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Ezekiel 7:14
They have blown the trumpet and made everything ready, but no one goes to war, for My wrath is upon the whole multitude.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — God speaks through Ezekiel to Judah during a prophetic pronouncement of imminent national collapse. The moment captures a state of martial mobilization that abruptly halts under divine judgment.
The words — תּקעוּ (ta.ke.'U) means they have given a blast, paired with בַּתּקוע (va./ta.Ko.a') on the trumpet, while הָכין (ve./ha.Khin) means to prepare. These terms establish the image of an assembled army that refuses or cannot advance.
The thread — The trumpet alarm motif runs in Jeremiah 4:5 and Jeremiah 6:1, where the call to blow the horn and flee is issued. It also connects to Isaiah 24:1, which describes the Lord laying waste the earth and scattering its inhabitants.
Why it lands — The text states that despite trumpet blasts and preparations, no one advances to battle because God's wrath rests on the multitude. It requires the reader to acknowledge that human military readiness cannot override or delay divine judgment.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
They have blown the trumpet, even to make all ready; but none goeth to the battle: for my wrath is upon all the multitude thereof.
Cross-references
- Jeremiah 4:5 Announce in Judah, proclaim in Jerusalem, and say: “Blow the ram’s horn throughout the land. Cry aloud and say, ‘Assemble yourselves and let us flee to the fortified cities.’
- Isaiah 24:1 Behold, the LORD lays waste the earth and leaves it in ruins. He will twist its surface and scatter its inhabitants—
- Jeremiah 6:1 “Run for cover, O sons of Benjamin; flee from Jerusalem! Sound the ram’s horn in Tekoa; send up a signal over Beth-haccherem, for disaster looms from the north, even great destruction.
- Jeremiah 6:11 But I am full of the LORD’s wrath; I am tired of holding it back. “Pour it out on the children in the street, and on the young men gathered together. For both husband and wife will be captured, the old and the very old alike.
- Jeremiah 7:20 Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: Behold, My anger and My fury will be poured out on this place, on man and beast, on the trees of the field and the produce of the land, and it will burn and not be extinguished.
- Jeremiah 12:12 Over all the barren heights in the wilderness the destroyers have come, for the sword of the LORD devours from one end of the earth to the other. No flesh has peace.
- Jeremiah 51:27 “Raise a banner in the land! Blow the ram’s horn among the nations! Prepare the nations against her. Summon the kingdoms against her—Ararat, Minni, and Ashkenaz. Appoint a captain against her; bring up horses like swarming locusts.
- Ezekiel 7:11 Their violence has grown into a rod to punish their wickedness. None of them will remain: none of their multitude, none of their wealth, and nothing of value.