Book of Ezekiel 30:13–18 in an English manuscript from the early 13th century, MS. Bodl. Or. 62, fol. 59a. A Latin translation appears in the margins with further interlineations above the Hebrew.
American biblical commentator Julie Galambush divides this chapter into three sections, verses 1–4, 5-9 and 10–27, "which seem to build on [the prophet] Amos's announcement of the day of YHWH (Amos 8:1-10), a day traditionally celebrating the Divine Warrior's conquest of his enemies, but which the prophets re-envisioned as a day of judgement against Israel".[10] Each section announces Israel's doom and concludes with the recognition formula: "and ye (they) shall know that I am the LORD",[11] in the latter parts of verses 4, 9 and 27.[12]
Verse 2
Also, thou son of man, thus saith the Lord God unto the land of Israel;
An end, the end is come upon the four corners of the land.[13]
They shall cast their silver in the streets, and their gold shall be removed: their silver and their gold shall not be able to deliver them in the day of the wrath of the Lord: they shall not satisfy their souls, neither fill their bowels: because it is the stumblingblock of their iniquity.[16]
Verses 19-23 predict in veiled language the Babylonian capture and desecration of the Jerusalem temple.[17]
The king and the prince are the same person: Zedekiah.[15] The reference to the king is missing in the Septuagint and, according to the Jerusalem Bible, this may be a later addition, as reference to the king is exceptional in Ezekiel.[23]
"I will do unto them after their way" (KJV): thus, Israel is "treated precisely as she deserves."[24]
"And they shall know that I am the Lord" (KJV): this becomes a recurring theme for Ezekiel, revealing that "the prophet identifies his words as a manifestation of the active presence of God."[25]
Uses
Music
"Ezekiel 7 and the Permanent Efficacy of Grace" is a song title in the album "The Life of the World to Come" inspired by this chapter that was released by the American band The Mountain Goats in 2009.[26]