Ezekiel 7:6

Ezekiel 7:6 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)An end is come, the end is come: it watcheth for thee; behold, it is come.
• New International Version (NIV)The end has come! The end has come! It has roused itself against you. See, it comes!
• English Standard Version (ESV)An end has come; the end has come; it has awakened against you. Behold, it comes.
• New King James Version (NKJV)An end has come, The end has come; It has dawned for you; Behold, it has come!

Context of Ezekiel 7:6

4I will not be sorry for you. I will not be kind to you. I will punish you as you deserve. You have done disgusting things. So I will punish you and you will know that I am the Lord. 5This is what the Almighty Lord says: Terrible trouble is coming to you! It will be worse than any other trouble. The end has now come! It is finally here to destroy you! Look out! 7You people who live in the land will now receive terrible punishment. The day for that to happen is very near. There will be no more sound of happy parties on the mountains. Instead there will be shouts of fear. 8Very soon, I will punish you because of my great anger. You will know how angry I am. I will judge you for the way that you have lived. I will punish you as you deserve for the disgusting things that you have done.

Ezekiel 7:6 word by word

קֵ֣ץ בָּ֔א בָּ֥א הַקֵּ֖ץ הֵקִ֣יץ אֵלָ֑יִךְ הִנֵּ֖ה בָּאָֽה׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• An endקֵץqêts · endH7093
• is comeבּוֹאbô' · to come (in): comeH935
• it watchethקִיץqûts · to awakeH6974

Cross-references for Ezekiel 7:6

• Ezekiel 7:3The time has come for your final punishment! You will know that I am very angry with you. I will punish you because of the bad way that you have lived. You will receive the punishment that you deserve for all the disgusting things that you have done.
• Jeremiah 44:27Listen to me! I will choose to hurt you and not to help you. War or famine will kill all the people of Judah who are living in Egypt. None of them will remain alive.
• Zechariah 13:7‘Attack my shepherd with a sharp knife. Attack the man that is next to me,’ says the Lord Almighty. ‘Kill the shepherd and then the sheep will run away. Then I will attack the young sheep.
• Ezekiel 7:10Yes, the day of your punishment is here! Terrible trouble is coming to you! Like a tree that is ready to make flowers, your proud and wicked acts are ready for punishment.
• Ezekiel 21:25I say this to you, wicked king of Israel. The time for your final punishment has now arrived.
• Ezekiel 39:8I promise that I will cause this to happen. You can be sure that this day will come, says the Lord God. I told you that this day would come.
• 2 Peter 2:5Also, a long time ago, God punished all the bad people who lived in the world. He sent water to cover over all the earth. All the people who had turned away from him drowned in the water. But God kept Noah safe. Noah had told people God's message that they should do right things. So God saved Noah, and seven other people, from the water.

Commentaries on Ezekiel 7:6

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 6An end is come, the end is come: it watcheth for thee - This is similar to the second verse; but there is a paronomasia, or play upon letters and words, which is worthy of note. אליך הקץ הקץ בא בא קץ kets ba, ba hakkets, hekits elayich . קצה katsah signifies to make an end or extremity, by cutting off something, and יקץ yakats signifies to awake from sleep: hence קיץ kits, the summer, as the earth and its productions seem then to awake from the sleep of…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 6The end is come: it watcheth for thee - The end (personified) so long slumbering now awakes and comes upon thee.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 5-9A second message repeats that the coming judgment would be personal. The people would not only know that God is the Lord, as in Ezekiel 7:4. They would feel his judgment in their own lives. The Lord, who once revealed himself to his people as “the LORD who heals you” (Exodus 15:26), had now become “the LORD, who strikes the blow.” The day of the Lord had arrived. This is a time when God steps in to judge and act in power (Joel 1:15; Amos 5:18–20).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 66. watcheth for thee--rather, "waketh for thee." It awakes up from its past slumber against thee (Psa 78:65, 66).Read the comment

Topics related to Ezekiel 7:6

• Wicked (People)

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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