Ezekiel 7 · Verse 14

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.
Ezekiel 7:14, King James Version

Ezekiel 7:14 in other translations

BSBThey have blown the trumpet and made everything ready, but no one goes to war, for My wrath is upon the whole multitude.
WEBThey have blown the trumpet, and have made all ready; but no one goes to the battle, for my wrath is on all its multitude.
ASVThey have blown the trumpet, and have made all ready; but none goeth to the battle; for my wrath is upon all the multitude thereof.
YLTThey have blown with a trumpet to prepare the whole, And none is going to battle, For My wrath is unto all its multitude.
DARBYThey have blown the trumpet and made all ready, but none goeth to the battle; for my fierce anger is upon all the multitude thereof.
BBEAnd he who has given a price for goods will not get them, for my wrath is on all of them.
WebsterThey have blown the trumpet, even to make all ready; but none goeth to the battle: for my wrath is upon all the multitude thereof:

What does Ezekiel 7:14 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
14. They have blown the trumpet--rather, "Blow the trumpet," or, "Let them blow the trumpet" to collect soldiers as they will, "to make all ready" for encountering the foe, it will be of no avail; none will have the courage to go to the battle (compare Jr 6:1), [Calvin].

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

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 14 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.

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 7:14 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.

תָּקְע֤וּta.ke.'Uthey have given a blastH8628
בַתָּק֙וֹעַ֙va.ta.Ko.a'on the trumpetH8619
וְהָכִ֣יןve.ha.Khinand to prepareH3559
הַכֹּ֔לha.Kol<the> everythingH3605
וְאֵ֥יןve.'Einand there notH369
הֹלֵ֖ךְho.Lekh[is one who] goesH1980
לַמִּלְחָמָ֑הla.mil.cha.Mahto the battleH4421
כִּ֥יkiforH3588
חֲרוֹנִ֖יcha.ro.Nianger myH2740
אֶל\־'el-[is] againstH413
כָּל\־kol-allH3605
הֲמוֹנָֽהּ\׃ha.mo.Nahmultitude itsH1995

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

Cross references for Ezekiel 7:14

  • Jeremiah 4:5

    Declare ye in Judah, and publish in Jerusalem; and say, Blow ye the trumpet in the land: cry, gather together, and say, Assemble yourselves, and let us go into the defenced cities.

  • Jeremiah 7:20

    Therefore thus saith the Lord God; Behold, mine anger and my fury shall be poured out upon this place, upon man, and upon beast, and upon the trees of the field, and upon the fruit of the ground; and it shall burn, and shall not be quenched.

  • Jeremiah 6:11

    Therefore I am full of the fury of the Lord; I am weary with holding in: I will pour it out upon the children abroad, and upon the assembly of young men together: for even the husband with the wife shall be taken, the aged with him that is full of days.

  • Isaiah 24:1-7

    Behold, the Lord maketh the earth empty, and maketh it waste, and turneth it upside down, and scattereth abroad the inhabitants thereof. And it shall be, as with the people, so with the priest; as with the servant, so with his master; as with the maid, so with her mistress; as with the buyer, so with the seller; as with the lender, so with the borrower; as with the taker of usury, so with the giver of usury to him. The land shall be utterly emptied, and utterly spoiled: for the Lord hath spoken this word. The earth mourneth and fadeth away, the world languisheth and fadeth away, the haughty people of the earth do languish. …

  • Jeremiah 12:12

    The spoilers are come upon all high places through the wilderness: for the sword of the Lord shall devour from the one end of the land even to the other end of the land: no flesh shall have peace.

  • Jeremiah 51:27

    Set ye up a standard in the land, blow the trumpet among the nations, prepare the nations against her, call together against her the kingdoms of Ararat, Minni, and Ashchenaz; appoint a captain against her; cause the horses to come up as the rough caterpillers.

  • Jeremiah 6:1

    O ye children of Benjamin, gather yourselves to flee out of the midst of Jerusalem, and blow the trumpet in Tekoa, and set up a sign of fire in Beth–haccerem: for evil appeareth out of the north, and great destruction.

  • Ezekiel 7:11-12

    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. 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.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
have.
Jer 4:5; 6:1; 51:27
for.
11,12; Isa 24:1-7; Jer 6:11; 7:20; 12:12

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Context

  • 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.

  • Ezekiel 7:15

    The sword is without, and the pestilence and the famine within: he that is in the field shall die with the sword; and he that is in the city, famine and pestilence shall devour him.

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Ezekiel 7:14 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Tocarán trompeta, y aparejarán todas las cosas, y no habrá quien vaya á la batalla: porque mi ira está sobre toda su multitud.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Ils ont sonné de la trompette et ont tout préparé; mais personne ne marche au combat, parce que l’ardeur de ma colère est sur toute sa foule bruyante.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Man stößt in das Horn und macht alles bereit, aber niemand zieht in den Streit; denn meine Zornglut kommt über seine ganze Menge. -
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Canite tuba, præparentur omnes: et non est qui vadat ad prælium: ira enim mea super universum populum ejus.