Holy Scripture
Ezekiel 7:13
A church father on this verse
“(Verse 13). The one who buys should not rejoice, and the one who sells should not mourn. It is natural to rejoice in the purchase of possessions and mourn in their sale. However, when slavery and captivity are imminent, both joy and sorrow are in vain. Hence, the Apostle says: Time is shortened. Henceforth, those who…”
Source: Septuagint
Original
13For the buyer shall never again return to the seller, neither shall a man cleave with the eye of hope to his life.
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11pride has sprung up, and will break the staff of the wicked one, and that not with tumult, nor with haste.
12The time is come, behold the day: let not the buyer rejoice, and let not the seller mourn.
— Ezekiel 7:13 —
14Sound ye the trumpet, and pass sentence on all together.
15There shall be war with the sword without, and famine and pestilence within: he that is in the field shall die by the sword; and famine and pestilence shall destroy them that are in the city.