape , they will be on the mountains like doves of the valleys , all of them mourning , each over his own iniquity . 17 'All hands will hang limp and all knees will become like water . 18 'They will gird themselves with sackcloth and shuddering will overwhelm them; and shame will be on all faces and baldness on all their heads . 19 'They will fling their silver into the streets and their gold will become an abhorrent thing ; their silver and their gold will not be able to deliver them in the day of the wrath of the Lord . They cannot satisfy their appetite nor can they fill their stomachs , for their iniquity has become an occasion of stumbling . 20 'They transformed the beauty of His ornaments into pride , and they made the images of their abominations and their detestable things with it; therefore e I will make it an abhorrent thing to them. 21 'I will give it into the hands of the foreigners as plunder and to the wicked of the earth as spoil , and they will profane it. 22 'I will also turn My face from them, and they will profane My secret place ; then robbers will enter and profane it.
23 ' Make the chain , for the land is full of bloody crimes and the city is full of violence . 24 'Therefore, I will bring the worst of the nations , and they will possess their houses . I will also make the pride of the strong ones cease , and their holy places will be profaned . 25 'When anguish comes , they will seek peace , but there will be none . 26 ' Disaster will come upon disaster and rumor will be added to rumor ; then they will seek a vision from a prophet , but the law will be lost from the priest and counsel from the elders . 27 'The king will mourn , the prince will be clothed with horror , and the hands of the people of the land will tremble . According to their conduct I will deal with them, and by their judgments I will judge them. And they will know that I am the Lord .' "
