Bible Strands
Ezekiel 7:3
The 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.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The Lord GOD addresses the land of Israel through Ezekiel at the precise moment of national collapse. The declaration arrives immediately after the pronouncement that judgment has reached the four corners of the land.
The words — The phrase הַקֵּץ (ha./Ketz) translates as "the end," marking a definitive terminus rather than a warning. The verb וּשְׁפַתִּיךְ (u./she.fa.Ti/kh) means "and I will judge you," framing the coming destruction as a formal reckoning.
The thread — The motif of judgment according to one's ways appears in Ezekiel 18:30 and Ezekiel 7:8. The theme of spent wrath and subsequent divine self-revelation runs through Ezekiel 5:13.
Why it lands — The text states that national catastrophe is the direct result of covenant violation and requires acknowledgment of that causal link. It demands the reader accept that divine action follows established moral order rather than arbitrary force.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
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.
Cross-references
- Ezekiel 18:30 Therefore, O house of Israel, I will judge you, each according to his ways, declares the Lord GOD. Repent and turn from all your transgressions, so that your iniquity will not become your downfall.
- Ezekiel 5:13 And when My anger is spent and I have vented My wrath against them, I will be appeased. And when I have spent My wrath on them, they will know that I, the LORD, in My zeal have spoken.
- Ezekiel 7:8 Very soon I will pour out My wrath upon you and vent My anger against you; I will judge you according to your ways and repay you for all your abominations.
- Ezekiel 16:38 And I will sentence you to the punishment of women who commit adultery and those who shed blood; so I will bring upon you the wrath of your bloodshed and jealousy.
- Ezekiel 33:20 Yet you say, ‘The way of the Lord is not just.’ But I will judge each of you according to his ways, O house of Israel.”
- Ezekiel 6:12 He who is far off will die by the plague, he who is near will fall by the sword, and he who remains will die by famine. So I will vent My fury upon them.
- Ezekiel 7:27 The king will mourn, the prince will be clothed with despair, and the hands of the people of the land will tremble. I will deal with them according to their conduct, and I will judge them by their own standards. Then they will know that I am the LORD.’”
- Ezekiel 11:10 You will fall by the sword, and I will judge you even to the borders of Israel. Then you will know that I am the LORD.
- Ezekiel 34:20 Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says to them: ‘Behold, I Myself will judge between the fat sheep and the lean sheep.
- Ezekiel 36:19 I dispersed them among the nations, and they were scattered throughout the lands. I judged them according to their ways and deeds.