Ezekiel
Chapter 21
1``
And the word/'doctrinal communication' {dabar}
of
Jehovah/God came unto me, saying, 2
"Son
of man, set your face toward Jerusalem,
and
drop your word toward the holy places,
and
prophesy against the land of Israel, 3
and
say to the land of Israel . . .
thus
said {'amar} Jehovah/God . . .
Behold,
I am against you all,
and
will draw forth My sword out of His sheath,
and
will cut off from you the righteous and the wicked. 4
Seeing
then that I will cut off from you the righteous
and
the wicked,
therefore
shall My sword go forth out of His sheath
against
all flesh from the south to the north . . . 5
that
all flesh may know that I, Jehovah/God,
have
drawn forth My sword out of His sheath.
It shall not return any more. 6
Sigh
therefore, you son of man,
with
the breaking of your loins
and
with bitterness sigh before their eyes. 7
And
it shall be,
when
they say unto you,
'Why
do you sigh?'
That
you shall answer,
'For
the tidings . . .
because
it comes
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 comes, and shall be brought to pass,"
said
the Lord/'Adonay God/Jehovah.
8``
Again the word/'doctrinal communication' {dabar}
of
Jehovah/God came unto me, saying, 9``
Son
of man, prophesy, and say,
Thus
said {'amar} Jehovah/God . . .
Say
. . .
A
sword . . .
a
sword is sharpened . . .
and
also furbished. 10
It
is sharpened to make a sore slaughter;
it
is furbished that it may glitter.
Should we then make mirth?
It
contemned the rod of my son . . .
as
every tree. 11
And
he has 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. 12
Cry
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 your thigh. 13
Because
it is a trial,
and
what if the sword contemn even the rod?
It
shall be no more,"
said
the Lord/'Adonay God/Jehovah.
14
"You therefore, son of man,
prophesy,
and
smite your 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
enters into their privy chambers. 15
I
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. 16
Go
you one way or other,
either
on the right hand,
or
on the left,
whithersoever
your face is set. 17
I
will also smite My hands together,
and
I will cause My fury to rest."
I Jehovah/God have said it.
18
The word/'doctrinal communication' {dabar} of Jehovah/God
came
unto me again, saying, 19
"Also,
you son of man,
appoint
you two ways,
that
the sword of the king of Babylon may come.
Both
twain shall come forth out of one land.
And
choose you a place,
choose
it at the head of the way to the city. 20
Appoint
a way,
that
the sword may come to Rabbath of the Ammonites,
and
to Judah in Jerusalem, the defensed. 21
For
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. 22
At
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. 23
And
it shall be unto them
as
a false divination in their sight,
to
those who have sworn oaths . . .
but
he will call to remembrance the iniquity,
that
they may be taken."
24
Therefore thus said the Lord/'Adonay God/Jehovah,
"Because
you 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 you are come to remembrance,
you
shall be taken with the hand. 25
And
you, profane wicked prince of Israel,
whose
day is come,
when
iniquity shall have an end, 26
thus
said the Lord/'Adonay God/Jehovah,
"Remove
the diadem,
and
take off the crown.
This shall not be the same.
Exalt
him who is low,
and
abase him that is high. 27
I will overturn, overturn, overturn, it.
And
it shall be no more,
until
he come whose right it is
and
I will give it him. 28
And
you, son of man, prophesy and say,
'Thus
said the Lord/'Adonay God/Jehovah
concerning
the Ammonites,
and
concerning their reproach . . .
even
say you,
'The
sword, the sword is drawn . . .
for
the slaughter it is furbished,
to
consume because of the glittering. 29
While
they see vanity unto you,
while
they divine a lie unto you,
to
bring you upon the necks of those who are slain,
of
the wicked,
whose
day is come,
when
their iniquity shall have an end. 30
Shall I cause it to return into his sheath?
I
will judge you in the place where you were created,
in
the land of your nativity. 31
And
I will pour out My indignation upon you,
I
will blow against you in the fire of My wrath,
and
deliver you into the hand of brutish men,
and
skilful to destroy. 32
You shall be for fuel to the fire.
Your blood shall be in the midst of the land.
You
shall be no more remembered,"
for
I Jehovah/God have spoken it.
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