“It is bad, it is bad,” says the buyer; but when he goes away, then he boasts.
Ezekiel 7:12 - Revised Standard Version The time has come, the day draws near. Let not the buyer rejoice, nor the seller mourn, for wrath is upon all their multitude. Dugang nga mga bersyonKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 The time is come, the day draweth near: let not the buyer rejoice, nor the seller mourn: for wrath is upon all the multitude thereof. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition The time has come, the day draws near. Let not the buyer rejoice nor the seller mourn, for wrath is upon all their multitude. American Standard Version (1901) The time is come, the day draweth near: let not the buyer rejoice, nor the seller mourn; for wrath is upon all the multitude thereof. Common English Bible The time is coming! The day draws near! No buyer should rejoice, and no seller should mourn, because wrath overcomes the whole crowd. Catholic Public Domain Version The time is approaching; the day is very near. Whoever buys should not rejoice. And whoever sells should not mourn. For wrath is over all of their people. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version The time is come, the day is at hand: let not the buyer rejoice, nor the seller mourn: for wrath is upon all the people thereof. |
“It is bad, it is bad,” says the buyer; but when he goes away, then he boasts.
The watchman says: “Morning comes, and also the night. If you will inquire, inquire; come back again.”
Therefore thus says the Lord God: Behold, my anger and my wrath will be poured out on this place, upon man and beast, upon the trees of the field and the fruit of the ground; it will burn and not be quenched.”
Tell them therefore, ‘Thus says the Lord God: I will put an end to this proverb, and they shall no more use it as a proverb in Israel.’ But say to them, The days are at hand, and the fulfilment of every vision.
For the day is near, the day of the Lord is near; it will be a day of clouds, a time of doom for the nations.
“Behold, the day! Behold, it comes! Your doom has come, injustice has blossomed, pride has budded.
Alas for the day! For the day of the Lord is near, and as destruction from the Almighty it comes.
The great day of the Lord is near, near and hastening fast; the sound of the day of the Lord is bitter, the mighty man cries aloud there.