12 (A)The time has come; the day has arrived. Let not (B)the buyer rejoice, nor (C)the seller mourn, (D)for wrath is upon all their multitude.[a] 13 For (E)the seller shall not return to what he has sold, while they live. (F)For the vision concerns all their multitude; it shall not turn back; and because of his iniquity, none can maintain his life.[b]

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 7:12 Or abundance; also verses 13, 14
  2. Ezekiel 7:13 The meaning of this last Hebrew sentence is uncertain

12 The time has come!
    The day has arrived!
Let not the buyer(A) rejoice
    nor the seller grieve,
    for my wrath is on the whole crowd.(B)
13 The seller will not recover
    the property that was sold—
    as long as both buyer and seller live.
For the vision concerning the whole crowd
    will not be reversed.
Because of their sins, not one of them
    will preserve their life.(C)

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