Key Verse Spotlight
Ezekiel 7:5 — Meaning and Application
King James Version
“Thus saith the Lord GOD; An evil, an only evil, behold, is come.”
Ezekiel 7:5
Verse in Context
Understanding the surrounding verses prevents misinterpretation:
Now {is} the end {come} upon thee, and I will send mine anger upon thee, and will judge thee according to thy ways, and will recompense upon thee all thine abominations. {recompense: Heb. give}
And mine eye shall not spare thee, neither will I have pity: but I will recompense thy ways upon thee, and thine abominations shall be in the midst of thee: and ye shall know that I {am} the LORD.
Thus saith the Lord GOD; An evil, an only evil, behold, is come.
An end is come, the end is come: it watcheth for thee; behold, it is come. {watcheth for: Heb. awaketh against}
The morning is come unto thee, O thou that dwellest in the land: the time is come, the day of trouble {is} near, and not the sounding again of the mountains. {sounding...: or, echo}
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