Reference

Ezekiel 7:5

Thus saith the Lord God; An evil, an only evil, behold, is come.
3

Now is the end come upon thee, and I will send mine anger upon thee, and will judge thee according to thy ways, and will recompense upon thee all thine abominations.

4

And mine eye shall not spare thee, neither will I have pity: but I will recompense thy ways upon thee, and thine abominations shall be in the midst of thee: and ye shall know that I am the Lord.

5

Thus saith the Lord God; An evil, an only evil, behold, is come.

6

An end is come, the end is come: it watcheth for thee; behold, it is come.

7

The morning is come unto thee, O thou that dwellest in the land: the time is come, the day of trouble is near, and not the sounding again of the mountains.

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Literal Fulfillment

While the verse uses concrete language ("an evil, an only evil, behold, is come"), the nature of this "evil" is not explicitly defined within this single verse, leaving room for interpretation regarding whether it refers to a literal, physical event or a more metaphorical or spiritual calamity.

Prophetic Methods of Communication

The verse itself describes a message being delivered ("An evil, an only evil, behold, is come"), but it does not explicitly detail the *method* by which this message was communicated to the prophet Ezekiel. The phrase "Thus saith the Lord God" indicates the *source* of the message, not the specific means of its reception by the prophet.