Ezekiel 7 · Verse 6

Ezekiel 7:6

An end is come, the end is come: it watcheth for thee; behold, it is come.
Ezekiel 7:6, King James Version

Ezekiel 7:6 in other translations

BSBThe end has come! The end has come! It has roused itself against you. Behold, it has come!
WEBAn end has come. The end has come! It awakes against you. Behold, it comes.
ASVAn end is come, the end is come; it awaketh against thee; behold, it cometh.
YLTAn end hath come, come hath the end, It hath waked for thee, lo, it hath come.
DARBYThe end is come, the end is come; it awaketh against thee: behold, it cometh.
BBEAn end has come, the end has come; see, it is coming on you.
WebsterAn end is come, the end is come: it watcheth for thee; behold, it is come.

What does Ezekiel 7:6 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
6. watcheth for thee--rather, "waketh for thee." It awakes up from its past slumber against thee (Psa 78:65, 66).

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

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 6 An end is come, the end is come: it watcheth for thee - This is similar to the second verse; but there is a paronomasia, or play upon letters and words, which is worthy of note. קץ בא בא הקץ הקץ אליך kets ba, ba hakkets, hekits elayich. קצה katsah signifies to make an end or extremity, by cutting off something, and יקץ yakats signifies to awake from sleep: hence קיץ kits, the summer, as the earth and its productions seem then to awake from the sleep of winter. The end or final destruction is here personified; and represented as an executioner who has arisen early from his sleep, and is waiting for his orders to execute judgment upon these offenders. Hence it is said: -

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 7:6 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.

קֵ֣ץketzan endH7093
בָּ֔אBa'it has comeH935
בָּ֥אba'it has comeH935
הַקֵּ֖ץha.Ketzthe endH7093
הֵקִ֣יץhe.Kitzit has awakenedH6974
אֵלָ֑יִךְ'e.La.yikhagainst youH413
הִנֵּ֖הhi.Nehthere!H2009
בָּאָֽה\׃ba.'Ah[it is] comingH935

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

Cross references for Ezekiel 7:6

  • Zechariah 13:7

    Awake, O sword, against my shepherd, and against the man that is my fellow, saith the Lord of hosts: smite the shepherd, and the sheep shall be scattered: and I will turn mine hand upon the little ones.

  • Ezekiel 7:10

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

  • Ezekiel 7:3

    Now is the end come upon thee, and I will send mine anger upon thee, and will judge thee according to thy ways, and will recompense upon thee all thine abominations.

  • Jeremiah 44:27

    Behold, I will watch over them for evil, and not for good: and all the men of Judah that are in the land of Egypt shall be consumed by the sword and by the famine, until there be an end of them.

  • Ezekiel 21:25

    And thou, profane wicked prince of Israel, whose day is come, when iniquity shall have an end,

  • 2 Peter 2:5

    And spared not the old world, but saved Noah the eighth person, a preacher of righteousness, bringing in the flood upon the world of the ungodly;

  • Ezekiel 39:8

    Behold, it is come, and it is done, saith the Lord God; this is the day whereof I have spoken.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
An end.This is similar to the second verse; but there is a paronomasia, or play upon words, here, deserving of notice: {ketz ba, ba hakketz, haikeetz ailayich,} "the end cometh, come is the end: it waketh for thee." {Ketz,} is an end; {haikeetz,} is to wake or watch.
3; Jer 44:27
watcheth for thee. Heb. awaketh against thee.
Zec 13:7
behold.
10; 21:25; 39:8; 2Pe 2:5

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Context

  • Ezekiel 7:5

    Thus saith the Lord God; An evil, an only evil, behold, is come.

  • Ezekiel 7:6

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

  • Ezekiel 7:7

    The morning is come unto thee, O thou that dwellest in the land: the time is come, the day of trouble is near, and not the sounding again of the mountains.

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Ezekiel 7:6 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Viene el fin, el fin viene: hase despertado contra ti; he aquí que viene.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		La fin est venue, la fin est venue! Elle se réveille contre toi; voici, elle vient!
German
Elberfelder 1871		das Ende kommt; es kommt das Ende, es erwacht wider dich; siehe, es kommt!
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Finis venit, venit finis: evigilavit adversum te, ecce venit.