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 Living Translation (NLT)Yes, the time has come; the day is here! Buyers should not rejoice over bargains, nor sellers grieve over losses, for all of them will fall under my terrible anger.

Context of Ezekiel 7:12

10‘Behold, the day! Behold, it has come! Doom has gone out; The rod has blossomed, Pride has budded. 11Violence has risen up into a rod of wickedness; None of them shall remain, None of their multitude, None of them; Nor shall there be wailing for them. The time has come, The day draws near. ‘Let not the buyer rejoice, Nor the seller mourn, For wrath is on their whole multitude. 13For 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. 14‘They have blown the trumpet and made everyone ready, But no one goes to battle; For My wrath is on all their multitude.

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“Thus says the Lord God: ‘A disaster, a singular disaster; Behold, it has come!
• 1 Corinthians 7:29But this I say, brethren, the time is short, so that from now on even those who have wives should be as though they had none,
• James 5:8You also be patient. Establish your hearts, for the coming of the Lord is at hand.
• Isaiah 24:1Behold, the Lord makes the earth empty and makes it waste, Distorts its surface And scatters abroad its inhabitants.
• Jeremiah 32:7‘Behold, Hanamel the son of Shallum your uncle will come to you, saying, “Buy my field which is in Anathoth, for the right of redemption is yours to buy it.” ’
• Ezekiel 7:13For 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.
• Ezekiel 6:11‘Thus says the Lord God: “Pound your fists and stamp your feet, and say, ‘Alas, for all the evil abominations of the house of Israel! For they shall fall by the sword, by famine, and by pestilence.
• Isaiah 5:13Therefore my people have gone into captivity, Because they have no knowledge; Their honorable men are famished, And their multitude dried up with thirst.

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