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Verse	Translation	Text
Eze 7:5	Strong Concordance	Thus saith [0559] the Lord [0136] GOD [03069]; An evil [07451], an only [0259] evil [07451], behold, is come [0935].
	King James	Thus saith the Lord GOD; An evil, an only evil, behold, is come.

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A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]
An evil, an only evil--a peculiar calamity such as was never before; unparalleled. The abruptness of the style and the repetitions express the agitation of the prophet's mind in foreseeing these calamities.

A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]

An evil, an only evil--a peculiar calamity such as was never before; unparalleled. The abruptness of the style and the repetitions express the agitation of the prophet's mind in foreseeing these calamities.

Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834]
An only evil - An evil singular and remarkable above all others.

Commentary on the Old Testament, by Carl Friedrich Keil and Franz Delitzsch [1857-78]
The execution of the judgment announced in Eze 7:2-4, arranged in four strophes: Eze 7:5-9, Eze 7:10-14, Eze 7:15-22, Eze 7:23-27. - The first strophe depicts the end as a terrible calamity, and as near at hand. Eze 7:3 and Eze 7:4 are repeated as a refrain in Eze 7:8 and Eze 7:9, with slight modifications. Eze 7:5. Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Misfortune, a singular misfortune, behold, it cometh. Eze 7:6. End cometh: there cometh the end; it waketh upon thee; behold, it cometh. Eze 7:7. The fate cometh upon thee, inhabitants of the land: the time cometh, the day is near; tumult and not joy upon the mountains. Eze 7:8. Now speedily will I pour out my fury upon thee, and accomplish mine anger on thee; and judge thee according to thy ways, and bring upon thee all thine abominations. Eze 7:9. My eye shall not look with pity upon thee, and I shall not spare; according to thy ways will I bring it upon thee, and thy abominations shall be in the midst of thee, that ye may know that I, Jehovah, am smiting. - Misfortune of a singular kind shall come. רעה is made more emphatic by אחת רעה, in which אחת is placed first for the sake of emphasis, in the sense of unicus, singularis; a calamity singular (unique) of its kind, such as never had occurred before (cf. Eze 5:9). In Eze 7:6 the poetical הקיץ, it (the end) waketh upon thee, is suggested by the paronomasia with הקּץ. The force of the words is weakened by supplying Jehovah as the subject to הקיץ, in opposition to the context. And it will not do to supply רעה (evil) from Eze 7:5 as the subject to הנּה באה (behold, it cometh). באה is construed impersonally: It cometh, namely, every dreadful thing which the end brings with it. The meaning of tzephirâh is doubtful. The only other passage in which it occurs is Isa 28:5, where it is used in the sense of diadem or crown, which is altogether unsuitable here. Raschi has therefore had recourse to the Syriac and Chaldee צפרא, aurora, tempus matutinum, and Hvernick has explained it accordingly, "the dawn of an evil day." But the dawn is never used as a symbol or omen of misfortune, not even in Joe 2:2, but solely as the sign of the bursting forth of light or of salvation. Abarbanel was on the right track when he started from the radical meaning of צפר, to twist, and taking tzephirâh in the sense of orbis, ordo, or periodical return, understood it as probably denoting rerum fatique vicissitudinem in orbem redeuntem (Ges. Thes. p. 1188). But it has been justly observed, that the rendering succession, or periodical return, can only give a forced sense in Eze 7:10. Winer has given a better rendering, viz., fatum, malum fatale, fate or destiny, for which he refers to the Arabic tsabramun, intortum, then fatum haud mutandum inevitabile. Different explanations have also been given of הד הרים. But the opinion that it is synonymous with הידד, the joyous vintage cry (Jer 25:30; Isa 16:10), is a more probable one than that it is an unusual form of הוד, splendor, gloria. So much at any rate is obvious from the context, that the hapax legomenon dh̀ is the antithesis of מהוּמה, tumult, or the noise of war. The shouting of the mountains, is shouting, a rejoicing upon the mountains. מקּרוב, from the immediate vicinity, in a temporal not a local sense, as in Deu 32:17 (= immediately). For כּלּה , see Eze 6:1-14;12. The remainder of the strophe (Eze 7:8 and Eze 7:9) is a repetition of Eze 7:3 and Eze 7:4; but מכּה is added in the last clause. They shall learn that it is Jehovah who smites. This thought is expanded in the following strophe.

Commentary on the Old Testament, by Carl Friedrich Keil and Franz Delitzsch [1857-78]

The execution of the judgment announced in Eze 7:2-4, arranged in four strophes: Eze 7:5-9, Eze 7:10-14, Eze 7:15-22, Eze 7:23-27. - The first strophe depicts the end as a terrible calamity, and as near at hand. Eze 7:3 and Eze 7:4 are repeated as a refrain in Eze 7:8 and Eze 7:9, with slight modifications. Eze 7:5. Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Misfortune, a singular misfortune, behold, it cometh. Eze 7:6. End cometh: there cometh the end; it waketh upon thee; behold, it cometh. Eze 7:7. The fate cometh upon thee, inhabitants of the land: the time cometh, the day is near; tumult and not joy upon the mountains. Eze 7:8. Now speedily will I pour out my fury upon thee, and accomplish mine anger on thee; and judge thee according to thy ways, and bring upon thee all thine abominations. Eze 7:9. My eye shall not look with pity upon thee, and I shall not spare; according to thy ways will I bring it upon thee, and thy abominations shall be in the midst of thee, that ye may know that I, Jehovah, am smiting. - Misfortune of a singular kind shall come. רעה is made more emphatic by אחת רעה, in which אחת is placed first for the sake of emphasis, in the sense of unicus, singularis; a calamity singular (unique) of its kind, such as never had occurred before (cf. Eze 5:9). In Eze 7:6 the poetical הקיץ, it (the end) waketh upon thee, is suggested by the paronomasia with הקּץ. The force of the words is weakened by supplying Jehovah as the subject to הקיץ, in opposition to the context. And it will not do to supply רעה (evil) from Eze 7:5 as the subject to הנּה באה (behold, it cometh). באה is construed impersonally: It cometh, namely, every dreadful thing which the end brings with it. The meaning of tzephirâh is doubtful. The only other passage in which it occurs is Isa 28:5, where it is used in the sense of diadem or crown, which is altogether unsuitable here. Raschi has therefore had recourse to the Syriac and Chaldee צפרא, aurora, tempus matutinum, and Hvernick has explained it accordingly, "the dawn of an evil day." But the dawn is never used as a symbol or omen of misfortune, not even in Joe 2:2, but solely as the sign of the bursting forth of light or of salvation. Abarbanel was on the right track when he started from the radical meaning of צפר, to twist, and taking tzephirâh in the sense of orbis, ordo, or periodical return, understood it as probably denoting rerum fatique vicissitudinem in orbem redeuntem (Ges. Thes. p. 1188). But it has been justly observed, that the rendering succession, or periodical return, can only give a forced sense in Eze 7:10. Winer has given a better rendering, viz., fatum, malum fatale, fate or destiny, for which he refers to the Arabic tsabramun, intortum, then fatum haud mutandum inevitabile. Different explanations have also been given of הד הרים. But the opinion that it is synonymous with הידד, the joyous vintage cry (Jer 25:30; Isa 16:10), is a more probable one than that it is an unusual form of הוד, splendor, gloria. So much at any rate is obvious from the context, that the hapax legomenon dh̀ is the antithesis of מהוּמה, tumult, or the noise of war. The shouting of the mountains, is shouting, a rejoicing upon the mountains. מקּרוב, from the immediate vicinity, in a temporal not a local sense, as in Deu 32:17 (= immediately). For כּלּה , see Eze 6:1-14;12. The remainder of the strophe (Eze 7:8 and Eze 7:9) is a repetition of Eze 7:3 and Eze 7:4; but מכּה is added in the last clause. They shall learn that it is Jehovah who smites. This thought is expanded in the following strophe.

Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65]
An evil - An evil and sore affliction, a singular, uncommon one.

Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826
An evil, an only evil - The great, the sovereign, the last exterminating evil, is come: the sword, the pestilence, the famine, and the captivity. Many MSS. read אחר achar, after. So evil cometh after evil; one instantly succeeds another.

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⁴ And mine eye [05869] shall not spare [02347] thee, neither will I have pity [02550]: but I will recompense [05414] thy ways [01870] upon thee, and thine abominations [08441] shall be in the midst [08432] of thee: and ye shall know [03045] that I am the LORD [03068].

³ Now is the end [07093] come upon thee, and I will send [07971] mine anger [0639] upon thee, and will judge [08199] thee according to thy ways [01870], and will recompense [05414] upon thee all thine abominations [08441].

⁹ And mine eye [05869] shall not spare [02347], neither will I have pity [02550]: I will recompense [05414] thee according to thy ways [01870] and thine abominations [08441] that are in the midst [08432] of thee; and ye shall know [03045] that I am the LORD [03068] that smiteth [05221].

⁸ Now will I shortly [07138] pour out [08210] my fury [02534] upon thee, and accomplish [03615] mine anger [0639] upon thee: and I will judge [08199] thee according to thy ways [01870], and will recompense [05414] thee for all thine abominations [08441].

¹ And the word [01697] of the LORD [03068] came unto me, saying [0559],
² Son [01121] of man [0120], set [07760] thy face [06440] toward the mountains [02022] of Israel [03478], and prophesy [05012] against them,
³ And say [0559], Ye mountains [02022] of Israel [03478], hear [08085] the word [01697] of the Lord [0136] GOD [03069]; Thus saith [0559] the Lord [0136] GOD [03069] to the mountains [02022], and to the hills [01389], to the rivers [0650], and to the valleys [01516]; Behold, I, even I, will bring [0935] a sword [02719] upon you, and I will destroy [06] your high places [01116].
⁴ And your altars [04196] shall be desolate [08074], and your images [02553] shall be broken [07665]: and I will cast down [05307] your slain [02491] men before [06440] your idols [01544].
⁵ And I will lay [05414] the dead carcases [06297] of the children [01121] of Israel [03478] before [06440] their idols [01544]; and I will scatter [02219] your bones [06106] round about [05439] your altars [04196].
⁶ In all your dwellingplaces [04186] the cities [05892] shall be laid waste [02717], and the high places [01116] shall be desolate [03456]; that your altars [04196] may be laid waste [02717] and made desolate [0816], and your idols [01544] may be broken [07665] and cease [07673], and your images [02553] may be cut down [01438], and your works [04639] may be abolished [04229].
⁷ And the slain [02491] shall fall [05307] in the midst [08432] of you, and ye shall know [03045] that I am the LORD [03068].
⁸ Yet will I leave a remnant [03498], that ye may have some that shall escape [06412] the sword [02719] among the nations [01471], when ye shall be scattered [02219] through the countries [0776].
⁹ And they that escape [06412] of you shall remember [02142] me among the nations [01471] whither they shall be carried captives [07617], because I am broken [07665] with their whorish [02181] heart [03820], which hath departed [05493] from me, and with their eyes [05869], which go a whoring [02181] after [0310] their idols [01544]: and they shall lothe [06962] themselves [06440] for the evils [07451] which they have committed [06213] in all their abominations [08441].
¹⁰ And they shall know [03045] that I am the LORD [03068], and that I have not said [01696] in vain [02600] that I would do [06213] this evil [07451] unto them.
¹¹ Thus saith [0559] the Lord [0136] GOD [03069]; Smite [05221] with thine hand [03709], and stamp [07554] with thy foot [07272], and say [0559], Alas [0253] for all the evil [07451] abominations [08441] of the house [01004] of Israel [03478]! for they shall fall [05307] by the sword [02719], by the famine [07458], and by the pestilence [01698].
¹² He that is far off [07350] shall die [04191] of the pestilence [01698]; and he that is near [07138] shall fall [05307] by the sword [02719]; and he that remaineth [07604] and is besieged [05341] shall die [04191] by the famine [07458]: thus will I accomplish [03615] my fury [02534] upon them.
¹³ Then shall ye know [03045] that I am the LORD [03068], when their slain [02491] men shall be among [08432] their idols [01544] round about [05439] their altars [04196], upon every high [07311] hill [01389], in all the tops [07218] of the mountains [02022], and under every green [07488] tree [06086], and under every thick [05687] oak [0424], the place [04725] where they did offer [05414] sweet [05207] savour [07381] to all their idols [01544].
¹⁴ So will I stretch out [05186] my hand [03027] upon them, and make [05414] the land [0776] desolate [08077], yea, more desolate [04923] than the wilderness [04057] toward Diblath [01689], in all their habitations [04186]: and they shall know [03045] that I am the LORD [03068].

¹⁷ They sacrificed [02076] unto devils [07700], not to God [0433]; to gods [0430] whom they knew [03045] not, to new [02319] gods that came [0935] newly [07138] up [0935], whom your fathers [01] feared [08175] not.

¹⁰ And gladness [08057] is taken away [0622], and joy [01524] out of the plentiful field [03759]; and in the vineyards [03754] there shall be no singing [07442], neither shall there be shouting [07321]: the treaders [01869] shall tread out [01869] no wine [03196] in their presses [03342]; I have made their vintage shouting [01959] to cease [07673].

³⁰ Therefore prophesy [05012] thou against them all these words [01697], and say [0559] unto them, The LORD [03068] shall roar [07580] from on high [04791], and utter [05414] his voice [06963] from his holy [06944] habitation [04583]; he shall mightily [07580] roar [07580] upon his habitation [05116]; he shall give [06030] a shout [01959], as they that tread [01869] the grapes, against all the inhabitants [03427] of the earth [0776].

¹⁰ Behold the day [03117], behold, it is come [0935]: the morning [06843] is gone forth [03318]; the rod [04294] hath blossomed [06692], pride [02087] hath budded [06524].

² A day [03117] of darkness [02822] and of gloominess [0653], a day [03117] of clouds [06051] and of thick darkness [06205], as the morning [07837] spread [06566] upon the mountains [02022]: a great [07227] people [05971] and a strong [06099]; there hath not been [01961] ever [05769] the like, neither shall be any more [03254] after [0310] it, even to the years [08141] of many [01755] generations [01755].

⁵ In that day [03117] shall the LORD [03068] of hosts [06635] be for a crown [05850] of glory [06643], and for a diadem [06843] of beauty [08597], unto the residue [07605] of his people [05971],

⁵ Thus saith [0559] the Lord [0136] GOD [03069]; An evil [07451], an only [0259] evil [07451], behold, is come [0935].

⁶ An end [07093] is come [0935], the end [07093] is come [0935]: it watcheth [06974] for thee; behold, it is come [0935].

⁹ And I will do [06213] in thee that which I have not done [06213], and whereunto I will not do [06213] any more the like, because [03282] of all thine abominations [08441].

⁷ The morning [06843] is come [0935] unto thee, O thou that dwellest [03427] in the land [0776]: the time [06256] is come [0935] [0935], the day [03117] of trouble [04103] is near [07138], and not the sounding again [01906] of the mountains [02022].

⁶ An end [07093] is come [0935], the end [07093] is come [0935]: it watcheth [06974] for thee; behold, it is come [0935].

⁵ Thus saith [0559] the Lord [0136] GOD [03069]; An evil [07451], an only [0259] evil [07451], behold, is come [0935].

²³ Make [06213] a chain [07569]: for the land [0776] is full [04390] of bloody [01818] crimes [04941], and the city [05892] is full [04390] of violence [02555].
²⁴ Wherefore I will bring [0935] the worst [07451] of the heathen [01471], and they shall possess [03423] their houses [01004]: I will also make the pomp [01347] of the strong [05794] to cease [07673]; and their holy places [06942] shall be defiled [02490] [05157].
²⁵ Destruction [07089] cometh [0935]; and they shall seek [01245] peace [07965], and there shall be none.
²⁶ Mischief [01943] shall come [0935] upon mischief [01943], and rumour [08052] shall be upon rumour [08052]; then shall they seek [01245] a vision [02377] of the prophet [05030]; but the law [08451] shall perish [06] from the priest [03548], and counsel [06098] from the ancients [02205].
²⁷ The king [04428] shall mourn [056], and the prince [05387] shall be clothed [03847] with desolation [08077], and the hands [03027] of the people [05971] of the land [0776] shall be troubled [0926]: I will do [06213] unto them after their way [01870], and according to their deserts [04941] will I judge [08199] them; and they shall know [03045] that I am the LORD [03068].

¹⁵ The sword [02719] is without [02351], and the pestilence [01698] and the famine [07458] within [01004]: he that is in the field [07704] shall die [04191] with the sword [02719]; and he that is in the city [05892], famine [07458] and pestilence [01698] shall devour [0398] him.
¹⁶ But they that escape [06403] of them shall escape [06412], and shall be on the mountains [02022] like doves [03123] of the valleys [01516], all of them mourning [01993], every one [0376] for his iniquity [05771].
¹⁷ All hands [03027] shall be feeble [07503], and all knees [01290] shall be weak [03212] as water [04325].
¹⁸ They shall also gird [02296] themselves with sackcloth [08242], and horror [06427] shall cover [03680] them; and shame [0955] shall be upon all faces [06440], and baldness [07144] upon all their heads [07218].
¹⁹ They shall cast [07993] their silver [03701] in the streets [02351], and their gold [02091] shall be removed [05079]: their silver [03701] and their gold [02091] shall not be able [03201] to deliver [05337] them in the day [03117] of the wrath [05678] of the LORD [03068]: they shall not satisfy [07646] their souls [05315], neither fill [04390] their bowels [04578]: because it is the stumblingblock [04383] of their iniquity [05771].
²⁰ As for the beauty [06643] of his ornament [05716], he set [07760] it in majesty [01347]: but they made [06213] the images [06754] of their abominations [08441] and of their detestable things [08251] therein: therefore have I set [05414] it far [05079] from them.
²¹ And I will give [05414] it into the hands [03027] of the strangers [02114] for a prey [0957], and to the wicked [07563] of the earth [0776] for a spoil [07998]; and they shall pollute [02490] it.
²² My face [06440] will I turn [05437] also from them, and they shall pollute [02490] my secret [06845] place: for the robbers [06530] shall enter [0935] into it, and defile [02490] it.

¹⁰ Behold the day [03117], behold, it is come [0935]: the morning [06843] is gone forth [03318]; the rod [04294] hath blossomed [06692], pride [02087] hath budded [06524].
¹¹ Violence [02555] is risen up [06965] into a rod [04294] of wickedness [07562]: none of them shall remain, nor of their multitude [01995], nor of any [01991] of theirs: neither shall there be wailing [05089] for them.
¹² The time [06256] is come [0935], the day [03117] draweth near [05060]: let not the buyer [07069] rejoice [08055], nor the seller [04376] mourn [056]: for wrath [02740] is upon all the multitude [01995] thereof.
¹³ For the seller [04376] shall not return [07725] to that which is sold [04465], although they were yet alive [02416]: for the vision [02377] is touching the whole multitude [01995] thereof, which shall not return [07725]; neither shall any [0376] strengthen [02388] himself in the iniquity [05771] of his life [02416].
¹⁴ They have blown [08628] the trumpet [08619], even to make all ready [03559]; but none goeth [01980] to the battle [04421]: for my wrath [02740] is upon all the multitude [01995] thereof.

⁵ Thus saith [0559] the Lord [0136] GOD [03069]; An evil [07451], an only [0259] evil [07451], behold, is come [0935].
⁶ An end [07093] is come [0935], the end [07093] is come [0935]: it watcheth [06974] for thee; behold, it is come [0935].
⁷ The morning [06843] is come [0935] unto thee, O thou that dwellest [03427] in the land [0776]: the time [06256] is come [0935] [0935], the day [03117] of trouble [04103] is near [07138], and not the sounding again [01906] of the mountains [02022].
⁸ Now will I shortly [07138] pour out [08210] my fury [02534] upon thee, and accomplish [03615] mine anger [0639] upon thee: and I will judge [08199] thee according to thy ways [01870], and will recompense [05414] thee for all thine abominations [08441].
⁹ And mine eye [05869] shall not spare [02347], neither will I have pity [02550]: I will recompense [05414] thee according to thy ways [01870] and thine abominations [08441] that are in the midst [08432] of thee; and ye shall know [03045] that I am the LORD [03068] that smiteth [05221].

² Also, thou son [01121] of man [0120], thus saith [0559] the Lord [0136] GOD [03069] unto the land [0127] of Israel [03478]; An end [07093], the end [07093] is come [0935] upon the four [0702] corners [03671] of the land [0776].
³ Now is the end [07093] come upon thee, and I will send [07971] mine anger [0639] upon thee, and will judge [08199] thee according to thy ways [01870], and will recompense [05414] upon thee all thine abominations [08441].
⁴ And mine eye [05869] shall not spare [02347] thee, neither will I have pity [02550]: but I will recompense [05414] thy ways [01870] upon thee, and thine abominations [08441] shall be in the midst [08432] of thee: and ye shall know [03045] that I am the LORD [03068].