Ezekiel 7 · Verse 13

Ezekiel 7:13

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.

Ezekiel 7:13, King James Version

Ezekiel 7:13 in other translations

BSB	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.
WEB	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.
ASV	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.
YLT	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.
DARBY	For the seller shall not return to that which is sold, even though he were yet alive amongst the living: for the vision is touching the whole multitude thereof; it shall not be revoked; and none shall through his iniquity assure his life.
BBE	For the trader will not go back to the things for which he had his price, even while he is still living:
Webster	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.

What does Ezekiel 7:13 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown

13. although they were yet alive--although they should live to the year of jubilee. multitude thereof--namely, of the Jews. which shall not return--answering to "the seller shall not return"; not only he, but the whole multitude, shall not return. Calvin omits "is" and "which": "the vision touching the whole multitude shall not return" void (Is 55:11). neither shall any strengthen himself in the iniquity of his life--No hardening of one's self in iniquity will avail against God's threat of punishment. Fairbairn translates, "no one by his iniquity shall invigorate his life"; referring to the jubilee, which was regarded as a revivification of the whole commonwealth, when, its disorders being rectified, the body politic sprang up again into renewed life. That for which God thus provided by the institution of the jubilee and which is now to cease through the nation's iniquity, let none think to bring about by his iniquity.

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

Adam Clarke's Commentary

Verse 13 For the seller shall not return - In the sale of all heritages among the Jews, it was always understood that the heritage must return to the family on the year of jubilee, which was every fiftieth year; but in this case the seller should not return to possess it, as it was not likely that he should be alive when the next jubilee should come, and if he were even to live till that time, he could not possess it, as he would then be in captivity. And the reason is particularly given; for the vision - the prophetic declaration of a seventy years' captivity, regards the whole multitude of the people; and it shall not return, i.e., it will be found to be strictly true, without any abatement.

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 7:13 in the original Hebrew

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כִּ֣יkiforH3588

הַמּוֹכֵ֗רha.mo.Kherthe sellerH4376

אֶל\־'el-toH413

הַמִּמְכָּר֙ha.mi.Karthe thing soldH4465

לֹ֣אlo'notH3808

יָשׁ֔וּבya.Shuvhe will returnH7725

וְע֥וֹדve.'odand stillH5750

בַּחַיִּ֖יםba.chai.Yim[is] in <the> lifeH2416

חַיָּתָ֑םchai.ya.Tamlife theirH2416

כִּֽי\־ki-forH3588

חָז֤וֹןcha.Zon[the] visionH2377

אֶל\־'el-concerningH413

כָּל\־kol-allH3605

הֲמוֹנָהּ֙ha.mo.Nahmultitude itsH1995

לֹ֣אlo'notH3808

יָשׁ֔וּבya.Shuvit will turn backH7725

וְאִ֧ישׁve.'Ishand anyoneH376

בַּעֲוֹנ֛וֹba.'a.vo.Noin iniquity hisH5771

חַיָּת֖וֹchai.ya.Tolife hisH2416

לֹ֥אlo'notH3808

יִתְחַזָּֽקוּ\׃yit.cha.Za.kuthey will strengthen themselvesH2388

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Cross references for Ezekiel 7:13

Leviticus 25:24-28
And in all the land of your possession ye shall grant a redemption for the land. If thy brother be waxen poor, and hath sold away some of his possession, and if any of his kin come to redeem it, then shall he redeem that which his brother sold. And if the man have none to redeem it, and himself be able to redeem it; Then let him count the years of the sale thereof, and restore the overplus unto the man to whom he sold it; that he may return unto his possession. …
Ezekiel 33:26-27
Ye stand upon your sword, ye work abomination, and ye defile every one his neighbour’s wife: and shall ye possess the land? Say thou thus unto them, Thus saith the Lord God; As I live, surely they that are in the wastes shall fall by the sword, and him that is in the open field will I give to the beasts to be devoured, and they that be in the forts and in the caves shall die of the pestilence.
Job 15:25
For he stretcheth out his hand against God, and strengtheneth himself against the Almighty.
Ezekiel 13:22
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:
Psalms 52:7
Lo, this is the man that made not God his strength; but trusted in the abundance of his riches, and strengthened himself in his wickedness.
Ecclesiastes 8:8
There is no man that hath power over the spirit to retain the spirit; neither hath he power in the day of death: and there is no discharge in that war; neither shall wickedness deliver those that are given to it.
Leviticus 25:31
But the houses of the villages which have no wall round about them shall be counted as the fields of the country: they may be redeemed, and they shall go out in the jubile.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

the seller.
Ec 8:8; Le 25:24-28,31
they were yet alive. Heb. their life were yet among theliving. neither.
13:22; 33:26,27; Job 15:25; Ps 52:7
in, etc. or, whose life is in his iniquity. the iniquity ofhis life. Heb. his iniquity.

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Context

Ezekiel 7:12
The time is come, the day draweth near: let not the buyer rejoice, nor the seller mourn: for wrath is upon all the multitude thereof.
Ezekiel 7:13
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.
Ezekiel 7:14
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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Ezekiel 7:13 in other languages

Spanish Reina-Valera 1909	Porque el que vende no tornará á lo vendido, aunque queden vivos: porque la visión sobre toda su multitud no será cancelada; y ninguno podrá, á causa de su iniquidad, amparar su vida.
French Bible J.N. Darby 1885	Car celui qui vend ne rentrera pas en possession de ce qui a été vendu, serait-il même encore en vie parmi les vivants; car la vision est touchant toute sa foule bruyante, elle ne sera point révoquée, et personne par son iniquité ne fortifiera sa vie.
German Elberfelder 1871	Denn der Verkäufer wird nicht wieder zu dem Verkauften gelangen und wenn er auch noch am Leben wäre unter den Lebenden; denn das Gesicht wider seine ganze Menge wird nicht rückgängig werden, und niemand wird durch seine Ungerechtigkeit sein Leben befestigen.
Latin Clementine Vulgate	Quia qui vendit, ad id quod vendidit non revertetur: et adhuc in viventibus vita eorum: visio enim ad omnem multitudinem ejus non regredietur, et vir in iniquitate vitæ suæ non confortabitur.