Ezekiel 7:10
in Ezekiel 7Behold, the day is here! It has come! Doom has gone out, the rod has budded, arrogance has bloomed.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
Behold, the day, behold, it cometh: thy doom is gone forth; the rod hath blossomed, pride hath budded.
KJV
Behold the day, behold, it is come: the morning is gone forth; the rod hath blossomed, pride hath budded.
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This verse in Ezekiel 7
Commentary
8 notes on this verseThe morning discovers that which was hidden; they thought their secret sins would never come to light, but now they will be brought to light. They used to try and execute malefactors in the morning, and such a morning of judgment and execution is now coming upon them, a day of trouble to sinners, the year of their visitation.
This site's exposition
the rod has budded, arrogance has bloomed
on Ezekiel 7:10-12
The image turns: “the rod has budded, arrogance has bloomed,” the nation’s pride. The same word bears the opposite weight: “Their violence has grown into a rod to punish their wickedness.” “Let the buyer not rejoice and the seller not mourn,” since no one will keep what changes hands.
The record, by era
The Church Fathers1 voice
(Vers. 10, 11.) Behold the day, behold it comes, the contraction has gone forth: the rod has blossomed, pride has sprouted. Iniquity has risen in the rod of wickedness, not from them, and not from the people, nor from their noise: and there will be no rest for them.
The Puritans and the Awakening3 voices
): Behold, the day that has lingered so long has come at last, behold, it has come. The time has come, the day draws near, the day of trouble is near,
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Behold the day, behold, it is come,....
Though threatened judgments may be long deferred, yet they shall not be dropped; the time for executing them will come. Though God's patience may put them off, nothing but man's sincere repentance and reformation will put them by.
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
rod . . . blossomed, pride . . . budded--The "rod" is the Chaldean Nebuchadnezzar, the instrument of God's vengeance (Isa 10:5; The rod sprouting (as the word ought to be translated), &c., implies that God does not move precipitately, but in successive steps.
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1 more voice on this verse
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
Behold the day - The same words are repeated, sometimes varied, and pressed on the attention with new figures and new circumstances, in order to alarm this infatuated people. Look at the day! It is come! The morning is gone forth - It will wait no longer. The rod that is to chastise you hath blossomed; it is quite ready. Pride hath budded - Your insolence, obstinacy, and daring opposition to God have brought forth their proper fruits.
How the passage was read
What the Jewish commentators add
Behold, the day of punishment has come, behold, it comes; the kingdom has been revealed, the rule has sprung up, the wicked one has appeared.
1 more on this passage, in their own words ▾
The violence has arisen, etc. The violence in your hands has risen upon you as a staff of wickedness to destroy you.
This section is reception history: how the passage was read and kept in the Jewish tradition. Where a reading parts from an essential of the Christian faith, the section says so at that point.
Texts and citation data: Sefaria; each excerpt follows its version’s licence. 2 further sources are cited on this chapter that carry no English text this site may quote or only restate the verse.
The words behind it
10 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| הִנֵּ֥ה | hineh | there! | H2009 → | 843 times |
| הַיּ֖וֹם | haiyom | the day | H3117 → | 2304 times |
| הִנֵּ֣ה | hineh | there! | H2009 → | 843 times |
| בָאָ֑ה | vaah | [it is] coming | H935 → | 2568 times |
| יָֽצְאָה֙ | yatzeah | it has gone forth | H3318 → | 1067 times |
| הַצְּפִרָ֔ה | hatzefirah | <the> doom | H6843 → | |
| צָ֚ץ | tzatz | it has blossomed | H6692 → | |
| הַמַּטֶּ֔ה | hamateh | the rod | H4294 → | 252 times |
| פָּרַ֖ח | parach | it has budded | H6524 → | 36 times |
| הַזָּדֽוֹן׃ | hazadon | <the> arrogance | H2087 → |
הִנֵּ֥הthere!
hinehH2009 →843 times
הַיּ֖וֹםthe day
haiyomH3117 →2304 times
הִנֵּ֣הthere!
hinehH2009 →843 times
בָאָ֑ה[it is] coming
vaahH935 →2568 times
יָֽצְאָה֙it has gone forth
yatzeahH3318 →1067 times
הַצְּפִרָ֔ה<the> doom
hatzefirahH6843 →
צָ֚ץit has blossomed
tzatzH6692 →
הַמַּטֶּ֔הthe rod
hamatehH4294 →252 times
פָּרַ֖חit has budded
parachH6524 →36 times
הַזָּדֽוֹן׃<the> arrogance
hazadonH2087 →
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
James 4:6But He gives us more grace. This is why it says: “God opposes the proud, but gives grace to the humble.”
it leads to
- Proverbs 18:12
Before his downfall a man’s heart is proud, but humility comes before honor.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Matthew 23:12
For whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted.
- Proverbs 3:34
He mocks the mockers, but gives grace to the humble.
- 1 Peter 5:5
Young men, in the same way, submit yourselves to your elders. And all of you, clothe yourselves with humility toward one another, because, “God opposes the proud, but gives grace to the humble.”
- Psalms 138:6
Though the LORD is on high, He attends to the lowly; but the proud He knows from afar.
- Proverbs 18:12
Through
Proverbs 16:18Pride goes before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall.
it leads to
- Proverbs 11:2
When pride comes, disgrace follows, but with humility comes wisdom.
- Isaiah 2:11–12
The proud look of man will be humbled, and the loftiness of men brought low; the LORD alone will be exalted in that day.
- Proverbs 11:2
Through
1 Thessalonians 5:3While people are saying, “Peace and security,” destruction will come upon them suddenly, like labor pains on a pregnant woman, and they will not escape.
it leads to
- Luke 21:34–35
But watch yourselves, or your hearts will be weighed down by dissipation, drunkenness, and the worries of life—and that day will spring upon you suddenly like a snare.
- Luke 21:34–35
About Ezekiel
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Carl Friedrich Keil, Biblical Commentary on the Prophecies of Ezekiel; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; Jerome, Commentary on Ezekiel; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible and Patrick Fairbairn, An Exposition of Ezekiel.