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Ezekiel 21:14-16
English Standard Version
Ezekiel 21:14-16
English Standard Version
14 “As for you, (A)son of man, prophesy. (B)Clap your hands and let the sword come down twice, (C)yes, three times,[a] the sword for those to be slain. It is the sword for the great slaughter, which surrounds them, 15 that their hearts may melt, and many stumble.[b] At all their gates I have given the glittering sword. Ah, it is made like lightning; (D)it is taken up[c] for slaughter. 16 Cut sharply to the right; set yourself to the left, wherever your face is directed.
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- Ezekiel 21:14 Hebrew its third
- Ezekiel 21:15 Hebrew many stumbling blocks
- Ezekiel 21:15 The meaning of the Hebrew word rendered taken up is uncertain
Ezekiel 21:14-16
New International Version
Ezekiel 21:14-16
New International Version
14 “So then, son of man, prophesy
and strike your hands(A) together.
Let the sword strike twice,
even three times.
It is a sword for slaughter—
a sword for great slaughter,
closing in on them from every side.(B)
15 So that hearts may melt with fear(C)
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.(D)
16 Slash to the right, you sword,
then to the left,
wherever your blade is turned.
Footnotes
- Ezekiel 21:15 Septuagint; the meaning of the Hebrew for this word is uncertain.
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