New English Translation
Ezekiel 7:3
3The end is now upon you, and I will release my anger against you; I will judge you according to your behavior, I will hold you accountable for all your abominable practices.
Ezekiel 7:3 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Now is the end come upon thee, and I will send mine anger upon thee, and will judge thee according to thy ways, and will recompense upon thee all thine abominations.
- New International Version (NIV)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.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Now the end is upon you, and I will send my anger upon you; I will judge you according to your ways, and I will punish you for all your abominations.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Now the end has come upon you, And I will send My anger against you; I will judge you according to your ways, And I will repay you for all your abominations.
Context of Ezekiel 7:3
1The word of the Lord came to me: 2“You, son of man – this is what the sovereign Lord says to the land of Israel: An end! The end is coming on the four corners of the land! The end is now upon you, and I will release my anger against you; I will judge you according to your behavior, I will hold you accountable for all your abominable practices. 4My eye will not pity you; I will not spare you. For I will hold you responsible for your behavior, and you will suffer the consequences of your abominable practices. Then you will know that I am the Lord! 5“This is what the sovereign Lord says: A disaster – a one-of-a-kind disaster – is coming!
Read all of Ezekiel 7Ezekiel 7:3 word by word
עַתָּה֙ הַקֵּ֣ץ עָלַ֔יִךְ וְשִׁלַּחְתִּ֤י אַפִּי֙ בָּ֔ךְ וּשְׁפַטְתִּ֖יךְ כִּדְרָכָ֑יִךְ וְנָתַתִּ֣י עָלַ֔יִךְ אֵ֖ת כָּל־תּוֹעֲבֹתָֽיִךְ׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- the endקֵץqêts · endH7093
- upon thee, and I will sendשָׁלַחshâlach · to send: departH7971
- mine angerאַף'aph · face: angerH639
- upon thee, and will judgeשָׁפַטshâphaţ · to judgeH8199
- thee according to thy waysדֶּ֫רֶךְderek · way: conductH1870
- and will recompenseנָתַןnâthan · to give: payH5414
- upon thee all thine abominationsתּוֹעֵבַהtô‛êbah tô‛êbah · abominationH8441
Cross-references for Ezekiel 7:3
- Ezekiel 7:8Soon now I will pour out my rage on you; I will fully vent my anger against you. I will judge you according to your behavior. I will hold you accountable for all your abominable practices.
- Ezekiel 5:13Then my anger will be fully vented; I will exhaust my rage on them, and I will be appeased. Then they will know that I, the Lord, have spoken in my jealousy when I have fully vented my rage against them.
- Ezekiel 6:3Say, ‘Mountains of Israel, Hear the word of the sovereign Lord! This is what the sovereign Lord says to the mountains and the hills, to the ravines and the valleys: I am bringing a sword against you, and I will destroy your high places.
- Ezekiel 11:10You will die by the sword; I will judge you at the border of Israel. Then you will know that I am the Lord.
- Ezekiel 16:38I will punish you as an adulteress and murderer deserves. I will avenge your bloody deeds with furious rage.
- Ezekiel 18:30“Therefore I will judge each person according to his conduct, O house of Israel, declares the sovereign Lord. Repent and turn from all your wickedness; then it will not be an obstacle leading to iniquity.
- Ezekiel 33:20Yet you say, ‘The behavior of the Lord is not right.’ House of Israel, I will judge each of you according to his behavior.”
- Ezekiel 34:20“‘Therefore, this is what the sovereign Lord says to them: Look, I myself will judge between the fat sheep and the lean sheep.
- Ezekiel 36:19I scattered them among the nations; they were dispersed throughout foreign countries. In accordance with their behavior and their deeds I judged them.
- Revelation 20:12And I saw the dead, the great and the small, standing before the throne. Then books were opened, and another book was opened – the book of life. So the dead were judged by what was written in the books, according to their deeds.
Commentaries on Ezekiel 7:3
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 3A kind of refrain, repeated in Ezekiel 7:8-9, as the close of another stanza.Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 3-4There was no hope that God would change his mind. Then you will know that I am the LORD: When they received what they deserved, the people would recognize the Lord's power and holiness.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-272. An end, the end--The indefinite "an" expresses the general fact of God bringing His long-suffering towards the whole of Judea to an end; "the," following, marks it as more definitely fixed (Am 8:2).Read the comment
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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
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