¶ Moreover the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,

Also, thou son of man, thus saith the Lord GOD unto¹ the land of Israel; An end², the end is come upon the four corners of the land.

Now is the end come upon thee, and I³ will send mine anger upon thee, and will judge⁴ thee according to thy ways, and will recompense⁵ upon thee all thine abominations.

And mine⁶ eye shall not spare thee, neither will I have pity: but⁷ I will recompense thy ways upon thee, and thine abominations shall be in the midst of thee: and ye⁸ shall know that I am the LORD.

⁹Thus saith the Lord GOD; An evil, an only evil, behold, is come.

An end¹⁰ is come, the end is come: it watcheth for thee;¹¹ behold,¹² it is come.

The morning¹³ is come unto thee, O thou that dwellest in the land: the time¹⁴ is come, the day¹⁵ of trouble is near, and not the sounding again¹⁶ of the mountains.

Now will I shortly pour¹⁷ out my fury upon thee, and accomplish¹⁸ mine anger upon thee: and I¹⁹ will judge thee according to thy ways, and will recompense thee for all thine abominations.

And mine eye shall not spare, neither will I have pity: I will recompense thee²⁰ according to thy ways and thine abominations that are in the midst of thee; and ye shall know that I am the LORD²¹ that smiteth.

¶ Behold the day, behold, it²² is come: the morning²³ is gone forth; the rod²⁴ hath blossomed, pride²⁵ hath budded.

Violence²⁶ is risen up into a rod of wickedness: none²⁷ of them shall remain, nor of their multitude²⁸, nor of any of theirs: neither shall there be wailing for them.

The time²⁹ is come, the day draweth near: let³⁰ not the buyer rejoice, nor the seller mourn: for³¹ wrath is upon all the multitude thereof.

For the seller³² shall not return to that which is sold, although they were yet alive³³: for the vision is touching the whole multitude thereof, which shall not return; neither shall any strengthen himself in³⁴ the iniquity of his life.

They have³⁵ blown the trumpet, even to make all ready; but none goeth to the battle: for³⁶ my wrath is upon all the multitude thereof.

³⁷The 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.

¶ But they³⁸ that escape of them shall escape, and shall be on the mountains like³⁹ doves of the valleys, all of them mourning⁴⁰, every one for his iniquity.

All hands⁴¹ shall be feeble, and all knees shall be weak as water⁴².

They shall also⁴³ gird themselves with sackcloth, and horror⁴⁴ shall cover them; and shame shall be upon all faces, and baldness upon all their heads.

They shall cast⁴⁵ their silver in the streets, and their gold shall be removed⁴⁶: their silver and their gold shall not be able to deliver them in the day of the wrath of the LORD: they shall not satisfy their souls, neither fill their bowels: because it is the stumblingblock of their iniquity⁴⁷.

¶ As for the beauty⁴⁸ of his ornament, he set it in majesty: but⁴⁹ they made the images of their abominations and of their detestable things therein: therefore have I set it far from them⁵⁰.

⁵¹And I will give it into the hands of the strangers for a prey, and to the wicked of the earth for a spoil; and they shall pollute it.

My face⁵² will I turn also from them, and they shall pollute my secret place: for the robbers⁵³ shall enter into it, and defile it.

¶ Make a chain⁵⁴: for⁵⁵ the land is full of bloody crimes, and the city is full of violence.

Wherefore I will bring⁵⁶ the worst of the heathen, and they shall⁵⁷ possess their houses: I will also⁵⁸ make the pomp⁵⁹ of the strong to cease; and their holy places shall be defiled⁶⁰.

Destruction⁶¹ cometh; and they shall seek peace, and there shall be none.

Mischief shall⁶² come upon mischief, and rumour shall be upon rumour; then⁶³ shall they seek a vision of the prophet; but⁶⁴ the law shall perish from the priest, and counsel from the ancients⁶⁵.

The king⁶⁶ shall mourn, and the prince shall be clothed with desolation, and the hands of the people of the land shall be troubled: I will⁶⁷ do unto them after their way, and according to their deserts⁶⁸ will I judge them; and they⁶⁹ shall know that I am the LORD.