ezekiel 7 and 8

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The Hebrew paragraph divisions:

Eze 7:1-4 {p} The end has come upon the land of Israel: I will judge you without pity/ you will know I am YHVH
Eze 7:5-22 {p} Doom has gone out because of their wickedness/ their idols as refuse, will be plundered + defiled
Eze 7:23-27 {p} They will seek peace, but disaster on prophet, priest, elders, king, prince, common people alike
Eze 8:1-6 {p} The vision of the image of jealousy in the Temple, where the glory of YHVH dwelt
Eze 8:7-8 {s} The vision of the hole in the wall/ Ezekiel dug into the hole, and beheld a door
Eze 8:9-14 {s} The vision of the abominable idolatry of the elders in the dark/ the women weeping for Tammuz
Eze 8:15-9:3 {p} …

Eze chapter 7 chiastic structure:

introduction) Eze 7:1-2a, The word of YHVH came to me: Thus says YHVH God to the land of Israel;

1a) Eze 7:2b-10a, Now the end, deserved judgment has come; repeated twice for emphasis;

1a.1) Eze 7:2a-4 {p} The end has come + My anger + deserved judgment without pity + I am YHVH;

1a.1.1) Eze 7:2b-3a, An end, the end has come upon the four corners of the land, it has come upon you;
1a.1.2) Eze 7:3b, And I will send My anger against you;
1a.1.3) Eze 7:3c-4b, I will judge + repay you according to your ways, for your abominations, without pity;

1a) Eze 7:3c, I will judge you according to your ways + I will repay you for all your abominations;
central axis) Eze 7:4a, My eye will not spare you, nor will I have pity;
2a) Eze 7:4b, But I will repay your ways, and your abominations will be in your midst;

1a.1.4 {p} Then you shall know that I am YHVH;

1a.2) Eze 7:5-10a, The end has come + My anger + deserved judgment without pity + I am YHVH;

1a) Eze 7:5a, Thus says YHVH God: A disaster, a singular disaster;
1b) Eze 7:5b, Behold, it has come!
central axis) Eze 7:6-9, The end has come + My anger + deserved judgment without pity + I am YHVH;

1a.2.1) Eze 7:6-7, An end, the end has come/ doom to you who dwell in the land, the time has come;
1a.2.2) Eze 7:8a, Now upon you I will soon pour out My fury, and spend My anger upon you;
1a.2.3) Eze 7:8b-9b, I will judge + repay you according to your ways, for your abominations, without pity;

1a) Eze 7:8b, I will judge you according to your ways + I will repay you for all your abominations;
central axis) Eze 7:9a, My eye will not spare, nor will I have pity;
2a) Eze 7:9b, I will repay you according to your ways, and your abominations will be in your midst;

1a.2.4) Eze 7:9c, Then you shall know that I am YHVH who strikes;

2b) Eze 7:10a, Behold, the day! Behold, it has come!
2a) Eze 7:10b, Doom has gone out;

1b.1) Eze 7:10b, Doom has gone out;
1b.2) Eze 7:10c-18, Because wickedness is full grown, none shall remain, but My wrath is upon the whole multitude;

1c) Eze 7:19-22 {p} The silver + gold of their idols, strangers will plunder + defile/ they will defile My secret place;

1a) Eze 7:19-21, The silver + gold of their idols will be as refuse, defiled + plundered by strangers;
central axis) Eze 7:22a, I will turn My face from them;
2a) Eze 7:22b {p} They will defile My secret place, for robbers shall enter it and defile it;

central axis) Eze 7:23-24a, “Make a chain, for the land is filled with crimes of blood, and the city is full of violence. Therefore I will bring the worst of the Gentiles, and they will possess their houses. I will cause the pomp of the strong to cease;”

2c) Eze 7:24b, And their holy places shall be defiled;

2b.1) Eze 7:25-26a, Destruction, disaster comes upon disaster/ they will seek peace, but there shall be none;
2b.2) Eze 7:26b-27a, Prophet, priest, elders, king, prince, common people alike will be desolate + tremble;

2a) Eze 7:27b {p} I will do to them + judge them according to their way/ Then they shall know that I am YHVH.