Ezekiel 7:12

Ezekiel 7:12 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)The time is come, the day draweth near: let not the buyer rejoice, nor the seller mourn: for wrath is upon all the multitude thereof.
• New International Version (NIV)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.
• English Standard Version (ESV)The time has come; the day has arrived. Let not the buyer rejoice, nor the seller mourn, for wrath is upon all their multitude.
• New King James Version (NKJV)The time has come, The day draws near. ‘Let not the buyer rejoice, Nor the seller mourn, For wrath is on their whole multitude.

Context of Ezekiel 7:12

10“Look, the day! Look, it is coming! Doom has gone out! The staff has budded, pride has blossomed! 11Violence has grown into a staff that supports wickedness. Not one of them will be left – not from their crowd, not from their wealth, not from their prominence. The time has come; the day has struck! The customer should not rejoice, nor the seller mourn; for divine wrath comes against their whole crowd. 13The customer will no longer pay the seller while both parties are alive, for the vision against their whole crowd will not be revoked. Each person, for his iniquity, will fail to preserve his life. 14“They have blown the trumpet and everyone is ready, but no one goes to battle, because my anger is against their whole crowd.

Ezekiel 7:12 word by word

בָּ֤א הָעֵת֙ הִגִּ֣יעַ הַיּ֔וֹם הַקּוֹנֶה֙ אַל־יִשְׂמָ֔ח וְהַמּוֹכֵ֖ר אַל־יִתְאַבָּ֑ל כִּ֥י חָר֖וֹן אֶל־כָּל־הֲמוֹנָֽהּ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• The timeעֵת‛êth · timeH6256
• is comeבּוֹאbô' · to come (in): comeH935
• the dayיוֹםyôm · dayH3117
• draweth nearנָגַעnâga‛ · to touchH5060
• let not the buyerקָנָהqânâh · to buyH7069
• rejoiceשָׂמַחώâmach · to rejoiceH8055
• nor the sellerמָכַרmâkar · to sellH4376
• mournאָבַל'âbal · to mournH56
• for wrathחָרוֹןchârôn chârôn · burning angerH2740
• upon all the multitudeהָמוֹןhâmôn hâmôn · crowdH1995

Cross-references for Ezekiel 7:12

• Ezekiel 7:5“This is what the sovereign Lord says: A disaster – a one-of-a-kind disaster – is coming!
• 1 Corinthians 7:29And I say this, brothers and sisters: The time is short. So then those who have wives should be as those who have none,
• James 5:8You also be patient and strengthen your hearts, for the Lord’s return is near.
• Isaiah 24:1Look, the Lord is ready to devastate the earth and leave it in ruins; he will mar its surface and scatter its inhabitants.
• Jeremiah 32:7‘Hanamel, the son of your uncle Shallum, will come to you soon. He will say to you, “Buy my field at Anathoth because you are entitled as my closest relative to buy it.”’
• Ezekiel 7:13The customer will no longer pay the seller while both parties are alive, for the vision against their whole crowd will not be revoked. Each person, for his iniquity, will fail to preserve his life.
• Ezekiel 6:11“‘This is what the sovereign Lord says: Clap your hands, stamp your feet, and say, “Ah!” because of all the evil, abominable practices of the house of Israel, for they will fall by the sword, famine, and pestilence.
• Isaiah 5:13Therefore my people will be deported because of their lack of understanding. Their leaders will have nothing to eat, their masses will have nothing to drink.

Commentaries on Ezekiel 7:12

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 12Let not the buyer rejoice, nor the seller mourn - Such is now the state of public affairs, that he who through want has been obliged to sell his inheritance, need not mourn on the account; as of this the enemy would soon have deprived him. And he who has bought it need not rejoice in his bargain, as he shall soon be stripped of his purchase, and either fall by the sword, or be glad to flee for his life.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 12The day - Either of temporal or final judgment. It was grievous for an Israelite to part with his land. But now the seller need not mourn his loss, nor the buyer exult in him gain. All should live the pitiful lives of strangers in another country.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. 1212. let not ... buyer rejoice--because he has bought an estate at a bargain price. nor ... seller mourn--because he has had to sell his land at a sacrifice through poverty. The Chaldeans will be masters of the land, so that neither shall the buyer have any good of his purchase, nor the seller any loss; nor shall the latter (Eze 7:13) return to his inheritance at the jubilee year (see Le 25:13). Spiritually this holds good now, seeing that "the time is…Read the comment

In the dictionaries

• Counsel
• Devour
• Jubilee
• Judge
• Living creatures
• Pour
• Agrarian Laws
• 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