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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 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