[7:1] The Lord spoke to me.
[7:2] “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!
[7:3] “Israel, the end has come. You will feel my anger, because I am judging you for what you have done. I will pay you back for all your disgusting conduct.
[7:4] I will not spare you or show you any mercy. I am going to punish you for the disgusting things you have done, so that you will know that I am the Lord.”
[7:5] This is what the Sovereign Lord is saying: “One disaster after another is coming on you.
[7:6] It's all over. This is the end. You are finished.
[7:7] The end is coming for you people who live in the land. The time is near when there will be no more celebrations at the mountain shrines, only confusion.
[7:8] “Very soon now you will feel all the force of my anger. I am judging you for what you have done, and I will pay you back for all your disgusting conduct.
[7:9] I will not spare you or show you any mercy. I am going to punish you for the disgusting things you have done, so that you will know that I am the Lord and that I am the one who punishes you.”
[7:10] The day of disaster is coming. Violence is flourishing. Pride is at its height.
[7:11] Violence produces more wickedness. Nothing of theirs will remain, nothing of their wealth, their splendor, or their glory.
[7:12] The time is coming. The day is near when buying and selling will have no more meaning, because God's punishment will fall on everyone alike.
[7:13] No merchants will live long enough to get back what they have lost, because God's anger is on everyone. Those who are evil cannot survive.
[7:14] The trumpet blows, and everyone gets ready. But no one goes off to war, for God's anger will fall on everyone alike.