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Ezequiel 7

ARC · Chapter 7/48

1Depois veiu a palavra do Senhor a mim, dizendo:

2E tu, ó filho do homem, assim diz o Senhor Jehovah ácerca da terra d'Israel: Vem o fim, o fim vem sobre os quatro cantos da terra.

3Agora vem o fim sobre ti, porque enviarei sobre ti a minha ira, e te julgarei conforme os teus caminhos, e trarei sobre ti todas as tuas abominações.

4E não te poupará o meu olho, nem me apiedarei de ti, mas porei sobre ti os teus caminhos, e as tuas abominações estarão no meio de ti: e sabereis que eu sou o Senhor.

5Assim diz o Senhor Jehovah: Um mal, eis que um só mal vem.

6Vem o fim, o fim vem, despertou-se contra ti; eis que vem.

7Vem a manhã a ti, ó habitador da terra. Vem o tempo; chegado é o dia da turbação, e não ha echo nos montes.

8Agora depressa derramarei o meu furor sobre ti, e cumprirei a minha ira contra ti, e te julgarei conforme os teus caminhos, e porei sobre ti todas as tuas abominações.

9E não te poupará o meu olho, nem me apiedarei de ti; conforme os teus caminhos carregarei sobre ti, e as tuas abominações estarão no meio de ti; e sabereis que eu sou o Senhor, que firo

10Eis aqui o dia, eis que vem; já saiu a manhã, já floresceu a vara, já reverdeceu a soberba.

11A violencia se levantou para vara de impiedade: nada restará d'elles, nem da sua multidão, nem do seu arroido, nem haverá lamentação por elles.

12Vem o tempo, já é chegado o dia; o que compra não se alegre, e o que vende não se entristeça: porque a ira ardente está sobre toda a multidão d'elles.

13Porque o que vende não tornará a possuir o que vendeu, ainda que a vida d'elles estivesse entre os viventes; porque a visão não tornará para traz sobre toda a sua multidão; nem ninguem esforçará a sua vida com a sua iniquidade.

14Já tocaram a trombeta, e tudo prepararam, porém não ha quem vá á peleja, porque sobre toda a sua multidão está a minha ardente ira.

15Fóra a espada, e dentro a peste e a fome: o que estiver no campo morrerá á espada, e o que estiver na cidade a fome e a peste o consumirão.

16E escaparão os que escaparem d'elles, porém estarão pelos montes, como pombas dos valles, todos gemendo, cada um por causa da sua maldade.

17Todas as mãos se enfraquecerão, e todos os joelhos escorrerão em aguas.

18E se cingirão de saccos, e os cobrirá o tremor: e sobre todos os rostos haverá vergonha, e sobre todas as suas cabeças calva.

19A sua prata lançarão pelas ruas, e o seu oiro será como immundicia; nem a sua prata nem o seu oiro os poderá livrar no dia do furor do Senhor: não fartarão elles a sua alma, nem lhes encherão as entranhas, porque isto foi o tropeço da sua maldade

20E a gloria do seu ornamento elle a poz em magnificencia, porém fizeram n'ella imagens das suas abominações e coisas detestaveis: por isso eu lh'a tenho feito coisa immunda.

21E a entregarei na mão dos estranhos por preza, e aos impios da terra por despojo: e a profanarão.

22E desviarei d'elles o meu rosto, e profanarão o meu logar occulto; porque entrarão n'elle saqueadores, e o profanarão.

23Faze uma cadeia, porque a terra está cheia de juizo de sangue, e a cidade está cheia de violencia.

24E farei vir os pessimos de entre as nações, e possuirão as suas casas: e farei cessar a arrogancia dos valentes, e os que os sanctificam serão profanados.

25Vem a destruição, e buscarão a paz, porém não a ha

26Miseria sobre miseria virá, e se levantará rumor sobre rumor: então buscarão do propheta uma visão, porém do sacerdote perecerá a lei como tambem dos anciãos o conselho.

27O rei lamentará, e o principe se vestirá de assolação, e as mãos do povo da terra se conturbarão; conforme o seu caminho lhes farei, e com os seus juizos os julgarei; e saberão que eu sou o Senhor

📖 Chapter study

Summary

The final announcement arrives: 'the end has come' for the land of Israel. Wealth, silver, and gold will save no one on the day of God's wrath; panic and despair overtake the people.

Explanation

This is a prophetic lament structured around the word 'end,' repeated insistently to convey urgency. The idea that money and possessions offer no protection on the day of judgment challenges the mindset of that era (and of ours) that material security is security for life. The text also mentions priests, prophets, and elders losing their ability to give counsel, showing the total collapse of social structures once trust in God breaks down. The practical application is to recognize that true life depends on a right relationship with God, not on material accumulation.

Fun facts

  • The verse about throwing silver and gold into the streets (v.19) directly echoes Zephaniah 1:18, written decades earlier — different prophets using the same image for the same kind of judgment.
  • The mention of 'Diblah' (v.14 in some translations) likely refers to a desert region north of Palestine, used as a comparison for extreme desolation.

Verse-by-verse explanation

  1. Ezequiel 7:1Opening formula: it introduces a new oracle, this time named “the end” — an entire poem that hammers this single idea home.
  2. Ezequiel 7:2The repeated announcement that “the end is come” is not a countdown with a set date — it is a poetic device that hammers the same idea over and over to convey urgency, common in prophetic poetry when it wants to convey that something is inevitable.
  3. Ezequiel 7:3God announces He will judge the people exactly according to their own choices — this is not random punishment, it is the direct consequence of specific behaviors, called here “abominations.”
  4. Ezequiel 7:4God makes clear He will not hold back the judgment out of compassion — He insists the punishment is exactly proportional to what the people have done.
  5. Ezequiel 7:5The short, repetitive phrase works like an alarm: a single but decisive disaster is coming — not competing with other troubles, this one is final.
  6. Ezequiel 7:6The hammering repetition of “the end is come” is not a prediction with a set date, it is a poetic device meant to convey maximum urgency.
  7. Ezequiel 7:7The image of morning arriving is the opposite of what it usually promises: instead of a new beginning, this morning brings the day of trouble.
  8. Ezequiel 7:8This repeats verse 3 almost word for word — the text uses repetition on purpose, like someone driving the same nail again and again so the message cannot go unnoticed.
  9. Ezequiel 7:9One more repetition of the chapter’s central idea: the judgment is proportional to the people’s deeds, and its purpose is to bring them to recognize who God is.
  10. Ezequiel 7:10The rod that blossoms and the pride that buds are images of something that was growing hidden and finally comes into view — the judgment reveals what had already been building up.
  11. Ezequiel 7:11The people’s own violence is described as the “rod” that will punish them; the text warns that the destruction will be so complete there will not even be anyone left to mourn the dead.
  12. Ezequiel 7:12In a society about to be destroyed, buying and selling lose all meaning — the text uses this everyday image to show that no ordinary transaction will matter anymore.
  13. Ezequiel 7:13Even if the seller survives, he will not get back what he sold — the collapse is so total it undoes even the normal rules of property and trade.
  14. Ezequiel 7:14Blowing the war trumpet and having no one answer the call shows how completely discouragement and fear have taken hold of the people in the face of the announced judgment.
  15. Ezequiel 7:15It makes no difference whether a person is inside or outside the city: outside, the sword; inside, famine and plague — there is no safe refuge anywhere.
  16. Ezequiel 7:16The few who survive will hide in the mountains, moaning like doves — each one mourning their own wrongdoing, not just the general tragedy.
  17. Ezequiel 7:17A physical image of total dread: hands that can hold nothing and knees that turn to water, the whole body reacting to fear of what is coming.
  18. Ezequiel 7:18Putting on sackcloth and shaving the head were traditional gestures of deep mourning — the text describes an entire people entering collective mourning in the face of disaster.
  19. Ezequiel 7:19Saying that silver and gold will save no one, and will be thrown into the streets like garbage, is a direct attack on the false security of anyone who thought wealth could buy protection from the announced judgment.
  20. Ezequiel 7:20The same precious objects once used for pride and adornment ended up becoming material for making idols — that is why God declares these riches unclean, contaminated by their wrong use.
  21. Ezequiel 7:21The riches contaminated by idolatry will end up in foreign hands as spoils of war — what should have been a source of pride becomes the enemy’s trophy.
  22. Ezequiel 7:22God announces He will withdraw protection even from the most sacred place, the temple itself — without that protection, invaders will enter and defile the space that was once untouchable.
  23. Ezequiel 7:23The order to make chains is a sign of the captivity drawing near — the reason given is direct: the land is full of bloodshed and violence.
  24. Ezequiel 7:24Nations regarded as the worst will take possession of the people’s houses — a complete reversal of who commands and who obeys in the land.
  25. Ezequiel 7:25When disaster arrives, the people will search for peace, but it will no longer exist — the time to negotiate has already passed.
  26. Ezequiel 7:26A prophet with no vision, a priest with no law, and elders with no counsel describes the total collapse of the institutions that normally gave a society security and guidance — the crisis hits not just the common people but every source of authority at once.
  27. Ezequiel 7:27Even the king and the leaders will join the common people in mourning — no one at the top of the hierarchy escapes the same general collapse.

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