Ezekiel 7 · Verse 10

Ezekiel 7:10

Behold the day, behold, it is come: the morning is gone forth; the rod hath blossomed, pride hath budded.
Ezekiel 7:10, King James Version

Ezekiel 7:10 in other translations

BSBBehold, the day is here! It has come! Doom has gone out, the rod has budded, arrogance has bloomed.
WEB“‘Behold, the day! Behold, it comes! Your doom has gone out. The rod has blossomed. Pride has budded.
ASVBehold, the day, behold, it cometh: thy doom is gone forth; the rod hath blossomed, pride hath budded.
YLTLo, the day, lo, it hath come, Gone forth hath the morning, Blossomed hath the rod, flourished the pride.
DARBYBehold the day, behold, it is come: the doom is gone forth; the rod hath blossomed, pride is full blown.
BBESee, the day; see, it is coming: the crowning time has gone out; the twisted way is flowering, pride has put out buds.
WebsterBehold the day, behold, it is come; the morning is gone forth; the rod hath blossomed, pride hath budded.

What does Ezekiel 7:10 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
10. rod ... blossomed, pride ... budded--The "rod" is the Chaldean Nebuchadnezzar, the instrument of God's vengeance (Is 10:5; Jr 51:20). The rod sprouting (as the word ought to be translated), &c., implies that God does not move precipitately, but in successive steps. He as it were has planted the ministers of His vengeance, and leaves them to grow till all is ripe for executing His purpose. "Pride" refers to the insolence of the Babylonian conqueror (Jr 50:31, 32). The parallelism ("pride" answering to "rod") opposes Jerome's view, that "pride" refers to the Jews who despised God's threats; (also Calvin's, "though the rod grew in Chaldea, the root was with the Jews"). The "rod" cannot refer, as Grotius thought, to the tribe of Judah, for it evidently refers to the "smiteth" (Eze 7:9) as the instrument of smiting.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 10 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.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Ezekiel 7:1-15

The desolation of the land. (Ezek 7:1-15) The distress of the few who should escape. (Ezek 7:16-22) The captivity. (Ezek 7:23-27) Verses 1-15 The abruptness of this prophecy, and the many repetitions, show that the prophet was deeply affected by the prospect of these calamities. Such will the destruction of sinners be; for none can avoid it. Oh that the wickedness of the wicked might end before it bring them to an…

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Ezekiel 7:10 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

הִנֵּ֥הhi.Nehthere!H2009
הַיּ֖וֹםhai.Yomthe dayH3117
הִנֵּ֣הhi.Nehthere!H2009
בָאָ֑הva.'Ah[it is] comingH935
יָֽצְאָה֙ya.tze.'Ahit has gone forthH3318
הַצְּפִרָ֔הha.tze.fi.Rah<the> doomH6843
צָ֚ץtzatzit has blossomedH6692
הַמַּטֶּ֔הha.ma.Tehthe rodH4294
פָּרַ֖חpa.Rachit has buddedH6524
הַזָּדֽוֹן\׃ha.za.Don<the> arroganceH2087

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Ezekiel 7:10

  • Isaiah 10:5

    O Assyrian, the rod of mine anger, and the staff in their hand is mine indignation.

  • 1 Thessalonians 5:3

    For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape.

  • James 4:6

    But he giveth more grace. Wherefore he saith, God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace unto the humble.

  • Proverbs 16:18

    Pride goeth before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a fall.

  • Isaiah 28:1

    Woe to the crown of pride, to the drunkards of Ephraim, whose glorious beauty is a fading flower, which are on the head of the fat valleys of them that are overcome with wine!

  • Psalms 89:32

    Then will I visit their transgression with the rod, and their iniquity with stripes.

  • Proverbs 14:3

    In the mouth of the foolish is a rod of pride: but the lips of the wise shall preserve them.

  • Ezekiel 7:6

    An end is come, the end is come: it watcheth for thee; behold, it is come.

  • Numbers 17:8

    And it came to pass, that on the morrow Moses went into the tabernacle of witness; and, behold, the rod of Aaron for the house of Levi was budded, and brought forth buds, and bloomed blossoms, and yielded almonds.

  • Ezekiel 19:14

    And fire is gone out of a rod of her branches, which hath devoured her fruit, so that she hath no strong rod to be a sceptre to rule. This is a lamentation, and shall be for a lamentation.

  • Ezekiel 21:13

    Because it is a trial, and what if the sword contemn even the rod? it shall be no more, saith the Lord God.

  • Daniel 4:37

    Now I Nebuchadnezzar praise and extol and honour the King of heaven, all whose works are truth, and his ways judgment: and those that walk in pride he is able to abase.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
behold, it.
6; 1Th 5:3
the morning.
7
the rod.
19:14; 21:10,13; Nu 17:8; Isa 10:5
pride.
Pr 14:3; 16:18; Isa 28:1; Da 4:37; Jas 4:6

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Context

  • Ezekiel 7:9

    And mine eye shall not spare, neither will I have pity: I will recompense thee according to thy ways and thine abominations that are in the midst of thee; and ye shall know that I am the Lord that smiteth.

  • Ezekiel 7:10

    Behold the day, behold, it is come: the morning is gone forth; the rod hath blossomed, pride hath budded.

  • Ezekiel 7:11

    Violence is risen up into a rod of wickedness: none of them shall remain, nor of their multitude, nor of any of theirs: neither shall there be wailing for them.

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Ezekiel 7:10 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		He aquí el día, he aquí que viene: ha salido la mañana; florecido ha la vara, ha reverdecido la soberbia.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Voici le jour, voici, il est arrivé! Le destin a germé, la verge a fleuri, la fierté s’est épanouie.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Siehe, der Tag! siehe, es kommt! Das Verhängnis wächst hervor; es blüht die Rute es sproßt der Übermut;
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Ecce dies, ecce venit: egressa est contritio, floruit virga, germinavit superbia,