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28 As for you, mortal, prophesy, and say: Thus says the Lord God concerning the Ammonites and concerning their reproach; say:

A sword, a sword! Drawn for slaughter,
    polished to consume,[a] to flash like lightning.(A)
29 Offering false visions for you,
    divining lies for you,
they place you over the necks
    of the vile, wicked ones—
those whose day has come,
    the time of final punishment.(B)
30 Return it to its sheath!
In the place where you were created,
    in the land of your origin,
    I will judge you.(C)
31 I will pour out my indignation upon you;
    with the fire of my wrath
    I will blow upon you.
I will deliver you into brutish hands,
    those skillful to destroy.(D)
32 You shall be fuel for the fire,
    your blood shall enter the earth;
you shall be remembered no more,
    for I the Lord have spoken.(E)

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Footnotes

  1. 21.28 Cn: Heb to contain

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