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28 “Now as for you, son of man, prophesy and say, ‘Thus says Lord Yahweh concerning the sons of Ammon and concerning their (A)reproach,’ and say: ‘A sword, a sword is drawn, polished for the slaughter, to cause it [a]to (B)consume, that it may be like lightning— 29 while they behold for you (C)worthless visions, while they divine lies for you—to place you on the necks of the wicked who are slain, whose day has come, in the (D)time of the iniquity of the end. 30 (E)Return it to its sheath. In the (F)place where you were created, in the land of your origin, I will judge you. 31 And I will (G)pour out My indignation on you; I will (H)blow on you with the fire of My fury, and I will give you into the hand of brutal men, (I)craftsmen of destruction. 32 You will be [b](J)fuel for the fire; your blood will be in the midst of the land. You will (K)not be remembered, for I, Yahweh, have spoken.’”

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 21:28 Lit to finish
  2. Ezekiel 21:32 Lit food

A Rebuke to Ammon

28 And now Son of Man, prophesy to the Ammonites that this is what the Lord God says to the Ammonites about their approaching humiliation:

“A sword! A sword is being drawn for slaughter.
    It’s polished to flash like lightning.
29 When they see empty visions about you
    while they’re divining lies for you,
to lay you on the necks of the wicked,
    who are fatally wounded,
whose days have come,
    their time for punishment.
30 Return it to its scabbard.
“At the place where you were formed,
    in the land of your origin,
        there is where I’ll judge you.
31 I’m going to pour out my indignation all over you.
    I’ll blow my fierce wrath against you
and deliver you into the control of brutal men
    who are skilled at destruction.
32 You’ll be fuel[a] for the conflagration.
    Your blood will be spilled[b] throughout the land.
You won’t be remembered anymore,
    now that I, the Lord, have spoken.”

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 21:32 Lit. food
  2. Ezekiel 21:32 The Heb. lacks spilled