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28 “You, son of man, prophesy, and say, ‘The Lord Yahweh says this concerning the children of Ammon, and concerning their reproach:

“A sword! A sword is drawn!
    It is polished for the slaughter,
to cause it to devour,
    that it may be as lightning;
29 while they see for you false visions,
    while they divine lies to you,
to lay you on the necks of the wicked who are deadly wounded,
    whose day has come in the time of the iniquity of the end.
30 Cause it to return into its sheath.
    In the place where you were created,
    in the land of your birth, I will judge you.
31 I will pour out my indignation on you.
    I will blow on you with the fire of my wrath.
I will deliver you into the hand of brutish men,
    skillful to destroy.
32 You will be for fuel to the fire.
    Your blood will be in the middle of the land.
You will be remembered no more;
    for I, Yahweh, have spoken it.”’”

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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