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Ezequiel 7

BLIVRE · Chapter 7/48

1Depois a palavra do SENHOR veio a mim, dizendo:

2E tu, filho do homem, assim diz o Senhor DEUS à terra de Israel: É o fim, o fim vem sobre os quatro cantos da terra.

3Agora [veio] o fim sobre ti; pois enviarei minha ira sobre ti, e te julgarei conforme teus caminhos; e trarei sobre ti todas as tuas abominações.

4E meu olho não te poupará, nem terei compaixão; ao invés disso trarei teus caminhos sobre ti, e tuas abominações estarão no meio de ti; e sabereis que eu sou o SENHOR.

5Assim diz o Senhor DEUS: Uma calamidade, eis que vem uma calamidade incomparável.

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

7A manhã vem para ti, ó morador da terra; o tempo vem, chegado é o dia [em que haverá] desespero, e não gritos de alegria sobre os montes.

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

9E meu olho não poupará, nem terei compaixão; trarei sobre ti conforme teus caminhos, e no meio de ti estarão tuas abominações; e sabereis que eu, o SENHOR, sou o que firo.

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

11A violência se levantou em vara de maldade; nada [restará] deles, nem de sua multidão, nem de sua riqueza, nem de seu prestígio.

12O tempo veio, achegou-se o dia; o comprador não se alegre, nem o vendedor entristeça; porque a ira está sobre toda sua multidão.

13Pois o vendedor não voltará ao que foi vendido, enquanto estiverem vivos; porque a visão sobre toda sua multidão não será cancelada; e por causa de sua iniquidade, ninguém poderá preservar sua vida.

14Já tocaram trombeta, e prepararam tudo; porém ninguém vai à batalha, pois minha ira está sobre toda sua multidão.

15Por fora a espada, por dentro a pestilência e a fome; o que estiver no campo morrerá à espada; e o que estiver na cidade, a fome e a pestilência o consumirão.

16E os sobreviventes que deles escaparem estarão pelos montes como pombas dos vales, todos gemendo, cada um por sua maldade.

17Todas mãos serão fracas, e todos joelhos serão frouxos como águas.

18E se vestirão de saco, e o tremor os cobrirá; em todos os rostos haverá vergonha, e todas as suas cabeças serão raspadas.

19Lançarão sua prata pelas ruas, e seu ouro será como algo imundo; nem sua prata nem seu ouro poderá livrá-los no dia do furor do SENHOR; não saciarão suas almas, nem encherão suas entranhas; pois isto é o tropeço de sua maldade.

20E tornaram a glória de seu ornamento em orgulho, e nela fizeram nela imagens de suas abominações e de suas coisas detestáveis; por isso eu a tornarei em coisa imunda para eles;

21E a entregarei em mãos de estrangeiros para ser saqueada, e aos perversos da terra para servir de despojo; e a profanarão.

22E desviarei meu rosto deles, e profanarão meu lugar secreto; pois nele entrarão destruidores, e o profanarão.

23Faze correntes, porque a terra está cheia de julgamentos de sangues, e a cidade está cheia de violência.

24Por isso farei vir os mais malignos das nações, que tomarão posse de suas casas; e farei cessar a arrogância dos poderosos, e seus santuários serão profanados.

25A aflição está vindo; e buscarão a paz, porém não haverá.

26Virá desastre sobre desastre, e haverá rumor sobre rumor; então buscarão visão de profeta; porém a Lei perecerá do sacerdote, e também o conselho dos anciãos.

27O rei lamentará, e o príncipe se vestirá de assolamento, e as mãos do povo da terra serão atemorizadas; conforme seu caminho farei com eles, e com os seus juízos 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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