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| Ezekiel 21:1 | And the word of Jehovah came unto me, saying, | And the word of the Lord came to me, saying, | The word of Yahweh came to me, saying, |
| Ezekiel 21:2 | Son of man, set thy face against Jerusalem, and drop [words] against the holy places, and prophesy against the land of Israel, | Son of man, let your face be turned to Jerusalem, let your words be dropped in the direction of her holy place, and be a prophet against the land of Israel; | Son of man, set your face toward Jerusalem, and drop [your word] toward the sanctuaries, and prophesy against the land of Israel; |
| Ezekiel 21:3 | 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. | And say to the land of Israel, These are the words of the Lord: See, I am against you, and I will take my sword out of its cover, cutting off from you the upright and the evil. | and tell the land of Israel, Thus says Yahweh: Behold, I am against you, and will draw forth my sword out of its sheath, and will cut off from you the righteous and the wicked. |
| Ezekiel 21:4 | 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; | Because I am going to have the upright and the evil cut off from you, for this cause my sword will go out from its cover against all flesh from the south to the north: | Seeing then that I will cut off from you the righteous and the wicked, therefore shall my sword go forth out of its sheath against all flesh from the south to the north: |
| Ezekiel 21:5 | and all flesh shall know that I Jehovah have drawn forth my sword out of its sheath: it shall not return any more. | And all flesh will see that I the Lord have taken my sword out of its cover: and it will never go back. | and all flesh shall know that I, Yahweh, have drawn forth my sword out of its sheath; it shall not return any more. |
| Ezekiel 21:6 | Sigh then, thou son of man; with breaking of the loins, and with bitterness sigh before their eyes. | Make sounds of grief, son of man; with body bent and a bitter heart make sounds of grief before their eyes. | Sigh therefore, you son of man; with the breaking of your loins and with bitterness shall you sigh before their eyes. |
| Ezekiel 21:7 | 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 when they say to you, Why are you making sounds of grief? then say, Because of the news, for it is coming: and every heart will become soft, and all hands will be feeble, and every spirit will be burning low, and all knees will be turned to water: see, it is coming and it will be done, says the Lord. | It shall be, when they tell you, Why do you sigh? that you shall say, Because of the news, for it comes; 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 done, says the Lord Yahweh. |
| Ezekiel 21:8 | And the word of Jehovah came unto me, saying, | And the word of the Lord came to me, saying, | The word of Yahweh came to me, saying, |
| Ezekiel 21:9 | Son of man, prophesy, and say, Thus saith Jehovah: Say, A sword, a sword is sharpened, and also furbished. | Son of man, say as a prophet, These are the words of the Lord: Say, A sword, a sword which has been made sharp and polished: | Son of man, prophesy, and say, Thus says Yahweh: Say, A sword, a sword, it is sharpened, and also furbished; |
| Ezekiel 21:10 | 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? | It has been made sharp to give death; it is polished so that it may be like a thunder-flame: ... | it is sharpened that it may make a slaughter; it is furbished that it may be as lightning: shall we then make mirth? the rod of my son, it condemns every tree. |
| Ezekiel 21:11 | 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. | And I have given it to the polisher so that it may be taken in the hand: he has made the sword sharp, he has had it polished, to put it into the hand of him who gives death. | It is given to be furbished, that it may be handled: the sword, it is sharpened, yes, it is furbished, to give it into the hand of the killer. |
| Ezekiel 21:12 | 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. | Give loud cries and make sounds of grief, O son of man: for it has come on my people, it has come on all the rulers of Israel: fear of the sword has come on my people: for this cause give signs of grief. | 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; strike therefore on your thigh. |
| Ezekiel 21:13 | For the trial [is made]; and what if even the contemning sceptre shall be no [more]? saith the Lord Jehovah. | ... | For there is a trial; and what if even the rod that condemns shall be no more? says the Lord Yahweh. |
| Ezekiel 21:14 | 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. | So then, son of man, be a prophet, and put your hands together with a loud sound, and give two blows with the sword, and even three; it is the sword of those who are wounded, even the sword of the wounded; the great sword which goes round about them. | You therefore, son of man, prophesy, and strike your hands together; and let the sword be doubled the third time, the sword of the deadly wounded: it is the sword of the great one who is deadly wounded, which enters into their chambers. |
| Ezekiel 21:15 | 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. | In order that hearts may become soft, and the number of those who are falling may be increased, I have sent death by the sword against all their doors: you are made like a flame, you are polished for death. | 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. |
| Ezekiel 21:16 | Gather up [strength], go to the right hand, turn thee, go to the left, whithersoever thy face is appointed. | Be pointed to the right, to the left, wherever your edge is ordered. | Gather you together, go to the right, set yourself in array, go to the left, wherever your face is set. |
| Ezekiel 21:17 | And I myself will smite my hands together, and I will satisfy my fury: I Jehovah have spoken [it]. | And I will put my hands together with a loud sound, and I will let my wrath have rest: I the Lord have said it. | I will also strike my hands together, and I will cause my wrath to rest: I, Yahweh, have spoken it. |
| Ezekiel 21:18 | And the word of Jehovah came unto me, saying, | And the word of the Lord came to me again, saying, | The word of Yahweh came to me again, saying, |
| Ezekiel 21:19 | 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. | And you, son of man, have two ways marked out, so that the sword of the king of Babylon may come; let the two of them come out of one land: and let there be a pillar at the top of the road: | Also, you son of man, appoint two ways, that the sword of the king of Babylon may come; they both shall come forth out of one land: and mark out a place, mark it out at the head of the way to the city. |
| Ezekiel 21:20 | 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. | Put a pillar at the top of the road for the sword to come to Rabbah in the land of the children of Ammon, and to Judah and to Jerusalem in the middle of her. | You shall appoint a way for the sword to come to Rabbah of the children of Ammon, and to Judah in Jerusalem the fortified. |
| Ezekiel 21:21 | For the king of Babylon standeth at the parting of the way, at the head of the two ways, to use divination: he shaketh [his] arrows, he inquireth of the teraphim, he looketh in the liver. | For the king of Babylon took his place at the parting of the ways, at the top of the two roads, to make use of secret arts: shaking the arrows this way and that, he put questions to the images of his gods, he took note of the inner parts of dead beasts. | 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. |
| Ezekiel 21:22 | In his right hand is the lot of Jerusalem to appoint battering-rams, to open the mouth for bloodshed, to lift up the voice with shouting, to appoint battering-rams against the gates, to cast mounds, to build siege-towers. | At his right hand was the fate of Jerusalem, to give orders for destruction, to send up the war-cry, to put engines of war against the doors, lifting up earthworks, building walls. | In his right hand was the divination [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, to build forts. |
| Ezekiel 21:23 | And this shall be a false divination in their sight, for them that have sworn oaths; but he will call to remembrance the iniquity, that they may be taken. | And this answer given by secret arts will seem false to those who have given their oaths and have let them be broken: but he will keep the memory of evil-doing so that they may be taken. | It shall 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. |
| Ezekiel 21:24 | Therefore thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Because ye make your iniquity to be remembered in that your transgressions are discovered, so that in all your doings your sins appear; because ye are come to remembrance, ye shall be taken with the hand. | For this cause the Lord has said: Because you have made your evil-doing come to mind by the uncovering of your wrongdoing, causing your sins to be seen in all your evil-doings; because you have come to mind, you will be taken in them. | Therefore thus says the Lord Yahweh: Because you have made your iniquity to be remembered, in that your transgressions are uncovered, so that in all your doings your sins do appear; because you have come to memory, you shall be taken with the hand. |
| Ezekiel 21:25 | And thou, profane, wicked prince of Israel, whose day is come, at the time of the iniquity of the end, | And you, O evil one, wounded to death, O ruler of Israel, whose day has come in the time of the last punishment; | You, deadly wounded wicked one, the prince of Israel, whose day is come, in the time of the iniquity of the end, |
| Ezekiel 21:26 | thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Remove the mitre and take off the crown; what is shall be no [more]. Exalt that which is low, and abase that which is high. | This is what the Lord has said: Take away the holy head-dress, take off the crown: this will not be again: let that which is low be lifted up, and that which is high be made low. | thus says the Lord Yahweh: Remove the mitre, and take off the crown; this [shall be] no more the same; exalt that which is low, and abase that which is high. |
| Ezekiel 21:27 | I will overturn, overturn, overturn it! This also shall be no [more], until he come whose right it is; and I will give it [to him]. | I will let it be overturned, overturned, overturned: this will not be again till he comes whose right it is; and I will give it to him. | I will overturn, overturn, overturn it: this also shall be no more, until he come whose right it is; and I will give it [him]. |
| Ezekiel 21:28 | And thou, son of man, prophesy and say, Thus speaketh the Lord Jehovah concerning the children of Ammon, and concerning their reproach; and thou shalt say, A sword, a sword is drawn; for the slaughter is it furbished, that it may consume, that it may glitter: | And you, son of man, say as a prophet, This is what the Lord has said about the children of Ammon and about their shame: Say, A sword, even a sword let loose, polished for death, to make it shining so that it may be like a flame: | You, son of man, prophesy, and say, Thus says the Lord Yahweh concerning the children of Ammon, and concerning their reproach; and say you, A sword, a sword is drawn, for the slaughter it is furbished, to cause it to devour, that it may be as lightning; |
| Ezekiel 21:29 | whilst they see vanity for thee, whilst they divine a lie unto thee, to lay thee upon the necks of the wicked that are slain, whose day is come at the time of the iniquity of the end. | Your vision is to no purpose, your use of secret arts gives a false answer, to put it on the necks of evil-doers who are wounded to death, whose day has come, in the time of the last punishment. | 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 is come in the time of the iniquity of the end. |
| Ezekiel 21:30 | Restore [it] to its sheath. I will judge thee in the place where thou wast created, in the land of thy birth. | Go back into your cover. In the place where you were made, in the land from which you were taken, I will be your judge. | Cause it to return into its sheath. In the place where you were created, in the land of your birth, will I judge you. |
| Ezekiel 21:31 | And I will pour out mine indignation upon thee, I will blow upon thee the fire of my wrath, and give thee into the hand of brutish men, skilful to destroy. | And I will let loose my burning passion on you, breathing out on you the fire of my wrath: and I will give you up into the hands of men like beasts, trained to destruction. | I will pour out my indignation on you; I will blow on you with the fire of my wrath; and I will deliver you into the hand of brutish men, skillful to destroy. |
| Ezekiel 21:32 | Thou shalt be for fuel to the fire; thy blood shall be in the midst of the land; thou shalt not be remembered: for I Jehovah have spoken. | You will be food for the fire; your blood will be drained out in the land; there will be no more memory of you: for I the Lord have said it. | You shall be for fuel to the fire; your blood shall be in the midst of the land; you shall be no more remembered: for I, Yahweh, have spoken it. |
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