Ezekiel 7:13

The seller will surely not recover what he sold while both remain alive. For the vision concerning the whole multitude will not be revoked, and because of their iniquity, not one of them will preserve his life.

Berean Standard Bible

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Study note

Setting — The prophet Ezekiel addresses Israel at the moment of imminent national judgment, declaring that the appointed day of wrath has arrived and renders normal social and economic interactions meaningless.

The words — The text highlights מוֹכֵר (mo.Kher), meaning "seller," and יָשׁוּב (ya.Shuv), meaning "he will return" or "recover," to emphasize the permanent and irreversible loss of property.

The thread — This declaration directly contrasts with the redemption provisions in Leviticus 25:24 and Leviticus 25:31, which normally allow property recovery, while paralleling the futility of human resistance against divine judgment in Job 15:25.

Why it lands — It requires the reader to acknowledge that divine judgment suspends ordinary economic and social structures, forcing a confrontation with the certainty that no recovery or survival is possible once the appointed time for wrath arrives.

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The Hebrew words

King James Version

For the seller shall not return to that which is sold, although they were yet alive: for the vision is touching the whole multitude thereof, which shall not return; neither shall any strengthen himself in the iniquity of his life.

Cross-references

Leviticus 25:24 Thus for every piece of property you possess, you must provide for the redemption of the land.
Leviticus 25:31 But houses in villages with no walls around them are to be considered as open fields. They may be redeemed, and they shall be released in the Jubilee.
Job 15:25 For he has stretched out his hand against God and has vaunted himself against the Almighty,
Psalms 52:7 “Look at the man who did not make God his refuge, but trusted in the abundance of his wealth and strengthened himself by destruction.”
Ecclesiastes 8:8 As no man has power over the wind to contain it, so no one has authority over his day of death. As no one can be discharged in wartime, so wickedness will not release those who practice it.
Ezekiel 13:22 Because you have disheartened the righteous with your lies, even though I have caused them no grief, and because you have encouraged the wicked not to turn from their evil ways to save their lives,
Ezekiel 33:26 You have relied on your swords, you have committed detestable acts, and each of you has defiled his neighbor’s wife. Should you then possess the land?’