Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version “This is what the Sovereign LORD says: “’Disaster! Unheard-of disaster! See, it comes! New Living Translation “This is what the Sovereign LORD says: Disaster after disaster is coming your way! English Standard Version “Thus says the Lord GOD: Disaster after disaster! Behold, it comes. Berean Standard Bible This is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Disaster! An unprecedented disaster—behold, it is coming! King James Bible Thus saith the Lord GOD; An evil, an only evil, behold, is come. New King James Version “Thus says the Lord GOD: ‘A disaster, a singular disaster; Behold, it has come! New American Standard Bible “This is what the Lord GOD says: ‘A disaster, a unique disaster, behold, it is coming! NASB 1995 “Thus says the Lord GOD, ‘A disaster, unique disaster, behold it is coming! NASB 1977 “Thus says the Lord GOD, ‘A disaster, unique disaster, behold it is coming! Legacy Standard Bible “Thus says Lord Yahweh, ‘A calamitous evil, a unique calamitous evil, behold, it is coming! Amplified Bible “Thus says the Lord GOD, ‘A disaster is coming, [one so destructive and injurious, so sudden and violent, that it stands alone,] a unique disaster, look it is coming! Christian Standard Bible This is what the Lord GOD says: Look, one disaster after another is coming! Holman Christian Standard Bible This is what the Lord GOD says: Look, one disaster after another is coming! American Standard Version Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: An evil, an only evil; behold, it cometh. Contemporary English Version There's never been anything like the coming disaster. English Revised Version Thus saith the Lord GOD: An evil, an only evil; behold, it cometh. GOD'S WORD® Translation "This is what the Almighty LORD says: One disaster after another is coming. Good News Translation This is what the Sovereign LORD is saying: "One disaster after another is coming on you. International Standard Version "This is what the Lord GOD says: 'It's one evil event after another! "'Look out! It's coming! Majority Standard Bible This is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Disaster! An unprecedented disaster—behold, it is coming! NET Bible "This is what the sovereign LORD says: A disaster--a one-of-a-kind disaster--is coming! New Heart English Bible "Thus says the Lord GOD: 'A disaster, a unique disaster; look, it comes. Webster's Bible Translation Thus saith the Lord GOD; An evil, an only evil, behold, is come. World English Bible “The Lord Yahweh says: ‘A disaster! A unique disaster! Behold, it comes. Literal Translations Literal Standard VersionThus said Lord YHWH: Calamity, a single calamity, behold, it has come. Young's Literal Translation Thus said the Lord Jehovah: Evil, a single evil, lo, it hath come. Smith's Literal Translation Thus said the Lord Jehovah: An evil, one evil, behold, coming. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleThus saith the Lord God: One affliction, behold an affliction is come. Catholic Public Domain Version Thus says the Lord God: “One affliction, behold, one affliction is approaching. New American Bible Thus says the Lord GOD: Evil upon evil! See it coming! New Revised Standard Version Thus says the Lord GOD: Disaster after disaster! See, it comes. Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleThus says the LORD God: Behold, an evil is coming for every evil which you have committed. Peshitta Holy Bible Translated Thus says THE LORD OF LORDS: “Behold, evil is coming in place of evil OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917Thus saith the Lord GOD: An evil, a singular evil, behold, it cometh. Brenton Septuagint Translation For thus saith the Lord; Behold, the end is come. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context The Hour of Doom…4I will not look on you with pity, nor will I spare you, but I will punish you for your ways and for the abominations among you. Then you will know that I am the LORD.’ 5This is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Disaster! An unprecedented disaster— behold, it is coming! 6The end has come! The end has come! It has roused itself against you. Behold, it has come!… Cross References Isaiah 13:6-9 Wail, for the Day of the LORD is near; it will come as destruction from the Almighty. / Therefore all hands will fall limp, and every man’s heart will melt. / Terror, pain, and anguish will seize them; they will writhe like a woman in labor. They will look at one another, their faces flushed with fear. ... Jeremiah 4:5-8 Announce in Judah, proclaim in Jerusalem, and say: “Blow the ram’s horn throughout the land. Cry aloud and say, ‘Assemble yourselves and let us flee to the fortified cities.’ / Raise a signal flag toward Zion. Seek refuge! Do not delay! For I am bringing disaster from the north, and terrible destruction. / A lion has gone up from his thicket, and a destroyer of nations has set out. He has left his lair to lay waste your land. Your cities will be reduced to ruins and lie uninhabited. ... Zephaniah 1:14-18 The great Day of the LORD is near—near and coming quickly. Listen, the Day of the LORD! Then the cry of the mighty will be bitter. / That day will be a day of wrath, a day of trouble and distress, a day of destruction and desolation, a day of darkness and gloom, a day of clouds and blackness, / a day of horn blast and battle cry against the fortified cities, and against the high corner towers. ... Joel 2:1-2 Blow the ram’s horn in Zion; sound the alarm on My holy mountain! Let all who dwell in the land tremble, for the Day of the LORD is coming; indeed, it is near— / a day of darkness and gloom, a day of clouds and blackness. Like the dawn overspreading the mountains a great and strong army appears, such as never was of old, nor will ever be in ages to come. Amos 5:18-20 Woe to you who long for the Day of the LORD! What will the Day of the LORD be for you? It will be darkness and not light. / It will be like a man who flees from a lion, only to encounter a bear, or who enters his house and rests his hand against the wall, only to be bitten by a snake. / Will not the Day of the LORD be darkness and not light, even gloom with no brightness in it? Isaiah 2:12-21 For the Day of the LORD of Hosts will come against all the proud and lofty, against all that is exalted—it will be humbled— / against all the cedars of Lebanon, lofty and lifted up, against all the oaks of Bashan, / against all the tall mountains, against all the high hills, ... Jeremiah 30:7 How awful that day will be! None will be like it! It is the time of Jacob’s distress, but he will be saved out of it. Lamentations 1:12 Is this nothing to you, all you who pass by? Look around and see! Is there any sorrow like mine, which was inflicted on me, which the LORD made me suffer on the day of His fierce anger? Zechariah 14:1-2 Behold, a day of the LORD is coming when your plunder will be divided in your presence. / For I will gather all the nations for battle against Jerusalem, and the city will be captured, the houses looted, and the women ravished. Half of the city will go into exile, but the rest of the people will not be removed from the city. Matthew 24:21-22 For at that time there will be great tribulation, unseen from the beginning of the world until now, and never to be seen again. / If those days had not been cut short, nobody would be saved. But for the sake of the elect, those days will be cut short. Luke 21:25-26 There will be signs in the sun and moon and stars, and on the earth dismay among the nations, bewildered by the roaring of the sea and the surging of the waves. / Men will faint from fear and anxiety over what is coming upon the earth, for the powers of the heavens will be shaken. Revelation 6:15-17 Then the kings of the earth, the nobles, the commanders, the rich, the mighty, and every slave and free man hid in the caves and among the rocks of the mountains. / And they said to the mountains and the rocks, “Fall on us and hide us from the face of the One seated on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb. / For the great day of Their wrath has come, and who is able to withstand it?” 1 Thessalonians 5:2-3 For you are fully aware that the Day of the Lord will come like a thief in the night. / While people are saying, “Peace and security,” destruction will come upon them suddenly, like labor pains on a pregnant woman, and they will not escape. 2 Peter 3:10 But the Day of the Lord will come like a thief. The heavens will disappear with a roar, the elements will be destroyed by fire, and the earth and its works will be laid bare. Revelation 16:18 And there were flashes of lightning, rumblings, peals of thunder, and a great earthquake the likes of which had not occurred since men were upon the earth—so mighty was the great quake. Treasury of Scripture Thus said the Lord GOD; An evil, an only evil, behold, is come. Ezekiel 5:9 And I will do in thee that which I have not done, and whereunto I will not do any more the like, because of all thine abominations. 2 Kings 21:12,13 Therefore thus saith the LORD God of Israel, Behold, I am bringing such evil upon Jerusalem and Judah, that whosoever heareth of it, both his ears shall tingle… Daniel 9:12 And he hath confirmed his words, which he spake against us, and against our judges that judged us, by bringing upon us a great evil: for under the whole heaven hath not been done as hath been done upon Jerusalem. Jump to Previous Disaster Evil Single Singular Sovereign UniqueJump to Next Disaster Evil Single Singular Sovereign UniqueEzekiel 7 1. The final desolation of Israel16. The mournful repentance from that escape 20. The enemies defile the sanctuary because of the Israelites' abominations 23. Under the type of a chain is shown the miserable captivity of all orders of men This is what the Lord GOD says This phrase establishes the authority and divine origin of the message. The Hebrew term for "Lord GOD" is "Adonai Yahweh," emphasizing both the sovereignty and the covenantal relationship God has with His people. In the context of Ezekiel, a prophet during the Babylonian exile, this introduction underscores the seriousness and authenticity of the prophecy. It is a reminder that the words to follow are not merely human opinions but divine declarations that demand attention and reverence. Disaster! A unique disaster behold, it is coming! Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew This is whatכֹּ֥ה (kōh) Adverb Strong's 3541: Like this, thus, here, now the Lord אֲדֹנָ֣י (’ă·ḏō·nāy) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 136: The Lord GOD יְהוִ֑ה (Yah·weh) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel says: אָמַ֖ר (’ā·mar) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 559: To utter, say ‘Disaster! רָעָ֛ה (rā·‘āh) Adjective - feminine singular Strong's 7451: Bad, evil An unprecedented אַחַ֥ת (’a·ḥaṯ) Number - feminine singular Strong's 259: United, one, first disaster— רָעָ֖ה (rā·‘āh) Adjective - feminine singular Strong's 7451: Bad, evil behold, הִנֵּ֥ה (hin·nêh) Interjection Strong's 2009: Lo! behold! it is coming! בָאָֽה׃ (ḇā·’āh) Verb - Qal - Participle - feminine singular Strong's 935: To come in, come, go in, go Links Ezekiel 7:5 NIVEzekiel 7:5 NLT Ezekiel 7:5 ESV Ezekiel 7:5 NASB Ezekiel 7:5 KJV Ezekiel 7:5 BibleApps.com Ezekiel 7:5 Biblia Paralela Ezekiel 7:5 Chinese Bible Ezekiel 7:5 French Bible Ezekiel 7:5 Catholic Bible OT Prophets: Ezekiel 7:5 Thus says the Lord Yahweh: An evil (Ezek. 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