Ezekiel:21

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* And the word of Jehovah came unto me , saying , * Son of man , set thy face against Jerusalem , and drop [words ] against the holy places , and prophesy against the land of Israel , * and say to the land of Israel , Thus saith Jehovah : Behold , I am against thee , and I will draw forth my sword out of its sheath , and will cut off from thee the righteous and the wicked . * Seeing that I will cut off from thee the righteous and the wicked , therefore shall my sword go forth out of its sheath against all flesh , from the south to the north ; * and all flesh shall know that I Jehovah have drawn forth my sword out of its sheath : it shall not return any more . * Sigh then , thou son of man ; with breaking of the loins , and with bitterness sigh before their eyes . * And it shall be , when they say unto thee , Wherefore dost thou sigh ? that thou shalt say , Because of the tidings , for it cometh ; and every heart shall melt , and all hands shall be feeble , and every spirit shall languish , and all knees shall melt into water : behold , it cometh ; it is here , saith the Lord Jehovah . * And the word of Jehovah came unto me , saying , * Son of man , prophesy , and say , Thus saith Jehovah : Say , A sword , a sword is sharpened , and also furbished . * It is sharpened for sore slaughter , it is furbished that it may glitter . Shall we then make mirth , [saying ,] The sceptre of my son contemneth all wood ? * And he hath given it to be furbished that it may be handled . The sword , -- it is sharpened , and it is furbished to give it into the hand of the slayer . * Cry and howl , son of man ; for it shall be against my people , it shall be against all the princes of Israel : they are given up to the sword along with my people : smite therefore upon the thigh . * For the trial [is made ]; and what if even the contemning sceptre shall be no [more ]? saith the Lord Jehovah . * And thou , son of man , prophesy , and smite thy hands together ; for [the strokes of ] the sword shall be doubled the third time : it is the sword of the slain , the sword that hath slain the great one , which encompasseth them privily . * In order that the heart may melt , and the stumbling-blocks be multiplied , I have set the threatening sword against all their gates : ah ! it is made glittering , it is whetted for the slaughter . * Gather up [strength ], go to the right hand , turn thee , go to the left , whithersoever thy face is appointed . * And I myself will smite my hands together , and I will satisfy my fury : I Jehovah have spoken [it ]. * And the word of Jehovah came unto me , saying , * And thou , son of man , set thee two ways , by which the sword of the king of Babylon may come -- out of one land shall they both come -- and make thee a signpost , make it at the head of the way to the city . * Appoint a way for the coming of the sword to Rabbah of the children of Ammon , and to Judah at the fenced [city ] of Jerusalem . * For the king of Babylon standeth at the parting of the way , at the head of the two ways , to use divination : he shaketh [his ] arrows , he inquireth of the teraphim , he looketh in the liver . * In his right hand is the lot of Jerusalem to appoint battering-rams , to open the mouth for bloodshed , to lift up the voice with shouting , to appoint battering-rams against the gates , to cast mounds , to build siege-towers . * And this shall be a false divination in their sight , for them that have sworn oaths ; but he will call to remembrance the iniquity , that they may be taken . * Therefore thus saith the Lord Jehovah : Because ye make your iniquity to be remembered in that your transgressions are discovered , so that in all your doings your sins appear ; because ye are come to remembrance , ye shall be taken with the hand . * And thou , profane , wicked prince of Israel , whose day is come , at the time of the iniquity of the end , * -- thus saith the Lord Jehovah : Remove the mitre and take off the crown ; what is shall be no [more ]. Exalt that which is low , and abase that which is high . * I will overturn , overturn , overturn it ! This also shall be no [more ], until he come whose right it is ; and I will give it [to him ]. * And thou , son of man , prophesy and say , Thus speaketh the Lord Jehovah concerning the children of Ammon , and concerning their reproach ; and thou shalt say , A sword , a sword is drawn ; for the slaughter is it furbished , that it may consume , that it may glitter : * whilst they see vanity for thee , whilst they divine a lie unto thee , to lay thee upon the necks of the wicked that are slain , whose day is come at the time of the iniquity of the end . * Restore [it ] to its sheath . I will judge thee in the place where thou wast created , in the land of thy birth . * And I will pour out mine indignation upon thee , I will blow upon thee the fire of my wrath , and give thee into the hand of brutish men , skilful to destroy . * Thou shalt be for fuel to the fire ; thy blood shall be in the midst of the land ; thou shalt not be remembered : for I Jehovah have spoken .

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