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New American Standard Bible

Ezekiel 7:5

"This is what the Lord GOD says: 'A disaster, a unique disaster, behold, it is coming!

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Wicked (People);  

Dictionaries:

- Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Ezekiel;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
This is what the Lord God says:
Hebrew Names Version
Thus says the Lord GOD: An evil, an only evil; behold, it comes.
King James Version
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.
New Century Version
"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!
World English Bible
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.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"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!
Berean Standard Bible
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.
Complete Jewish Bible
"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.
Easy-to-Read Version
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.
Good News Translation
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!
Literal Translation
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:
American Standard Version
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.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
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.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
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.
English Revised Version
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!
Update Bible Version
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.
New English Translation
"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!
New Living Translation
"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!
New Revised Standard
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.
Douay-Rheims Bible
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.
Young's Literal Translation
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.

Contextual Overview

1 Moreover, the word of the LORD came to me, saying, 2 "And you, son of man, this is what the Lord GOD says to the land of Israel: 'An end! The end is coming on the four corners of the land. 3 'Now the end is upon you, for I will send My anger against you; I will judge you according to your ways and bring all your abominations upon you. 4 'And My eye will have no pity on you, nor will I spare you, but I will bring your ways upon you, and your abominations will be among you; then you will know that I am the LORD!' 5 "This is what the Lord GOD says: 'A disaster, a unique disaster, behold, it is coming!6 'An end is coming; the end has come! It has awakened against you; behold, it has come! 7 'Your doom has come to you, you inhabitant of the land. The time has come, the day is near—panic rather than joyful shouting on the mountains. 8 'Now I will shortly pour out My wrath on you and expend My anger against you; I will judge you according to your ways and bring on you all your abominations. 9 'My eye will have no pity nor will I spare you. I will repay you according to your ways, while your abominations are in your midst; then you will know that I, the LORD, am striking. 10 'Behold, the day! Behold, it is coming! Your doom has gone forth; the rod has budded, arrogance has blossomed.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

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
So Noah did these things; according to everything that God had commanded him, so he did.
Exodus 39:32
So all the work of the tabernacle of the tent of meeting was completed; and the sons of Israel did according to all that the LORD had commanded Moses; so they did.
Exodus 40:16
So Moses did these things; according to all that the LORD had commanded him, so he did.
Psalms 119:6
Then I will not be ashamed When I look at all Your commandments.
Matthew 3:15
But Jesus, answering, said to him, "Allow it at this time; for in this way it is fitting for us to fulfill all righteousness." Then he allowed Him.
Luke 8:21
But He answered and said to 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 tells you, do it."
John 13:17
"If you know these things, you are blessed if you do them.
Philippians 2:8
And being found in appearance as a man, He humbled Himself by becoming obedient to the point of death: death on a cross.
Hebrews 5:8
Although He was a Son, He learned obedience from 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.


 
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