Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version “Son of man, this is what the Sovereign LORD says to the land of Israel: “’The end! The end has come upon the four corners of the land! New Living Translation “Son of man, this is what the Sovereign LORD says to Israel: “The end is here! Wherever you look— east, west, north, or south— your land is finished. English Standard Version “And you, O son of man, thus says the Lord GOD to the land of Israel: An end! The end has come upon the four corners of the land. Berean Standard Bible “O son of man, this is what the Lord GOD says to the land of Israel: ‘The end! The end has come upon the four corners of the land. King James Bible 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. New King James Version “And you, son of man, thus says the Lord GOD to the land of Israel: ‘An end! The end has come upon the four corners of the land. New American Standard Bible “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. NASB 1995 “And you, son of man, thus says the Lord GOD to the land of Israel, ‘An end! The end is coming on the four corners of the land. NASB 1977 “And you, son of man, thus says the Lord GOD to the land of Israel, ‘An end! The end is coming on the four corners of the land. Legacy Standard Bible “Now as for you, son of man, thus says Lord Yahweh to the land of Israel, ‘An end! The end is coming on the four corners of the earth. Amplified Bible “Also, son of man, thus says the Lord GOD to the land of Israel, ‘An end! The end is coming on the four corners of the land. Christian Standard Bible “Son of man, this is what the Lord GOD says to the land of Israel: An end! The end has come on the four corners of the earth. Holman Christian Standard Bible Son of man, this is what the Lord GOD says to the land of Israel: An end! The end has come on the four corners of the land. American Standard Version And thou, son of man, thus saith the Lord Jehovah unto the land of Israel, An end: the end is come upon the four corners of the land. Aramaic Bible in Plain English But you, son of man, say, ‘Thus says THE LORD OF LORDS: the end has arrived upon the land of Israel, and the end has arrived on the four borders of the land Brenton Septuagint Translation Thus saith the Lord; An end is come to the land of Israel, the end is come on the four corners of the land. Contemporary English Version Ezekiel, son of man, tell the people of Israel that I am saying: Israel will soon come to an end! Your whole country is about to be destroyed Douay-Rheims Bible And thou son of man, thus saith the Lord God to the land of Israel: The end is come, the end is come upon the four quarters of the land. English Revised Version And 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. GOD'S WORD® Translation "Son of man, this is what the Almighty LORD says to [the people in] the land of Israel: The end is coming! The end is coming to the four corners of the earth. Good News Translation "Mortal man," he said, "this is what I, the Sovereign LORD, am saying to the land of Israel: This is the end for the whole land! International Standard Version "Son of Man, this is what Lord GOD says to the land of Israel: 'It's over! All four corners of the land are out of time! JPS Tanakh 1917 And thou, son of man, thus saith the Lord GOD concerning the land of Israel: An end! the end is come upon the four corners of the land. Literal Standard Version An end, the end has come on the four corners of the land. Majority Standard Bible “O son of man, this is what the Lord GOD says to the land of Israel: ‘The end! The end has come upon the four corners of the land. New American Bible Son of man, now say: Thus says the Lord GOD to the land of Israel: An end! The end comes upon the four corners of the land! NET Bible "You, son of man--this is what the sovereign LORD says to the land of Israel: An end! The end is coming on the four corners of the land! New Revised Standard Version You, O mortal, thus says the Lord GOD to the land of Israel: An end! The end has come upon the four corners of the land. New Heart English Bible "You, son of man, say, 'Thus says the Lord GOD to the land of Israel, An end has come. The end has come on the four quarters of the land. Webster's Bible Translation Also, thou son of man, thus saith the Lord GOD to the land of Israel; An end, the end is come upon the four corners of the land. World English Bible “You, son of man, the Lord Yahweh says to the land of Israel, ‘An end! The end has come on the four corners of the land. Young's Literal Translation An end, come hath the end on the four corners of the land. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context The Hour of Doom1And the word of the LORD came to me, saying, 2“O son of man, this is what the Lord GOD says to the land of Israel: ‘The end! The end has come upon the four corners of the land. 3The end is now upon you, and I will unleash My anger against you. I will judge you according to your ways and repay you for all your abominations.… Cross References Revelation 7:1 After this I saw four angels standing at the four corners of the earth, holding back its four winds so that no wind would blow on land or sea or on any tree. Revelation 20:8 and will go out to deceive the nations in the four corners of the earth--Gog and Magog--to assemble them for battle. Their number is like the sand of the seashore. Genesis 6:13 Then God said to Noah, "The end of all living creatures has come before Me, because through them the earth is full of violence. Now behold, I will destroy both them and the earth. Isaiah 47:7 You said, 'I will be queen forever.' You did not take these things to heart or consider their outcome. Jeremiah 12:4 How long will the land mourn and the grass of every field be withered? Because of the evil of its residents, the animals and birds have been swept away, for the people have said, "He cannot see what our end will be." Lamentations 4:18 They stalked our every step, so that we could not walk in our streets. Our end drew near, our time ran out, for our end had come! Ezekiel 7:1 And the word of the LORD came to me, saying, Treasury of Scripture Also, you son of man, thus said the Lord GOD to the land of Israel; An end, the end is come on the four corners of the land. unto Ezekiel 12:22 Son of man, what is that proverb that ye have in the land of Israel, saying, The days are prolonged, and every vision faileth? Ezekiel 21:2 Son of man, set thy face toward Jerusalem, and drop thy word toward the holy places, and prophesy against the land of Israel, Ezekiel 40:2 In the visions of God brought he me into the land of Israel, and set me upon a very high mountain, by which was as the frame of a city on the south. an end. Ezekiel 7:3,5,6 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… Ezekiel 11:13 And it came to pass, when I prophesied, that Pelatiah the son of Benaiah died. Then fell I down upon my face, and cried with a loud voice, and said, Ah Lord GOD! wilt thou make a full end of the remnant of Israel? Genesis 6:13 And God said unto Noah, The end of all flesh is come before me; for the earth is filled with violence through them; and, behold, I will destroy them with the earth. Jump to Previous Corners End Four Israel Quarters SovereignJump to Next Corners End Four Israel Quarters SovereignEzekiel 7 1. The final desolation of Israel16. The mournful repentance from that escape 20. The enemies defile the sanctuary because of the Israelites' abominations 23. Under the type of a chain is shown the miserable captivity of all orders of men (2) The four corners.--A frequent Scriptural phrase for every part. (Comp. Isaiah 11:12; Revelation 7:1.) The origin of the expression is to be sought, not in any supposed popular belief that the earth was square, but in the fact that so many common things had just four sides or four corners (see Exodus 25:12; Exodus 27:2; Job 1:19; Acts 10:11, &c), that the phrase came naturally to be a common expression of universality. "An end, the end," is a repetition for the sake of emphasis. It occurs again in Ezekiel 7:6, and, in varied words, also in Ezekiel 7:10; Ezekiel 7:12; Ezekiel 7:26. . . . Verse 2. - An end, etc. The iteration of the word once more gives emphasis. The words read like an echo of Amos 8:2. The four corners (Hebrew, "wings") were probably, as with us, the north, east, south, and west. The phrase had been used before in Isaiah 11:12, and the thought meets us again, in the form of the "four winds," in Daniel 11:4; Zechariah 2:6; Matthew 24:31; Mark 13:27. The "end" in this case is either that of the siege of Jerusalem, or that of the existence of Israel as a nation. It was now drawing nigh - was, as we say, within measurable distance. Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew “Oוְאַתָּ֣ה (wə·’at·tāh) Conjunctive waw | Pronoun - second person masculine singular Strong's 859: Thou and thee, ye and you son בֶן־ (ḇen-) Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 1121: A son of man, אָדָ֗ם (’ā·ḏām) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 120: Ruddy, a human being this is what כֹּה־ (kōh-) Adverb Strong's 3541: Like this, thus, here, now the Lord אֲדֹנָ֧י (’ă·ḏō·nāy) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 136: The Lord GOD יְהוִ֛ה (Yah·weh) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 3069: YHWH says אָמַ֞ר (’ā·mar) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 559: To utter, say to the land לְאַדְמַ֥ת (lə·’aḏ·maṯ) Preposition-l | Noun - feminine singular construct Strong's 127: Ground, land of Israel: יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל (yiś·rā·’êl) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 3478: Israel -- 'God strives', another name of Jacob and his desc ‘The end! קֵ֑ץ (qêṣ) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 7093: An extremity, after The end הַקֵּ֔ץ (haq·qêṣ) Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 7093: An extremity, after has come בָּ֣א (bā) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 935: To come in, come, go in, go upon עַל־ (‘al-) Preposition Strong's 5921: Above, over, upon, against the four אַרְבַּ֖ע (’ar·ba‘) Number - feminine singular construct Strong's 702: Four corners כַּנְפ֥וֹת (kan·p̄ō·wṯ) Noun - feminine plural construct Strong's 3671: An edge, extremity, a wing, a flap, a quarter, a pinnacle of the land. הָאָֽרֶץ׃ (hā·’ā·reṣ) Article | Noun - feminine singular Strong's 776: Earth, land Links Ezekiel 7:2 NIVEzekiel 7:2 NLT Ezekiel 7:2 ESV Ezekiel 7:2 NASB Ezekiel 7:2 KJV Ezekiel 7:2 BibleApps.com Ezekiel 7:2 Biblia Paralela Ezekiel 7:2 Chinese Bible Ezekiel 7:2 French Bible Ezekiel 7:2 Catholic Bible OT Prophets: Ezekiel 7:2 You son of man thus says (Ezek. 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