15 I have set the point of the sword against all their gates,
That the heart may melt and many may stumble.
Ah! (A)It is made bright;
It is grasped for slaughter:

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15 So that hearts may melt with fear(A)
    and the fallen be many,
I have stationed the sword for slaughter[a]
    at all their gates.
Look! It is forged to strike like lightning,
    it is grasped for slaughter.(B)

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 21:15 Septuagint; the meaning of the Hebrew for this word is uncertain.

10 Sharpened to make a dreadful slaughter,
Polished to flash like lightning!
Should we then make mirth?
It despises the scepter of My son,
As it does all wood.

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10 sharpened for the slaughter,(A)
    polished to flash like lightning!

“‘Shall we rejoice in the scepter of my royal son? The sword despises every such stick.(B)

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27 “But if you will not heed Me to hallow the Sabbath day, such as not carrying a burden when entering the gates of Jerusalem on the Sabbath day, then (A)I will kindle a fire in its gates, (B)and it shall devour the palaces of Jerusalem, and it shall not be (C)quenched.” ’ ”

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27 But if you do not obey(A) me to keep the Sabbath(B) day holy by not carrying any load as you come through the gates of Jerusalem on the Sabbath day, then I will kindle an unquenchable fire(C) in the gates of Jerusalem that will consume her fortresses.’”(D)

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A Sword Against the Ammonites

28 “And you, son of man, prophesy and say, ‘Thus says the Lord God (A)concerning the Ammonites and concerning their reproach,’ and say:

‘A sword, a sword is drawn,
Polished for slaughter,
For consuming, for flashing—

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28 “And you, son of man, prophesy and say, ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says about the Ammonites(A) and their insults:

“‘A sword,(B) a sword,
    drawn for the slaughter,
polished to consume
    and to flash like lightning!

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22 In his right hand is the divination for Jerusalem: to set up battering rams, to call for a slaughter, to (A)lift the voice with shouting, (B)to set battering rams against the gates, to heap up a siege mound, and to build a wall.

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22 Into his right hand will come the lot for Jerusalem, where he is to set up battering rams, to give the command to slaughter, to sound the battle cry,(A) to set battering rams against the gates, to build a ramp(B) and to erect siege works.(C)

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And it shall be when they say to you, ‘Why are you sighing?’ that you shall answer, ‘Because of the news; when it comes, every heart will melt, (A)all hands will be feeble, every spirit will faint, and all knees will be weak as water. Behold, it is coming and shall be brought to pass,’ says the Lord God.”

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And when they ask you, ‘Why are you groaning?(A)’ you shall say, ‘Because of the news that is coming. Every heart will melt with fear(B) and every hand go limp;(C) every spirit will become faint(D) and every leg will be wet with urine.’(E) It is coming! It will surely take place, declares the Sovereign Lord.”

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47 and say to the forest of the South, ‘Hear the word of the Lord! Thus says the Lord God: “Behold, (A)I will kindle a fire in you, and it shall devour (B)every green tree and every dry tree in you; the blazing flame shall not be quenched, and all faces (C)from the south to the north shall be scorched by it.

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47 Say to the southern forest:(A) ‘Hear the word of the Lord. This is what the Sovereign Lord says: I am about to set fire to you, and it will consume(B) all your trees, both green and dry. The blazing flame will not be quenched, and every face from south to north(C) will be scorched by it.(D)

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and (A)I will set My face against them. (B)They will go out from one fire, but another fire shall devour them. (C)Then you shall know that I am the Lord, when I set My face against them.

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I will set my face against(A) them. Although they have come out of the fire(B), the fire will yet consume them. And when I set my face against them, you will know that I am the Lord.(C)

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14 I am poured out like water,
(A)And all My bones are out of joint;
My heart is like wax;
It has melted [a]within Me.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 22:14 Lit. in the midst of My bowels

14 I am poured out like water,
    and all my bones are out of joint.(A)
My heart has turned to wax;(B)
    it has melted(C) within me.

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10 And even he who is valiant, whose heart is like the heart of a lion, will (A)melt completely. For all Israel knows that your father is a mighty man, and those who are with him are valiant men.

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10 Then even the bravest soldier, whose heart is like the heart of a lion,(A) will melt(B) with fear, for all Israel knows that your father is a fighter and that those with him are brave.(C)

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