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Ezekiel 21 (WEBP)

[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.” ’ ”

Ezekiel 21:6 Literally, the breaking of your thighs
Ezekiel 21:21 teraphim were household idols that may have been associated with inheritance rights to the household property.

Scripture quotations are taken from The World English Bible™ of eBible.org, 2020 stable text edition. It is in the public domain.

King James w/Strong’s #s

Ezekiel 21 (KJVS)

[1] And the word of the Lord came unto me, saying, ()
[2] Son of man, set () thy face toward Jerusalem, and drop () thy word toward the holy places, and prophesy () against the land of Israel,
[3] and say () to the land of Israel, Thus saith () the Lord; Behold, I am against thee, and will draw forth () my sword out of his sheath, and will cut off () from thee the righteous and the wicked.
[4] Seeing then that I will cut off () from thee the righteous and the wicked, therefore shall my sword go forth () out of his sheath against all flesh from the south to the north:
[5] that all flesh may know () that I the Lord have drawn forth () my sword out of his sheath: it shall not return () any more.
[6] Sigh () therefore, thou son of man, with the breaking of thy loins; and with bitterness sigh () before their eyes.
[7] And it shall be, when they say () unto thee, Wherefore sighest () thou? that thou shalt answer, () For the tidings; because it cometh: () 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 cometh, () and shall be brought to pass, () saith () the Lord God.
[8] Again the word of the Lord came unto me, saying, ()
[9] Son of man, prophesy, () and say, () Thus saith () the Lord; Say, () A sword, a sword is sharpened, () and also furbished: ()
[10] it is sharpened () to make a sore slaughter; () it is furbished () that it may glitter: should we then make mirth? () it contemneth () the rod of my son, as every tree.
[11] And he hath given () it to be furbished, () that it may be handled: () this sword is sharpened, () and it is furbished, () to give () it into the hand of the slayer. ()
[12] Cry () and howl, () son of man: for it shall be upon my people, it shall be upon all the princes of Israel: terrors () by reason of the sword shall be upon my people: smite () therefore upon thy thigh.
[13] Because it is a trial, () and what if the sword contemn () even the rod? it shall be no more, saith () the Lord God.
[14] Thou therefore, son of man, prophesy, () and smite thine hands together, () and let the sword be doubled () the third time, the sword of the slain: it is the sword of the great men that are slain, which entereth into their privy chambers. ()
[15] I have set () the point of the sword against all their gates, that their heart may faint, () and their ruins be multiplied: () ah! it is made () bright, it is wrapped up for the slaughter.
[16] Go thee one way or other, () either on () the right hand, () or on the left, () whithersoever thy face is set. ()
[17] I will also smite () mine hands together, and I will cause my fury to rest: () I the Lord have said () it.
[18] The word of the Lord came unto me again, saying, ()
[19] Also, thou son of man, appoint () thee two ways, that the sword of the king of Babylon may come: () both twain shall come forth () out of one land: and choose () thou a place, choose () it at the head of the way to the city.
[20] Appoint () a way, that the sword may come () to Rabbath of the Ammonites, and to Judah in Jerusalem the defenced. ()
[21] For the king of Babylon stood () at the parting of the way, at the head of the two ways, to use () divination: he made his arrows bright, () he consulted () with images, he looked () in the liver.
[22] At his right hand was the divination for Jerusalem, to appoint () captains, to open () the mouth in the slaughter, to lift up () the voice with shouting, to appoint () battering rams against the gates, to cast () a mount, and to build () a fort.
[23] And it shall be unto them as a false divination () in their sight, to them that have sworn () oaths: but he will call to remembrance () the iniquity, that they may be taken. ()
[24] Therefore thus saith () the Lord God; Because ye have made your iniquity to be remembered, () in that your transgressions are discovered, () so that in all your doings your sins do appear; () because, I say, that ye are come to remembrance, () ye shall be taken () with the hand.
[25] And thou, profane wicked prince of Israel, whose day is come, () when iniquity shall have an end,
[26] thus saith () the Lord God; Remove () the diadem, and take off () the crown: this shall not be the same: exalt () him that is low, and abase () him that is high.
[27] I will overturn, overturn, overturn, it: and it shall be () no more, until he come () whose right it is; and I will give () it him.
[28] And thou, son of man, prophesy () and say, () Thus saith () the Lord God concerning the Ammonites, and concerning their reproach; even say () thou, The sword, the sword is drawn: () for the slaughter it is furbished, () to consume () because of the glittering:
[29] whiles they see () vanity unto thee, whiles they divine () a lie unto thee, to bring () thee upon the necks of them that are slain, of the wicked, whose day is come, () when their iniquity shall have an end.
[30] Shall I cause it to return () into his sheath? I will judge () thee in the place where thou wast created, () in the land of thy nativity.
[31] And I will pour out () mine indignation upon thee, I will blow () against thee in the fire of my wrath, and deliver () thee into the hand of brutish () men, and skilful to destroy.
[32] Thou shalt be for fuel to the fire; thy blood shall be in the midst of the land; thou shalt be no more remembered: () for I the Lord have spoken () it.

Ezekiel 21:7 Heb. shall go into water
Ezekiel 21:10 Or, it is the rod of my son, it despiseth every tree
Ezekiel 21:13 Or, When the trial hath been, what then? shall they not also belong to the despising rod?
Ezekiel 21:14 Heb. hand to hand
Ezekiel 21:15a Or, glittering, or fear
Ezekiel 21:15b Or, sharpened
Ezekiel 21:16 Heb. set thyself, take the left hand
Ezekiel 21:21a Heb. mother of the way
Ezekiel 21:21b Or, knives
Ezekiel 21:21c Heb. Teraphim
Ezekiel 21:22 Or, battering rams. Heb. rams
Ezekiel 21:23 Or, for the oaths made unto them
Ezekiel 21:30 Or, cause to it to return
Ezekiel 21:31 Or, burning

Scripture quotations from The Authorized King James Version of the Holy Bible, using the standardized text of 1769. It is in the public domain.

Greek Bible (LXX/BYZ)

Ezekiel 21 (BYZ)

[1] [21:6] και εγενετο λογος κυριου προς με λεγων
[2] [21:7] δια τουτο προφητευσον υιε ανθρωπου και στηρισον το προσωπον σου επι ιερουσαλημ και επιβλεψον επι τα αγια αυτων και προφητευσεις επι την γην του ισραηλ
[3] [21:8] και ερεις προς την γην του ισραηλ ιδου εγω προς σε και εκσπασω το εγχειριδιον μου εκ του κολεου αυτου και εξολεθρευσω εκ σου αδικον και ανομον
[4] [21:9] ανθ ων εξολεθρευσω εκ σου αδικον και ανομον ουτως εξελευσεται το εγχειριδιον μου εκ του κολεου αυτου επι πασαν σαρκα απο απηλιωτου εως βορρα
[5] [21:10] και επιγνωσεται πασα σαρξ διοτι εγω κυριος εξεσπασα το εγχειριδιον μου εκ του κολεου αυτου και ουκ αποστρεψει ουκετι
[6] [21:11] και συ υιε ανθρωπου καταστεναξον εν συντριβη οσφυος σου και εν οδυναις στεναξεις κατ οφθαλμους αυτων
[7] [21:12] και εσται εαν ειπωσιν προς σε ενεκα τινος συ στεναζεις και ερεις επι τη αγγελια διοτι ερχεται και θραυσθησεται πασα καρδια και πασαι χειρες παραλυθησονται και εκψυξει πασα σαρξ και παν πνευμα και παντες μηροι μολυνθησονται υγρασια ιδου ερχεται και εσται λεγει κυριος κυριος
[8] [21:13] και εγενετο λογος κυριου προς με λεγων
[9] [21:14] υιε ανθρωπου προφητευσον και ερεις ταδε λεγει κυριος ειπον ρομφαια ρομφαια οξυνου και θυμωθητι
[10] [21:15] οπως σφαξης σφαγια οξυνου οπως γενη εις στιλβωσιν ετοιμη εις παραλυσιν σφαζε εξουδενει απωθου παν ξυλον
[11] [21:16] και εδωκεν αυτην ετοιμην του κρατειν χειρα αυτου εξηκονηθη ρομφαια εστιν ετοιμη του δουναι αυτην εις χειρα αποκεντουντος
[12] [21:17] ανακραγε και ολολυξον υιε ανθρωπου οτι αυτη εγενετο εν τω λαω μου αυτη εν πασιν τοις αφηγουμενοις του ισραηλ παροικησουσιν επι ρομφαια εγενετο εν τω λαω μου δια τουτο κροτησον επι την χειρα σου
[13] [21:18] οτι δεδικαιωται και τι ει και φυλη απωσθη ουκ εσται λεγει κυριος κυριος
[14] [21:19] και συ υιε ανθρωπου προφητευσον και κροτησον χειρα επι χειρα και διπλασιασον ρομφαιαν η τριτη ρομφαια τραυματιων εστιν ρομφαια τραυματιων η μεγαλη και εκστησει αυτους
[15] [21:20] οπως θραυσθη η καρδια και πληθυνθωσιν οι ασθενουντες επι πασαν πυλην αυτων παραδεδονται εις σφαγια ρομφαιας ευ γεγονεν εις σφαγην ευ γεγονεν εις στιλβωσιν
[16] [21:21] διαπορευου οξυνου εκ δεξιων και εξ ευωνυμων ου αν το προσωπον σου εξεγειρηται
[17] [21:22] και εγω δε κροτησω χειρα μου προς χειρα μου και εναφησω τον θυμον μου εγω κυριος λελαληκα
[18] [21:23] και εγενετο λογος κυριου προς με λεγων
[19] [21:24] και συ υιε ανθρωπου διαταξον σεαυτω δυο οδους του εισελθειν ρομφαιαν βασιλεως βαβυλωνος εκ χωρας μιας εξελευσονται αι δυο και χειρ εν αρχη οδου πολεως επ αρχης
[20] [21:25] οδου διαταξεις του εισελθειν ρομφαιαν επι ραββαθ υιων αμμων και επι την ιουδαιαν και επι ιερουσαλημ εν μεσω αυτης
[21] [21:26] διοτι στησεται βασιλευς βαβυλωνος επι την αρχαιαν οδον επ αρχης των δυο οδων του μαντευσασθαι μαντειαν του αναβρασαι ραβδον και επερωτησαι εν τοις γλυπτοις και ηπατοσκοπησασθαι εκ δεξιων αυτου
[22] [21:27] εγενετο το μαντειον επι ιερουσαλημ του βαλειν χαρακα του διανοιξαι στομα εν βοη υψωσαι φωνην μετα κραυγης του βαλειν χαρακα επι τας πυλας αυτης και βαλειν χωμα και οικοδομησαι βελοστασεις
[23] [21:28] και αυτος αυτοις ως μαντευομενος μαντειαν ενωπιον αυτων και αυτος αναμιμνησκων αδικιας αυτου μνησθηναι
[24] [21:29] δια τουτο ταδε λεγει κυριος ανθ ων ανεμνησατε τας αδικιας υμων εν τω αποκαλυφθηναι τας ασεβειας υμων του οραθηναι αμαρτιας υμων εν πασαις ταις ασεβειαις υμων και εν τοις επιτηδευμασιν υμων ανθ ων ανεμνησατε εν τουτοις αλωσεσθε
[25] [21:30] και συ βεβηλε ανομε αφηγουμενε του ισραηλ ου ηκει η ημερα εν καιρω αδικιας περας
[26] [21:31] ταδε λεγει κυριος αφειλου την κιδαριν και επεθου τον στεφανον αυτη ου τοιαυτη εσται εταπεινωσας το υψηλον και το ταπεινον υψωσας
[27] [21:32] αδικιαν αδικιαν θησομαι αυτην ουδ αυτη τοιαυτη εσται εως ου ελθη ω καθηκει και παραδωσω αυτω
[28] [21:33] και συ υιε ανθρωπου προφητευσον και ερεις ταδε λεγει κυριος προς τους υιους αμμων και προς τον ονειδισμον αυτων και ερεις ρομφαια ρομφαια εσπασμενη εις σφαγια και εσπασμενη εις συντελειαν εγειρου οπως στιλβης
[29] [21:34] εν τη ορασει σου τη ματαια και εν τω μαντευεσθαι σε ψευδη του παραδουναι σε επι τραχηλους τραυματιων ανομων ων ηκει η ημερα εν καιρω αδικιας περας
[30] [21:35] αποστρεφε μη καταλυσης εν τω τοπω τουτω ω γεγεννησαι εν τη γη τη ιδια σου κρινω σε
[31] [21:36] και εκχεω επι σε οργην μου εν πυρι οργης μου εμφυσησω επι σε και παραδωσω σε εις χειρας ανδρων βαρβαρων τεκταινοντων διαφθοραν
[32] [21:37] εν πυρι εση καταβρωμα το αιμα σου εσται εν μεσω της γης σου ου μη γενηται σου μνεια διοτι εγω κυριος λελαληκα