Ezekiel 7

The original text was written in the Hebrew language. This chapter is divided into 27 verses.

Some early manuscripts containing the text of this chapter in Hebrew are of the Masoretic Text tradition, which includes the Codex Cairensis (895), the Petersburg Codex of the Prophets (916), Aleppo Codex (10th century), and Codex Leningradensis (1008).{{sfn|Würthwein|1995|pp=35-37}} Fragments containing parts of this chapter were found among the Dead Sea Scrolls, that is, 11Q4 (11QEzek; 50 BCE–50 CE) with extant verses 9–12.{{sfn|Ulrich|2010|p=587}}[https://thewaytoyahuweh.com/dead-sea-scrolls/general-info/#ezekiel Dead sea scrolls - Ezekiel]{{Cite book|title = A Guide to the Dead Sea Scrolls and Related Literature|last = Fitzmyer|first = Joseph A.| author-link = Joseph Fitzmyer | publisher = William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company| url= https://books.google.com/books?id=TILXeWJ2eNAC | year = 2008 | pages = 110 |isbn = 9780802862419 | location = Grand Rapids, MI | access-date= February 15, 2019}}[https://www.deadseascrolls.org.il/explore-the-archive/manuscript/11Q4-1 11Q4 - 11QEzek at the Leon Levy Dead Sea Scrolls Digital Library]

There is also a translation into Koine Greek known as the Septuagint, made in the last few centuries BCE. Extant ancient manuscripts of the Septuagint version include Codex Vaticanus (B; $\backslash mathfrak\{G\}$^B; 4th century), Codex Alexandrinus (A; $\backslash mathfrak\{G\}$^A; 5th century) and Codex Marchalianus (Q; $\backslash mathfrak\{G\}$^Q; 6th century).{{sfn|Würthwein|1995|pp=73-74}}{{efn|Ezekiel is missing from Codex Sinaiticus.{{cite book| last= Shepherd|first= Michael |title= A Commentary on the Book of the Twelve: The Minor Prophets | series= Kregel Exegetical Library | publisher= Kregel Academic | year= 2018 |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=_iNZDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA13|isbn= 978-0825444593 | page= 13}}}}

American biblical commentator Julie Galambush divides this chapter into three sections, verses 1–4, 5-9 and 10–27, "which seem to build on [the prophet] Amos's announcement of the day of YHWH (Amos 8:1-10), a day traditionally celebrating the Divine Warrior's conquest of his enemies, but which the prophets re-envisioned as a day of judgement against Israel".{{sfn|Galambush|2007|p=540}} Each section announces Israel's doom and concludes with the recognition formula: "and ye (they) shall know that I am the LORD",{{sfn|Galambush|2007|pp=540–541}} in the latter parts of verses 4, 9 and 27.{{bibleverse|Ezekiel|14:1-27|NRSV}}

: Also, thou son of man, thus saith the Lord God unto the land of Israel;

:: An end, the end is come upon the four corners of the land.{{bibleverse|Ezekiel|7:2|KJV}} KJV

The phrase "Son of man" (Hebrew: בן־אדם {{Strong-number|ḇen|H|01121}}-{{Strong-number|’ā-ḏām|H|00120}}) is used 93 times to address Ezekiel.{{sfn|Bromiley|1995|p=574}} The "land of Israel" refers to the Kingdom of Judah, as the ten tribes of northern Israel had already been carried captive.Gill, J., [https://biblehub.com/commentaries/gill/ezekiel/7.htm Gill's Exposition] on Ezekiel 7, accessed 8 November 2019 Theologian John Gill dates this prophecy to the sixth year of King Zedekiah (around 591 BC).

:They shall cast their silver in the streets, and their gold shall be removed: 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 iniquity.{{bibleverse|Ezekiel|7:19|KJV}} KJV

Verses 19-23 predict in veiled language the Babylonian capture and desecration of the Jerusalem temple.{{sfn|Galambush|2007|p=541}}

• "The stumbling block of their iniquity": from Hebrew: {{Lang|he|מִכְשֹׁ֥ול עֲוֹנָ֖ם}}, {{Strong-number|miḵ-šō-wl|H|4383}} {{Strong-number|‘ă-wō-nām|H|5771}},[https://biblehub.com/text/ezekiel/7-19.htm Hebrew Text Analysis: Ezekiel 7:19]. Biblehub is a phrase unique to the prophet Ezekiel (Ezekiel 14:3, {{bibleverse|Ezekiel|14:4|KJV|4}}, {{bibleverse|Ezekiel|14:7|KJV|7}}; {{bibleverse-nb|Ezekiel|18:30|KJV}}; {{bibleverse-nb|Ezekiel|44:12|KJV}}).Note [c] on Ezekiel 7:19 in the NET

:Destruction comes; they will seek peace, but there shall be none.{{bibleref2|Ezekiel|7:25|NKJV}}: NKJV

Destruction: literally "shuddering", also translated as "anguish".{{bibleref2|Ezekiel|7:25|RSV}}: RSV

: The king will mourn,

:: The prince will be clothed with desolation,

::: And the hands of the common people will tremble.

: I will do to them according to their way,

:: And according to what they deserve I will judge them;

::: Then they shall know that I am the Lord!{{bibleref2|Ezekiel|7:27|NKJV}}: NKJV

The king and the prince are the same person: Zedekiah. The reference to the king is missing in the Septuagint and, according to the Jerusalem Bible, this may be a later addition, as reference to the king is exceptional in Ezekiel.Jerusalem Bible (1966), footnote p at Ezekield 7:27

• "I will do unto them after their way" (KJV): thus, Israel is "treated precisely as she deserves."{{sfn|Joyce|2009|p=20}}
• "And they shall know that I am the Lord" (KJV): this becomes a recurring theme for Ezekiel, revealing that "the prophet identifies his words as a manifestation of the active presence of God."{{sfn|Clements|1996|p=31}}

"Ezekiel 7 and the Permanent Efficacy of Grace" is a song title in the album "The Life of the World to Come" inspired by this chapter that was released by the American band The Mountain Goats in 2009.{{cite web|url=http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/13483-the-life-of-the-world-to-come/ |title=The Mountain Goats: The Life of the World to Come | Album Reviews |website=Pitchfork |date=2009-10-14 |accessdate=2012-02-28}}

• Son of man
• Related Bible parts: Amos 5, Amos 8, 1 Thessalonians 5, 1 Peter 4

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• [http://www.mechon-mamre.org/p/pt/pt1207.htm Ezekiel 7 Hebrew with Parallel English]
• [http://www.chabad.org/library/bible_cdo/aid/16105 Ezekiel 7 Hebrew with Rashi's Commentary]

• [http://www.latinvulgate.com/lv/verse.aspx?t=0&b=31&c=7 Ezekiel 7 English Translation with Parallel Latin Vulgate] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170225135728/http://www.latinvulgate.com/lv/verse.aspx?t=0&b=31&c=7 |date=2017-02-25 }}

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