Ezekiel 7:14-18

When you hear of war and rumors of war, earthquakes and pestilence…know that the end is nearer than it was yesterday. God will not always overlook the sins of man. He protects those who He placed in His Kingdom. Spread the Good News. The time is now!

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The judgment Ezekiel prophesied culminates in a rhythmic, almost poetic declaration that the promised end is near. The prophets describe this judgment as the “Day of Yahweh” because the focus is on Yahweh’s climactic intervention in Israel’s daily life. He comes to punish iniquity after He patiently waited for repentance. “Day of Yahweh” and related phrases such as “that day” occur some 200 times in prophetic literature. Even survivors experience loss of physical strength and loss of resolve or courage. Faithlife Bible.

No one goes to battle for Judah because the nation and land would be so devastated by death and diseases brought on by warfare and famine. Those left alive would hide in the hills and be characterized by four things: (1) mourning—moaning like doves in shame, displaying their humiliation over sin by wearing sackcloth and shaving their heads 2) weakness; (3) horror; and (4) disgust and disillusionment over wealth. NKJ Bible.

Ezekiel 7:14-18

14 ‘They have blown the trumpet and made everyone ready,

But no one goes to battle;

For My wrath is on all their multitude.

15 The sword is outside,

And the pestilence and famine within.

Whoever is in the field

Will die by the sword;

And whoever is in the city,

Famine and pestilence will devour him.

16 ‘Those who survive will escape and be on the mountains

Like doves of the valleys,

All of them mourning,

Each for his iniquity.

17 Every hand will be feeble,

And every knee will be as weak as water.

18 They will also be girded with sackcloth;

Horror will cover them;

Shame will be on every face,

Baldness on all their heads.

Deuteronomy 32:25 | The sword shall destroy outside; There shall be terror within For the young man and virgin, The nursing child with the man of gray hairs.

Ezra 9:15 | O LORD God of Israel, You are righteous, for we are left as a remnant, as it is this day. Here we are before You, in our guilt, though no one can stand before You because of this!”

Isaiah 3:24 | And so it shall be:Instead of a sweet smell there will be a stench; Instead of a sash, a rope; Instead of well-set hair, baldness;Instead of a rich robe, a girding of sackcloth; And branding instead of beauty.

Isaiah 13:7 | Therefore all hands will be limp, Every man’s heart will melt,

Jeremiah 14:18 | If I go out to the field,Then behold, those slain with the sword! And if I enter the city, Then behold, those sick from famine! Yes, both prophet and priest go about in a land they do not know.’ ”