Ezekiel 21 : 1 (LXXEN)
And the word of the Lord came to me, saying,
Ezekiel 21 : 2 (LXXEN)
Therefore prophesy, son of man, set thy face steadfastly toward Jerusalem, and look toward their holy places, and thou shalt prophesy against the land of Israel,
Ezekiel 21 : 3 (LXXEN)
and thou shalt say to the land of Israel, Thus saith the Lord; Behold, I am against thee, and I will draw forth my *Gr. dagger sword out of its sheath, and I will destroy out of thee the transgressor and unrighteous.
Ezekiel 21 : 4 (LXXEN)
Because I will destroy out of thee the unrighteous and the transgressor, therefore so shall my sword come forth out of its sheath against all flesh from the south to the north:
Ezekiel 21 : 5 (LXXEN)
and all flesh shall know that I the Lord have drawn forth my sword out of its sheath: it shall not return any more.
Ezekiel 21 : 6 (LXXEN)
And thou, son of man, groan with the breaking of thy loins; thou shalt even groan heavily in their sight.
Ezekiel 21 : 7 (LXXEN)
And it shall come to pass, if they shall say to thee, Wherefore dost thou groan? that thou shalt say, For the report; because it comes: and every heart shall break, and all hands shall become feeble, and all flesh and every spirit shall faint, and all thighs shall be defiled with moisture: behold, it comes, saith the Lord.
Ezekiel 21 : 8 (LXXEN)
And the word of the Lord came to me, saying,
Ezekiel 21 : 9 (LXXEN)
Son of man, prophesy, and thou shalt say, Thus saith the Lord; Say, Sword, sword, be sharpened and rage,
Ezekiel 21 : 10 (LXXEN)
that thou mayest slay victims; be sharpened that thou mayest be bright, ready for *Gr. paralyzing, or, weakening slaughter, slay, set at nought, despise every tree.
Ezekiel 21 : 11 (LXXEN)
And he made it ready for his hand to hold: the sword is sharpened, it is ready to put into the hand of the slayer.
Ezekiel 21 : 12 (LXXEN)
Cry out and howl, son of man: for this sword is come upon my people, this sword is come upon all the princes of Israel: they shall *Gr. sojourn be as strangers: judgement with the sword is come upon my people: therefore clap thine hands, for Gr. it has been justified sentence has been passed:
Ezekiel 21 : 13 (LXXEN)
and what if even the tribe be rejected? it shall not be, saith the Lord God.
Ezekiel 21 : 14 (LXXEN)
And thou, son of man, prophesy, and clap thine hands, and take a second sword: the third sword is the sword of the slain, the great sword of the slain: and thou shalt strike them with amazement, *Alex. that their heart should be broken lest the heart should faint
Ezekiel 21 : 15 (LXXEN)
and the weak ones be multiplied at every gate—they are given up to the slaughter of the sword: it is well fitted for slaughter, *Lit. it has happened well it is well fitted for glittering.
Ezekiel 21 : 16 (LXXEN)
And do thou go on, sharpen thyself on the right and on the left whithersoever thy face may *Gr. stir itself up set itself.
Ezekiel 21 : 17 (LXXEN)
And I also will clap my hands, and *Or, relax let loose my fury: I the Lord have spoken it.
Ezekiel 21 : 18 (LXXEN)
And the word of the Lord came to me, saying,
Ezekiel 21 : 19 (LXXEN)
and thou, son of man, appoint thee two ways, that the sword of the king of Babylon may enter in: the two shall go forth of one country; and there shall be a force at the top of the way of the city, thou shalt set it at the top of the way,
Ezekiel 21 : 20 (LXXEN)
that the sword may enter in upon Rabbath of the children of Ammon, and upon Judea, and upon Jerusalem in the midst thereof.
Ezekiel 21 : 21 (LXXEN)
For the king of Babylon shall stand on the old way, at the head of the two ways, to use divination, to *Perhaps, send forth make bright the arrow, and to enquire of the graven images, and to examine the victims.
Ezekiel 21 : 22 (LXXEN)
On his right was the divination against Jerusalem, to cast a mound, to open the mouth in shouting, to lift up the voice with crying, to cast a mound against her gates, to cast up a heap, and to *Or, set up engines build forts.
Ezekiel 21 : 23 (LXXEN)
And he was to them as one using divination before them, and he himself recounting his iniquities, that they might be borne in mind.
Ezekiel 21 : 24 (LXXEN)
Therefore thus saith the Lord, Because ye have caused your iniquities to be remembered, in the discovery of your wickedness, so that your sins should be seen, in all your wickedness and in your evil practices; because ye have caused remembrance of them, in these shall ye be taken.
Ezekiel 21 : 25 (LXXEN)
And thou profane wicked prince of Israel, whose day, even an end, is come in a sea of iniquity, thus saith the Lord;
Ezekiel 21 : 26 (LXXEN)
Thou hast taken off the mitre and put on the crown, it shall not have such another after it: thou hast abased that which was high, and exalted that which was low.
Ezekiel 21 : 27 (LXXEN)
Injustice, injustice, injustice, will I make it: woe to it: such shall it be until he comes to whom it belongs; and I will deliver it to him.
Ezekiel 21 : 28 (LXXEN)
And thou, son of man, prophesy, and thou shalt say, Thus saith the Lord, concerning the children of Ammon, and concerning their reproach; and thou shalt say, O sword, sword, drawn for *Gr. victims slaughter, and drawn for destruction, awake, that thou mayest gleam.
Ezekiel 21 : 29 (LXXEN)
*Gr. in thy vain vision While thou art seeing vain visions, and while thou art prophesying falsehoods, to bring thyself upon the necks of ungodly transgressors, Alex. whose day the day is come, even an end, in a season of iniquity.
Ezekiel 21 : 30 (LXXEN)
Turn, rest not in this place wherein thou wert *Gr. begotten born: in thine own land will I judge thee.
Ezekiel 21 : 31 (LXXEN)
And I will pour out my wrath upon thee, I will blow upon thee with the fire of my wrath, and I will deliver thee into the hands of barbarians skilled in working destruction.
Ezekiel 21 : 32 (LXXEN)
Thou shalt be fuel for fire; thy blood shall be in the midst of thy land; there shall be no remembrance at all of thee: for I the Lord have spoken it.
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