Charles Ellicott Commentary Ezekiel 7:13

"For the seller shall not return to that which is sold, although they be yet alive: for the vision is touching the whole multitude thereof, none shall return; neither shall any strengthen himself in the iniquity of his life." — Ezekiel 7:13 (ASV)

The seller shall not return. —The previous verse described the general cessation of all the business of life in the utter desolation of the land. Among the Israelites, the most important buying and selling was that of land, and it was provided in the law (Leviticus 25:14–16) that this practice should in no case extend beyond the year of jubilee, when all land was to revert to its owner by inheritance. The seller in that year was to return to his possession.

Now it is foretold that the desolation will continue for so long that, even if the seller lived, he would be unable to make use of the jubilee year. “It is a natural thing to rejoice in the purchase of property, and to mourn over its sale, but when slavery and captivity stare you in the face, rejoicing and mourning are equally absurd” (S. Jerome). The idea of the latter part of the verse is that no one will grow strong, since his life is spent in iniquity.