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It will not return <i>to its sheath</i> again.”’ <span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/21-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>Now as for you, son of man, groan with breaking <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>heart and bitter grief, groan in their sight. <span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/21-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>And it will be <i>that</i> when they say to you, ‘Why do you groan?’ you shall say, ‘Because of the report that is coming; and every heart will melt, all hands will fall limp, every spirit will <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>faint, and all knees will <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>be weak as water. Behold, it is coming, and it will happen,’ declares Lord Yahweh.” <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/21-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>Again the word of Yahweh came to me, saying, <span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/21-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>“Son of man, prophesy and say, ‘Thus says <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>the Lord.’ Say, <p class="indent2">‘A sword, a sword sharpened <p class="indent2">And also polished! <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/21-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>Sharpened to make a slaughter, <p class="indent2">Polished <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>to flash like lightning!’ <PR>Or shall we <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>rejoice <i>in</i> the <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>scepter of My son? <i>The sword</i> despises every tree. <span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/21-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>It is given to be polished, that it may be seized by the <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>hand; the sword is sharpened and polished, to give it into the hand of the one who kills. <span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/21-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>Cry out and wail, son of man; for it is against My people; it is against all the princes of Israel. They are delivered over to the sword with My people; therefore slap <i>your</i> thigh. <span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/21-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>For <i>there is</i> a testing; and what if even the <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>scepter <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>which <i>the sword</i> despises will be no more?” declares Lord Yahweh. <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/21-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>“You therefore, son of man, prophesy and strike <i>your</i> hands together; and let the sword be doubled the third time, the sword for the slain. It is the sword for the great one slain, which surrounds them, <span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/21-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>that <i>their</i> hearts may melt, and many <i>will be</i> stumbling blocks at all their gates. I have given the glittering sword. Ah! It is made <i>for striking</i> like lightning, it is wrapped up <i>in readiness</i> for slaughter. <span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/21-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span><span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>Show yourself sharp, go to the right; set yourself; go to the left, wherever your <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>edge is appointed. <span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/21-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>And I will also strike My hands together, and I will <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>cause My wrath to be at rest; I, Yahweh, have spoken.” <p class="hdg">A Sword for Slaughter</p><p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/21-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>And the word of Yahweh came to me saying, <span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/21-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>“Now as for you, son of man, <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>make two ways for the sword of the king of Babylon to come; both of them will go out of one land. And <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>make a signpost; <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>make it at the head of the way to the city. <span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/21-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>You shall <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>mark a way for the sword to come to Rabbah of the sons of Ammon and to Judah into fortified Jerusalem. <span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/21-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>For the king of Babylon stands at the <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>parting of the way, at the head of the two ways, to use divination; he shakes the arrows; he asks the <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>household idols; he looks at the liver. <span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/21-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>Into his right hand came the divination, ‘Jerusalem,’ to set battering rams, to open the mouth <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>for killing, to lift up the voice with a shout of war, to set battering rams against the gates, to cast up ramps, to build a siege wall. <span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/21-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>And it will be to them like a worthless divination in their eyes; they have <i>sworn</i> solemn oaths. But he brings iniquity to remembrance, that they may be seized. <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/21-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>“Therefore, thus says Lord Yahweh, ‘Because you have made your iniquity to be remembered, in that your transgressions are uncovered, so that in all your deeds your sins appear—because you have come to remembrance, you will be seized with the hand. <span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/21-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>And you, O slain, wicked one, the prince of Israel, whose day has come, in the time of the iniquity of the end,’ <span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/21-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>thus says Lord Yahweh, ‘Remove the turban and take off the crown; this <i>will</i> <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>no longer <i>be</i> the same. Make high that which is low and make low that which is high. <span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/21-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>A ruin, a ruin, a ruin, I will make it. This also will be no more until He comes to whom the <i>legal</i> judgment belongs, and I will give it <i>to Him</i>.’ <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/21-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>“Now as for you, son of man, prophesy and say, ‘Thus says Lord Yahweh concerning the sons of Ammon and concerning their reproach,’ and say: ‘A sword, a sword is drawn, polished for the slaughter, to cause it <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>to consume, that it may be like lightning— <span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/21-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span>while they behold for you worthless visions, while they divine lies for you—to place you on the necks of the wicked who are slain, whose day has come, in the time of the iniquity of the end. <span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/21-30.htm"><b>30</b></a></span>Return <i>it</i> to its sheath. In the place where you were created, in the land of your origin, I will judge you. <span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/21-31.htm"><b>31</b></a></span>And I will pour out My indignation on you; I will blow on you with the fire of My fury, and I will give you into the hand of brutal men, craftsmen of destruction. <span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/21-32.htm"><b>32</b></a></span>You will be <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>fuel for the fire; your blood will be in the midst of the land. You will not be remembered, for I, Yahweh, have spoken.’”<A name="fn"></a></p><br /><br /><span class="fnverse">1</span> Ch 21:6 in Heb<br><span class="fnverse">6</span> Lit <i>loins</i><br><span class="fnverse">7</span> Lit <i>be dim</i><br><span class="fnverse">7</span> Lit <i>flow</i><br><span class="fnverse">9</span> Some mss and versions <i>Yahweh</i><br><span class="fnverse">10</span> Lit <i>lightning to be to her</i><br><span class="fnverse">10</span> Or <i>rejoice, the scepter of My son despising every tree?</i><br><span class="fnverse">10</span> Or <i>rod</i><br><span class="fnverse">11</span> Lit <i>palm</i><br><span class="fnverse">13</span> Or <i>rod</i><br><span class="fnverse">13</span> Or <i>which despises</i><br><span class="fnverse">16</span> Or <i>Unite yourself</i><br><span class="fnverse">16</span> Lit <i>face</i><br><span class="fnverse">17</span> Or <i>appease</i><br><span class="fnverse">19</span> Or <i>set for yourself</i><br><span class="fnverse">19</span> Lit <i>cut out a hand</i><br><span class="fnverse">19</span> Lit <i>cut it</i><br><span class="fnverse">20</span> Lit <i>set</i><br><span class="fnverse">21</span> Lit <i>mother</i><br><span class="fnverse">21</span> Heb <i>teraphim</i><br><span class="fnverse">22</span> Lit <i>in</i><br><span class="fnverse">26</span> Lit <i>not this</i><br><span class="fnverse">28</span> Lit <i>to finish</i><br><span class="fnverse">32</span> Lit <i>food</i><br></div><br /><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">Legacy Standard Bible Copyright ©2021 by The Lockman Foundation<br>All rights reserved. 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