seekeroftruth
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Ezekiel 7:1 The word of the Lord came to me: 2 “Son of man, this is what the Sovereign Lord says to the land of Israel:
“‘The end! The end has come
upon the four corners of the land!
3 The end is now upon you,
and I will unleash my anger against you.
I will judge you according to your conduct
and repay you for all your detestable practices.
4 I will not look on you with pity;
I will not spare you.
I will surely repay you for your conduct
and for the detestable practices among you.
upon the four corners of the land!
3 The end is now upon you,
and I will unleash my anger against you.
I will judge you according to your conduct
and repay you for all your detestable practices.
4 I will not look on you with pity;
I will not spare you.
I will surely repay you for your conduct
and for the detestable practices among you.
“‘Then you will know that I am the Lord.’
5 “This is what the Sovereign Lord says:
“‘Disaster! Unheard-of[a] disaster!
See, it comes!
6 The end has come!
The end has come!
It has roused itself against you.
See, it comes!
7 Doom has come upon you,
upon you who dwell in the land.
The time has come! The day is near!
There is panic, not joy, on the mountains.
8 I am about to pour out my wrath on you
and spend my anger against you.
I will judge you according to your conduct
and repay you for all your detestable practices.
9 I will not look on you with pity;
I will not spare you.
I will repay you for your conduct
and for the detestable practices among you.
See, it comes!
6 The end has come!
The end has come!
It has roused itself against you.
See, it comes!
7 Doom has come upon you,
upon you who dwell in the land.
The time has come! The day is near!
There is panic, not joy, on the mountains.
8 I am about to pour out my wrath on you
and spend my anger against you.
I will judge you according to your conduct
and repay you for all your detestable practices.
9 I will not look on you with pity;
I will not spare you.
I will repay you for your conduct
and for the detestable practices among you.
“‘Then you will know that it is I the Lord who strikes you.
10 “‘See, the day!
See, it comes!
Doom has burst forth,
the rod has budded,
arrogance has blossomed!
11 Violence has arisen,[b]
a rod to punish the wicked.
None of the people will be left,
none of that crowd—
none of their wealth,
nothing of value.
12 The time has come!
The day has arrived!
Let not the buyer rejoice
nor the seller grieve,
for my wrath is on the whole crowd.
13 The seller will not recover
the property that was sold—
as long as both buyer and seller live.
For the vision concerning the whole crowd
will not be reversed.
Because of their sins, not one of them
will preserve their life.
See, it comes!
Doom has burst forth,
the rod has budded,
arrogance has blossomed!
11 Violence has arisen,[b]
a rod to punish the wicked.
None of the people will be left,
none of that crowd—
none of their wealth,
nothing of value.
12 The time has come!
The day has arrived!
Let not the buyer rejoice
nor the seller grieve,
for my wrath is on the whole crowd.
13 The seller will not recover
the property that was sold—
as long as both buyer and seller live.
For the vision concerning the whole crowd
will not be reversed.
Because of their sins, not one of them
will preserve their life.
14 “‘They have blown the trumpet,
they have made all things ready,
but no one will go into battle,
for my wrath is on the whole crowd.
15 Outside is the sword;
inside are plague and famine.
Those in the country
will die by the sword;
those in the city
will be devoured by famine and plague.
16 The fugitives who escape
will flee to the mountains.
Like doves of the valleys,
they will all moan,
each for their own sins.
17 Every hand will go limp;
every leg will be wet with urine.
18 They will put on sackcloth
and be clothed with terror.
Every face will be covered with shame,
and every head will be shaved.
they have made all things ready,
but no one will go into battle,
for my wrath is on the whole crowd.
15 Outside is the sword;
inside are plague and famine.
Those in the country
will die by the sword;
those in the city
will be devoured by famine and plague.
16 The fugitives who escape
will flee to the mountains.
Like doves of the valleys,
they will all moan,
each for their own sins.
17 Every hand will go limp;
every leg will be wet with urine.
18 They will put on sackcloth
and be clothed with terror.
Every face will be covered with shame,
and every head will be shaved.
19 “‘They will throw their silver into the streets,
and their gold will be treated as a thing unclean.
Their silver and gold
will not be able to deliver them
in the day of the Lord’s wrath.
It will not satisfy their hunger
or fill their stomachs,
for it has caused them to stumble into sin.
20 They took pride in their beautiful jewelry
and used it to make their detestable idols.
They made it into vile images;
therefore I will make it a thing unclean for them.
21 I will give their wealth as plunder to foreigners
and as loot to the wicked of the earth,
who will defile it.
22 I will turn my face away from the people,
and robbers will desecrate the place I treasure.
They will enter it
and will defile it.
and their gold will be treated as a thing unclean.
Their silver and gold
will not be able to deliver them
in the day of the Lord’s wrath.
It will not satisfy their hunger
or fill their stomachs,
for it has caused them to stumble into sin.
20 They took pride in their beautiful jewelry
and used it to make their detestable idols.
They made it into vile images;
therefore I will make it a thing unclean for them.
21 I will give their wealth as plunder to foreigners
and as loot to the wicked of the earth,
who will defile it.
22 I will turn my face away from the people,
and robbers will desecrate the place I treasure.
They will enter it
and will defile it.
23 “‘Prepare chains!
For the land is full of bloodshed,
and the city is full of violence.
24 I will bring the most wicked of nations
to take possession of their houses.
I will put an end to the pride of the mighty,
and their sanctuaries will be desecrated.
25 When terror comes,
they will seek peace in vain.
26 Calamity upon calamity will come,
and rumor upon rumor.
They will go searching for a vision from the prophet,
priestly instruction in the law will cease,
the counsel of the elders will come to an end.
27 The king will mourn,
the prince will be clothed with despair,
and the hands of the people of the land will tremble.
I will deal with them according to their conduct,
and by their own standards I will judge them.
For the land is full of bloodshed,
and the city is full of violence.
24 I will bring the most wicked of nations
to take possession of their houses.
I will put an end to the pride of the mighty,
and their sanctuaries will be desecrated.
25 When terror comes,
they will seek peace in vain.
26 Calamity upon calamity will come,
and rumor upon rumor.
They will go searching for a vision from the prophet,
priestly instruction in the law will cease,
the counsel of the elders will come to an end.
27 The king will mourn,
the prince will be clothed with despair,
and the hands of the people of the land will tremble.
I will deal with them according to their conduct,
and by their own standards I will judge them.
“‘Then they will know that I am the Lord.’”
a. Ezekiel 7:5 Most Hebrew manuscripts; some Hebrew manuscripts and Syriac Disaster after
b. Ezekiel 7:11 Or The violent one has become
So people will pee themselves in fear...... or they will die..... gold and silver won't stop them..... for a descendant of Jacob [Israel] pee running down their leg would have been devastation..... If it happened to me, I know it would be embarrassing ... but back then where they had to go clean outside of town to poop and then they had to bury it..... pee running down the leg meant they couldn't be around others.... they couldn't do business..... it's not like they could just go jump in a shower..... and throw their clothes in the washer..... that's not how it worked back then.
Most of the commentaries either skip verse 17. Bible-studys.org tackled all the verses.
The judgment was spoken of God, and it will come. Those who were outside the gates of the city to fight would die with the sword. Those inside the city wall would die from pestilence and famine.
A few will escape, but they have lost all of their earthly possessions. They have also, lost their relationship with God. They will be hiding out, and fleeing from place to place to keep from being caught. The mourning is a type of repentance. They have suddenly realized their sins, after it is too late.
This section (from 17-22), described the mourning of the helpless and frightened people. In distress, they recognized the uselessness of the things in which they trusted.
Baldness upon a woman's head indicated adultery. They have committed spiritual adultery by worshipping false gods. This could be the reason for the bald head.
"Sackcloth" is an outward symbol of repenting with great mourning. This all indicates repentance. Are they repenting for the fear of death, or are they truly repentant of their sins?
The Hebrews had always been proud people. The shame has come, because God has turned against them.
Gold and silver were God's money. They were thought of as blessings from God. They had misused the gold and silver God had given them to bless them. They had blasphemed God with their idols made of silver and gold. That which had been given them to bless them, had become a curse, because of their misuse of it.
Gold and silver are nothing, when you are starving to death. They are nothing when you are struggling to stay alive. They cast their silver and gold in the streets, because it is of no help in turning the wrath of God away. God cannot be bribed.
All the silver and gold in the world belongs to Him. It is a stumbling block to them, because of their evil use of it.
Gold had been the metal used in the Holy of Holies in the temple. The silver was used in the holy place. The ornaments made from them were beautiful. They had turned all of this beauty into revolting sin, by making false gods with the silver and gold.
The best example of something like this is in the Exodus from Egypt. God had told the children of Israel to bring silver and gold with them, to build the beautiful things in the temple with. While Moses was on the mountain meeting with God, they made a golden calf. God, in His wrath, killed many of the Israelites. This is the same message here. Gold and silver are good. It is the misuse of them that is evil.
Remember what Belshazzar did? He defiled the Gold and Silver cups taken from the temple and that night his life was taken after seeing the hand writing on the wall.
The Holy of Holies in the temple will be desecrated by pagans, that place where only once a year the High Priest could enter to make atonement in God’s presence.
Ordinarily, anyone touching the holy things (made of gold), would have died the minute they touched it. God was so angry with Israel, He turned His face away, and let the heathen take the things of the temple. These things that had been dedicated to God are now defiled.
A couple of the commentaries..... enduringword.com is one example..... use the a different translation of the Bible. Instead of the stinky version that shows a stinking stream sliding down the leg of a terrified descendant of Jacob [Israel].... they use a description of knees turning to water..... which would mean they were unable to stand up to the terror. That's important but considering the rest of this chapter is about gold and silver..... I figure it's about the terror some very rich people will show when they realize they can't buy their way out of this one. All the feel good prognostication won't show them the exit sign this time.I am not fan of "feel good rich boy" preachers like Joel Osteen..... this chapter is a really good example of why I don't care for the "feel good, rich boy" that feed poop to the people saying "god wants you to be wealthy.... it makes him look good". I don't know which god the "feel good, rich boy" is talking about..... but it's not the One True Living God that I worship.
I can imagine that seeing a missile headed for my home would make me pee my britches. I can imagine seeing those Babylonian forces breaching the solid wall of Jerusalem would have made the descendants of Jacob [Israel] bee their britches too..... and they would have been "unclean"..... unable to conduct business..... good thing they were hording all that silver and gold....no wait... the Babylonians took it all..... oh no....
