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The Approaching Ruin
v. 1. Moreover, the word of the Lord came unto me, saying,
v. 2. Also, thou son of man, the direct address distinguishing this communication from those intended for the people in general, thus saith the Lord God unto the land of Israel, the home of the covenant people, An end, that which terminates the long-suffering of God toward the whole of Judea, the end, that now definitely fixed, is come upon the four corners of the land, to its extreme boundaries, throughout its borders.
v. 3. Now is the end come upon thee, the entire land of the covenant nation, and I will send Mine anger upon thee and will judge thee according to thy ways, the manner of conduct in all its forms, and will recompense upon thee all thine abominations, so that they would be duly repaid upon their heads.
v. 4. And Mine eye shall not spare thee, in any form of compassion, neither will I have pity, such as an indulgent father might have been tempted to show; but I will recompense thy ways upon thee, and thine abominations shall be in the midst of thee, manifest to all in their consequences, the divine punishments; and ye shall know, as the punishment struck them in strict accordance with the Lord's prophecy, that I am the Lord, the evidence offered being sufficient and conclusive.
v. 5. Thus saith the Lord God, An evil, an only evil, behold, is come, a peculiar calamity such as had never been heard of before, unparalleled in the history of the world.
v. 6. An end is come, the end is come, literally, "An end cometh, there cometh the end," its absolute certainty thus being brought out; it watcheth for thee, awaking from its slumber, as it were, to pounce upon its victim; behold, it is come.
v. 7. The morning is come unto thee, the turn of events, the destiny, the fate allotted them, O thou that dwellest in the land, all its inhabitants. The time is come, the period which completes the time set by God; the day of trouble is near and not the sounding again of the mountains, literally, "tumult and not joyous shouting on the mountains," such as was the rule when the harvest was gathered in the vineyards. The time of such untroubled happiness was past.
v. 8. Now will I shortly pour out My fury upon thee, as from an overturned vessel, and accomplish Mine anger upon thee, in the fierceness of His punishment; and I will judge thee according to thy ways and will recompense thee for all thine abominations, the repetition of this statement making it the more emphatic.
v. 9. And mine eye shall not spare, neither will I have pity; I will recompense thee according to thy ways and thine abominations that are in the midst of thee; and ye shall know that I am the Lord that smiteth. The true God is a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the sinners upon them with a sharp reckoning.