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Behold, I <i>am</i> against thee, and will draw forth my sword out of his sheath, and will cut off from thee the righteous and the wicked. <span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/21-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>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: <span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/21-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>That all flesh may know that I the LORD have drawn forth my sword out of his sheath: it shall not return any more. <span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/21-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>Sigh therefore, thou son of man, with the breaking of <i>thy</i> loins; and with bitterness sigh before their eyes. <span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/21-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>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 <i>as</i> water: behold, it cometh, and shall be brought to pass, saith the Lord GOD.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/21-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>Again the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/21-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>Son of man, prophesy, and say, Thus saith the LORD; Say, A sword, a sword is sharpened, and also furbished:</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/21-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>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, <i>as</i> every tree.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/21-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>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. <span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/21-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>Cry and howl, son of man: for it shall be upon my people, it <i>shall be</i> upon all the princes of Israel: terrors by reason of the sword shall be upon my people: smite therefore upon <i>thy</i> thigh. <span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/21-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>Because <i>it is</i> a trial, and what if <i>the sword</i> contemn even the rod? it shall be no <i>more</i>, saith the Lord GOD.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/21-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>Thou therefore, son of man, prophesy, and smite <i>thine</i> hands together, and let the sword be doubled the third time, the sword of the slain: it <i>is</i> the sword of the great <i>men that are</i> slain, which entereth into their privy chambers. <span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/21-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>I have set the point of the sword against all their gates, that <i>their</i> heart may faint, and <i>their</i> ruins be multiplied: ah! <i>it is</i> made bright, <i>it is</i> wrapped up for the slaughter. <span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/21-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>Go thee one way or other, <i>either</i> on the right hand, <i>or</i> on the left, whithersoever thy face <i>is</i> set. <span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/21-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>I will also smite mine hands together, and I will cause my fury to rest: I the LORD have said <i>it</i>.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/21-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>The word of the LORD came unto me again, saying, <span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/21-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>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 <i>it</i> at the head of the way to the city. <span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/21-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>Appoint a way, that the sword may come to Rabbath of the Ammonites, and to Judah in Jerusalem the defenced. <span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/21-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>For the king of Babylon stood at the parting of the way, at the head of the two ways, to use divination: he made <i>his</i> arrows bright, he consulted with images, he looked in the liver. <span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/21-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>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 <i>battering</i> rams against the gates, to cast a mount, <i>and</i> to build a fort. <span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/21-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>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.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/21-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>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>I say</i>, that ye are come to remembrance, ye shall be taken with the hand. <span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/21-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>And thou, profane wicked prince of Israel, whose day is come, when iniquity <i>shall have</i> an end, <span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/21-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>Thus saith the Lord GOD; Remove the diadem, and take off the crown: this <i>shall</i> not <i>be</i> the same: exalt <i>him that is</i> low, and abase <i>him that is</i> high. <span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/21-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>I will overturn, overturn, overturn, it: and it shall be no <i>more</i>, until he come whose right it is; and I will give it <i>him</i>.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/21-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>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 <i>is</i> drawn: for the slaughter <i>it is</i> furbished, to consume because of the glittering: <span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/21-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span>Whiles they see vanity unto thee, whiles they divine a lie unto thee, to bring thee upon the necks of <i>them that are</i> slain, of the wicked, whose day is come, when their iniquity <i>shall have</i> an end. <span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/21-30.htm"><b>30</b></a></span>Shall I cause <i>it</i> to return into his sheath? I will judge thee in the place where thou wast created, in the land of thy nativity. <span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/21-31.htm"><b>31</b></a></span>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, <i>and</i> skilful to destroy. <span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/21-32.htm"><b>32</b></a></span>Thou shalt be for fuel to the fire; thy blood shall be in the midst of the land; thou shalt be no <i>more</i> remembered: for I the LORD have spoken <i>it</i>.</p></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">King James Bible<br /><br />Text courtesy of <a href="//www.bibleprotector.com/"> BibleProtector.com</a><br /><br />Section Headings Courtesy <a href="//intbible.com/">INT Bible</a><br />© 2012, Used by Permission<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/">Bible Hub</a></div></div></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="../ezekiel/20.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Ezekiel 20"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Ezekiel 20" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="../ezekiel/22.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Ezekiel 22"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Ezekiel 22" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="rightbox"><div class="padright"><div id="pic"><iframe width="100%" height="860" scrolling="no" src="/scan/ezekiel/21-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></div></div><div id="rightbox4"><div class="padright2"><div id="spons1"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr><td class="sp1"><iframe width="122" height="860" scrolling="no" src="../sidemenu.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhchap.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></body></html>