7Then this message came to me from the Lord:H1697H3068H5592“Son of man, this is what the Sovereign Lord says to Israel: “The end is here! Wherever you look—east, west, north, or south—your land is finished.H1121H120H559H136H3069H127H3478H7093H7093H935H702H3671H7763No hope remains, for I will unleash my anger against you. I will call you to account for all your detestable sins.H7093H7971H639H8199H1870H5414H84414I will turn my eyes away and show no pity. I will repay you for all your detestable sins. Then you will know that I am the Lord.H5869H2347H2550H5414H1870H8441H8432H3045H30685“This is what the Sovereign Lord says: Disaster after disaster is coming your way!H559H136H3069H7451H259H7451H9356The end has come. It has finally arrived. Your final doom is waiting!H7093H935H7093H935H6974H9357O people of Israel, the day of your destruction is dawning. The time has come; the day of trouble is near. Shouts of anguish will be heard on the mountains, not shouts of joy.H6843H935H3427H776H6256H935H935H3117H4103H7138H1906H20228Soon I will pour out my fury on you and unleash my anger against you. I will call you to account for all your detestable sins.H7138H8210H2534H3615H639H8199H1870H5414H84419I will turn my eyes away and show no pity. I will repay you for all your detestable sins. Then you will know that it is I, the Lord, who is striking the blow.H5869H2347H2550H5414H1870H8441H8432H3045H3068H522110“The day of judgment is here; your destruction awaits! The people’s wickedness and pride have blossomed to full flower.H3117H935H6843H3318H4294H6692H2087H652411Their violence has grown into a rod that will beat them for their wickedness. None of these proud and wicked people will survive. All their wealth and prestige will be swept away.H2555H6965H4294H7562H1995H1991H508912Yes, the time has come; the day is here! Buyers should not rejoice over bargains, nor sellers grieve over losses, for all of them will fall under my terrible anger.H6256H935H3117H5060H7069H8055H4376H56H2740H199513Even if the merchants survive, they will never return to their business. For what God has said applies to everyone—it will not be changed! Not one person whose life is twisted by sin will ever recover.H4376H7725H4465H2416H2377H1995H7725H376H2388H5771H2416
The Desolation of Israel
14“The trumpet calls Israel’s army to mobilize, but no one listens, for my fury is against them all.H8628H8619H3559H1980H4421H2740H199515There is war outside the city and disease and famine within. Those outside the city walls will be killed by enemy swords. Those inside the city will die of famine and disease.H2719H2351H1698H7458H1004H7704H4191H2719H5892H7458H1698H39816The survivors who escape to the mountains will moan like doves, weeping for their sins.H6403H6412H2022H3123H1516H1993H376H577117Their hands will hang limp, their knees will be weak as water.H3027H7503H1290H3212H432518They will dress themselves in burlap; horror and shame will cover them. They will shave their heads in sorrow and remorse.H2296H8242H6427H3680H955H6440H7144H721819“They will throw their money in the streets, tossing it out like worthless trash. Their silver and gold won’t save them on that day of the Lord’s anger. It will neither satisfy nor feed them, for their greed can only trip them up.H7993H3701H2351H2091H5079H3701H2091H3201H5337H3117H5678H3068H7646H5315H4390H4578H4383H577120They were proud of their beautiful jewelry and used it to make detestable idols and vile images. Therefore, I will make all their wealth disgusting to them.H6643H5716H7760H1347H6213H6754H8441H8251H5414H507921I will give it as plunder to foreigners, to the most wicked of nations, and they will defile it.H5414H3027H2114H957H7563H776H7998H249022I will turn my eyes from them as these robbers invade and defile my treasured land.H6440H5437H2490H6845H6530H935H249023“Prepare chains for my people, for the land is bloodied by terrible crimes. Jerusalem is filled with violence.H6213H7569H776H4390H1818H4941H5892H4390H255524I will bring the most ruthless of nations to occupy their homes. I will break down their proud fortresses and defile their sanctuaries.H935H7451H1471H3423H1004H1347H5794H7673H6942H2490H515725Terror and trembling will overcome my people. They will look for peace but not find it.H7089H935H1245H796526Calamity will follow calamity; rumor will follow rumor. They will look in vain for a vision from the prophets. They will receive no teaching from the priests and no counsel from the leaders.H1943H935H1943H8052H8052H1245H2377H5030H8451H6H3548H6098H220527The king and the prince will stand helpless, weeping in despair, and the people’s hands will tremble with fear. I will bring on them the evil they have done to others, and they will receive the punishment they so richly deserve. Then they will know that I am the Lord.”H4428H56H5387H3847H8077H3027H5971H776H926H6213H1870H4941H8199H3045H3068
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