Ezekiel:21

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* And the Word of the LORD came to me , saying , * Son of man , set your face toward 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 the LORD : Behold , I [am ] against you , and will draw out My sword out of its sheath and will cut off from you the righteous and the wicked . * Since then 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 south to the north , * so that all flesh may know that I the LORD 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 , Why do you groan ? You shall answer , Because of the news [that ] it is coming ; 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 comes , and it shall be , says the Lord Jehovah . * And the Word of the LORD came to me , saying , * Son of man , prophesy and say , So says the LORD . Say , A sword , a sword is sharpened and also polished . * It is sharpened in order to 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 it polished , to give it into the hand of the slayer . * Cry 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 ; Therefore slap [your ] thigh . * Because [it is ] a trial , and what if even the despising rod shall not be ? says the Lord Jehovah . * And you , son of man , prophesy and strike [your ] hands together ; 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 set . * And also I , I will also strike My hands together , and I will cause My fury to rest . I the LORD have spoken . * The Word of the LORD came to me again , 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 of 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 Ammonites , and [into ] Judah , into fortified Jerusalem . * For the king of Babylon shall stand at the parting of the way , at the head of the two highways , 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 and to build a siege wall . * And it shall be to them an empty divining before their eyes , 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 have made your iniquity to be remembered , in that your transgressions are discovered , in that your sins are revealed in all your deeds ; because you have been remembered , you shall be taken with the hand . * And you , O slain , wicked king 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 take off the crown . This [shall ] not [be ] as it was . Lift up the low one , and put down the high one . * Ruin , ruin , ruin , I will appoint it . Also this shall not be until the coming of Him whose is the right . And I will give it to Him . * And you , son of man , prophesy and say , So says the Lord Jehovah concerning the Ammonites , and concerning their shame . Even say : The sword , the sword [is ] drawn , polished for slaughter to make an end , that [it may be ] like lightning ; * while they see false visions for you , while they divine a lie to you , to put you on the necks of the slain of the wicked whose day has come in the day 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 My disgust on you ; with the fire of My wrath I will blow against you , and give you into the hand of burning men , able to destroy . * You shall be for food to the fire . Your blood shall be in the midst of the land . You shall be remembered no [more ]; for I the LORD have spoken .

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