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Ezekiel 7:13 The seller will surely not recover what he sold while both remain alive. For the vision concerning the whole multitude will not be revoked, and because of their iniquity, not one of them will preserve his life.
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For the vision concerning the whole crowd will not be reversed. Because of their sins, not one of them will preserve their life.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/ezekiel/7.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />Even if the merchants survive, they will never return to their business. For what God has said applies to everyone— it will not be changed! Not one person whose life is twisted by sin will ever recover.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/ezekiel/7.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />For the seller shall not return to what he has sold, while they live. For the vision concerns all their multitude; it shall not turn back; and because of his iniquity, none can maintain his life.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/ezekiel/7.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />The seller will surely not recover what he sold while both remain alive. For the vision concerning the whole multitude will not be revoked, and because of their iniquity, not one of them will preserve his life.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/ezekiel/7.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />For the seller shall not return to that which is sold, although they were yet alive: for the vision <i>is</i> touching the whole multitude thereof, <i>which</i> shall not return; neither shall any strengthen himself in the iniquity of his life.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/ezekiel/7.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />For the seller shall not return to what has been sold, Though he may still be alive; For the vision concerns the whole multitude, And it shall not turn back; No one will strengthen himself Who lives in iniquity.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/ezekiel/7.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />Indeed, the seller will not regain what he sold as long as they <i>both</i> live; for the vision regarding all their multitude will not be averted, nor will any of them maintain his life by his wrongdoing.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/ezekiel/7.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />Indeed, the seller will not regain what he sold as long as they both live; for the vision regarding all their multitude will not be averted, nor will any of them maintain his life by his iniquity.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/ezekiel/7.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />‘Indeed, the seller will not regain what he sold as long as they <i>both</i> live; for the vision regarding all their multitude will not be averted, nor will any of them maintain his life by his iniquity.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/ezekiel/7.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />Indeed, the seller will not return <i>to himself</i> what he sold as long as they <i>both</i> live; for the vision regarding all their multitude will not return <i>empty</i>, nor will any of them strengthen his life by his iniquity.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/ezekiel/7.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />For the seller will not regain <i>and</i> return to what he sold, even were they yet alive; for the vision [of punishment] regarding all the multitude [of people] will not be turned back, nor will any one of them sustain his life because of his sin.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/ezekiel/7.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />The seller will certainly not return to what was sold as long as he and the buyer remain alive. For the vision concerning her whole crowd will not be revoked, and because of the iniquity of each one, none will preserve his life.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/ezekiel/7.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />The seller will certainly not return to what was sold as long as he and the buyer remain alive. For the vision concerning all its people will not be revoked, and none of them will preserve his life because of his iniquity. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/ezekiel/7.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />For the seller shall not return to that which is sold, although they be yet alive: for the vision is touching the whole multitude thereof, none shall return; neither shall any strengthen himself in the iniquity of his life.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/ezekiel/7.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />and people who sell property will never get it back, because all of you must be punished for your sins. And I won't change my mind! <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/ezekiel/7.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />For the seller shall not return to that which is sold, although they be yet alive: for the vision is touching the whole multitude thereof, none shall return; neither shall any strengthen himself in the iniquity of his life.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/ezekiel/7.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />Sellers will not live long enough to buy back what they have sold. The visions against that crowd will not change. Because of their sins, none of the people will live.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/ezekiel/7.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />No merchants will live long enough to get back what they have lost, because God's anger is on everyone. Those who are evil cannot survive. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/ezekiel/7.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />The seller won't regain what he has sold while the crowd remains alive, because the vision concerning the entire multitude won't be annulled. No person will be able to survive because of the sin in his life.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/ezekiel/7.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />The seller will surely not recover what he sold while both remain alive. For the vision concerning the whole multitude will not be revoked, and because of their iniquity, not one of them will preserve his life.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/ezekiel/7.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />The customer will no longer pay the seller while both parties are alive, for the vision against their whole crowd will not be revoked. Each person, for his iniquity, will fail to preserve his life. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/ezekiel/7.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />For the buyer shall not return to the seller while they live. For the vision is touching the whole multitude of it, none shall return; neither shall any strengthen himself in the iniquity of his life.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/ezekiel/7.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />For the seller shall not return to that which is sold, although they were yet alive: for the vision is concerning the whole multitude thereof, which shall not return; neither shall any strengthen himself in the iniquity of his life.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/ezekiel/7.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />For the seller won’t return to that which is sold, although they are still alive; for the vision concerns the whole multitude of it. None will return. None will strengthen himself in the iniquity of his life. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/ezekiel/7.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />For the seller does not turn to the sold thing, "" And yet their life [is] among the living, "" For the vision [is] to all its multitude, "" It does not turn back, "" And none strengthens his life by his iniquity.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/ezekiel/7.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> For the seller to the sold thing turneth not, And yet among the living is their life, For the vision is unto all its multitude, It doth not turn back, And none by his iniquity doth strengthen his life.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/ezekiel/7.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />For he selling shall not turn back to the sale, and it was in their yet living: for the vision for all her multitude; it shall not turn back, and a man shall not be strengthened in his iniquity of his life.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/ezekiel/7.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />For the seller shall not return to that which he hath sold, although their life be yet among the living. For the vision which regardeth all the multitude thereof, shall not go back: neither shall man be strengthened in the iniquity of his life. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/ezekiel/7.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />For whoever sells will not return to what he has sold, but as yet their life will be among the living. For the vision concerning their entire multitude will not turn back. And man will not be strengthened in the iniquity of his life.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/ezekiel/7.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />Assuredly, the seller shall not regain what was sold, as long as they all live; for the vision is for the whole crowd: it shall not be revoked! Yes, because of their guilt, they shall not hold on to life.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/ezekiel/7.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />For the sellers shall not return to what has been sold as long as they remain alive. For the vision concerns all their multitude; it shall not be revoked. Because of their iniquity, they cannot maintain their lives.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/ezekiel/7.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />For the buyer shall not return to the seller, for they will not be living; for catastrophe shall not spare any of their possessions; neither shall a man spare his life by means of his corruptness.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/ezekiel/7.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And the buyer did not return to the seller, and there is no more life in their lives, because the vision shall not return on any of their property, and a man in his evil shall not hold fast to his life<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/ezekiel/7.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />For the seller shall not return to that which is sold, although they be yet alive; for the vision is touching the whole multitude thereof, which shall not return; neither shall any stand possessed of the iniquity of his life.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/ezekiel/7.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />For the buyer shall never again return to the seller, neither shall a man cleave with the eye <i>of hope</i> to his life.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/ezekiel/7-13.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/vET3Gmwku4s?start=1444" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/ezekiel/7.htm">The Hour of Doom</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">12</span>The time has come; the day has arrived. Let the buyer not rejoice and the seller not mourn, for wrath is upon the whole multitude. <span class="reftext">13</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/4376.htm" title="4376: ham·mō·w·ḵêr (Art:: V-Qal-Prtcpl-ms) -- To sell. A primitive root; to sell, literally, or figuratively.">The seller</a> <a href="/hebrew/3588.htm" title="3588: kî (Conj) -- That, for, when. ">will surely</a> <a href="/hebrew/3808.htm" title="3808: lō (Adv-NegPrt) -- Not. Or lowi; or loh; a primitive particle; not; by implication, no; often used with other particles.">not</a> <a href="/hebrew/7725.htm" title="7725: yā·šūḇ (V-Qal-Imperf-3ms) -- A primitive root; to turn back transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively; generally to retreat; often adverbial, again.">recover</a> <a href="/hebrew/413.htm" title="413: ’el- (Prep) -- To, into, towards. "></a> <a href="/hebrew/4465.htm" title="4465: ham·mim·kār (Art:: N-ms) -- A sale, ware. From makar; merchandise; abstractly, a selling.">what he sold</a> <a href="/hebrew/5750.htm" title="5750: wə·‘ō·wḏ (Conj-w:: Adv) -- Or rod; from uwd; properly, iteration or continuance; used only adverbially, again, repeatedly, still, more.">while</a> <a href="/hebrew/2416.htm" title="2416: ba·ḥay·yîm (Prep-b, Art:: N-mp) -- Alive, raw, fresh, strong, life. From chayah; alive; hence, raw; fresh, strong; also life, whether literally or figuratively.">both remain alive.</a> <a href="/hebrew/2416.htm" title="2416: ḥay·yā·ṯām (N-fsc:: 3mp) -- Alive, raw, fresh, strong, life. From chayah; alive; hence, raw; fresh, strong; also life, whether literally or figuratively."></a> <a href="/hebrew/3588.htm" title="3588: kî- (Conj) -- That, for, when. ">For</a> <a href="/hebrew/2377.htm" title="2377: ḥā·zō·wn (N-ms) -- Vision. From chazah; a sight, i.e. A dream, revelation, or oracle.">the vision</a> <a href="/hebrew/413.htm" title="413: ’el- (Prep) -- To, into, towards. ">concerning</a> <a href="/hebrew/3605.htm" title="3605: kāl- (N-msc) -- The whole, all. Or kowl; from kalal; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every.">the whole</a> <a href="/hebrew/1995.htm" title="1995: hă·mō·w·nāh (N-msc:: 3fs) -- A sound, murmur, roar, crowd, abundance. Or hamon; from hamah; a noise, tumult, crowd; also disquietude, wealth.">multitude</a> <a href="/hebrew/3808.htm" title="3808: lō (Adv-NegPrt) -- Not. Or lowi; or loh; a primitive particle; not; by implication, no; often used with other particles.">will not</a> <a href="/hebrew/7725.htm" title="7725: yā·šūḇ (V-Qal-Imperf-3ms) -- A primitive root; to turn back transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively; generally to retreat; often adverbial, again.">be revoked,</a> <a href="/hebrew/5771.htm" title="5771: ba·‘ă·wō·nōw (Prep-b:: N-csc:: 3ms) -- Iniquity, guilt, punishment for iniquity. Or oavown; from avah; perversity, i.e. evil.">and because of their iniquity,</a> <a href="/hebrew/376.htm" title="376: wə·’îš (Conj-w:: N-ms) -- Man. Contracted for 'enowsh; a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term.">not one of them</a> <a href="/hebrew/3808.htm" title="3808: lō (Adv-NegPrt) -- Not. Or lowi; or loh; a primitive particle; not; by implication, no; often used with other particles."></a> <a href="/hebrew/2388.htm" title="2388: yiṯ·ḥaz·zā·qū (V-Hitpael-Imperf-3mp) -- A primitive root; to fasten upon; hence, to seize, be strong, obstinate; to bind, restrain, conquer.">will preserve</a> <a href="/hebrew/2416.htm" title="2416: ḥay·yā·ṯōw (N-fsc:: 3ms) -- Alive, raw, fresh, strong, life. From chayah; alive; hence, raw; fresh, strong; also life, whether literally or figuratively.">his life.</a> </span><div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/leviticus/25-23.htm">Leviticus 25:23-28</a></span><br />The land must not be sold permanently, because it is Mine, and you are but foreigners and residents with Me. / Thus for every piece of property you possess, you must provide for the redemption of the land. / If your brother becomes impoverished and sells some of his property, his nearest of kin may come and redeem what his brother has sold. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/24-2.htm">Isaiah 24:2</a></span><br />people and priest alike, servant and master, maid and mistress, buyer and seller, lender and borrower, creditor and debtor.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/32-7.htm">Jeremiah 32:7-15</a></span><br />Behold! Hanamel, the son of your uncle Shallum, is coming to you to say, ‘Buy for yourself my field in Anathoth, for you have the right of redemption to buy it.’ / Then, as the LORD had said, my cousin Hanamel came to me in the courtyard of the guard and urged me, ‘Please buy my field in Anathoth in the land of Benjamin, for you own the right of inheritance and redemption. Buy it for yourself.’” Then I knew that this was the word of the LORD. / So I bought the field in Anathoth from my cousin Hanamel, and I weighed out seventeen shekels of silver. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/amos/5-11.htm">Amos 5:11</a></span><br />Therefore, because you trample on the poor and exact from him a tax of grain, you will never live in the stone houses you have built; you will never drink the wine from the lush vineyards you have planted.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/micah/2-2.htm">Micah 2:2</a></span><br />They covet fields and seize them; they take away houses. They deprive a man of his home, a fellow man of his inheritance.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/habakkuk/2-6.htm">Habakkuk 2:6</a></span><br />Will not all of these take up a taunt against him, speaking with mockery and derision: ‘Woe to him who amasses what is not his and makes himself rich with many loans! How long will this go on?’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/zephaniah/1-18.htm">Zephaniah 1:18</a></span><br />Neither their silver nor their gold will be able to deliver them on the Day of the LORD’s wrath. The whole earth will be consumed by the fire of His jealousy.” For indeed, He will make a sudden end of all who dwell on the earth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/16-26.htm">Matthew 16:26</a></span><br />What will it profit a man if he gains the whole world, yet forfeits his soul? Or what can a man give in exchange for his soul?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/mark/8-36.htm">Mark 8:36</a></span><br />What does it profit a man to gain the whole world, yet forfeit his soul?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/12-20.htm">Luke 12:20-21</a></span><br />But God said to him, ‘You fool! This very night your life will be required of you. Then who will own what you have accumulated?’ / This is how it will be for anyone who stores up treasure for himself but is not rich toward God.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/17-31.htm">Luke 17:31-33</a></span><br />On that day, let no one on the housetop come down to retrieve his possessions. Likewise, let no one in the field return for anything he has left behind. / Remember Lot’s wife! / Whoever tries to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life will preserve it.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/8-20.htm">Acts 8:20</a></span><br />But Peter replied, “May your silver perish with you, because you thought you could buy the gift of God with money!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/2-5.htm">Romans 2:5</a></span><br />But because of your hard and unrepentant heart, you are storing up wrath against yourself for the day of wrath, when God’s righteous judgment will be revealed.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_corinthians/7-29.htm">1 Corinthians 7:29-31</a></span><br />What I am saying, brothers, is that the time is short. From now on those who have wives should live as if they had none; / those who weep, as if they did not; those who are joyful, as if they were not; those who make a purchase, as if they had nothing; / and those who use the things of this world, as if not dependent on them. For this world in its present form is passing away.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_corinthians/5-10.htm">2 Corinthians 5:10</a></span><br />For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, that each one may receive his due for the things done in the body, whether good or bad.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">For the seller shall not return to that which is sold, although they were yet alive: for the vision is touching the whole multitude thereof, which shall not return; neither shall any strengthen himself in the iniquity of his life.</p><p class="hdg">the seller</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/ecclesiastes/8-8.htm">Ecclesiastes 8:8</a></b></br> <i>There is</i> no man that hath power over the spirit to retain the spirit; neither <i>hath he</i> power in the day of death: and <i>there is</i> no discharge in <i>that</i> war; neither shall wickedness deliver those that are given to it.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/leviticus/25-24.htm">Leviticus 25:24-28,31</a></b></br> And in all the land of your possession ye shall grant a redemption for the land… </p><p class="hdg">they were yet alive.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/ezekiel/13-22.htm">Ezekiel 13:22</a></b></br> Because with lies ye have made the heart of the righteous sad, whom I have not made sad; and strengthened the hands of the wicked, that he should not return from his wicked way, by promising him life:</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/ezekiel/33-26.htm">Ezekiel 33:26,27</a></b></br> Ye stand upon your sword, ye work abomination, and ye defile every one his neighbour's wife: and shall ye possess the land? … </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/job/15-25.htm">Job 15:25</a></b></br> For he stretcheth out his hand against God, and strengtheneth himself against the Almighty.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/ezekiel/6-8.htm">Alive</a> <a href="/jeremiah/51-5.htm">Although</a> <a href="/jeremiah/42-5.htm">Amongst</a> <a href="/ezekiel/7-12.htm">Crowd</a> <a href="/lamentations/3-22.htm">Indeed</a> <a href="/ezekiel/4-17.htm">Iniquity</a> <a href="/ezekiel/3-19.htm">Life</a> <a href="/ezekiel/7-12.htm">Multitude</a> <a href="/jeremiah/32-23.htm">Possessed</a> <a href="/jeremiah/49-11.htm">Preserve</a> <a href="/proverbs/2-19.htm">Regain</a> <a href="/isaiah/2-22.htm">Regarding</a> <a href="/esther/8-8.htm">Reversed</a> <a href="/ezekiel/7-12.htm">Seller</a> <a href="/lamentations/4-22.htm">Sins</a> <a href="/lamentations/5-4.htm">Sold</a> <a href="/ezekiel/3-24.htm">Stand</a> <a href="/jeremiah/23-14.htm">Strengthen</a> <a href="/ezekiel/7-12.htm">Thereof</a> <a href="/ezekiel/3-13.htm">Touching</a> <a href="/isaiah/23-2.htm">Trader</a> <a href="/ezekiel/7-10.htm">Turn</a> <a href="/lamentations/2-9.htm">Vision</a> <a href="/ezekiel/7-12.htm">Whole</a> <a href="/ezekiel/7-12.htm">Wrath</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/ezekiel/13-18.htm">Alive</a> <a href="/ezekiel/8-18.htm">Although</a> <a href="/matthew/13-25.htm">Amongst</a> <a href="/ezekiel/7-14.htm">Crowd</a> <a href="/ezekiel/8-18.htm">Indeed</a> <a href="/ezekiel/7-16.htm">Iniquity</a> <a href="/ezekiel/16-6.htm">Life</a> <a href="/ezekiel/7-14.htm">Multitude</a> <a href="/ezekiel/7-24.htm">Possessed</a> <a href="/ezekiel/13-22.htm">Preserve</a> <a href="/matthew/5-13.htm">Regain</a> <a href="/ezekiel/17-20.htm">Regarding</a> <a href="/esther/8-8.htm">Reversed</a> <a href="/acts/16-14.htm">Seller</a> <a href="/ezekiel/14-11.htm">Sins</a> <a href="/hosea/8-9.htm">Sold</a> <a href="/ezekiel/10-17.htm">Stand</a> <a href="/ezekiel/16-49.htm">Strengthen</a> <a href="/ezekiel/7-14.htm">Thereof</a> <a href="/daniel/4-20.htm">Touching</a> <a href="/hosea/12-7.htm">Trader</a> <a href="/ezekiel/7-22.htm">Turn</a> <a href="/ezekiel/7-26.htm">Vision</a> <a href="/ezekiel/7-14.htm">Whole</a> <a href="/ezekiel/7-14.htm">Wrath</a><div class="vheading2">Ezekiel 7</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/ezekiel/7-1.htm">The final desolation of Israel</a></span><br><span class="reftext">16. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/ezekiel/7-16.htm">The mournful repentance from that escape</a></span><br><span class="reftext">20. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/ezekiel/7-20.htm">The enemies defile the sanctuary because of the Israelites' abominations</a></span><br><span class="reftext">23. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/ezekiel/7-23.htm">Under the type of a chain is shown the miserable captivity of all orders of men</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br /> <!-- /1078254/BH-728x90-ATF --> <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br /> <!-- /1078254/BH-300x250-ATF --> <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br /> <!-- /1078254/BH-728x90-BTF --> <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br /> <!-- /1078254/BH-300x250-BTF --> <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br /> <!-- /1078254/BH-728x90-BTF2 --> <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <script type="text/javascript"><!-- google_ad_client = "ca-pub-3753401421161123"; /* 200 x 200 Parallel Bible */ google_ad_slot = "7676643937"; google_ad_width = 200; google_ad_height = 200; //--> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script><br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading"><a href="/study/ezekiel/7.htm">Berean Study Bible</a></div><b>The seller will not regain what he has sold</b><br />This phrase speaks to the irreversible nature of the judgment pronounced by God. In the Hebrew context, the word for "seller" (מֹכֵר, mokher) implies a person who has parted with something valuable, often land or property, which was deeply tied to one's identity and inheritance in ancient Israel. The inability to regain what was sold signifies a complete and final loss, underscoring the severity of the divine judgment. This reflects the broader biblical principle that sin leads to loss and separation, and without repentance, the consequences are enduring.<p><b>as long as both live</b><br />This phrase emphasizes the duration of the judgment. The Hebrew word for "live" (חַיִּים, chayyim) is often used to denote not just physical life but a state of being that includes prosperity and blessing. The implication here is that as long as the current generation exists, the consequences of their actions will persist. This serves as a sobering reminder of the lasting impact of sin and the importance of living righteously before God.<p><b>for the vision concerning all their multitude will not be reversed</b><br />The "vision" (חָזוֹן, chazon) refers to the prophetic revelation given to Ezekiel. In biblical times, visions were considered direct communications from God, carrying absolute authority and certainty. The term "multitude" (הָמוֹן, hamon) suggests a large group of people, indicating that the judgment is comprehensive and affects the entire community. The phrase "will not be reversed" highlights the irrevocable nature of God's decree, reinforcing the idea that divine judgment, once set, is unchangeable unless there is genuine repentance.<p><b>Because of their iniquity</b><br />"Iniquity" (עָוֹן, avon) in Hebrew conveys a sense of moral perversity and guilt. It is not merely a single act of sin but a state of moral corruption that separates individuals from God. This phrase identifies the root cause of the judgment: the people's persistent and unrepentant sin. It serves as a call to self-examination and repentance, reminding believers of the need to align their lives with God's standards.<p><b>not one will preserve his life</b><br />The phrase underscores the totality of the judgment. The Hebrew word for "preserve" (חָיָה, chayah) means to live or to sustain life. The stark declaration that "not one" will preserve life highlights the comprehensive nature of the divine judgment. It serves as a powerful warning of the consequences of sin and the futility of relying on human efforts for salvation. This calls believers to seek refuge in God's mercy and grace, which alone can preserve life in the face of judgment.<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/ezekiel/7.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(13) <span class= "bld">The seller shall not return.</span>--The previous verse described the general cessation of all the business of life in the utter desolation of the land. Among the Israelites the most important buying and selling was that of land, and it was provided in the law (<a href="/context/leviticus/25-14.htm" title="And if you sell ought to your neighbor, or buy ought of your neighbor's hand, you shall not oppress one another:">Leviticus 25:14-16</a>) that this should in no case extend beyond the year of jubilee, when all land must revert to its possessor by inheritance. The seller in that year should return to his possession. Now it is foretold that the desolation shall continue so long that, even if the seller lived, he should be unable to avail himself of the jubilee year. "It is a natural thing to rejoice in the purchase of property, and to mourn over its sale, but when slavery and captivity stare you in the face, rejoicing and mourning are equally absurd" (S. Jerome). The idea of the latter part of the verse is, that no one shall grow strong since his life is passed in iniquity.<p><span class= "bld"><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/ezekiel/7.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 13.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">For the seller shall not return,</span> etc. At first the thought seems only to add to the sorrow of the seller. He is told that he, at least, shall not return to his old estate. Even though they should be alive at the year of jubilee, their exile had to last its appointed time, Ezekiel's forty (<a href="/ezekiel/4-6.htm">Ezekiel 4:6</a>) and Jeremiah's seventy years (<a href="/jeremiah/25-11.htm">Jeremiah 25:11</a>). This, however, did not exclude the return of their children (<a href="/jeremiah/32-44.htm">Jeremiah 32:44</a>), and in the mean time all private sorrow would fall into the background as compared with the great public woe of the destruction of the holy city. <span class="cmt_word">The vision is touching,</span> etc. The noun is used as a synonym for prophecy, as elsewhere (<a href="/isaiah/1-1.htm">Isaiah 1:1</a>; <a href="/nahum/1-1.htm">Nahum 1:1</a>; <a href="/habakkuk/2-1.htm">Habakkuk 2:1</a>). It may be noted that it is specially characteristic of Ezekiel (seven times) and Daniel (eleven times). For the Authorized Version read with the Revised Version, <span class="accented">none shall return</span>, or better (with the Vulgate and Keil), <span class="accented">the vision touching the whole multitude shall not return, i.e.</span> shall go straight onward to do its work (comp. <a href="/isaiah/55-11.htm">Isaiah 55:11</a>). So taken, there is a kind of play upon the iterated word: "The seller shall not turn his footsteps back, neither shall the prophecy." <span class="accented">Vestigia nulla retrorsum</span> shall be true of both. I take the other words, with the Revised Version, <span class="accented">no man in the iniquity of his life shall strengthen himself</span>, noting the fact that the word for "strengthen" is that which enters into Ezekiel's name. It is as though he said, "God is the only true source of strength to thee, as thy very name bears witness." <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/ezekiel/7-13.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">The seller</span><br /><span class="heb">הַמּוֹכֵ֗ר</span> <span class="translit">(ham·mō·w·ḵêr)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4376.htm">Strong's 4376: </a> </span><span class="str2">To sell</span><br /><br /><span class="word">will surely</span><br /><span class="heb">כִּ֣י</span> <span class="translit">(kî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunction<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> </span><span class="str2">A relative conjunction</span><br /><br /><span class="word">not</span><br /><span class="heb">לֹ֣א</span> <span class="translit">(lō)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adverb - Negative particle<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3808.htm">Strong's 3808: </a> </span><span class="str2">Not, no</span><br /><br /><span class="word">recover</span><br /><span class="heb">יָשׁ֔וּב</span> <span class="translit">(yā·šūḇ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7725.htm">Strong's 7725: </a> </span><span class="str2">To turn back, in, to retreat, again</span><br /><br /><span class="word">what he sold</span><br /><span class="heb">הַמִּמְכָּר֙</span> <span class="translit">(ham·mim·kār)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4465.htm">Strong's 4465: </a> </span><span class="str2">Merchandise, a selling</span><br /><br /><span class="word">as long as</span><br /><span class="heb">וְע֥וֹד</span> <span class="translit">(wə·‘ō·wḏ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Adverb<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5750.htm">Strong's 5750: </a> </span><span class="str2">Iteration, continuance, again, repeatedly, still, more</span><br /><br /><span class="word">both remain alive.</span><br /><span class="heb">בַּחַיִּ֖ים</span> <span class="translit">(ba·ḥay·yîm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2416.htm">Strong's 2416: </a> </span><span class="str2">Alive, raw, fresh, strong, life</span><br /><br /><span class="word">For</span><br /><span class="heb">כִּֽי־</span> <span class="translit">(kî-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunction<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> </span><span class="str2">A relative conjunction</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the vision</span><br /><span class="heb">חָז֤וֹן</span> <span class="translit">(ḥā·zō·wn)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2377.htm">Strong's 2377: </a> </span><span class="str2">A sight, a dream, revelation, oracle</span><br /><br /><span class="word">concerning</span><br /><span class="heb">אֶל־</span> <span class="translit">(’el-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_413.htm">Strong's 413: </a> </span><span class="str2">Near, with, among, to</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the whole</span><br /><span class="heb">כָּל־</span> <span class="translit">(kāl-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3605.htm">Strong's 3605: </a> </span><span class="str2">The whole, all, any, every</span><br /><br /><span class="word">multitude</span><br /><span class="heb">הֲמוֹנָהּ֙</span> <span class="translit">(hă·mō·w·nāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct | third person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1995.htm">Strong's 1995: </a> </span><span class="str2">A noise, tumult, crowd, disquietude, wealth</span><br /><br /><span class="word">will not</span><br /><span class="heb">לֹ֣א</span> <span class="translit">(lō)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adverb - Negative particle<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3808.htm">Strong's 3808: </a> </span><span class="str2">Not, no</span><br /><br /><span class="word">be revoked,</span><br /><span class="heb">יָשׁ֔וּב</span> <span class="translit">(yā·šūḇ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7725.htm">Strong's 7725: </a> </span><span class="str2">To turn back, in, to retreat, again</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and because of their iniquity,</span><br /><span class="heb">בַּעֲוֺנ֛וֹ</span> <span class="translit">(ba·‘ă·wō·nōw)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b | Noun - common singular construct | third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5771.htm">Strong's 5771: </a> </span><span class="str2">Iniquity, guilt, punishment for iniquity</span><br /><br /><span class="word">not one</span><br /><span class="heb">וְאִ֧ישׁ</span> <span class="translit">(wə·’îš)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_376.htm">Strong's 376: </a> </span><span class="str2">A man as an individual, a male person</span><br /><br /><span class="word">will preserve</span><br /><span class="heb">יִתְחַזָּֽקוּ׃</span> <span class="translit">(yiṯ·ḥaz·zā·qū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Hitpael - Imperfect - third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2388.htm">Strong's 2388: </a> </span><span class="str2">To fasten upon, to seize, be strong, obstinate, to bind, restrain, conquer</span><br /><br /><span class="word">his life.</span><br /><span class="heb">חַיָּת֖וֹ</span> <span class="translit">(ḥay·yā·ṯōw)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2416.htm">Strong's 2416: </a> </span><span class="str2">Alive, raw, fresh, strong, life</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/ezekiel/7-13.htm">Ezekiel 7:13 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/ezekiel/7-13.htm">Ezekiel 7:13 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/ezekiel/7-13.htm">Ezekiel 7:13 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/ezekiel/7-13.htm">Ezekiel 7:13 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/ezekiel/7-13.htm">Ezekiel 7:13 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/ezekiel/7-13.htm">Ezekiel 7:13 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/ezekiel/7-13.htm">Ezekiel 7:13 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/ezekiel/7-13.htm">Ezekiel 7:13 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/ezekiel/7-13.htm">Ezekiel 7:13 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/ezekiel/7-13.htm">Ezekiel 7:13 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/ezekiel/7-13.htm">OT Prophets: Ezekiel 7:13 For the seller shall not return (Ezek. 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