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¹Moreover the word of the Lord came to me, saying, Also, you, son of man, say,

²Thus says the Lord; An end is come to the land of Israel, the end is come on the four corners of the land.

³The end is come on you,

⁴the inhabitant of the land: the time is come, the day has drawn near, not with tumult, nor with pangs.

⁵Now I will pour out my anger upon you near at hand, and I will accomplish my wrath on you: and I will judge you for your ways, and recompense upon you all your abominations.

⁶Mine eye shall not spare, nor will I have any mercy: for I will recompense your ways upon you, and your abominations shall be in the midst of you; and you shall know that I am the Lord that strike you.

⁷Now the end is come to you, and I will send judgement upon you: and I will take vengeance on your ways, and will recompense all your abominations upon you.

⁸Mine eye shall not spare, nor will I have any mercy: for I will recompense your way upon you, and your abominations shall be in the midst of you; and you shall know that I am the Lord.

⁹For thus says the Lord; Behold, the end is come.

¹⁰Behold, the day of the Lord! although the rod has blossomed,

¹¹pride has sprung up, and will break the staff of the wicked one, and that not with tumult, nor with haste.

¹²The time is come, behold the day: let not the buyer rejoice, and let not the seller mourn.

¹³For the buyer shall never again return to the seller, neither shall a man cleave with the eye of hope to his life.

¹⁴Sound you° the trumpet, and pass sentence on all together.

¹⁵There shall be war with the sword without, and famine and pestilence within: he that is in the field shall die by the sword; and famine and pestilence shall destroy them that are in the city.

¹⁶But they that escape of them shall be delivered, and shall be upon the mountains: and I will kill all the rest, every one for his iniquities.

¹⁷All hands shall be completely weakened, and all thighs shall be defiled with moisture.

¹⁸And they shall gird themselves with sackcloth, and amazement shall cover them; and shame shall be upon them, even upon every face, and baldness upon every head.

¹⁹Their silver shall be cast forth in the streets, and their gold shall be despised: their souls shall not be satisfied, and their bellies shall not be filled: for it was the punishment of their iniquities.

²⁰As for their choice ornaments, they employed them for pride, and they made of them images of their abominations: therefore have I made them uncleanness to them.

²¹And I will deliver them into the hands of strangers to make them a prey, and to the pests of the earth for a spoil; and they shall profane them.

²²And I will turn away my face from them, and they shall defile my charge, and shall go in to them unguardedly, and profane them.

²³And they shall work uncleanness: because the land is full of strange nations, and the city is full of iniquity.

²⁴And I will turn back the boasting of their strength; and their holy things shall be defiled.

²⁵And though propitiation shall come, and one shall seek peace, yet there shall be none.

²⁶There shall be woe upon woe, and there shall be message upon message; and a vision shall be sought from a prophet; but the law shall perish from the priest, and counsel from the elders.

²⁷The prince shall clothe himself with desolation, and the hands of the people of the land shall be made feeble: I will do to them according to their ways, and according to their judgements will I punish them; and they shall know that I am the Lord.