Ezekiel 7:6-7
An end has come; the end has come; it has awakened against you. Behold, it comes. Your doom has come to you, O inhabitant of the land. The time has come; the day is near, a day of tumult, and not of joyful shouting on the mountains.
English Standard Version (ESV)
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The repetition of "an end has come" isn't just for emphasis; it highlights how the doom, previously dormant, is now actively "awakening" specifically against the people. This isn't a passive end approaching, but an active, roused judgment that's been waiting for its moment.
Ezekiel is delivering a stark message of impending doom to the people of Jerusalem, who have turned away from God. This verse follows declarations that all hope is lost and that the end is rapidly approaching, not just as a general consequence but as something specific and actively coming for them. The repeated emphasis underscores the certainty and imminence of divine judgment that has finally been roused to action.
Understand the original words
qets · Hebrew Noun
The definitive conclusion of a period of time, event, or state of being; in biblical prophecy, it often refers to God's final judgment upon a nation or the world.
tsephirah · Hebrew Noun
A state or outcome of ruin, destruction, or divine judgment that has arrived or is inevitable. It often carries the weight of inescapable moral accountability.
Ezekiel's message in chapter 7 vividly declares the inescapable end of Jerusalem, a city that had experienced multiple deportations and growing despair. The repetition of 'the end has come' emphasizes the finality of God's judgment, personified as an unstoppable force that has finally awakened to enact its decree against a people who had long ignored His warnings.
Late 8th Century BC
Assyrian Empire Dominates
The powerful Assyrian Empire under kings like Tiglath-Pileser III and Sargon II exerted immense control over the region, often leading to the deportation of populations from conquered kingdoms.
626 BC
Babylonian Uprising
Nabopolassar, a Chaldean leader, revolted against Assyrian rule and established the Neo-Babylonian Empire, setting the stage for future conflict and the eventual fall of Jerusalem.
605 BC
First Deportation to Babylon
Following a victory at Carchemish, Nebuchadnezzar II of Babylon besieged Jerusalem and deported a significant portion of the Judean elite and skilled workers, including the prophet Daniel.
597 BC— this verse
Second Deportation to Babylon
After a brief revolt, Nebuchadnezzar besieged Jerusalem again, deporting King Jehoiachin and another large group of Judeans, including the prophet Ezekiel himself.
This passage also speaks of a divine judgment that has arrived and is unstoppable, emphasizing the inner turmoil and pain associated with its coming.
Jeremiah 8:20Here, the prophet laments the passing of hope and the arrival of destruction, echoing Ezekiel's sense of an imminent and inevitable end.
Psalm 78:65-66This Psalm describes God 'awakening' as from sleep to strike down His enemies, a powerful parallel to the personified 'awakening' vengeance in Ezekiel 7:6.
2 Peter 2:3This New Testament passage mentions that God's judgment does not delay and that destruction 'will not slumber,' aligning with the idea of an active, waiting doom.
barnesEzekiel 7:6: "An end is come, the end is come: it watcheth for thee; behold, it is come."
The end is come: it watcheth for thee - The end (personified) so long slumbering now awakes and comes upon thee.
pulpitEzekiel 7:6: "An end is come, the end is come: it watcheth for thee; behold, it is come."
Verse 6. - It watcheth for thee; better, with the Revised Version, it awaketh against thee. So the LXX., Vulgate, Luther. The Hebrew presents a paronomasia between the noun and verb - hakketz, hekitz - which cannot be reproduced in English. The destined doom is thought of as rousing itself to its appointed work. The word is cognate with that rendered "awaketh" in Psalm 78:65.
The repetition of "an end has come" isn't just for emphasis; it highlights how the doom, previously dormant, is now actively "awakening" specifically against the people. This isn't a passive end approaching, but an active, roused judgment that's been waiting for its moment.
Ezekiel is delivering a stark message of impending doom to the people of Jerusalem, who have turned away from God. This verse follows declarations that all hope is lost and that the end is rapidly approaching, not just as a general consequence but as something specific and actively coming for them. The repeated emphasis underscores the certainty and imminence of divine judgment that has finally been roused to action.
"An end has come; the end has come; it has awakened against you. Behold, it comes. Your doom has come to you, O inhabitant of the land. The time has come; the day is near, a day of tumult, and not of joyful shouting on the mountains." — The repetition of "an end has come" isn't just for emphasis; it highlights how the doom, previously dormant, is now actively "awakening" specifically the people. This isn't a passive end ap…
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586 BC
Fall of Jerusalem
The Babylonians returned, destroyed Jerusalem and its Temple, and exiled the remaining population, marking the end of the Davidic monarchy and the Southern Kingdom of Judah.
