Ezekiel 21
WEB·Ezekiel 21
1Yahweh’s word came to me, saying,
KJVAnd the wordH1697 of the LORDH3068 came unto me, sayingH559(H8800),
2 “Son of man, set your face toward Jerusalem, and preach toward the sanctuaries, and prophesy against the land of Israel.
KJVSonH1121 of manH120, setH7760(H8798) thy faceH6440 toward JerusalemH3389, and dropH5197(H8685) thy word toward the holy placesH4720, and prophesyH5012(H8734) against the landH127 of IsraelH3478,
3 Tell the land of Israel, ‘Yahweh says: “Behold, I am against you, and will draw my sword out of its sheath, and will cut off from you the righteous and the wicked.
KJVAnd sayH559(H8804) to the landH127 of IsraelH3478, Thus saithH559(H8804) the LORDH3068; Behold, I am against thee, and will draw forthH3318(H8689) my swordH2719 out of his sheathH8593, and will cut offH3772(H8689) from thee the righteousH6662 and the wickedH7563.
4 Seeing then that I will cut off from you the righteous and the wicked, therefore my sword will go out of its sheath against all flesh from the south to the north.
KJVSeeingH3282 then that I will cut offH3772(H8689) from thee the righteousH6662 and the wickedH7563, therefore shall my swordH2719 go forthH3318(H8799) out of his sheathH8593 against all fleshH1320 from the southH5045 to the northH6828:
5 All flesh will know that I, Yahweh, have drawn my sword out of its sheath. It will not return any more.”’
KJVThat all fleshH1320 may knowH3045(H8804) that I the LORDH3068 have drawn forthH3318(H8689) my swordH2719 out of his sheathH8593: it shall not returnH7725(H8799) any more.
6 “Therefore sigh, you son of man. You shall sigh before their eyes with a broken heart and with bitterness.
KJVSighH584(H8734) therefore, thou sonH1121 of manH120, with the breakingH7670 of thy loinsH4975; and with bitternessH4814 sighH584(H8735) before their eyesH5869.
7 It shall be, when they ask you, ‘Why do you sigh?’ that you shall say, ‘Because of the news, for it comes! Every heart will melt, all hands will be feeble, every spirit will faint, and all knees will be weak as water. Behold, it comes, and it shall be done, says the Lord Yahweh.’”
KJVAnd it shall be, when they sayH559(H8799) unto thee, Wherefore sighestH584(H8737) thou? that thou shalt answerH559(H8804), For the tidingsH8052; because it comethH935(H8802): and every heartH3820 shall meltH4549(H8738), and all handsH3027 shall be feebleH7503(H8804), and every spiritH7307 shall faintH3543(H8765), and all kneesH1290 shall be weakH3212(H8799) as waterH4325: behold, it comethH935(H8802), and shall be brought to passH1961(H8738), saithH5002(H8803) the LordH136 GODH3069.
8 Yahweh’s word came to me, saying,
KJVAgain the wordH1697 of the LORDH3068 came unto me, sayingH559(H8800),
9 “Son of man, prophesy, and say, ‘Yahweh says: “A sword! A sword! It is sharpened, and also polished.
KJVSonH1121 of manH120, prophesyH5012(H8734), and sayH559(H8804), Thus saithH559(H8804) the LORDH3068; SayH559(H8798), A swordH2719, a swordH2719 is sharpenedH2300(H8717), and also furbishedH4803(H8803):
10 It is sharpened that it may make a slaughter. It is polished that it may be as lightning. Should we then make mirth? The rod of my son condemns every tree.
KJVIt is sharpenedH2300(H8717) to make a soreH2874 slaughterH2873(H8800); it is furbishedH4178(H8794) that it may glitterH1300: shouldH176 we then make mirthH7797(H8799)? it contemnethH3988(H8802) the rodH7626 of my sonH1121, as every treeH6086.
11 It is given to be polished, that it may be handled. The sword is sharpened. Yes, it is polished to give it into the hand of the killer.”’
KJVAnd he hath givenH5414(H8799) it to be furbishedH4803(H8800), that it may be handledH3709H8610(H8800): this swordH2719 is sharpenedH2300(H8717), and it is furbishedH4178(H8794), to giveH5414(H8800) it into the handH3027 of the slayerH2026(H8802).
12 Cry and wail, son of man; for it is on my people. It is on all the princes of Israel. They are delivered over to the sword with my people. Therefore beat your thigh.
KJVCryH2199(H8798) and howlH3213(H8685), sonH1121 of manH120: for it shall be upon my peopleH5971, it shall be upon all the princesH5387 of IsraelH3478: terrorsH4048(H8803) by reason ofH413 the swordH2719 shall be upon my peopleH5971: smiteH5606(H8798) therefore upon thy thighH3409.
13 “For there is a trial. What if even the rod that condemns will be no more?” says the Lord Yahweh.
KJVBecause it is a trialH974(H8795), and what if the sword contemnH3988(H8802) even the rodH7626? it shall be no more, saithH5002(H8803) the LordH136 GODH3069.
14 “You therefore, son of man, prophesy, and strike your hands together. Let the sword be doubled the third time, the sword of the fatally wounded. It is the sword of the great one who is fatally wounded, which enters into their rooms.
KJVThou therefore, sonH1121 of manH120, prophesyH5012(H8734), and smiteH5221 thine handsH3709H3709 togetherH5221(H8685), and let the swordH2719 be doubledH3717(H8735) the thirdH7992 time, the swordH2719 of the slainH2491: it is the swordH2719 of the greatH1419 men that are slainH2491, which entereth into their privy chambersH2314(H8802).
15 I have set the threatening sword against all their gates, that their heart may melt, and their stumblings be multiplied. Ah! It is made as lightning. It is pointed for slaughter.
KJVI have setH5414(H8804) the pointH19 of the swordH2719 against all their gatesH8179, that their heartH3820 may faintH4127(H8800), and their ruinsH4383 be multipliedH7235(H8687): ahH253! it is madeH6213(H8803) brightH1300, it is wrapped upH4593 for the slaughterH2874.
16 Gather yourselves together. Go to the right. Set yourselves in array. Go to the left, wherever your face is set.
KJVGo thee one way or otherH258(H8690), either onH7760(H8685) the right handH3231(H8685), or on the leftH8041(H8685), whithersoeverH575 thy faceH6440 is setH3259(H8716).
17 I will also strike my hands together, and I will cause my wrath to rest. I, Yahweh, have spoken it.”
KJVI will also smiteH5221(H8686) mine handsH3709 togetherH3709, and I will cause my furyH2534 to restH5117(H8689): I the LORDH3068 have saidH1696(H8765) it.
18 Yahweh’s word came to me again, saying,
KJVThe wordH1697 of the LORDH3068 came unto me again, sayingH559(H8800),
19 “Also, you son of man, appoint two ways, that the sword of the king of Babylon may come. They both will come out of one land, and mark out a place. Mark it out at the head of the way to the city.
KJVAlso, thou sonH1121 of manH120, appointH7760(H8798) thee twoH8147 waysH1870, that the swordH2719 of the kingH4428 of BabylonH894 may comeH935(H8800): both twainH8147 shall come forthH3318(H8799) out of oneH259 landH776: and chooseH1254(H8761) thou a placeH3027, chooseH1254(H8761) it at the headH7218 of the wayH1870 to the cityH5892.
20 You shall appoint a way for the sword to come to Rabbah of the children of Ammon, and to Judah in Jerusalem the fortified.
KJVAppointH7760(H8799) a wayH1870, that the swordH2719 may comeH935(H8800) to RabbathH7237 of the AmmonitesH1121H5983, and to JudahH3063 in JerusalemH3389 the defencedH1219(H8803).
21 For the king of Babylon stood at the parting of the way, at the head of the two ways, to use divination. He shook the arrows back and forth. He consulted the teraphim. He looked in the liver.
KJVFor the kingH4428 of BabylonH894 stoodH5975(H8804) at the partingH517 of the wayH1870, at the headH7218 of the twoH8147 waysH1870, to useH7080(H8800) divinationH7081: he made his arrowsH2671 brightH7043(H8773), he consultedH7592(H8804) with imagesH8655, he lookedH7200(H8804) in the liverH3516.
22 In his right hand was the lot for Jerusalem, to set battering rams, to open the mouth in the slaughter, to lift up the voice with shouting, to set battering rams against the gates, to cast up mounds, and to build forts.
KJVAt his right handH3225 was the divinationH7081 for JerusalemH3389, to appointH7760(H8800) captainsH3733, to openH6605(H8800) the mouthH6310 in the slaughterH7524, to lift upH7311(H8687) the voiceH6963 with shoutingH8643, to appointH7760(H8800) battering ramsH3733 against the gatesH8179, to castH8210(H8800) a mountH5550, and to buildH1129(H8800) a fortH1785.
23 It will be to them as a false divination in their sight, who have sworn oaths to them; but he brings iniquity to memory, that they may be taken.
KJVAnd it shall be unto them as a falseH7723 divinationH7080(H8800) in their sightH5869, to them that have swornH7650(H8803) oathsH7621: but he will call to remembranceH2142(H8688) the iniquityH5771, that they may be takenH8610(H8736).
24 “Therefore the Lord Yahweh says: ‘Because you have caused your iniquity to be remembered, in that your transgressions are uncovered, so that in all your doings your sins appear; because you have come to memory, you will be taken with the hand.
KJVTherefore thus saithH559(H8804) the LordH136 GODH3069; Because ye have made your iniquityH5771 to be rememberedH2142(H8687), in that your transgressionsH6588 are discoveredH1540(H8736), so that in all your doingsH5949 your sinsH2403 do appearH7200(H8736); because, I say, that ye are come to remembranceH2142(H8736), ye shall be takenH8610(H8735) with the handH3709.
25 “‘You, deadly wounded wicked one, the prince of Israel, whose day has come, in the time of the iniquity of the end,
KJVAnd thou, profaneH2491 wickedH7563 princeH5387 of IsraelH3478, whose dayH3117 is comeH935(H8804), whenH6256 iniquityH5771 shall have an endH7093,
26 the Lord Yahweh says: “Remove the turban, and take off the crown. This will not be as it was. Exalt that which is low, and humble that which is high.
KJVThus saithH559(H8804) the LordH136 GODH3069; RemoveH5493(H8685) the diademH4701, and take offH7311(H8685) the crownH5850: this shall not be the sameH2063: exaltH1361(H8687) him that is lowH8217, and abaseH8213(H8687) him that is highH1364.
27 I will overturn, overturn, overturn it. This also will be no more, until he comes whose right it is; and I will give it.”’
KJVI will overturnH5754, overturnH5754, overturnH5754, it: and it shall beH7760(H8799) no more, until he comeH935(H8800) whose rightH4941 it is; and I will giveH5414(H8804) it him.
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;
KJVAnd thou, sonH1121 of manH120, prophesyH5012(H8734) and sayH559(H8804), Thus saithH559(H8804) the LordH136 GODH3069 concerning the AmmonitesH1121H5983, and concerning their reproachH2781; even sayH559(H8804) thou, The swordH2719, the swordH2719 is drawnH6605(H8803): for the slaughterH2874 it is furbishedH4803(H8803), to consumeH398(H8687) because of the glitteringH1300:
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.
KJVWhiles they seeH2372(H8800) vanityH7723 unto thee, whiles they divineH7080(H8800) a lieH3577 unto thee, to bringH5414(H8800) thee upon the necksH6677 of them that are slainH2491, of the wickedH7563, whose dayH3117 is comeH935(H8804), whenH6256 their iniquityH5771 shall have an endH7093.
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.
KJVShall I cause it to returnH7725(H8685) into his sheathH8593? I will judgeH8199(H8799) thee in the placeH4725 where thou wast createdH1254(H8738), in the landH776 of thy nativityH4351.
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.
KJVAnd I will pour outH8210(H8804) mine indignationH2195 upon thee, I will blowH6315(H8686) against thee in the fireH784 of my wrathH5678, and deliverH5414(H8804) thee into the handH3027 of brutishH1197(H8802) menH582, and skilfulH2796 to destroyH4889.
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.”’”
KJVThou shalt be for fuelH402 to the fireH784; thy bloodH1818 shall be in the midstH8432 of the landH776; thou shalt be no more rememberedH2142(H8735): for I the LORDH3068 have spokenH1696(H8765) it.
Ezekiel 21
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