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Ezekiel - ch 21 v 1 - 20
- 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.
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