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

11Violence is risen up into a rod of wickedness: none of them shall remain, nor of their multitude, nor of any of theirs: neither shall there be wailing for them. 12The time is come, the day draweth near: let not the buyer rejoice, nor the seller mourn: for wrath is upon all the multitude thereof. 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. 14They have blown the trumpet, even to make all ready; but none goeth to the battle: for my wrath is upon all the multitude thereof. 15The sword is without, and the pestilence and the famine within: he that is in the field shall die with the sword; and he that is in the city, famine and pestilence shall devour him.

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

• 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 8:8There is no man that hath power over the spirit to retain the spirit; neither hath he power in the day of death: and there is no discharge in that war; neither shall wickedness deliver those that are given to it.
• Leviticus 25:24And in all the land of your possession ye shall grant a redemption for the land.
• Ezekiel 13:22Because with lies ye have made the heart of the righteous sad, whom I have not made sad; and strengthened the hands of the wicked, that he should not return from his wicked way, by promising him life:
• Ezekiel 33:26Ye stand upon your sword, ye work abomination, and ye defile every one his neighbour’s wife: and shall ye possess the land?
• Job 15:25For he stretcheth out his hand against God, and strengtheneth himself against the Almighty.
• Psalms 52:7Lo, this is the man that made not God his strength; but trusted in the abundance of his riches, and strengthened himself in his wickedness.

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