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Ezekiel 7:12

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.

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

For the seller shall not return to that which is sold,.... In the year of jubilee, because he shall be in captivity: according to the law in Lev 25:13, when a man had sold his possession, he returned…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

The day - Either of temporal or final judgment. It was grievous for an Israelite to part with his land. But now the seller need not mourn his loss, nor the buyer exult in him gain. All should live the…

Methodist theologian, 1762–1832

Adam Clarke

Let not the buyer rejoice, nor the seller mourn - Such is now the state of public affairs, that he who through want has been obliged to sell his inheritance, need not mourn on the account; as of this…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Ezekiel 7:1-15

We have here fair warning given of the destruction of the land of Israel, which was now hastening on apace. God, by the prophet, not only sends notice of it, but will have it inculcated in the same…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

The inhabitants shall be overwhelmed in a common ruin, in which all social relations shall be forgotten the buyer shall not rejoice nor the seller sorrow. A universal "wrath" shall be on all classes,…