Ezekiel 7:20-27

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition

²¹ I will hand it over to strangers as plunder,
    to the wicked of the earth as spoil;
    they shall profane it.^(B)
22 I will avert my face from them
    so that they may profane my treasured^[b] place;
the violent shall enter it;
    they shall profane it.^(C)
23 Make a chain!^[c]
For the land is full of bloody crimes;
    the city is full of violence.^(D)
24 I will bring the worst of the nations
    to take possession of their houses.
I will put an end to the arrogance of the strong,
    and their holy places shall be profaned.^(E)
25 When anguish comes, they will seek peace,
    but there shall be none.^(F)
26 Disaster comes upon disaster;
    rumor follows rumor;
they shall keep seeking a vision from the prophet;
    instruction shall perish from the priest
    and counsel from the elders.^(G)
27 The king shall mourn,
    the prince shall be wrapped in despair,
    and the hands of the people of the land shall tremble.
According to their way I will deal with them;
    according to their own judgments I will judge them.