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Ezekiel 21:17
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And the word
of the
L
ORD
came unto me, saying,
2
Son of man, set thy face toward Jerusalem, and drop
thy word
toward the holy places, and prophesy against the land of Israel,
3
And say to the land of Israel, Thus saith the
L
ORD
; 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.
4
Seeing 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:
5
That all flesh may know that I the
L
ORD
have drawn forth my sword out of his sheath: it shall not return any more.
6
Sigh therefore, thou son of man, with the breaking of
thy
loins; and with bitterness sigh before their eyes.
7
And 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
G
OD
.
8
Again the word of the
L
ORD
came unto me, saying,
9
Son of man, prophesy, and say, Thus saith the
L
ORD
; 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 contemneth the rod of my son,
as
every tree.
11
And 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.
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
thy
thigh.
13
Because
it is
a trial, and what if
the sword
contemn even the rod? it shall be no
more
, saith the Lord
G
OD
.
14
Thou 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.
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 thee one way or other,
either
on the right hand,
or
on the left, whithersoever thy face
is
set.
I will also smite mine hands together, and I will cause my fury to rest: I the
L
ORD
have said
it
.
18
The word of the
L
ORD
came unto me again, saying,
19
Also, 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.
20
Appoint a way, that the sword may come to Rabbath of the Ammonites, and to Judah in Jerusalem the defenced.
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 them that have sworn oaths: but he will call to remembrance the iniquity, that they may be taken.
24
Therefore thus saith the Lord
G
OD
; 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.
25
And thou, profane wicked prince of Israel, whose day is come, when iniquity
shall have
an end,
26
Thus saith the Lord
G
OD
; 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.
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 thou, son of man, prophesy and say, Thus saith the Lord
G
OD
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:
29
Whiles 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.
30
Shall 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.
31
And 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.
32
Thou 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
L
ORD
have spoken
it
.
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