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28 And you, son of man,[a] prophesy, and you must say, ‘Thus says the Lord Yahweh to the Ammonites[b] 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,[c] 29 when seeing a false vision for you in vain, when practicing divination for you falsely, to give[d] you on the neck of the profane ones of the wicked, whose day has come,[e] the time of final punishment.[f] 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.’”

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 21:28 Or “mortal,” or “son of humankind”
  2. Ezekiel 21:28 Literally “sons of Ammon”
  3. Ezekiel 21:28 Literally “for the sake of lightening”
  4. Ezekiel 21:29 Or “place”
  5. Ezekiel 21:29 Literally “who has come their day”
  6. Ezekiel 21:29 Literally “in the time of the punishment of the end”

28 “Now prophesy, son of man, and say: This is what the Lord God says concerning the Ammonites and their contempt. You are to proclaim:

A sword! A sword
is drawn for slaughter,
polished to consume,(A) to flash like lightning.
29 While they offer false visions(B)
and lying divinations about you,
the time has come to put you
to the necks of the profane wicked ones;
the day has come
for your punishment.[a]

30 Return it to its sheath!(C)

I will judge you[b]
in the place where you were created,
in the land of your origin.
31 I will pour out My indignation on you;
I will blow the fire of My fury on you.(D)
I will hand you over to brutal men,
skilled at destruction.
32 You will be fuel for the fire.
Your blood will be spilled in the land.
You will not be remembered,(E)
for I, Yahweh, have spoken.”

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 21:29 Lit come in the time of the punishment of the end
  2. Ezekiel 21:30 = the Ammonites