Ezekiel 21

21And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,H1697H3068H5592Son of man, set thy face toward Jerusalem, and drop thy word toward the holy places, and prophesy against the land of Israel,H1121H120H7760H6440H3389H5197H4720H5012H127H34783And say to the land of Israel, Thus saith the LORD; Behold, I am against thee, and will draw forth my sword out of his sheath, and will cut off from thee the righteous and the wicked.H559H127H3478H559H3068H3318H2719H8593H3772H6662H75634Seeing then that I will cut off from thee the righteous and the wicked, therefore shall my sword go forth out of his sheath against all flesh from the south to the north:H3282H3772H6662H7563H2719H3318H8593H1320H5045H68285That all flesh may know that I the LORD have drawn forth my sword out of his sheath: it shall not return any more.H1320H3045H3068H3318H2719H8593H77256Sigh therefore, thou son of man, with the breaking of thy loins; and with bitterness sigh before their eyes.H584H1121H120H7670H4975H4814H584H58697And it shall be, when they say unto thee, Wherefore sighest thou? that thou shalt answer, For the tidings; because it cometh: and every heart shall melt, and all hands shall be feeble, and every spirit shall faint, and all knees shall be weak as water: behold, it cometh, and shall be brought to pass, saith the Lord GOD. / shall be weak…: Heb. shall go into waterH559H584H559H8052H935H3820H4549H3027H7503H7307H3543H1290H3212H4325H935H1961H5002H136H30698Again the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,H1697H3068H5599Son of man, prophesy, and say, Thus saith the LORD; Say, A sword, a sword is sharpened, and also furbished:H1121H120H5012H559H559H3068H559H2719H2719H2300H480310It is sharpened to make a sore slaughter; it is furbished that it may glitter: should we then make mirth? it contemneth the rod of my son, as every tree. / it contemneth…: or, it is the rod of my son, it despiseth every treeH2300H2874H2873H4178H1300H176H7797H3988H7626H1121H608611And he hath given it to be furbished, that it may be handled: this sword is sharpened, and it is furbished, to give it into the hand of the slayer.H5414H4803H3709H8610H2719H2300H4178H5414H3027H202612Cry and howl, son of man: for it shall be upon my people, it shall be upon all the princes of Israel: terrors by reason of the sword shall be upon my people: smite therefore upon thy thigh. / terrors…: or, they are thrust down to the sword with my peopleH2199H3213H1121H120H5971H5387H3478H4048H413H2719H5971H5606H340913Because it is a trial, and what if the sword contemn even the rod? it shall be no more, saith the Lord GOD. / Because…: or, When the trial hath been, what then? shall they not also belong to the despising rod?H974H3988H7626H5002H136H306914Thou therefore, son of man, prophesy, and smite thine hands together, and let the sword be doubled the third time, the sword of the slain: it is the sword of the great men that are slain, which entereth into their privy chambers. / hands…: Heb. hand to handH1121H120H5012H5221H3709H3709H5221H2719H3717H7992H2719H2491H2719H1419H2491H231415I have set the point of the sword against all their gates, that their heart may faint, and their ruins be multiplied: ah! it is made bright, it is wrapped up for the slaughter. / point: or, glittering, or, fear / wrapped up: or, sharpenedH5414H19H2719H8179H3820H4127H4383H7235H253H6213H1300H4593H287416Go thee one way or other, either on the right hand, or on the left, whithersoever thy face is set. / or on…: Heb. set thyself, take the left handH258H7760H3231H8041H575H6440H325917I will also smite mine hands together, and I will cause my fury to rest: I the LORD have said it.H5221H3709H3709H2534H5117H3068H169618The word of the LORD came unto me again, saying,H1697H3068H55919Also, thou son of man, appoint thee two ways, that the sword of the king of Babylon may come: both twain shall come forth out of one land: and choose thou a place, choose it at the head of the way to the city.H1121H120H7760H8147H1870H2719H4428H894H935H8147H3318H259H776H1254H3027H1254H7218H1870H589220Appoint a way, that the sword may come to Rabbath of the Ammonites, and to Judah in Jerusalem the defenced.H7760H1870H2719H935H7237H1121H5983H3063H3389H121921For the king of Babylon stood at the parting of the way, at the head of the two ways, to use divination: he made his arrows bright, he consulted with images, he looked in the liver. / parting of: Heb. mother of / arrows: or, knives / images: Heb. teraphimH4428H894H5975H517H1870H7218H8147H1870H7080H7081H2671H7043H7592H8655H7200H351622At his right hand was the divination for Jerusalem, to appoint captains, to open the mouth in the slaughter, to lift up the voice with shouting, to appoint battering rams against the gates, to cast a mount, and to build a fort. / captains: or, battering rams: Heb. ramsH3225H7081H3389H7760H3733H6605H6310H7524H7311H6963H8643H7760H3733H8179H8210H5550H1129H178523And it shall be unto them as a false divination in their sight, to them that have sworn oaths: but he will call to remembrance the iniquity, that they may be taken. / to them…: or, for the oaths made unto themH7723H7080H5869H7650H7621H2142H5771H861024Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Because ye have made your iniquity to be remembered, in that your transgressions are discovered, so that in all your doings your sins do appear; because, I say, that ye are come to remembrance, ye shall be taken with the hand.H559H136H3069H5771H2142H6588H1540H5949H2403H7200H2142H8610H370925And thou, profane wicked prince of Israel, whose day is come, when iniquity shall have an end,H2491H7563H5387H3478H3117H935H6256H5771H709326Thus saith the Lord GOD; Remove the diadem, and take off the crown: this shall not be the same: exalt him that is low, and abase him that is high.H559H136H3069H5493H4701H7311H5850H2063H1361H8217H8213H136427I will overturn, overturn, overturn, it: and it shall be no more, until he come whose right it is; and I will give it him. / I will overturn…: Heb. Perverted, perverted, perverted, will I make itH5754H5754H5754H7760H935H4941H541428And thou, son of man, prophesy and say, Thus saith the Lord GOD concerning the Ammonites, and concerning their reproach; even say thou, The sword, the sword is drawn: for the slaughter it is furbished, to consume because of the glittering:H1121H120H5012H559H559H136H3069H1121H5983H2781H559H2719H2719H6605H2874H4803H398H130029Whiles they see vanity unto thee, whiles they divine a lie unto thee, to bring thee upon the necks of them that are slain, of the wicked, whose day is come, when their iniquity shall have an end.H2372H7723H7080H3577H5414H6677H2491H7563H3117H935H6256H5771H709330Shall I cause it to return into his sheath? I will judge thee in the place where thou wast created, in the land of thy nativity. / Shall…: or, Cause it to returnH7725H8593H8199H4725H1254H776H435131And I will pour out mine indignation upon thee, I will blow against thee in the fire of my wrath, and deliver thee into the hand of brutish men, and skilful to destroy. / brutish: or, burningH8210H2195H6315H784H5678H5414H3027H1197H582H2796H488932Thou shalt be for fuel to the fire; thy blood shall be in the midst of the land; thou shalt be no more remembered: for I the LORD have spoken it.H402H784H1818H8432H776H2142H3068H1696