Ezekiel:21:1-23
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And the word of the LORD came to me ,
saying ,
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Son of man ,
set your face toward Jerusalem ,
preach against the holy places ,
and prophesy against the land of Israel ;
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and say to the land of Israel , "
Thus says the LORD : "
Behold ,
I am against you ,
and I will draw My sword out of its sheath and cut off both righteous and wicked from you .
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Because I will cut off both righteous and wicked from you ,
therefore My sword shall go out of its sheath against all flesh from south to north ,
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that all flesh may know that I ,
the LORD ,
have drawn My sword out of its sheath ;
it shall not return anymore ."'
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Sigh therefore ,
son of man ,
with a breaking heart ,
and sigh with bitterness before their eyes .
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And it shall be when they say to you , "
Why are you sighing ?'
that you shall answer , "
Because of the news ;
when it comes ,
every heart will melt ,
all hands will be feeble ,
every spirit will faint ,
and all knees will be weak as water .
Behold ,
it is coming and shall be brought to pass ,'
says the Lord GOD ."
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Again the word of the LORD came to me ,
saying ,
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Son of man ,
prophesy and say , "
Thus says the LORD !'
Say : "
A sword ,
a sword is sharpened And also polished !
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Sharpened to make a dreadful slaughter ,
Polished to flash like lightning !
Should we then make mirth ?
It despises the scepter of My son ,
As it does all wood .
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And He has given it to be polished ,
That it may be handled ;
This sword is sharpened ,
and it is polished To be given into the hand of the slayer .'
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Cry and wail ,
son of man ;
For it will be against My people ,
Against all the princes of Israel .
Terrors including the sword will be against My people ;
Therefore strike your thigh .
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Because it is a testing ,
And what if the sword despises even the scepter ?
The scepter shall be no more ,"
says the Lord GOD .
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You therefore ,
son of man ,
prophesy ,
And strike your hands together .
The third time let the sword do double damage .
It is the sword that slays ,
The sword that slays the great men ,
That enters their private chambers .
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I have set the point of the sword against all their gates ,
That the heart may melt and many may stumble .
Ah !
It is made bright ;
It is grasped for slaughter :
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Swords at the ready !
Thrust right !
Set your blade !
Thrust left --
Wherever your edge is ordered !
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I also will beat My fists together ,
And I will cause My fury to rest ;
I ,
the LORD ,
have spoken ."
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The word of the LORD came to me again ,
saying :
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And son of man ,
appoint for yourself two ways for the sword of the king of Babylon to go ;
both of them shall go from the same land .
Make a sign ;
put it at the head of the road to the city .
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Appoint a road for the sword to go to Rabbah of the Ammonites ,
and to Judah ,
into fortified Jerusalem .
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For the king of Babylon stands at the parting of the road ,
at the fork of the two roads ,
to use divination :
he shakes the arrows ,
he consults the images ,
he looks at the liver .
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In his right hand is the divination for Jerusalem :
to set up battering rams ,
to call for a slaughter ,
to lift the voice with shouting ,
to set battering rams against the gates ,
to heap up a siege mound ,
and to build a wall .
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And it will be to them like a false divination in the eyes of those who have sworn oaths with them ;
but he will bring their iniquity to remembrance ,
that they may be taken .
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