Ezekiel 7:14
in Ezekiel 7They have blown the trumpet and made everything ready, but no one goes to war, for My wrath is upon the whole multitude.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
They have blown the trumpet, and have made all ready; but none goeth to the battle; for my wrath is upon all the multitude thereof.
KJV
They have blown the trumpet, even to make all ready; but none goeth to the battle: for my wrath is upon all the multitude thereof.
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This verse in Ezekiel 7
Commentary
8 notes on this verseThis site's exposition
The seller will surely not recover what he sold
on Ezekiel 7:13-14
“The seller will surely not recover what he sold while both remain alive,” which sets aside the seller’s right of redemption (Lev 25:14 and following). Exile removes buyer and seller alike from the land.
This site's exposition
They have blown the trumpet
The trumpet sounds and everything is made ready for battle, yet no one goes to war. John Wesley explains that the Lord's wrath takes away their courage. The call to arms falls on a people already beaten.
The record, by era
The Church Fathers1 voice
(Verse 14.) Blow the trumpet, let all be prepared. LXX: Blow the trumpet, and judge all things. We read in many places about the sound and noise of trumpets, as in Isaiah: 'Lift up your voice like a trumpet' (Isa. LVIII, 1); and elsewhere: 'Blow the trumpet at the new moon, at the appointed time, on our solemn feast day' (Ps. LXXX, 3); and in the Apostle: 'For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trumpet of God' (I Thess. IV, 5).
The Puritans and the Awakening4 voices
); the whole body of the nation has become a vessel of wrath, fitted for destruction. God does sometimes in wrath remember mercy, but now he says, My eye shall not spare thee, neither will I have pity,
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They - The house of Israel have summoned in all fit for arms. None - There is not a man going to the war. Wrath - That displeasure which takes away their courage.
They have blown the trumpet, even to make all ready,....
They shall have no hope of the return of their prosperity, with which to support themselves in their adversity; they shall have given up all for gone; and therefore, " Let not the buyer rejoice that he is increasing his estate and has become a purchaser; nor let the seller mourn that he is lessening his estate and has become a bankrupt,"
1 more voice on this verse
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
They have blown the trumpet - Vain are all the efforts you make to collect and arm the peoples and stand on your own defense; for all shall be dispirited, and none go to the battle.
How the passage was read
What the Jewish commentators add
They sound the shofar When the enemy comes upon them, they prepare themselves for war, but no one will go out to fight.
1 more on this passage, in their own words ▾
For the seller will not return to that which was sold Once he goes into exile, he will not return and will no longer see the field that he had sold; so why should he mourn?
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
12 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| תָּקְע֤וּ | takeu | they have given a blast | H8628 → | 69 times |
| בַתָּק֙וֹעַ֙ | vatakoa' | on the trumpet | H8619 → | |
| וְהָכִ֣ין | vehakhin | and to prepare | H3559 → | 217 times |
| הַכֹּ֔ל | hakol | <the> everything | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| וְאֵ֥ין | veein | and there not | H369 → | 789 times |
| הֹלֵ֖ךְ | holekh | [is one who] goes | H1980 → | 1546 times |
| לַמִּלְחָמָ֑ה | lamilchamah | to the battle | H4421 → | 320 times |
| כִּ֥י | ki | for | H3588 → | 4482 times |
| חֲרוֹנִ֖י | charoni | anger my | H2740 → | |
| אֶל־ | ʾel- | [is] against | H413 → | 5510 times |
| כָּל־ | kol- | all | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| הֲמוֹנָֽהּ׃ | hamonah | multitude its | H1995 → | 83 times |
תָּקְע֤וּthey have given a blast
takeuH8628 →69 times
בַתָּק֙וֹעַ֙on the trumpet
vatakoa'H8619 →
וְהָכִ֣יןand to prepare
vehakhinH3559 →217 times
הַכֹּ֔ל<the> everything
hakolH3605 →5413 times
וְאֵ֥יןand there not
veeinH369 →789 times
הֹלֵ֖ךְ[is one who] goes
holekhH1980 →1546 times
לַמִּלְחָמָ֑הto the battle
lamilchamahH4421 →320 times
כִּ֥יfor
kiH3588 →4482 times
חֲרוֹנִ֖יanger my
charoniH2740 →
אֶל־[is] against
ʾel-H413 →5510 times
כָּל־all
kol-H3605 →5413 times
הֲמוֹנָֽהּ׃multitude its
hamonahH1995 →83 times
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
Jeremiah 51:27“Raise a banner in the land! Blow the ram’s horn among the nations! Prepare the nations against her. Summon the kingdoms against her—Ararat, Minni, and Ashkenaz. Appoint a captain against her; bring up horses…
it leads to
- Genesis 10:3
The sons of Gomer: Ashkenaz, Riphath, and Togarmah.
- 1 Chronicles 1:6
The sons of Gomer: Ashkenaz, Riphath, and Togarmah.
- Genesis 8:4
On the seventeenth day of the seventh month, the ark came to rest on the mountains of Ararat.
- Jeremiah 51:12
Raise a banner against the walls of Babylon; post the guard; station the watchmen; prepare the ambush. For the LORD has both devised and accomplished what He spoke against the people of Babylon.
- Jeremiah 25:14
For many nations and great kings will enslave them, and I will repay them according to their deeds and according to the work of their hands.’”
- Genesis 10:3
Through
Jeremiah 6:1“Run for cover, O sons of Benjamin; flee from Jerusalem! Sound the ram’s horn in Tekoa; send up a signal over Beth-haccherem, for disaster looms from the north, even great destruction.
it leads to
- Nehemiah 3:14
The Dung Gate was repaired by Malchijah son of Rechab, ruler of the district of Beth-haccherem. He rebuilt it and installed its doors, bolts, and bars.
- Nehemiah 3:14
Through
Jeremiah 4:5Announce 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.’
it leads to
- Jeremiah 8:14
Why are we just sitting here? Gather together, let us flee to the fortified cities and perish there, for the LORD our God has doomed us. He has given us poisoned water to drink,…
- Joshua 10:20
So Joshua and the Israelites continued to inflict a terrible slaughter until they had finished them off, and the remaining survivors retreated to the fortified cities.
- Jeremiah 8:14
About Ezekiel
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Jerome, Commentary on Ezekiel; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament; Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible and Patrick Fairbairn, An Exposition of Ezekiel.