21:1 And the word of the Lord came to me,
saying,
21:2 Therefore prophesy, son of man, set thy face steadfastly toward
Jerusalem, and look toward their holy places, and thou shalt prophesy
against the land of Israel,
21:3 and thou shalt say to the land of Israel, Thus saith the Lord; Behold,
I am against thee, and I will draw forth my sword out of its sheath, and I
will destroy out of thee the transgressor and unrighteous.
21:4 Because I will destroy out of thee the unrighteous and the
transgressor, [therefore] so shall my sword come forth out of its sheath
against all flesh from the south to the north:
21:5 and all flesh shall know that I the Lord have drawn forth my sword out
of its sheath: it shall not return any more.
21:6 And thou, son of man, groan with the breaking of thy loins; thou shalt
even groan heavily in their sight.
21:7 And it shall come to pass, if they shall say to thee, Wherefore dost
thou groan? that thou shalt say, For the report; because it comes: and every
heart shall break, and all hands shall become feeble, and all flesh and
every spirit shall faint, and all thighs shall be defiled with moisture:
behold, it comes, saith the Lord.
21:8 And the word of the Lord came to me, saying,
21:9 Son of man, prophesy, and thou shalt say, Thus saith the Lord; Say,
Sword, sword, be sharpened and rage,
21:10 that thou mayest slay victims; be sharpened that thou mayest be
bright, ready for slaughter, slay, set at nought, despise every tree.
21:11 And he made it ready for his hand to hold: the sword is sharpened, it
is ready to put into the hand of the slayer.
21:12 Cry out and howl, son of man: for this [sword] is come upon my people,
this [sword is come] upon all the princes of Israel: they shall be as
strangers: [judgment] with the sword is come upon my people: therefore clap
thine hands, for sentence has been passed:
21:13 and what if even the tribe be rejected? it shall not be, saith the
Lord God.
21:14 And thou, son of man, prophesy, and clap thine hands, and take a
second sword: the third sword is [the sword] of the slain, the great sword
of the slain: and thou shalt strike them with amazement, lest the heart
should faint
21:15 and the weak ones be multiplied at every gate-- they are given up to
the slaughter of the sword: it is well fitted for slaughter, it is well
fitted for glittering.
21:16 And do thou go on, sharpen thyself on the right and on the left
whithersoever thy face may set itself.
21:17 And I also will clap my hands, and let loose my fury: the Lord have
spoken [it].
21:18 And the word of the Lord came to me, saying,
21:19 and thou, son of man, appoint thee two ways, that the sword of the
king of Babylon may enter in: the two shall go forth of one country; and
[there shall be] a force at the top of the way of the city, thou shalt set
[it] at the top of the way,
21:20 that the sword may enter in upon Rabbath of the children of Ammon, and
upon Judea, and upon Jerusalem in the midst thereof.
21:21 For the king of Babylon shall stand on the old way, at the head of the
two ways, to use divination, to make bright the arrow, and to enquire of the
graven images, and to examine [the victims].
21:22 On his right was the divination against Jerusalem, to cast a mound, to
open the mouth in shouting, to lift up the voice with crying, to cast a
mound against her gates, to cast up a heap, and to build forts.
21:23 And he was to them as one using divination before them, and he himself
recounting his iniquities, that they might be borne in mind.
21:24 Therefore thus saith the Lord, Because ye have caused your iniquities
to be remembered, in the discovery of your wickedness, so that your sins
should be seen, in all your wickedness and in your [evil] practices; because
ye have caused remembrance [of them], in these shall ye be taken.
21:25 And thou profane wicked prince of Israel, whose day, [even] and end,
is come in a sea of iniquity, thus saith the Lord;
21:26 Thou hast taken off the mitre and put on the crown, it shall not have
such [another] after it: thou hast abased that which was high, and exalted
that which was low.
21:27 Injustice, injustice, injustice, will I make it: woe to it: such shall
it be until he comes to whom it belongs; and I will deliver [it] to him.
21:28 And thou, son of man, prophesy, and thou shalt say, Thus saith the
Lord, concerning the children of Ammon, and concerning their reproach; and
thou shalt say, O sword, sword, drawn for slaughter, and drawn for
destruction, awake, that thou mayest gleam.
21:29 While thou art seeing vain [visions], and while thou art prophesying
falsehoods, to bring thyself upon the necks of ungodly transgressors, the
day is come, [even] an end, in a season of iniquity.
21:30 Turn, rest not in this place wherein thou wert born: in thine own land
will I judge thee.
21:31 And I will pour out my wrath upon thee, I will blow upon thee with the
fire of my wrath, and I will deliver thee into the hands of barbarians
skilled in working destruction.
21:32 Thou shalt be fuel for fire; thy blood shall be in the midst of thy
land; there shall be no remembrance at all of thee: for I the Lord have
spoken [it]. |
21:1 And the word of the LORD came unto me,
saying,
21:2 Son of man, set thy face toward Jerusalem, and drop thy word toward the
holy places, and prophesy against the land of Israel,
21:3 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.
21:4 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:
21:5 That all flesh may know that I the LORD have drawn forth my sword out
of his sheath: it shall not return any more.
21:6 Sigh therefore, thou son of man, with the breaking of thy loins; and
with bitterness sigh before their eyes.
21:7 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.
21:8 Again the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
21:9 Son of man, prophesy, and say, Thus saith the LORD; Say, A sword, a
sword is sharpened, and also furbished:
21:10 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.
21:11 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.
21:12 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.
21:13 Because it is a trial, and what if the sword contemn even the rod? it
shall be no more, saith the Lord GOD.
21:14 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.
21:15 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.
21:16 Go thee one way or other, either on the right hand, or on the left,
whithersoever thy face is set.
21:17 I will also smite mine hands together, and I will cause my fury to
rest: I the LORD have said it.
21:18 The word of the LORD came unto me again, saying,
21:19 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.
21:20 Appoint a way, that the sword may come to Rabbath of the Ammonites,
and to Judah in Jerusalem the defenced.
21:21 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.
21:22 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.
21:23 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.
21:24 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.
21:25 And thou, profane wicked prince of Israel, whose day is come, when
iniquity shall have an end,
21:26 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.
21:27 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.
21:28 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:
21:29 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.
21:30 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.
21:31 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.
21:32 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. |