Ezekiel 7:13

Ezekiel 7:13 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)For the seller shall not return to that which is sold, although they were yet alive: for the vision is touching the whole multitude thereof, which shall not return; neither shall any strengthen himself in the iniquity of his life.
• New International Version (NIV)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.
• English Standard Version (ESV)For the seller shall not return to what he has sold, while they live. For the vision concerns all their multitude; it shall not turn back; and because of his iniquity, none can maintain his life.
• New King James Version (NKJV)For the seller shall not return to what has been sold, Though he may still be alive; For the vision concerns the whole multitude, And it shall not turn back; No one will strengthen himself Who lives in iniquity.

Context of Ezekiel 7:13

11You use violence to help you to do wicked things. None of all those people will escape. None of their riches or valuable things will remain. 12The day of punishment has now come! The person who buys things will no longer be happy. Nor will the person who sells things. My anger will bring pain to all of them. Any man who sells his land will never get it back as long as he lives. God has shown what he will do to all those people. He will not change his mind. Each one will lose his life because of their sins. 14The soldiers make a noise with trumpets to prepare for war. But nobody goes out to fight a battle because my anger has brought punishment for all the people. 15The enemy is ready to attack outside the city. Inside the city, there is disease and famine. Enemy soldiers will kill the people who are in the country. Famine and disease will kill everyone who is in the city.

Ezekiel 7:13 word by word

כִּ֣י הַמּוֹכֵ֗ר אֶל־הַמִּמְכָּר֙ לֹ֣א יָשׁ֔וּב וְע֥וֹד בַּחַיִּ֖ים חַיָּתָ֑ם כִּֽי־חָז֤וֹן אֶל־כָּל־הֲמוֹנָהּ֙ לֹ֣א יָשׁ֔וּב וְאִ֧ישׁ בַּעֲוֹנ֛וֹ חַיָּת֖וֹ לֹ֥א יִתְחַזָּֽקוּ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• For the sellerמָכַרmâkar · to sellH4376
• shall not returnשׁוּבshûb · to return: returnH7725
• to that which is soldמִמְכָּרmimkâr · saleH4465
• although they were yet aliveחַיchay · aliveH2416
• for the visionחָזוֹןchâzôn · visionH2377
• touching the whole multitudeהָמוֹןhâmôn hâmôn · crowdH1995
• shall not returnשׁוּבshûb · to return: repentH7725
• neither shall anyאִישׁ'îysh · man: anyoneH376
• strengthenחָזַקchâzaq · to strengthen: strengthenH2388
• himself in the iniquityעָוֺן‛âvôn ‛âvôn · iniquity: crimeH5771

Cross-references for Ezekiel 7:13

• Ecclesiastes 8:8Nobody has the power to control the wind. Also, nobody has the power to decide the day of their death. Soldiers are not allowed to leave a battle. Also, if people do wicked things, that will not rescue them.
• Leviticus 25:24A person may buy land. But he must remember that he may have to sell it back to the seller.
• Ezekiel 13:22You have used lies to make righteous people stop being strong. But I did not want to hurt those people. You have also helped wicked people to continue to do evil things. You did not want them to change and save their lives.
• Ezekiel 33:26You use violence to get the things that you want. You do disgusting things. You have sex with other men's wives. So you should certainly not have the land!”
• Job 15:25That happens to the person who turns against God. He thinks that he is greater than Almighty God.
• Psalms 52:7‘Look! This man did not trust God to keep him safe. Instead, he trusted in his riches. He thought that he could be cruel, and that would keep him safe.’

Commentaries on Ezekiel 7:13

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 13For the seller shall not return - In the sale of all heritages among the Jews, it was always understood that the heritage must return to the family on the year of jubilee, which was every fiftieth year; but in this case the seller should not return to possess it, as it was not likely that he should be alive when the next jubilee should come, and if he were even to live till that time, he could not possess it, as he would then be in captivity. And the…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 13Although they were yet alive - Though they be yet among the living. Which shall not return … - He (i. e. the seller) shall not return; and, every man living in his iniquity, they shall gather no strength. Exile being the punishment of iniquity, the exiles were said to “live in their iniquity.”Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 12-13Commercial transactions would lose their meaning. Buying and selling would no longer matter. There would be no such thing as a good deal or a bad deal. Buyers and sellers alike would face God’s terrible anger.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1313. although they were yet alive--although they should live to the year of jubilee. multitude thereof--namely, of the Jews. which shall not return--answering to "the seller shall not return"; not only he, but the whole multitude, shall not return. Calvin omits "is" and "which": "the vision touching the whole multitude shall not return" void (Is 55:11). neither shall any strengthen himself in the iniquity of his life--No hardening of one's self in iniquity…Read the comment

In the dictionaries

• Counsel
• Devour
• Jubilee
• Judge
• Living creatures
• Pour
• Zedekiah (2)

Commentaries on Ezekiel 7

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings