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Ezekiel 7:5
Thus says the Lord GOD: An evil, an only evil; behold, it comes.
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Christian Standard Bible®
This is what the Lord God says:
This is what the Lord God says:
King James Version
Thus saith the Lord God ; An evil, an only evil, behold, is come.
Thus saith the Lord God ; An evil, an only evil, behold, is come.
English Standard Version
"Thus says the Lord God : Disaster after disaster! Behold, it comes.
"Thus says the Lord God : Disaster after disaster! Behold, it comes.
New American Standard Bible
"This is what the Lord GOD says: 'A disaster, a unique disaster, behold, it is coming!
"This is what the Lord GOD says: 'A disaster, a unique disaster, behold, it is coming!
New Century Version
"This is what the Lord God says: Disaster on top of disaster is coming.
"This is what the Lord God says: Disaster on top of disaster is coming.
Amplified Bible
"Thus says the Lord GOD, 'A disaster is coming, [one so destructive and injurious, so sudden and violent, that it stands alone,] a unique disaster, look it is coming!
"Thus says the Lord GOD, 'A disaster is coming, [one so destructive and injurious, so sudden and violent, that it stands alone,] a unique disaster, look it is coming!
World English Bible
Thus says the Lord Yahweh: An evil, an only evil; behold, it comes.
Thus says the Lord Yahweh: An evil, an only evil; behold, it comes.
Geneva Bible (1587)
Thus saith the Lorde God, Beholde, one euil, euen one euill is come.
Thus saith the Lorde God, Beholde, one euil, euen one euill is come.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"Thus says the Lord GOD, 'A disaster, unique disaster, behold it is coming!
"Thus says the Lord GOD, 'A disaster, unique disaster, behold it is coming!
Legacy Standard Bible
"Thus says Lord Yahweh, ‘A calamitous evil, a unique calamitous evil, behold, it is coming!
"Thus says Lord Yahweh, ‘A calamitous evil, a unique calamitous evil, behold, it is coming!
Berean Standard Bible
This is what the Lord GOD says: 'Disaster! An unprecedented disaster-behold, it is coming!
This is what the Lord GOD says: 'Disaster! An unprecedented disaster-behold, it is coming!
Contemporary English Version
There's never been anything like the coming disaster.
There's never been anything like the coming disaster.
Complete Jewish Bible
"Here is what Adonai Elohim says: ‘Disaster, unique disaster — here it comes!
"Here is what Adonai Elohim says: ‘Disaster, unique disaster — here it comes!
Darby Translation
Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: An evil, an only evil! behold, it is come.
Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: An evil, an only evil! behold, it is come.
Easy-to-Read Version
This is what the Lord God said: "There will be one disaster after another!
This is what the Lord God said: "There will be one disaster after another!
George Lamsa Translation
Thus says the LORD God: Behold, an evil is coming for every evil which you have committed.
Thus says the LORD God: Behold, an evil is coming for every evil which you have committed.
Good News Translation
This is what the Sovereign Lord is saying: "One disaster after another is coming on you.
This is what the Sovereign Lord is saying: "One disaster after another is coming on you.
Lexham English Bible
Thus says the Lord Yahweh: ‘Look! Disaster after disaster is coming!
Thus says the Lord Yahweh: ‘Look! Disaster after disaster is coming!
Literal Translation
So says the Lord Jehovah: An evil! An only evil! Behold, it has come!
So says the Lord Jehovah: An evil! An only evil! Behold, it has come!
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Thus saieth the LORDE God: Beholde, one mysery and plage shall come after another:
Thus saieth the LORDE God: Beholde, one mysery and plage shall come after another:
American Standard Version
Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: An evil, an only evil; behold, it cometh.
Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: An evil, an only evil; behold, it cometh.
Bible in Basic English
This is what the Lord has said: An evil, even one evil; see, it is coming.
This is what the Lord has said: An evil, even one evil; see, it is coming.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
Thus saith the Lord GOD: An evil, a singular evil, behold, it cometh.
Thus saith the Lord GOD: An evil, a singular evil, behold, it cometh.
King James Version (1611)
Thus sayth the Lord God, An euill, an onely euill, behold, is come.
Thus sayth the Lord God, An euill, an onely euill, behold, is come.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Thus saith the Lorde God, Beholde, one euyll shall come after another:
Thus saith the Lorde God, Beholde, one euyll shall come after another:
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
For thus saith the Lord; Behold, the end is come.
For thus saith the Lord; Behold, the end is come.
English Revised Version
Thus saith the Lord GOD: An evil, an only evil; behold, it cometh.
Thus saith the Lord GOD: An evil, an only evil; behold, it cometh.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
The Lord God seith these thingis, O turment, lo!
The Lord God seith these thingis, O turment, lo!
Update Bible Version
Thus says the Lord Yahweh: An evil, an only evil; look, it comes.
Thus says the Lord Yahweh: An evil, an only evil; look, it comes.
Webster's Bible Translation
Thus saith the Lord GOD; An evil, an only evil, behold, is come.
Thus saith the Lord GOD; An evil, an only evil, behold, is come.
New English Translation
"This is what the sovereign Lord says: A disaster—a one-of-a-kind disaster—is coming!
"This is what the sovereign Lord says: A disaster—a one-of-a-kind disaster—is coming!
New King James Version
"Thus says the Lord GOD: "A disaster, a singular disaster; Behold, it has come!
"Thus says the Lord GOD: "A disaster, a singular disaster; Behold, it has come!
New Living Translation
"This is what the Sovereign Lord says: Disaster after disaster is coming your way!
"This is what the Sovereign Lord says: Disaster after disaster is coming your way!
New Life Bible
"The Lord God says, ‘See, much trouble is coming!
"The Lord God says, ‘See, much trouble is coming!
New Revised Standard
Thus says the Lord God : Disaster after disaster! See, it comes.
Thus says the Lord God : Disaster after disaster! See, it comes.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Thus saith My Lord Yahweh:A calamity, a sole calamity, lo! it hath come.
Thus saith My Lord Yahweh:A calamity, a sole calamity, lo! it hath come.
Douay-Rheims Bible
Thus saith the Lord God: One affliction, behold an affliction is come.
Thus saith the Lord God: One affliction, behold an affliction is come.
Revised Standard Version
"Thus says the Lord GOD: Disaster after disaster! Behold, it comes.
"Thus says the Lord GOD: Disaster after disaster! Behold, it comes.
Young's Literal Translation
Thus said the Lord Jehovah: Evil, a single evil, lo, it hath come.
Thus said the Lord Jehovah: Evil, a single evil, lo, it hath come.
THE MESSAGE
"I, God , the Master, say: ‘Disaster after disaster! Look, it comes! Endtime— the end comes. The end is ripe. Watch out, it's coming! This is your fate, you who live in this land. Time's up. It's zero hour. No dragging of feet now, no bargaining for more time. Soon now I'll pour my wrath on you, pay out my anger against you, Render my verdict on the way you've lived, make you pay for your disgusting obscenities. I won't look the other way, I won't feel sorry for you. I'll make you pay for the way you've lived. Your disgusting obscenities will boomerang on you. Then you'll realize that it is I, God , who have hit you.
"I, God , the Master, say: ‘Disaster after disaster! Look, it comes! Endtime— the end comes. The end is ripe. Watch out, it's coming! This is your fate, you who live in this land. Time's up. It's zero hour. No dragging of feet now, no bargaining for more time. Soon now I'll pour my wrath on you, pay out my anger against you, Render my verdict on the way you've lived, make you pay for your disgusting obscenities. I won't look the other way, I won't feel sorry for you. I'll make you pay for the way you've lived. Your disgusting obscenities will boomerang on you. Then you'll realize that it is I, God , who have hit you.
Contextual Overview
1 Moreover the word of the LORD came to me, saying, 2 You, son of man, thus says the Lord GOD to Eretz-Yisra'el, An end: the end is come on the four corners of the land. 3 Now is the end on you, and I will send my anger on you, and will judge you according to your ways; and I will bring on you all your abominations. 4 My eye shall not spare you, neither will I have pity; but I will bring your ways on you, and your abominations shall be in the midst of you: and you shall know that I am the LORD. 5 Thus says the Lord GOD: An evil, an only evil; behold, it comes. 6 An end is come, the end is come; it awakes against you; behold, it comes. 7 Your doom is come to you, inhabitant of the land: the time is come, the day is near, [a day of] tumult, and not [of] joyful shouting, on the mountains. 8 Now will I shortly pour out my wrath on you, and accomplish my anger against you, and will judge you according to your ways; and I will bring on you all your abominations. 9 My eye shall not spare, neither will I have pity: I will bring on you according to your ways; and your abominations shall be in the midst of you; and you shall know that I, the LORD, do strike. 10 Behold, the day, behold, it comes: your doom is gone forth; the rod has blossomed, pride has budded.
Bible Verse Review
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Ezekiel 5:9, 2 Kings 21:12, 2 Kings 21:13, Daniel 9:12, Amos 3:2, Nahum 1:9, Matthew 24:21
Reciprocal: Isaiah 21:12 - The morning Jeremiah 11:11 - I will bring Jeremiah 47:4 - the day Jeremiah 50:27 - their day Ezekiel 7:2 - An end Ezekiel 7:12 - time Ezekiel 12:23 - The days Joel 2:1 - for the Matthew 24:14 - and then
Cross-References
Genesis 6:22
Thus Noach did. According to all that God commanded him, so he did.
Thus Noach did. According to all that God commanded him, so he did.
Exodus 39:32
Thus all the work of the tent of the tent of meeting was finished. The children of Yisra'el did according to all that the LORD commanded Moshe; so they did.
Thus all the work of the tent of the tent of meeting was finished. The children of Yisra'el did according to all that the LORD commanded Moshe; so they did.
Exodus 40:16
Thus did Moshe: according to all that the LORD commanded him, so he did.
Thus did Moshe: according to all that the LORD commanded him, so he did.
Psalms 119:6
Then I wouldn't be put to shame, When I consider all of your mitzvot.
Then I wouldn't be put to shame, When I consider all of your mitzvot.
Matthew 3:15
But Yeshua, answering, said to him, "Allow it now, for this is the fitting way for us to fulfill all righteousness." Then he allowed him.
But Yeshua, answering, said to him, "Allow it now, for this is the fitting way for us to fulfill all righteousness." Then he allowed him.
Luke 8:21
But he answered them, "My mother and my brothers are these who hear the word of God, and do it."
But he answered them, "My mother and my brothers are these who hear the word of God, and do it."
John 2:5
His mother said to the servants, "Whatever he says to you, do it."
His mother said to the servants, "Whatever he says to you, do it."
John 13:17
If you know these things, blessed are you if you do them.
If you know these things, blessed are you if you do them.
Philippians 2:8
And being found in human form, he humbled himself, becoming obedient to death, yes, the death of the cross.
And being found in human form, he humbled himself, becoming obedient to death, yes, the death of the cross.
Hebrews 5:8
though he was a Son, yet learned obedience by the things which he suffered;
though he was a Son, yet learned obedience by the things which he suffered;
Gill's Notes on the Bible
Thus saith the Lord God,.... Here should be a stop, a colon, requiring attention to what follows, it being something awful and terrible:
an evil, an only evil, behold, it cometh; meaning the destruction of the city and temple; which, though but one, was such an one as was never known before nor was there any like it. The Targum is,
"evil after evil, lo, it cometh;''
one evil after another; when one evil is gone, another comes, as in Ezekiel 7:26. The Syriac version is, "behold, evil for evil comes"; the evil of punishment for the evil of sin.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
An only evil - An evil singular and remarkable above all others.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Ezekiel 7:5. 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.
