Ezekiel 7:23-27

English Standard Version

^23 (A)“Forge a chain!^{[a] (B)}For the land is full of bloody crimes ^(C)and the city is full of violence. ²⁴ I will bring ^(D)the worst of the nations to take possession of their houses. ^(E)I will put an end to the pride of the strong, ^(F)and their holy places^[b] shall be profaned. ^25 (G)When anguish comes, ^(H)they will seek peace, but there shall be none. ^26 (I)Disaster comes upon disaster; ^(J)rumor follows rumor. ^(K)They seek a vision from the prophet, while ^(L)the law^[c] perishes from the priest and ^(M)counsel from the elders. ²⁷ The king mourns, the prince is wrapped in despair, and the hands of the people of the land are paralyzed by terror. According to their way ^(N)I will do to them, and according to their judgments I will judge them, ^(O)and they shall know that I am the Lord.”