Ezekiel:21

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* And the word of Jehovah was to me , saying , * Son of man , set your face against Jerusalem and drop a word toward the holy places , and prophesy against the land of Israel . * And say to the land of Israel , So says Jehovah : Behold , I am against you and will draw out My sword from its sheath , and I will cut off from you the righteous and the wicked . * Because I will cut off the righteous and the wicked from you , therefore , My sword shall be drawn from its sheath against all flesh , from the Negeb to the north . * And all flesh shall know that I , Jehovah , have drawn out My sword from its sheath ; it shall not return any more . * And you , son of man , groan with the breaking of your loins , and groan with bitterness before their eyes . * And it will be , when they say to you , For what do you groan ? Then you shall say , Because of the news that is coming . And every heart will melt , and all hands will become feeble . And every spirit will faint and all knees will flow as water . Behold , it comes , and it shall be , declares the Lord Jehovah . * And the word of Jehovah was to me , saying , * Son of man , prophesy and say , So says the Lord : Say , A sword ! A sword is sharpened and also is polished ! * It is sharpened in order to slaughter a slaughter . It is polished so that there may be a flash to it . Or shall we rejoice ? You are despising the rod of My son , as if it were every tree . * And He has given it to be polished , to be taken by the hand . The sword , it is sharpened , and it is polished , to give it into the hand of the slayer . * Cry out and howl , son of man . For it shall be on My people . It shall be on all the rulers of Israel ; they are thrown to the sword with My people , so slap your thigh , * because it is a test . And what if even the despising rod shall not be ? declares the Lord Jehovah . * And you , son of man , prophesy and strike palm to palm . And let the sword be doubled the third time , the sword of the slain . It is the sword of the slain , the great one that surrounds them , * so that their heart may melt and many stumble at all their gates . I have given the threatening sword . Ah ! It is made like lightning , it is wrapped for a slaughter . * Sharpen yourself on the right ! Set yourself on the left , wherever your face is appointed . * And also I , I will strike My palm to My palm , and I will cause My fury to rest . I , Jehovah , have spoken . * And the word of Jehovah was to me , saying , * And you , son of man , set for yourself two ways , that the sword of the king of Babylon may come . Both of them shall come out from one land . And create a hand at the head of the way to the city , create it . * You shall set a way that the sword may enter into Rabbah of the sons of Amnion , and into Judah , into fortified Jerusalem . * For the king of Babylon shall stand at the mother of the way , at the head of the two ways to practice divination . He shall shake arrows , he shall ask household idols ; he shall look at the liver . * At his right shall be the divining 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 pour out a mound , and to build a siege wall . * And it shall be to them an empty divining in their sight , those who have sworn oaths to them . But he will remember iniquity , that they may be taken . * So the Lord Jehovah says this : Because you made remembrance of your iniquity , in that your transgressions are uncovered , so that your sins are seen in all your deeds , because you have been remembered , you shall be taken with the palm . * And you , O slain , wicked prince of Israel , of whom has come his day in the time of iniquity of the end , * so says the Lord Jehovah : Remove the diadem and lift off the crown . This shall not be as this was . Lift up the low one , and make the high one low . * Ruin , ruin , ruin ! I will appoint it ! Also this shall not be until the coming of Him to whom is the right , and I will give it . * And you , son of man , prophesy and say , So says the Lord Jehovah concerning the sons of Ammon , and as to their shame , even say : The sword , the sword is drawn , it is polished for slaughter to make an end , so that it may be like lightning . * While they see vain visions for you , while they divine a lie to you , to put you on the necks of the slain , of the wicked ( of whom their day has come ), in the time of iniquity it shall have an end . * Return it to its sheath . In the place where you were created , in the land of your origin , I will judge you . * And I will pour out on you My disgust ; with the fire of My wrath I will blow against you and give you into the hand of burning men , skilled in destruction . * You shall be to the fire for food . Your blood shall be in the midst of the land . You shall not be remembered . For I , Jehovah , have spoken .

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