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World English Bible Classic
[1] Yahweh’s word came to me, saying, [2] “Son of man, set your face toward Jerusalem, and preach toward the sanctuaries, and prophesy against the land of Israel. [3] Tell the land of Israel, ‘Yahweh says: “Behold, I am against you, and will draw my sword out of its sheath, and will cut off from you the righteous and the wicked. [4] Seeing then that I will cut off from you the righteous and the wicked, therefore my sword will go out of its sheath against all flesh from the south to the north. [5] All flesh will know that I, Yahweh, have drawn my sword out of its sheath. It will not return any more.” ’ [6] “Therefore sigh, you son of man. You shall sigh before their eyes with a broken heart§ and with bitterness. [7] It shall be, when they ask you, ‘Why do you sigh?’ that you shall say, ‘Because of the news, for 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 comes, and it shall be done, says the Lord Yahweh.’ ” [8] Yahweh’s word came to me, saying, [9] “Son of man, prophesy, and say, ‘Yahweh says:
“A sword! A sword!
It is sharpened,
and also polished.
[10] It is sharpened that it may make a slaughter.
It is polished that it may be as lightning.
Should we then make mirth?
The rod of my son condemns every tree.
[11] It is given to be polished,
that it may be handled.
The sword is sharpened.
Yes, it is polished
to give it into the hand of the killer.” ’
[12] Cry and wail, son of man;
for it is on my people.
It is on all the princes of Israel.
They are delivered over to the sword with my people.
Therefore beat your thigh. [13] “For there is a trial. What if even the rod that condemns will be no more?” says the Lord Yahweh.
[14] “You therefore, son of man, prophesy,
and strike your hands together.
Let the sword be doubled the third time,
the sword of the fatally wounded.
It is the sword of the great one who is fatally wounded,
which enters into their rooms.
[15] I have set the threatening sword against all their gates,
that their heart may melt,
and their stumblings be multiplied.
Ah! It is made as lightning.
It is pointed for slaughter.
[16] Gather yourselves together.
Go to the right.
Set yourselves in array.
Go to the left,
wherever your face is set.
[17] I will also strike my hands together,
and I will cause my wrath to rest.
I, Yahweh, have spoken it.” [18] Yahweh’s word came to me again, saying, [19] “Also, you son of man, appoint two ways, that the sword of the king of Babylon may come. They both will come out of one land, and mark out a place. Mark it out at the head of the way to the city. [20] You shall appoint a way for the sword to come to Rabbah of the children of Ammon, and to Judah in Jerusalem the fortified. [21] For the king of Babylon stood at the parting of the way, at the head of the two ways, to use divination. He shook the arrows back and forth. He consulted the teraphim.ⓘ He looked in the liver. [22] In his right hand was the lot 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 cast up mounds, and to build forts. [23] It will be to them as a false divination in their sight, who have sworn oaths to them; but he brings iniquity to memory, that they may be taken. [24] “Therefore the Lord Yahweh says: ‘Because you have caused your iniquity to be remembered, in that your transgressions are uncovered, so that in all your doings your sins appear; because you have come to memory, you will be taken with the hand. [25] “ ‘You, deadly wounded wicked one, the prince of Israel, whose day has come, in the time of the iniquity of the end, [26] the Lord Yahweh says: “Remove the turban, and take off the crown. This will not be as it was. Exalt that which is low, and humble that which is high. [27] I will overturn, overturn, overturn it. This also will be no more, until he comes whose right it is; and I will give it.” ’ [28] “You, son of man, prophesy and say, ‘The Lord Yahweh says this concerning the children of Ammon, and concerning their reproach:
“A sword! A sword is drawn!
It is polished for the slaughter,
to cause it to devour,
that it may be as lightning;
[29] while they see for you false visions,
while they divine lies to you,
to lay you on the necks of the wicked who are deadly wounded,
whose day has come in the time of the iniquity of the end.
[30] Cause it to return into its sheath.
In the place where you were created,
in the land of your birth, I will judge you.
[31] I will pour out my indignation on you.
I will blow on you with the fire of my wrath.
I will deliver you into the hand of brutish men,
skillful to destroy.
[32] You will be for fuel to the fire.
Your blood will be in the middle of the land.
You will be remembered no more;
for I, Yahweh, have spoken it.” ’ ”
“A sword! A sword!
It is sharpened,
and also polished.
[10] It is sharpened that it may make a slaughter.
It is polished that it may be as lightning.
Should we then make mirth?
The rod of my son condemns every tree.
[11] It is given to be polished,
that it may be handled.
The sword is sharpened.
Yes, it is polished
to give it into the hand of the killer.” ’
[12] Cry and wail, son of man;
for it is on my people.
It is on all the princes of Israel.
They are delivered over to the sword with my people.
Therefore beat your thigh. [13] “For there is a trial. What if even the rod that condemns will be no more?” says the Lord Yahweh.
[14] “You therefore, son of man, prophesy,
and strike your hands together.
Let the sword be doubled the third time,
the sword of the fatally wounded.
It is the sword of the great one who is fatally wounded,
which enters into their rooms.
[15] I have set the threatening sword against all their gates,
that their heart may melt,
and their stumblings be multiplied.
Ah! It is made as lightning.
It is pointed for slaughter.
[16] Gather yourselves together.
Go to the right.
Set yourselves in array.
Go to the left,
wherever your face is set.
[17] I will also strike my hands together,
and I will cause my wrath to rest.
I, Yahweh, have spoken it.” [18] Yahweh’s word came to me again, saying, [19] “Also, you son of man, appoint two ways, that the sword of the king of Babylon may come. They both will come out of one land, and mark out a place. Mark it out at the head of the way to the city. [20] You shall appoint a way for the sword to come to Rabbah of the children of Ammon, and to Judah in Jerusalem the fortified. [21] For the king of Babylon stood at the parting of the way, at the head of the two ways, to use divination. He shook the arrows back and forth. He consulted the teraphim.ⓘ He looked in the liver. [22] In his right hand was the lot 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 cast up mounds, and to build forts. [23] It will be to them as a false divination in their sight, who have sworn oaths to them; but he brings iniquity to memory, that they may be taken. [24] “Therefore the Lord Yahweh says: ‘Because you have caused your iniquity to be remembered, in that your transgressions are uncovered, so that in all your doings your sins appear; because you have come to memory, you will be taken with the hand. [25] “ ‘You, deadly wounded wicked one, the prince of Israel, whose day has come, in the time of the iniquity of the end, [26] the Lord Yahweh says: “Remove the turban, and take off the crown. This will not be as it was. Exalt that which is low, and humble that which is high. [27] I will overturn, overturn, overturn it. This also will be no more, until he comes whose right it is; and I will give it.” ’ [28] “You, son of man, prophesy and say, ‘The Lord Yahweh says this concerning the children of Ammon, and concerning their reproach:
“A sword! A sword is drawn!
It is polished for the slaughter,
to cause it to devour,
that it may be as lightning;
[29] while they see for you false visions,
while they divine lies to you,
to lay you on the necks of the wicked who are deadly wounded,
whose day has come in the time of the iniquity of the end.
[30] Cause it to return into its sheath.
In the place where you were created,
in the land of your birth, I will judge you.
[31] I will pour out my indignation on you.
I will blow on you with the fire of my wrath.
I will deliver you into the hand of brutish men,
skillful to destroy.
[32] You will be for fuel to the fire.
Your blood will be in the middle of the land.
You will be remembered no more;
for I, Yahweh, have spoken it.” ’ ”
Footnotes
- § 21:6 Literally, the breaking of your thighs
- ⓘ 21:21 teraphim were household idols that may have been associated with inheritance rights to the household property.
King James Version
The Sword of Justice
[1] And the word H1697 of the Lord H3068 came unto me, saying, H559 (QalInf) [2] Son H1121 of man, H120 set H7760 (QalImpv) thy face H6440 toward Jerusalem, H3389 and drop H5197 (HiphImpv) thy word toward the holy places, H4720 and prophesy H5012 (NiphImpv) against the land H127 of Israel, H3478 [3] and say H559 (QalPerf) to the land H127 of Israel, H3478 Thus saith H559 (QalPerf) the Lord; H3068 Behold, I am against thee, and will draw forth H3318 (HiphPerf) my sword H2719 out of his sheath, H8593 and will cut off H3772 (HiphPerf) from thee the righteous H6662 and the wicked. H7563 [4] Seeing H3282 then that I will cut off H3772 (HiphPerf) from thee the righteous H6662 and the wicked, H7563 therefore shall my sword H2719 go forth H3318 (QalImpf) out of his sheath H8593 against all flesh H1320 from the south H5045 to the north: H6828 [5] that all flesh H1320 may know H3045 (QalPerf) that I the Lord H3068 have drawn forth H3318 (HiphPerf) my sword H2719 out of his sheath: H8593 it shall not return H7725 (QalImpf) any more. [6] Sigh H584 (NiphImpv) therefore, thou son H1121 of man, H120 with the breaking H7670 of thy loins; H4975 and with bitterness H4814 sigh H584 (NiphImpf) before their eyes. H5869 [7] And it shall be, when they say H559 (QalImpf) unto thee, Wherefore sighest H584 (NiphPtc) thou? that thou shalt answer, H559 (QalPerf) For the tidings; H8052 because it cometh: H935 (QalActPtc) and every heart H3820 shall melt, H4549 (NiphPerf) and all hands H3027 shall be feeble, H7503 (QalPerf) and every spirit H7307 shall faint, H3543 (PielPerf) and all knees H1290 shall be weak H3212 (QalImpf) as water:§ H4325 behold, it cometh, H935 (QalActPtc) and shall be brought to pass, H1961 (NiphPerf) saith H5002 (QalPasPtc) the Lord H136 God. H3069 [8] Again the word H1697 of the Lord H3068 came unto me, saying, H559 (QalInf) [9] Son H1121 of man, H120 prophesy, H5012 (NiphImpv) and say, H559 (QalPerf) Thus saith H559 (QalPerf) the Lord; H3068 Say, H559 (QalImpv) A sword, H2719 a sword H2719 is sharpened, H2300 (HophPerf) and also furbished: H4803 (QalPasPtc) [10] it is sharpened H2300 (HophPerf) to make a sore H2874 slaughter; H2873 (QalInf) it is furbished H4178 (PualPtc) that it may glitter: H1300 should H176 we then make mirth? H7797 (QalImpf) it contemneth H3988 (QalActPtc) the rod H7626 of my son, H1121 as every tree.§ H6086 [11] And he hath given H5414 (QalImpf) it to be furbished, H4803 (QalInf) that it may be handled: H3709 this sword H2719 is sharpened, H2300 (HophPerf) and it is furbished, H4178 (PualPtc) to give H5414 (QalInf) it into the hand H3027 of the slayer. H2026 (QalActPtc) [12] Cry H2199 (QalImpv) and howl, H3213 (HiphImpv) son H1121 of man: H120 for it shall be upon my people, H5971 it shall be upon all the princes H5387 of Israel: H3478 terrors H4048 (QalPasPtc) by reason of H413 the sword H2719 shall be upon my people: H5971 smite H5606 (QalImpv) therefore upon thy thigh. H3409 [13] Because it is a trial, H974 (PualPerf) and what if the sword contemn H3988 (QalActPtc) even the rod? H7626§ it shall be no more, saith H5002 (QalPasPtc) the Lord H136 God. H3069 [14] Thou therefore, son H1121 of man, H120 prophesy, H5012 (NiphImpv) and smite H5221 thine hands H3709 together, H5221 (HiphImpv)§ and let the sword H2719 be doubled H3717 (NiphImpf) the third H7992 time, the sword H2719 of the slain: H2491 it is the sword H2719 of the great H1419 men that are slain, H2491 which entereth into their privy chambers. H2314 (QalActPtc) [15] I have set H5414 (QalPerf) the point H19§ of the sword H2719 against all their gates, H8179 that their heart H3820 may faint, H4127 (QalInf) and their ruins H4383 be multiplied: H7235 (HiphInf) ah! H253 it is made H6213 (QalPasPtc) bright, H1300 it is wrapped§ up H4593 for the slaughter. H2874 [16] Go thee one way or other, H258 (HithImpv) either on H7760 (HiphImpv) the right hand, H3231 (HiphImpv) or on the left, H8041 (HiphImpv) whithersoever H575 thy face H6440 is set.§ H3259 (HophPtc) [17] I will also smite H5221 (HiphImpf) mine hands H3709 together, H3709 and I will cause my fury H2534 to rest: H5117 (HiphPerf) I the Lord H3068 have said H1696 (PielPerf) it. [18] The word H1697 of the Lord H3068 came unto me again, saying, H559 (QalInf) [19] Also, thou son H1121 of man, H120 appoint H7760 (QalImpv) thee two H8147 ways, H1870 that the sword H2719 of the king H4428 of Babylon H894 may come: H935 (QalInf) both twain H8147 shall come forth H3318 (QalImpf) out of one H259 land: H776 and choose H1254 (PielImpv) thou a place, H3027 choose H1254 (PielImpv) it at the head H7218 of the way H1870 to the city. H5892 [20] Appoint H7760 (QalImpf) a way, H1870 that the sword H2719 may come H935 (QalInf) to Rabbath H7237 of the Ammonites, H1121 and to Judah H3063 in Jerusalem H3389 the defenced. H1219 (QalPasPtc) [21] For the king H4428 of Babylon H894 stood H5975 (QalPerf) at the parting H517 of the way, H1870§ at the head H7218 of the two H8147 ways, H1870 to use H7080 (QalInf) divination: H7081 he made his arrows§ H2671 bright, H7043 (PilpPerf) he consulted H7592 (QalPerf) with images, H8655§ he looked H7200 (QalPerf) in the liver. H3516 [22] At his right hand H3225 was the divination H7081 for Jerusalem, H3389 to appoint H7760 (QalInf) captains, H3733§ to open H6605 (QalInf) the mouth H6310 in the slaughter, H7524 to lift up H7311 (HiphInf) the voice H6963 with shouting, H8643 to appoint H7760 (QalInf) battering rams H3733 against the gates, H8179 to cast H8210 (QalInf) a mount, H5550 and to build H1129 (QalInf) a fort. H1785 [23] And it shall be unto them as a false H7723 divination H7080 (QalInf) in their sight, H5869 to them that have sworn H7650 (QalPasPtc) oaths: H7621§ but he will call to remembrance H2142 (HiphPtc) the iniquity, H5771 that they may be taken. H8610 (NiphInf) [24] Therefore thus saith H559 (QalPerf) the Lord H136 God; H3069 Because ye have made your iniquity H5771 to be remembered, H2142 (HiphInf) in that your transgressions H6588 are discovered, H1540 (NiphInf) so that in all your doings H5949 your sins H2403 do appear; H7200 (NiphInf) because, I say, that ye are come to remembrance, H2142 (NiphInf) ye shall be taken H8610 (NiphImpf) with the hand. H3709 [25] And thou, profane H2491 wicked H7563 prince H5387 of Israel, H3478 whose day H3117 is come, H935 (QalPerf) when H6256 iniquity H5771 shall have an end, H7093 [26] thus saith H559 (QalPerf) the Lord H136 God; H3069 Remove H5493 (HiphImpv) the diadem, H4701 and take off H7311 (HiphImpv) the crown: H5850 this shall not be the same: H2063 exalt H1361 (HiphInf) him that is low, H8217 and abase H8213 (HiphInf) him that is high. H1364 [27] I will overturn, H5754 overturn, H5754 overturn, H5754 it: and it shall be H7760 (QalImpf) no more, until he come H935 (QalInf) whose right H4941 it is; and I will give H5414 (QalPerf) it him. [28] And thou, son H1121 of man, H120 prophesy H5012 (NiphImpv) and say, H559 (QalPerf) Thus saith H559 (QalPerf) the Lord H136 God H3069 concerning the Ammonites, H1121 and concerning their reproach; H2781 even say H559 (QalPerf) thou, The sword, H2719 the sword H2719 is drawn: H6605 (QalPasPtc) for the slaughter H2874 it is furbished, H4803 (QalPasPtc) to consume H398 (HiphInf) because of the glittering: H1300 [29] whiles they see H2372 (QalInf) vanity H7723 unto thee, whiles they divine H7080 (QalInf) a lie H3577 unto thee, to bring H5414 (QalInf) thee upon the necks H6677 of them that are slain, H2491 of the wicked, H7563 whose day H3117 is come, H935 (QalPerf) when H6256 their iniquity H5771 shall have an end. H7093 [30] Shall I cause it to return§ H7725 (HiphImpv) into his sheath? H8593 I will judge H8199 (QalImpf) thee in the place H4725 where thou wast created, H1254 (NiphPerf) in the land H776 of thy nativity. H4351 [31] And I will pour out H8210 (QalPerf) mine indignation H2195 upon thee, I will blow H6315 (HiphImpf) against thee in the fire H784 of my wrath, H5678 and deliver H5414 (QalPerf) thee into the hand H3027 of brutish H1197 (QalActPtc)§ men, H582 and skilful H2796 to destroy. H4889 [32] Thou shalt be for fuel H402 to the fire; H784 thy blood H1818 shall be in the midst H8432 of the land; H776 thou shalt be no more remembered: H2142 (NiphImpf) for I the Lord H3068 have spoken H1696 (PielPerf) it.Footnotes
- § 21:7 Heb. shall go into water
- § 21:10 Or, it is the rod of my son, it despiseth every tree
- § 21:13 Or, When the trial hath been, what then? shall they not also belong to the despising rod?
- § 21:14 Heb. hand to hand
- § 21:15a Or, glittering, or fear
- § 21:15b Or, sharpened
- § 21:16 Heb. set thyself, take the left hand
- § 21:21a Heb. mother of the way
- § 21:21b Or, knives
- § 21:21c Heb. Teraphim
- § 21:22 Or, battering rams. Heb. rams
- § 21:23 Or, for the oaths made unto them
- § 21:30 Or, cause to it to return
- § 21:31 Or, burning
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