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Ezekiel 21
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21 And the word of Jehovah came unto me, saying, 2 Son of man, set thy face toward Jerusalem, and drop thy word toward the sanctuaries, and prophesy against the land of Israel; 3 and say to the land of Israel, Thus saith Jehovah: Behold, I am against thee, and will draw forth my sword out of its sheath, and will cut off from thee the righteous and the wicked. 4 Seeing then that I will cut off from thee the righteous and the wicked, therefore shall my sword go forth out of its sheath against all flesh from the south to the north: 5 and all flesh shall know that I, Jehovah, have drawn forth my sword out of its sheath; it shall not return any more. 6 Sigh therefore, thou son of man; with the breaking of thy loins and with bitterness shalt thou sigh before their eyes. 7 And it shall be, when they say unto thee, Wherefore sighest thou? that thou shalt say, Because of the tidings, for it cometh; and every heart shall melt, and all hands shall be feeble, and every spirit shall [a]faint, and all knees shall be weak as water: behold, it cometh, and it shall be done, saith the Lord Jehovah.

8 And the word of Jehovah came unto me, saying, 9 Son of man, prophesy, and say, Thus saith Jehovah: Say, A sword, a sword, it is sharpened, and also furbished; 10 it is sharpened that it may make a slaughter; it is furbished that it may be as lightning: shall we then make mirth? [b]the rod of my son, it contemneth every tree. 11 And it is given to be furbished, that it may be handled: the sword, it is sharpened, yea, it is furbished, to give it into the hand of the slayer. 12 Cry and wail, son of man; for it is upon my people, it is upon all the princes of Israel: [c]they are delivered over to the sword with my people; smite therefore upon thy thigh. 13 For there is a trial; and [d]what if even the rod that contemneth shall be no more? saith the Lord Jehovah. 14 Thou therefore, son of man, prophesy, and smite thy hands together; and let the sword be doubled the third time, the sword of the deadly wounded: it is the sword of the great one that is deadly wounded, which [e]entereth into their chambers. 15 I have set the [f]threatening sword against all their gates, that their heart may melt, and their stumblings be multiplied: ah! it is made as lightning, it is pointed for slaughter. 16 [g]Gather thee together, go to the right, set thyself in array, go to the left, [h]whithersoever thy face is set. 17 I will also smite my hands together, and I will cause my wrath to rest: I, Jehovah, have spoken it.

18 The word of Jehovah came unto me again, saying, 19 Also, thou son of man, appoint thee two ways, that the sword of the king of Babylon may come; they twain shall come forth out of one land: and mark out a [i]place, mark it out at the head of the way to the city. 20 Thou shalt appoint a way for the sword to come to Rabbah of the children of Ammon, and to Judah in Jerusalem the fortified. 21 For the king of Babylon stood at the parting of the way, at the head of the two ways, to use divination: he shook the arrows to and fro, he consulted the teraphim, he looked in the liver. 22 In his right hand was the divination for Jerusalem, to set battering rams, to open the mouth [j]in the slaughter, to lift up the voice with shouting, to set battering rams against the gates, to cast up mounds, to build forts. 23 And it shall be unto them as a false divination in their sight, who have sworn oaths unto them; but he bringeth iniquity to remembrance, that they may be taken.

24 Therefore thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Because ye have made your iniquity to be remembered, in that your transgressions are uncovered, so that in all your doings your sins do appear; because that ye are come to remembrance, ye shall be taken with the hand. 25 And thou, O deadly wounded wicked one, the prince of Israel, whose day is come, in the time of the [k]iniquity of the end, 26 thus saith the Lord Jehovah: [l]Remove the mitre, and take off the crown; this shall be [m]no more the same; exalt that which is low, and abase that which is high. 27 [n]I will overturn, overturn, overturn it: this also shall be no more, until he come whose right it is; and I will give it him.

28 And thou, son of man, prophesy, and say, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah concerning the children of Ammon, and concerning their reproach; and say thou, A sword, a sword is drawn, for the slaughter it is furbished, [o]to cause it to devour, that it may be as lightning; 29 while they see for thee false visions, while they divine lies unto thee, to lay thee upon the necks of the wicked that are deadly wounded, whose day is come in the time of the [p]iniquity of the end. 30 Cause it to return into its sheath. In the place where thou wast created, in the land of [q]thy birth, will I judge thee. 31 And I will pour out mine indignation upon thee; I will blow upon thee with the fire of my wrath; and I will deliver thee into the hand of brutish men, skilful to destroy. 32 Thou shalt be for fuel to the fire; thy blood shall be in the midst of the land; thou shalt be no more remembered: for I, Jehovah, have spoken it.

Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 21:7 Or, be dim
  2. Ezekiel 21:10 Or, it contemneth the rod of my son, as every tree
  3. Ezekiel 21:12 Or, terrors by reason of the sword are upon my people
  4. Ezekiel 21:13 Or, what if the sword contemn even the rod? it shall be no more etc.
  5. Ezekiel 21:14 Or, compasseth them about
  6. Ezekiel 21:15 Or, glittering
  7. Ezekiel 21:16 Hebrew Make thyself one.
  8. Ezekiel 21:16 Or, whither is thy face set?
  9. Ezekiel 21:19 Hebrew hand.
  10. Ezekiel 21:22 Or, for
  11. Ezekiel 21:25 Or, punishment
  12. Ezekiel 21:26 Or, I will remove etc.
  13. Ezekiel 21:26 Hebrew not this.
  14. Ezekiel 21:27 Hebrew An overthrow, overthrow, overthrow, will I make it.
  15. Ezekiel 21:28 Or, to the uttermost
  16. Ezekiel 21:29 Or, punishment
  17. Ezekiel 21:30 Or, thine origin
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Ezekiel 21
Lexham English Bible

A Vision of the Avenging Sword of Yahweh

21 And the word of Yahweh came[a] to me, saying,[b] 2 “Son of man,[c] set your face toward Jerusalem, and preach to the sanctuaries, and prophesy to the land of Israel. 3 And you must say to the land of Israel, ‘Thus says Yahweh: “Look! I am against you, and I will draw out my sword from its sheath, and I will cut off from you the righteous and the wicked. 4 Because[d] I will cut off from you both righteous and wicked, therefore my sword will go out from its sheath to[e] all creatures[f] from south to north. 5 And they will know, all creatures, that I, Yahweh, I will bring out my sword from its sheath; it will not return again!”’ 6 And you, son of man,[g] groan with shaking hips,[h] and you must groan with bitterness before their eyes. 7 And then[i] when they say to you, ‘On account of what are you groaning?’ then you must say, ‘On account of the report, for it is coming, and every heart will be weak and all hands will hang limp and every spirit will be disheartened, and all knees will go like water.’ Look! It is coming, and it will happen!” declares[j] the Lord Yahweh.

8 And the word of Yahweh came[k] to me, saying,[l] 9 “Son of man,[m] prophesy, and you must say, ‘Thus says the Lord,’ say, ‘A sword, a sword is sharpened and is also polished. 10 It is sharpened to slaughter a slaughter, polished to flash like lightning![n] Or will we rejoice?[o] A rod, my son, is despising every tree.[p] 11 And he gives it to be polished, to be seized by the hand.[q] It is sharpened—a sword—and it is polished to give it into the hand of the killer. 12 Cry and wail, son of man,[r] for it is against my people; it is against all of the princes of Israel. They are thrown to the sword with my people; therefore strike your thigh.[s] 13 For examine![t] And what if also the rod will not be despising?’ declares[u] the Lord Yahweh. 14 And you, son of man,[v] prophesy and clap your hands.[w] And the sword will strike twice;[x] let it happen a third time. It is a sword of the dead, the sword of the great dead that is surrounding them, 15 so that a heart melts, and the fallen multiply[y] at all of their gates. I gave a sword for slaughter, and alas! It is made for flashing, it is grasped[z] for slaughtering. 16 Gather together, strike to the right; cause to go to the left, where your edge[aa] is directed. 17 And also I myself[ab] will clap my hands,[ac] and I will satisfy my rage! I, Yahweh, I have spoken.”

18 And the word of Yahweh came[ad] to me, saying,[ae] 19 “And you, son of man,[af] mark out for yourself[ag] two roads for the coming of the sword of the king of Babylon; they must both[ah] go out from the same land. And hew out a signpost;[ai] hew it at the head of the road of the city. 20 You must mark a road for the coming of the sword to Rabbah of the Ammonites[aj] and to Judah, in Jerusalem the fortified. 21 For the king of Babylon stands at the fork of the road at the head of the two roads to practice divination. He shakes the arrows,[ak] he inquires with the teraphim, he examines[al] the liver. 22 In his right hand is the divination for Jerusalem, to put up battering rams, to open a mouth for slaughter,[am] to raise the battle cry,[an] to put up battering rams against gates, to build a siege ramp, to build siege works.[ao] 23 And it will be to them like practicing divination falsely[ap] in their eyes; they have sworn oaths for themselves.[aq] But[ar] he will bring their guilt to remembrance so as to seize them.

24 “Therefore thus says the Lord Yahweh: ‘Because you have brought to remembrance your guilt by the uncovering of your transgressions, so that your sins in all of your deeds appear—because of your being remembered, you will be captured in the hand.’ 25 And as for you, profane one, wicked prince of Israel, whose day has come with the time of the punishment of the end, 26 thus says the Lord Yahweh: ‘Remove the turban and lift off the crown; things are no longer the same. Exalt the low and bring low the high. 27 A ruin, a ruin, a ruin I will make it! Also[as] this has not ever happened;[at] it will remain until the coming of the one to whom the judgment belongs and I have given it to him.’ 28 And you, son of man,[au] prophesy, and you must say, ‘Thus says the Lord Yahweh to the Ammonites[av] and concerning their disgrace,’ and you must say, ‘A sword, a sword is drawn for slaughtering; it is polished for holding, for flashing like lightning,[aw] 29 when seeing a false vision for you in vain, when practicing divination for you falsely, to give[ax] you on the neck of the profane ones of the wicked, whose day has come,[ay] the time of final punishment.[az] 30 Return it to its sheath in the place where you were created. In the land of your origin I will judge you! 31 And I will pour out my anger on you; I will blow on you with the fire of my wrath, and I will give you into the hand of brutal men, skilled craftsmen of destruction. 32 You will be as fuel for the fire; your blood will be in the midst of the earth. You will not be remembered, for I, Yahweh, I have spoken.’”

Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 21:1 Literally “was”
  2. Ezekiel 21:1 Literally “to say”
  3. Ezekiel 21:2 Or “mortal,” or “son of humankind”
  4. Ezekiel 21:4 Hebrew “Because that”
  5. Ezekiel 21:4 Or “against”
  6. Ezekiel 21:4 Hebrew “creature”
  7. Ezekiel 21:6 Or “mortal,” or “son of humankind”
  8. Ezekiel 21:6 Literally “with destruction of loins”
  9. Ezekiel 21:7 Literally “and it will be”
  10. Ezekiel 21:7 Literally “declaration of”
  11. Ezekiel 21:8 Literally “was”
  12. Ezekiel 21:8 Literally “to say”
  13. Ezekiel 21:9 Or “mortal,” or “son of humankind”
  14. Ezekiel 21:10 Literally “so that there be for her lightning”
  15. Ezekiel 21:10 Or “be pleased”
  16. Ezekiel 21:10 Or “stick” of correction; Hebrew is uncertain in meaning here
  17. Ezekiel 21:11 Literally “to take hold of in the palm of the hand”
  18. Ezekiel 21:12 Or “mortal,” or “son of humankind”
  19. Ezekiel 21:12 Literally “strike on the thigh”
  20. Ezekiel 21:13 Literally “it was tested”
  21. Ezekiel 21:13 Literally “declaration of”
  22. Ezekiel 21:14 Or “mortal,” or “son of humankind”
  23. Ezekiel 21:14 Literally “strike hand to hand”
  24. Ezekiel 21:14 Literally “be doubled”
  25. Ezekiel 21:15 Literally “be made many”
  26. Ezekiel 21:15 Or “polished”
  27. Ezekiel 21:16 Literally “face”
  28. Ezekiel 21:17 Literally “I, I”
  29. Ezekiel 21:17 Literally “strike my hand to my hand”
  30. Ezekiel 21:18 Literally “was”
  31. Ezekiel 21:18 Literally “to say”
  32. Ezekiel 21:19 Or “mortal,” or “son of humankind”
  33. Ezekiel 21:19 Hebrew “you”
  34. Ezekiel 21:19 Literally “the two of them”
  35. Ezekiel 21:19 Literally “hand”
  36. Ezekiel 21:20 Literally “sons of Ammon”
  37. Ezekiel 21:21 Literally “he casts the lot with the arrows” (cf. NASB, NRSV)
  38. Ezekiel 21:21 Literally “sees with”
  39. Ezekiel 21:22 Or “open the mouth of Sheol”; or “give the command to slaughter” (cf. NRSV, NASB)
  40. Ezekiel 21:22 Literally “to raise a voice in shouting”
  41. Ezekiel 21:22 Hebrew “siege work”
  42. Ezekiel 21:23 Or “in vain”
  43. Ezekiel 21:23 Literally “swearers of oaths will be for them”
  44. Ezekiel 21:23 Or “And”
  45. Ezekiel 21:27 Or “indeed”
  46. Ezekiel 21:27 Or “will not happen until” (cf. NASB and NRSV)
  47. Ezekiel 21:28 Or “mortal,” or “son of humankind”
  48. Ezekiel 21:28 Literally “sons of Ammon”
  49. Ezekiel 21:28 Literally “for the sake of lightening”
  50. Ezekiel 21:29 Or “place”
  51. Ezekiel 21:29 Literally “who has come their day”
  52. Ezekiel 21:29 Literally “in the time of the punishment of the end”
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