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.
Cross-reference
In Ezekiel 7:14, despite trumpet and readiness, no one goes to battle — illustrating the helplessness when God's wrath is on the whole crowd.
In Ezekiel 7:13, the reason unfolds: the seller will never return to his property — the judgment is irreversible, amplifying the warning against buying.
Ezekiel 7:10 proclaims the day and rod blossoming — directly parallel to the buyer/seller warning about the arriving judgment.
Ezekiel 7:5-7 announces the end and day of doom — reinforcing the same urgent 'time has come' theme from verse 12.
In Ezekiel 7:7, the same 'time has come' and 'day is near' – the identical prophecy of doom within the same chapter.
In Ezekiel 6:12, the same divine fury is poured out through sword, famine, and plague – echoing the judgment on the whole multitude.
In Ezekiel 30:3, the near day of the Lord against Egypt is announced – same prophetic urgency and judgment language.
In Isaiah 5:14, Sheol swallows the multitude – the same image of the whole people being consumed in judgment.
In Jeremiah 32:24, the actual siege of Jerusalem is described — the very judgment Ezekiel warns of, with the city given to Babylon.
In Isaiah 24:2, the same pairing of buyer and seller appears in a universal judgment context, reinforcing the leveling effect of God's wrath.
In Joel 2:1, the day of the Lord is coming near – same alarm about imminent divine judgment.
In Zephaniah 1:14, the great day of the Lord is near and hastening – identical theme of imminent judgment.
In Jeremiah 32:7, buying land is commanded as a sign of hope during siege — contrasting with Ezekiel where buyer is told not to rejoice because wrath is upon all.
1 Corinthians 7:29-31 echoes the buyer/seller motif and the short time — applying the same eschatological detachment.
James 4:13 warns against presuming on future trade, echoing Ezekiel's point that the day of the Lord makes such plans futile.
In Jeremiah 47:4, the day of destruction for Philistines is described – a parallel judgment day against a different nation.
In Isaiah 5:13, exile and hunger come for lack of knowledge – a parallel judgment scenario but with a different cause.