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class="altsize">(</span><a class="outlineItem" href="/en/wol/b/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/26/21#h=195:0-196:0"><span class="altsize">25-27</span></a><span class="altsize">)</span></p><ul><li class="L3"><p>“Take off the crown” <span class="altsize">(</span><a class="outlineItem" href="/en/wol/b/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/26/21#h=195:110-195:288"><span class="altsize">26</span></a><span class="altsize">)</span></p></li><li class="L3"><p>“Until the one who has the legal right comes” <span class="altsize">(</span><a class="outlineItem" href="/en/wol/b/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/26/21#h=195:288-196:0"><span class="altsize">27</span></a><span class="altsize">)</span></p></li></ul></li><li class="L2"><p>Sword against the Ammonites <span class="altsize">(</span><a class="outlineItem" href="/en/wol/b/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/26/21#h=196:0-197:0"><span class="altsize">28-32</span></a><span class="altsize">)</span></p></li></ul></li></ul></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" data-key="26-21-1" data-section-citation="026021001026021001"><h3 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Ezekiel 21:1</span></h3><div class="group index collapsible collapsed"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Indexes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item ref-dx" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Publications Index</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p447" data-pid="447" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020026/445/0">kj 215</a></p> <p id="p448" data-pid="448" class="sx"></p> </span></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" data-key="26-21-2" data-section-citation="026021002026021002"><h3 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Ezekiel 21:2</span></h3><div class="group index collapsible collapsed"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Indexes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item ref-rsg" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Research Guide</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p512" data-pid="512" class="se"></p> <p id="p513" data-pid="513" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204415/385/0"><em>Insight,</em> Volume 1<em>,</em> p. 1234</a></p> <p id="p514" data-pid="514" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204415/386/0"><em>Pure Worship,</em> p. 53</a></p> <p id="p515" data-pid="515" class="se"></p> </span></li><li class="item ref-dx" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Publications Index</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p189" data-pid="189" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270026/187/0">it-1 1234;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270026/187/2"> rr 53;</a></p> <p id="p190" data-pid="190" class="sx"></p> <p id="p448" data-pid="448" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020026/446/0">w72 763;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020026/446/2"> kj 215;</a><span class="ni"> v-1 272</span></p> <p id="p449" data-pid="449" class="sx"></p> </span></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" data-key="26-21-3" data-section-citation="026021003026021003"><h3 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Ezekiel 21:3</span></h3><div class="group marginal"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Marginal References</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/26/21/563" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-564"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Le 26:33</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-564" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-564" class="extract"></div></div></li></ul></div><div class="group index collapsible collapsed"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Indexes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item ref-rsg" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Research Guide</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p515" data-pid="515" class="se"></p> <p id="p516" data-pid="516" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204415/387/0"><em>Insight,</em> Volume 1<em>,</em> p. 1234</a></p> <p id="p517" data-pid="517" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204415/388/0"><em>Pure Worship,</em> p. 53</a></p> <div id="p518" data-pid="518"><p data-pid="518" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204415/389/0"><em>The Watchtower,</em></a></p><p data-pid="518" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204415/389/0">7/1/2007, p. 14</a></p><p data-pid="518" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204415/390/0">9/15/1988, p. 19</a></p> </div><p id="p519" data-pid="519" class="se"></p> </span></li><li class="item ref-dx" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Publications Index</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p190" data-pid="190" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270026/188/0">it-1 1234;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270026/188/2"> rr 53;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270026/188/4"> w07 7/1 14;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270026/188/6"> w88 9/15 19;</a></p> <p id="p191" data-pid="191" class="sx"></p> <p id="p449" data-pid="449" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020026/447/0">w72 763-764;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020026/447/3"> kj 215;</a><span class="ni"> vn 13;</span><span class="ni"> v-1 272</span></p> <p id="p450" data-pid="450" class="sx"></p> </span></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" data-key="26-21-4" data-section-citation="026021004026021004"><h3 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Ezekiel 21:4</span></h3><div class="group footnote"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Footnotes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item footnote" data-extract-id="verseFootnote-153"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">*</span></span><span class="scalableui"><p id="p743" data-pid="743">Or “people.”</p> </span></li></ul></div><div class="group index collapsible collapsed"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Indexes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item ref-rsg" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Research Guide</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p519" data-pid="519" class="se"></p> <div id="p520" data-pid="520"><p data-pid="520" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204415/391/0"><em>The Watchtower,</em></a></p><p data-pid="520" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204415/391/0">9/15/1988, p. 19</a></p> </div><p id="p521" data-pid="521" class="se"></p> </span></li><li class="item ref-dx" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Publications Index</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p191" data-pid="191" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270026/189/0">w88 9/15 19;</a></p> <p id="p192" data-pid="192" class="sx"></p> <p id="p450" data-pid="450" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020026/448/0">w72 763-764;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020026/448/3"> kj 215;</a><span class="ni"> v-1 273</span></p> <p id="p451" data-pid="451" class="sx"></p> </span></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" data-key="26-21-5" data-section-citation="026021005026021005"><h3 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Ezekiel 21:5</span></h3><div class="group marginal"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Marginal References</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/26/21/564" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-565"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Jer 23:20</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-565" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-565" class="extract"></div></div></li></ul></div><div class="group index collapsible collapsed"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Indexes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item ref-rsg" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Research Guide</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p521" data-pid="521" class="se"></p> <div id="p522" data-pid="522"><p data-pid="522" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204415/392/0"><em>The Watchtower,</em></a></p><p data-pid="522" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204415/392/0">9/15/1988, pp. 16,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204415/393/0"> 19</a></p> </div><p id="p523" data-pid="523" class="se"></p> </span></li><li class="item ref-dx" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Publications Index</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p192" data-pid="192" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270026/190/0">w88 9/15 16,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270026/190/2"> 19;</a></p> <p id="p193" data-pid="193" class="sx"></p> <p id="p451" data-pid="451" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020026/449/0">w72 764;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020026/449/2"> kj 215-216;</a><span class="ni"> v-1 273</span></p> <p id="p452" data-pid="452" class="sx"></p> </span></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" data-key="26-21-6" data-section-citation="026021006026021006"><h3 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Ezekiel 21:6</span></h3><div class="group footnote"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Footnotes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item footnote" data-extract-id="verseFootnote-154"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">*</span></span><span class="scalableui"><p id="p744" data-pid="744">Lit., “your hips.”</p> </span></li></ul></div><div class="group marginal"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Marginal References</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/26/21/565" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-566"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Isa 22:4; Jer 4:19; Eze 9:8</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-566" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-566" class="extract"></div></div></li></ul></div><div class="group index collapsible collapsed"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Indexes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item ref-dx" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Publications Index</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p452" data-pid="452" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020026/450/0">w72 766;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020026/450/3"> ad 775;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020026/450/4"> kj 218;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020026/450/5"> w67 382;</a><span class="ni"> vn 14;</span><span class="ni"> v-1 274</span></p> <p id="p453" data-pid="453" class="sx"></p> </span></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" data-key="26-21-7" data-section-citation="026021007026021007"><h3 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Ezekiel 21:7</span></h3><div class="group footnote"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Footnotes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item footnote" data-extract-id="verseFootnote-155"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">*</span></span><span class="scalableui"><p id="p745" data-pid="745">That is, from urination as a result of fear.</p> </span></li></ul></div><div class="group marginal"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Marginal References</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/26/21/566" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-567"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Eze 7:15-17</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-567" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-567" class="extract"></div></div></li></ul></div><div class="group index collapsible collapsed"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Indexes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item ref-rsg" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Research Guide</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p523" data-pid="523" class="se"></p> <div id="p524" data-pid="524"><p data-pid="524" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204415/394/0"><em>The Watchtower,</em></a></p><p data-pid="524" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204415/394/0">5/1/1997, p. 22</a></p> </div><p id="p525" data-pid="525" class="se"></p> </span></li><li class="item ref-dx" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Publications Index</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p193" data-pid="193" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270026/191/0">w97 5/1 22;</a></p> <p id="p194" data-pid="194" class="sx"></p> <p id="p453" data-pid="453" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020026/451/0">w72 765-766;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020026/451/3"> kj 218;</a><span class="ni"> v-1 274</span></p> <p id="p454" data-pid="454" class="sx"></p> </span></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" data-key="26-21-8" data-section-citation="026021008026021008"><h3 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Ezekiel 21:8</span></h3><div class="group index collapsible collapsed"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Indexes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item ref-dx" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Publications Index</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p454" data-pid="454" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020026/452/0">kj 219</a></p> <p id="p455" data-pid="455" class="sx"></p> </span></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" data-key="26-21-9" data-section-citation="026021009026021009"><h3 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Ezekiel 21:9</span></h3><div class="group marginal"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Marginal References</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/26/21/567" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-568"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Isa 66:16; Jer 12:12; Am 9:4</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-568" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-568" class="extract"></div></div></li></ul></div><div class="group index collapsible collapsed"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Indexes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item ref-rsg" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Research Guide</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p525" data-pid="525" class="se"></p> <p id="p526" data-pid="526" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204415/395/0"><em>Insight,</em> Volume 2<em>,</em> p. 875</a></p> <p id="p527" data-pid="527" class="se"></p> </span></li><li class="item ref-dx" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Publications Index</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p194" data-pid="194" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270026/192/0">it-2 875;</a></p> <p id="p195" data-pid="195" class="sx"></p> <p id="p455" data-pid="455" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020026/453/0">ad 1456;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020026/453/1"> kj 219;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020026/453/2"> w62 713;</a><span class="ni"> vn 15;</span><span class="ni"> v-1 275</span></p> <p id="p456" data-pid="456" class="sx"></p> </span></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" data-key="26-21-10" data-section-citation="026021010026021010"><h3 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Ezekiel 21:10</span></h3><div class="group footnote"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Footnotes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item footnote" data-extract-id="verseFootnote-156"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">*</span></span><span class="scalableui"><p id="p746" data-pid="746">That is, Jehovah’s sword.</p> </span></li></ul></div><div class="group marginal"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Marginal References</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/26/21/568" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-569"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Ge 49:10; 2Sa 7:12, 14</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-569" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-569" class="extract"></div></div></li></ul></div><div class="group index collapsible collapsed"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Indexes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item ref-rsg" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Research Guide</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p527" data-pid="527" class="se"></p> <p id="p528" data-pid="528" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204415/396/0"><em>Insight,</em> Volume 2<em>,</em> p. 875</a></p> <div id="p529" data-pid="529"><p data-pid="529" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204415/397/0"><em>The Watchtower,</em></a></p><p data-pid="529" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204415/397/0">9/15/1988, p. 19</a></p> </div><p id="p530" data-pid="530" class="se"></p> </span></li><li class="item ref-dx" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Publications Index</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p195" data-pid="195" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270026/193/0">it-2 875;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270026/193/2"> w88 9/15 19;</a></p> <p id="p196" data-pid="196" class="sx"></p> <p id="p456" data-pid="456" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020026/454/0">w72 765;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020026/454/3"> ad 1456;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020026/454/4"> kj 219-220;</a><span class="ni"> v-1 275</span></p> <p id="p457" data-pid="457" class="sx"></p> </span></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" data-key="26-21-11" data-section-citation="026021011026021011"><h3 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Ezekiel 21:11</span></h3><div class="group marginal"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Marginal References</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/26/21/569" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-570"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Jer 25:9; 51:20</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-570" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-570" class="extract"></div></div></li></ul></div><div class="group index collapsible collapsed"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Indexes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item ref-dx" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Publications Index</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p457" data-pid="457" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020026/455/0">w72 765;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020026/455/3"> kj 221;</a><span class="ni"> v-1 276</span></p> <p id="p458" data-pid="458" class="sx"></p> </span></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" data-key="26-21-12" data-section-citation="026021012026021012"><h3 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Ezekiel 21:12</span></h3><div class="group marginal"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Marginal References</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/26/21/570" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-571"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Eze 9:8; Mic 1:8</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-571" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-571" class="extract"></div></div></li><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/26/21/571" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-572"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Eze 19:1</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-572" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-572" class="extract"></div></div></li></ul></div><div class="group index collapsible collapsed"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Indexes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item ref-rsg" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Research Guide</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p530" data-pid="530" class="se"></p> <p id="p531" data-pid="531" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204415/398/0"><em>Insight,</em> Volume 1<em>,</em> p. 218</a></p> <p id="p532" data-pid="532" class="se"></p> </span></li><li class="item ref-dx" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Publications Index</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p196" data-pid="196" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270026/194/0">it-1 218;</a></p> <p id="p197" data-pid="197" class="sx"></p> <p id="p458" data-pid="458" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020026/456/0">w72 765;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020026/456/4"> ad 164;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020026/456/5"> kj 221;</a><span class="ni"> v-1 276,</span><span class="ni"> 280</span></p> <p id="p459" data-pid="459" class="sx"></p> </span></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" data-key="26-21-13" data-section-citation="026021013026021013"><h3 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Ezekiel 21:13</span></h3><div class="group footnote"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Footnotes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item footnote" data-extract-id="verseFootnote-157"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">*</span></span><span class="scalableui"><p id="p747" data-pid="747">Or “The scepter.”</p> </span></li></ul></div><div class="group marginal"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Marginal References</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/26/21/572" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-573"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Jer 6:27</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-573" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-573" class="extract"></div></div></li><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/26/21/573" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-574"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">2Ki 25:7; Eze 19:14; 21:26</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-574" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-574" class="extract"></div></div></li></ul></div><div class="group index collapsible collapsed"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Indexes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item ref-rsg" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Research Guide</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p532" data-pid="532" class="se"></p> <p id="p533" data-pid="533" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204415/399/0"><em>Insight,</em> Volume 2<em>,</em> p. 875</a></p> <p id="p534" data-pid="534" class="se"></p> </span></li><li class="item ref-dx" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Publications Index</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p197" data-pid="197" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270026/195/0">it-2 875;</a></p> <p id="p198" data-pid="198" class="sx"></p> <p id="p459" data-pid="459" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020026/457/0">w72 765;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020026/457/3"> ad 1456;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020026/457/4"> kj 221;</a><span class="ni"> v-1 276,</span><span class="ni"> 279</span></p> <p id="p460" data-pid="460" class="sx"></p> </span></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" data-key="26-21-14" data-section-citation="026021014026021014"><h3 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Ezekiel 21:14</span></h3><div class="group marginal"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Marginal References</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/26/21/574" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-575"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">2Ki 25:1, 2</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-575" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-575" class="extract"></div></div></li></ul></div><div class="group index collapsible collapsed"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Indexes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item ref-dx" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Publications Index</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p460" data-pid="460" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020026/458/0">w72 765;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020026/458/3"> kj 222;</a><span class="ni"> v-1 279</span></p> <p id="p461" data-pid="461" class="sx"></p> </span></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" data-key="26-21-15" data-section-citation="026021015026021015"><h3 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Ezekiel 21:15</span></h3><div class="group marginal"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Marginal References</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/26/21/575" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-576"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Eze 21:7</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-576" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-576" class="extract"></div></div></li></ul></div><div class="group index collapsible collapsed"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Indexes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item ref-dx" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Publications Index</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p461" data-pid="461" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020026/459/0">kj 222;</a><span class="ni"> w40 280;</span><span class="ni"> vn 15;</span><span class="ni"> v-1 280</span></p> <p id="p462" data-pid="462" class="sx"></p> </span></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" data-key="26-21-16" data-section-citation="026021016026021016"><h3 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Ezekiel 21:16</span></h3><div class="group index collapsible collapsed"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Indexes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item ref-dx" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Publications Index</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p462" data-pid="462" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020026/460/0">w72 765;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020026/460/2"> kj 223;</a><span class="ni"> w40 280;</span><span class="ni"> v-1 281</span></p> <p id="p463" data-pid="463" class="sx"></p> </span></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" data-key="26-21-17" data-section-citation="026021017026021017"><h3 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Ezekiel 21:17</span></h3><div class="group marginal"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Marginal References</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/26/21/576" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-577"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Isa 1:24; Eze 5:13; 16:42</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-577" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-577" class="extract"></div></div></li></ul></div><div class="group index collapsible collapsed"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Indexes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item ref-dx" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Publications Index</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p463" data-pid="463" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020026/461/0">kj 223;</a><span class="ni"> v-1 281</span></p> <p id="p464" data-pid="464" class="sx"></p> </span></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" data-key="26-21-18" data-section-citation="026021018026021018"><h3 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Ezekiel 21:18</span></h3><div class="group index collapsible collapsed"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Indexes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item ref-dx" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Publications Index</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p464" data-pid="464" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020026/462/0">kj 224,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020026/462/1"> 266</a></p> <p id="p465" data-pid="465" class="sx"></p> </span></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" data-key="26-21-19" data-section-citation="026021019026021019"><h3 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Ezekiel 21:19</span></h3><div class="group footnote"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Footnotes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item footnote" data-extract-id="verseFootnote-158"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">*</span></span><span class="scalableui"><p id="p748" data-pid="748">Lit., “hand.”</p> </span></li></ul></div><div class="group index collapsible collapsed"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Indexes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item ref-dx" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Publications Index</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p465" data-pid="465" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020026/463/0">w73 60;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020026/463/2"> kj 224,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020026/463/3"> 235,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020026/463/4"> 266;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020026/463/5"> w62 713;</a><span class="ni"> v-1 282,</span><span class="ni"> 284</span></p> <p id="p466" data-pid="466" class="sx"></p> </span></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" data-key="26-21-20" data-section-citation="026021020026021020"><h3 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Ezekiel 21:20</span></h3><div class="group marginal"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Marginal References</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/26/21/577" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-578"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Jer 49:2; Eze 25:5; Am 1:14</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-578" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-578" class="extract"></div></div></li><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/26/21/578" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-579"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">2Sa 5:9; 2Ch 26:9; 32:2, 5; 33:1, 14</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-579" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-579" class="extract"></div></div></li></ul></div><div class="group index collapsible collapsed"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Indexes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item ref-rsg" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Research Guide</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p534" data-pid="534" class="se"></p> <div id="p535" data-pid="535"><p data-pid="535" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204415/400/0"><em>The Watchtower,</em></a></p><p data-pid="535" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204415/400/0">9/15/1988, p. 19</a></p> </div><p id="p536" data-pid="536" class="se"></p> </span></li><li class="item ref-dx" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Publications Index</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p198" data-pid="198" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270026/196/0">w88 9/15 19;</a></p> <p id="p199" data-pid="199" class="sx"></p> <p id="p466" data-pid="466" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020026/464/0">w73 60;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020026/464/2"> kj 224,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020026/464/3"> 235,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020026/464/4"> 266;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020026/464/5"> w54 685</a></p> <p id="p467" data-pid="467" class="sx"></p> </span></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" data-key="26-21-21" data-section-citation="026021021026021021"><h3 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Ezekiel 21:21</span></h3><div class="group footnote"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Footnotes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item footnote" data-extract-id="verseFootnote-159"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">*</span></span><span class="scalableui"><p id="p749" data-pid="749">Lit., “the teraphim.”</p> </span></li></ul></div><div class="group index collapsible collapsed"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Indexes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item ref-rsg" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Research Guide</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p536" data-pid="536" class="se"></p> <p id="p537" data-pid="537" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204415/401/0"><em>Insight,</em> Volume 1<em>,</em> pp. 207,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204415/402/0"> 637</a></p> <p id="p538" data-pid="538" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204415/403/0"><em>Insight,</em> Volume 2<em>,</em> p. 324</a></p> <div id="p539" data-pid="539"><p data-pid="539" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204415/404/0"><em>Awake!,</em></a></p><p data-pid="539" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204415/404/0">1/2011, p. 11</a></p> </div><div id="p540" data-pid="540"><p data-pid="540" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204415/405/0"><em>The Watchtower,</em></a></p><p data-pid="540" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204415/405/0">9/15/1988, p. 19</a></p> </div><p id="p541" data-pid="541" class="se"></p> </span></li><li class="item ref-dx" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Publications Index</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p199" data-pid="199" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270026/197/0">it-1 207,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270026/197/2"> 637;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270026/197/4"> it-2 324;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270026/197/6"> g 1/11 11;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270026/197/8"> w88 9/15 19;</a></p> <p id="p200" data-pid="200" class="sx"></p> <p id="p467" data-pid="467" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020026/465/0">w73 60;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020026/465/2"> ad 156,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020026/465/3"> 456;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020026/465/4"> kj 224-225,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020026/465/5"> 235,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020026/465/6"> 266;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020026/465/7"> w69 474;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020026/465/8"> w66 319;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020026/465/9"> w64 374,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020026/465/10"> 699;</a><span class="ni"> bf 41,</span><span class="ni"> 150;</span><span class="ni"> mg63 56;</span><span class="ni"> g61 7/8 15;</span><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020026/465/15"> w60 640;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020026/465/16"> w59 389;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020026/465/17"> w55 530;</a><span class="ni"> dh 14;</span><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020026/465/19"> w54 685;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020026/465/20"> w53 239</a></p> <p id="p468" data-pid="468" class="sx"></p> </span></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" data-key="26-21-22" data-section-citation="026021022026021022"><h3 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Ezekiel 21:22</span></h3><div class="group marginal"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Marginal References</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/26/21/579" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-580"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Jer 32:24; 52:4</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-580" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-580" class="extract"></div></div></li></ul></div><div class="group index collapsible collapsed"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Indexes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item ref-rsg" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Research Guide</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p541" data-pid="541" class="se"></p> <div id="p542" data-pid="542"><p data-pid="542" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204415/406/0"><em>The Watchtower,</em></a></p><p data-pid="542" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204415/406/0">7/1/2007, p. 14</a></p><p data-pid="542" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204415/407/0">9/15/1988, p. 19</a></p> </div><p id="p543" data-pid="543" class="se"></p> </span></li><li class="item ref-dx" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Publications Index</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p200" data-pid="200" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270026/198/0">w07 7/1 14;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270026/198/2"> w88 9/15 19;</a></p> <p id="p201" data-pid="201" class="sx"></p> <p id="p468" data-pid="468" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020026/466/0">w73 60;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020026/466/2"> kj 225,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020026/466/3"> 235,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020026/466/4"> 266;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020026/466/5"> w66 319;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020026/466/6"> w55 530;</a><span class="ni"> dh 14;</span><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020026/466/8"> w54 685;</a><span class="ni"> v-1 284</span></p> <p id="p469" data-pid="469" class="sx"></p> </span></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" data-key="26-21-23" data-section-citation="026021023026021023"><h3 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Ezekiel 21:23</span></h3><div class="group footnote"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Footnotes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item footnote" data-extract-id="verseFootnote-160"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">*</span></span><span class="scalableui"><p id="p750" data-pid="750">That is, the inhabitants of Jerusalem.</p> </span></li></ul></div><div class="group marginal"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Marginal References</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/26/21/580" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-581"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">2Ch 36:11, 13; Eze 17:13</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-581" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-581" class="extract"></div></div></li><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/26/21/581" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-582"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">2Ki 25:6, 7</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-582" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-582" class="extract"></div></div></li></ul></div><div class="group index collapsible collapsed"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Indexes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item ref-rsg" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Research Guide</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p543" data-pid="543" class="se"></p> <div id="p544" data-pid="544"><p data-pid="544" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204415/408/0"><em>The Watchtower,</em></a></p><p data-pid="544" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204415/408/0">9/15/1988, p. 19</a></p> </div><p id="p545" data-pid="545" class="se"></p> </span></li><li class="item ref-dx" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Publications Index</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p201" data-pid="201" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270026/199/0">w88 9/15 19;</a></p> <p id="p202" data-pid="202" class="sx"></p> <p id="p469" data-pid="469" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020026/467/0">kj 226,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020026/467/1"> 228,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020026/467/2"> 266;</a><span class="ni"> v-1 285</span></p> <p id="p470" data-pid="470" class="sx"></p> </span></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" data-key="26-21-24" data-section-citation="026021024026021024"><h3 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Ezekiel 21:24</span></h3><div class="group footnote"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Footnotes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item footnote" data-extract-id="verseFootnote-161"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">*</span></span><span class="scalableui"><p id="p751" data-pid="751">Lit., “by the hand.”</p> </span></li></ul></div><div class="group index collapsible collapsed"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Indexes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item ref-rsg" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Research Guide</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p545" data-pid="545" class="se"></p> <div id="p546" data-pid="546"><p data-pid="546" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204415/409/0"><em>The Watchtower,</em></a></p><p data-pid="546" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204415/409/0">9/15/1988, p. 19</a></p> </div><p id="p547" data-pid="547" class="se"></p> </span></li><li class="item ref-dx" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Publications Index</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p202" data-pid="202" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270026/200/0">w88 9/15 19;</a></p> <p id="p203" data-pid="203" class="sx"></p> <p id="p470" data-pid="470" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020026/468/0">kj 228;</a><span class="ni"> v-1 285</span></p> <p id="p471" data-pid="471" class="sx"></p> </span></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" data-key="26-21-25" data-section-citation="026021025026021025"><h3 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Ezekiel 21:25</span></h3><div class="group marginal"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Marginal References</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/26/21/582" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-583"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">2Ch 36:11, 13; Jer 24:8; 52:1, 2; Eze 17:19</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-583" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-583" class="extract"></div></div></li></ul></div><div class="group index collapsible collapsed"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Indexes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item ref-rsg" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Research Guide</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p547" data-pid="547" class="se"></p> <p id="p548" data-pid="548" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204415/410/0"><em>Insight,</em> Volume 1<em>,</em> p. 133</a></p> <p id="p549" data-pid="549" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204415/411/0"><em>Pure Worship,</em> p. 80</a></p> <div id="p550" data-pid="550"><p data-pid="550" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204415/412/0"><em>The Watchtower,</em></a></p><p data-pid="550" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204415/412/0">9/15/1988, pp. 19-20</a></p> </div><p id="p551" data-pid="551" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204415/413/0"><em>Worldwide Security,</em> p. 25</a></p> <p id="p552" data-pid="552" class="se"></p> </span></li><li class="item ref-dx" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Publications Index</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p203" data-pid="203" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270026/201/0">it-1 133;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270026/201/2"> rr 80;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270026/201/4"> w88 9/15 19;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270026/201/6"> ws 25;</a></p> <p id="p204" data-pid="204" class="sx"></p> <p id="p471" data-pid="471" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020026/469/0">po 128-129,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020026/469/3"> 173;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020026/469/5"> w73 60-61;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020026/469/7"> kj 229,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020026/469/8"> 251,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020026/469/9"> 346;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020026/469/10"> w70 768;</a><span class="ni"> im 70;</span><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020026/469/13"> w64 233,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020026/469/14"> 699;</a><span class="ni"> bf 150;</span><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020026/469/16"> w60 623;</a><span class="ni"> sw 16;</span><span class="ni"> nh 138;</span><span class="ni"> w49 327;</span><span class="ni"> pn 19;</span><span class="ni"> ge 24;</span><span class="ni"> tf 229;</span><span class="ni"> v-1 286</span></p> <p id="p472" data-pid="472" class="sx"></p> </span></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" data-key="26-21-26" data-section-citation="026021026026021026"><h3 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Ezekiel 21:26</span></h3><div class="group marginal"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Marginal References</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/26/21/583" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-584"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">2Ki 25:5-7; Jer 52:8, 11; Eze 12:12, 13</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-584" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-584" class="extract"></div></div></li><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/26/21/584" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-585"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Eze 21:13</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-585" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-585" class="extract"></div></div></li><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/26/21/585" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-586"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Ps 75:7; Da 4:17</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-586" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-586" class="extract"></div></div></li><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/26/21/586" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-587"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Da 4:37; Lu 21:24</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-587" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-587" class="extract"></div></div></li></ul></div><div class="group index collapsible collapsed"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Indexes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item ref-rsg" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Research Guide</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p552" data-pid="552" class="se"></p> <p id="p553" data-pid="553" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204415/414/0"><em>Insight,</em> Volume 1<em>,</em> pp. 133,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204415/415/0"> 553</a></p> <p id="p554" data-pid="554" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204415/416/0"><em>Pure Worship,</em> p. 89</a></p> <div id="p555" data-pid="555"><p data-pid="555" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204415/417/0"><em>The Watchtower,</em></a></p><p data-pid="555" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204415/417/0">9/15/1988, pp. 19-20</a></p> </div><p id="p556" data-pid="556" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204415/418/0"><em>Worldwide Security,</em> pp. 24-25</a></p> <p id="p557" data-pid="557" class="se"></p> </span></li><li class="item ref-dx" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Publications Index</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p204" data-pid="204" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270026/202/0">it-1 133,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270026/202/2"> 553;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270026/202/4"> rr 89;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270026/202/6"> w88 9/15 19-20;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270026/202/8"> ws 24-25;</a></p> <p id="p205" data-pid="205" class="sx"></p> <p id="p472" data-pid="472" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020026/470/0">w78 3/1 26;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020026/470/2"> go 105;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020026/470/4"> sl 173-174;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020026/470/6"> po 128-129;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020026/470/8"> w73 60-61;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020026/470/10"> kj 229-230,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020026/470/11"> 346;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020026/470/12"> w70 768;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020026/470/14"> w67 613;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020026/470/15"> w66 615;</a><span class="ni"> kd 8;</span><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020026/470/17"> w64 233,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020026/470/18"> 699;</a><span class="ni"> bf 150,</span><span class="ni"> 169,</span><span class="ni"> 177;</span><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020026/470/22"> w62 71,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020026/470/23"> 394;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020026/470/24"> w61 357;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020026/470/25"> w60 623;</a><span class="ni"> sw 16;</span><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020026/470/27"> w59 105;</a><span class="ni"> nh 138,</span><span class="ni"> 210;</span><span class="ni"> w49 327;</span><span class="ni"> pn 19;</span><span class="ni"> ge 24;</span><span class="ni"> v-1 286</span></p> <p id="p473" data-pid="473" class="sx"></p> </span></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" data-key="26-21-27" data-section-citation="026021027026021027"><h3 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Ezekiel 21:27</span></h3><div class="group marginal"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Marginal References</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/26/21/587" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-588"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Ge 49:10; Ps 89:3, 4; 110:1; Isa 9:6; 11:10; Lu 1:32, 33; Re 5:5</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-588" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-588" class="extract"></div></div></li><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/26/21/588" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-589"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Ps 2:6, 8; Da 7:13, 14; Lu 22:29</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-589" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-589" class="extract"></div></div></li></ul></div><div class="group index collapsible collapsed"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Indexes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item ref-rsg" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Research Guide</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p557" data-pid="557" class="se"></p> <p id="p558" data-pid="558" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204415/419/0"><em>Insight,</em> Volume 1<em>,</em> p. 133</a></p> <p id="p559" data-pid="559" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204415/420/0"><em>Insight,</em> Volume 2<em>,</em> pp. 127-128,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204415/421/0"> 512,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204415/422/0"> 928</a></p> <p id="p560" data-pid="560" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204415/423/0"><em>Pure Worship,</em> pp. 88,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204415/424/0"> 89-90</a></p> <div id="p561" data-pid="561"><p data-pid="561" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204415/425/0"><em>The Watchtower,</em></a></p><p data-pid="561" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204415/425/0">8/1/2007, p. 11</a></p><p data-pid="561" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204415/426/0">9/15/1988, pp. 19-20</a></p> </div><p id="p562" data-pid="562" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204415/427/0"><em>Revelation Climax,</em> pp. 59-60</a></p> <p id="p563" data-pid="563" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204415/428/0"><em>Worldwide Security,</em> pp. 25-26</a></p> <p id="p564" data-pid="564" class="se"></p> </span></li><li class="item ref-dx" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Publications Index</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p205" data-pid="205" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270026/203/0">it-1 133;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270026/203/2"> it-2 127-128,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270026/203/5"> 512,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270026/203/7"> 928;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270026/203/9"> rr 88-90;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270026/203/12"> w07 8/1 11;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270026/203/14"> re 59-60;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270026/203/16"> w88 9/15 19-20;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270026/203/18"> ws 25-26;</a></p> <p id="p206" data-pid="206" class="sx"></p> <p id="p473" data-pid="473" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020026/471/0">w84 4/1 6-7;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020026/471/2"> w84 6/15 30;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020026/471/4"> w83 8/1 19,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020026/471/7"> 21;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020026/471/9"> w82 3/15 15;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020026/471/11"> kc 54-55,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020026/471/13"> 132;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020026/471/15"> w78 3/1 25-26;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020026/471/17"> go 104-105;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020026/471/19"> sl 174-175;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020026/471/21"> w74 236;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020026/471/23"> w74 683;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020026/471/25"> po 101,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020026/471/27"> 128-129,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020026/471/29"> 177;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020026/471/31"> w73 60-61;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020026/471/33"> ka 261-262;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020026/471/35"> ad 975;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020026/471/36"> kj 214,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020026/471/37"> 229,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020026/471/38"> 232,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020026/471/39"> 305,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020026/471/40"> 346;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020026/471/41"> w70 767-768;</a><span class="ni"> fm 43;</span><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020026/471/45"> w67 613,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020026/471/46"> 616;</a><span class="ni"> g65 6/8 28;</span><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020026/471/48"> w64 233,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020026/471/49"> 477,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020026/471/50"> 699,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020026/471/51"> 745;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020026/471/52"> w63 177;</a><span class="ni"> bf 150,</span><span class="ni"> 169,</span><span class="ni"> 177,</span><span class="ni"> 181,</span><span class="ni"> 508;</span><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020026/471/58"> w62 71,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020026/471/59"> 394;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020026/471/60"> w61 357;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020026/471/61"> w60 624;</a><span class="ni"> sw 17;</span><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020026/471/63"> w59 183;</a><span class="ni"> yw 91;</span><span class="ni"> g58 12/22 6;</span><span class="ni"> nh 138,</span><span class="ni"> 210;</span><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020026/471/68"> w52 266,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020026/471/69"> 410;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020026/471/70"> w51 402;</a><span class="ni"> rm 299;</span><span class="ni"> el 67;</span><span class="ni"> ew 51;</span><span class="ni"> pn 19;</span><span class="ni"> ge 24;</span><span class="ni"> tf 300;</span><span class="ni"> w34 52,</span><span class="ni"> 69;</span><span class="ni"> jh 36;</span><span class="ni"> w33 60;</span><span class="ni"> v-1 287</span></p> <p id="p474" data-pid="474" class="sx"></p> </span></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" data-key="26-21-28" data-section-citation="026021028026021028"><h3 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Ezekiel 21:28</span></h3><div class="group index collapsible collapsed"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Indexes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item ref-rsg" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Research Guide</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p564" data-pid="564" class="se"></p> <div id="p565" data-pid="565"><p data-pid="565" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204415/429/0"><em>The Watchtower,</em></a></p><p data-pid="565" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204415/429/0">9/15/1988, p. 20</a></p> </div><p id="p566" data-pid="566" class="se"></p> </span></li><li class="item ref-dx" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Publications Index</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p206" data-pid="206" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270026/204/0">w88 9/15 20;</a></p> <p id="p207" data-pid="207" class="sx"></p> <p id="p474" data-pid="474" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020026/472/0">w73 61;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020026/472/2"> kj 236;</a><span class="ni"> v-1 288</span></p> <p id="p475" data-pid="475" class="sx"></p> </span></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" data-key="26-21-29" data-section-citation="026021029026021029"><h3 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Ezekiel 21:29</span></h3><div class="group footnote"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Footnotes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item footnote" data-extract-id="verseFootnote-162"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">*</span></span><span class="scalableui"><p id="p752" data-pid="752">Lit., “the necks of the slain.”</p> </span></li></ul></div><div class="group index collapsible collapsed"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Indexes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item ref-rsg" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Research Guide</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p566" data-pid="566" class="se"></p> <div id="p567" data-pid="567"><p data-pid="567" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204415/430/0"><em>The Watchtower,</em></a></p><p data-pid="567" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204415/430/0">9/15/1988, p. 20</a></p> </div><p id="p568" data-pid="568" class="se"></p> </span></li><li class="item ref-dx" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Publications Index</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p207" data-pid="207" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270026/205/0">w88 9/15 20;</a></p> <p id="p208" data-pid="208" class="sx"></p> <p id="p475" data-pid="475" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020026/473/0">w73 61-62;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020026/473/2"> kj 236;</a><span class="ni"> v-1 288</span></p> <p id="p476" data-pid="476" class="sx"></p> </span></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" data-key="26-21-30" data-section-citation="026021030026021030"><h3 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Ezekiel 21:30</span></h3><div class="group index collapsible collapsed"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Indexes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item ref-dx" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Publications Index</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p476" data-pid="476" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020026/474/0">kj 236;</a><span class="ni"> v-1 289</span></p> <p id="p477" data-pid="477" class="sx"></p> </span></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" data-key="26-21-31" data-section-citation="026021031026021031"><h3 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Ezekiel 21:31</span></h3><div class="group marginal"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Marginal References</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/26/21/589" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-590"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Eze 25:5</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-590" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-590" class="extract"></div></div></li></ul></div><div class="group index collapsible collapsed"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Indexes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item ref-dx" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Publications Index</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p477" data-pid="477" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020026/475/0">kj 236;</a><span class="ni"> v-1 290</span></p> <p id="p478" data-pid="478" class="sx"></p> </span></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" data-key="26-21-32" data-section-citation="026021032026021032"><h3 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Ezekiel 21:32</span></h3><div class="group marginal"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Marginal References</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/26/21/590" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-591"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Jer 49:2, 3</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-591" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-591" class="extract"></div></div></li></ul></div><div class="group index collapsible collapsed"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Indexes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item ref-dx" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Publications Index</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p478" data-pid="478" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020026/476/0">kj 236;</a><span class="ni"> v-1 290</span></p> <p id="p479" data-pid="479" class="sx"></p> </span></li></ul></div></div> </div> <div id="studyParallel" class="studyPane tabContent"> <div class="section"> <h3 class="title">Parallel Translations</h3> <div class="helpText">Click a verse number to display parallel Bible verses.</div> <div class="parallel"> <div class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div> <div class="extract"></div> </div> </div> </div> <div id="studyMarginals" class="studyPane tabContent"> <div class="section marginalsGeneral"><h3 class="title"><span class="sectionIcon"></span><span class="scalableui">General</span></h3><div class="content categorizedMarginal"><div><div><div class="item collapsible marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/26/21/563/1" data-extract-id="categorizedMarginal-564-1"><div class="header"><span class="icon"></span><span class="source"><span class="scalableui">Ezek. 21:3</span></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Le 26:33</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-564-1" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-564-1" class="extract"></div></div></div></div></div><div><div><div class="item collapsible marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/26/21/564/1" data-extract-id="categorizedMarginal-565-1"><div class="header"><span class="icon"></span><span class="source"><span class="scalableui">Ezek. 21:5</span></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Jer 23:20</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-565-1" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-565-1" class="extract"></div></div></div></div></div><div><div><div class="item collapsible marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/26/21/565/1" data-extract-id="categorizedMarginal-566-1"><div class="header"><span class="icon"></span><span class="source"><span class="scalableui">Ezek. 21:6</span></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Isa 22:4; Jer 4:19; Eze 9:8</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-566-1" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-566-1" class="extract"></div></div></div></div></div><div><div><div class="item collapsible marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/26/21/566/1" data-extract-id="categorizedMarginal-567-1"><div class="header"><span class="icon"></span><span class="source"><span class="scalableui">Ezek. 21:7</span></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Eze 7:15-17</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-567-1" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-567-1" class="extract"></div></div></div></div></div><div><div><div class="item collapsible marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/26/21/567/1" data-extract-id="categorizedMarginal-568-1"><div class="header"><span class="icon"></span><span class="source"><span class="scalableui">Ezek. 21:9</span></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Isa 66:16; Jer 12:12; Am 9:4</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-568-1" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-568-1" class="extract"></div></div></div></div></div><div><div><div class="item collapsible marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/26/21/568/1" data-extract-id="categorizedMarginal-569-1"><div class="header"><span class="icon"></span><span class="source"><span class="scalableui">Ezek. 21:10</span></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Ge 49:10; 2Sa 7:12, 14</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-569-1" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-569-1" class="extract"></div></div></div></div></div><div><div><div class="item collapsible marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/26/21/569/1" data-extract-id="categorizedMarginal-570-1"><div class="header"><span class="icon"></span><span class="source"><span class="scalableui">Ezek. 21:11</span></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Jer 25:9; 51:20</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-570-1" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-570-1" class="extract"></div></div></div></div></div><div><div><div class="item collapsible marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/26/21/570/1" data-extract-id="categorizedMarginal-571-1"><div class="header"><span class="icon"></span><span class="source"><span class="scalableui">Ezek. 21:12</span></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Eze 9:8; Mic 1:8</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-571-1" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-571-1" class="extract"></div></div></div></div></div><div><div><div class="item collapsible marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/26/21/571/1" data-extract-id="categorizedMarginal-572-1"><div class="header"><span class="icon"></span><span class="source"><span class="scalableui">Ezek. 21:12</span></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Eze 19:1</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-572-1" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-572-1" class="extract"></div></div></div></div></div><div><div><div class="item collapsible marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/26/21/572/1" data-extract-id="categorizedMarginal-573-1"><div class="header"><span class="icon"></span><span class="source"><span class="scalableui">Ezek. 21:13</span></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Jer 6:27</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-573-1" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-573-1" class="extract"></div></div></div></div></div><div><div><div class="item collapsible marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/26/21/573/1" data-extract-id="categorizedMarginal-574-1"><div class="header"><span class="icon"></span><span class="source"><span class="scalableui">Ezek. 21:13</span></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">2Ki 25:7; Eze 19:14; 21:26</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-574-1" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-574-1" class="extract"></div></div></div></div></div><div><div><div class="item collapsible marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/26/21/574/1" data-extract-id="categorizedMarginal-575-1"><div class="header"><span class="icon"></span><span class="source"><span class="scalableui">Ezek. 21:14</span></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">2Ki 25:1, 2</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-575-1" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-575-1" class="extract"></div></div></div></div></div><div><div><div class="item collapsible marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/26/21/575/1" data-extract-id="categorizedMarginal-576-1"><div class="header"><span class="icon"></span><span class="source"><span class="scalableui">Ezek. 21:15</span></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Eze 21:7</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-576-1" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-576-1" class="extract"></div></div></div></div></div><div><div><div class="item collapsible marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/26/21/576/1" data-extract-id="categorizedMarginal-577-1"><div class="header"><span class="icon"></span><span class="source"><span class="scalableui">Ezek. 21:17</span></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Isa 1:24; Eze 5:13; 16:42</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-577-1" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-577-1" class="extract"></div></div></div></div></div><div><div><div class="item collapsible marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/26/21/577/1" data-extract-id="categorizedMarginal-578-1"><div class="header"><span class="icon"></span><span class="source"><span class="scalableui">Ezek. 21:20</span></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Jer 49:2; Eze 25:5; Am 1:14</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-578-1" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-578-1" class="extract"></div></div></div></div></div><div><div><div class="item collapsible marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/26/21/578/1" data-extract-id="categorizedMarginal-579-1"><div class="header"><span class="icon"></span><span class="source"><span class="scalableui">Ezek. 21:20</span></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">2Sa 5:9; 2Ch 26:9; 32:2, 5; 33:1, 14</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-579-1" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-579-1" class="extract"></div></div></div></div></div><div><div><div class="item collapsible marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/26/21/579/1" data-extract-id="categorizedMarginal-580-1"><div class="header"><span class="icon"></span><span class="source"><span class="scalableui">Ezek. 21:22</span></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Jer 32:24; 52:4</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-580-1" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-580-1" class="extract"></div></div></div></div></div><div><div><div class="item collapsible marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/26/21/580/1" data-extract-id="categorizedMarginal-581-1"><div class="header"><span class="icon"></span><span class="source"><span class="scalableui">Ezek. 21:23</span></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">2Ch 36:11, 13; Eze 17:13</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-581-1" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-581-1" class="extract"></div></div></div></div></div><div><div><div class="item collapsible marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/26/21/581/1" data-extract-id="categorizedMarginal-582-1"><div class="header"><span class="icon"></span><span class="source"><span class="scalableui">Ezek. 21:23</span></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">2Ki 25:6, 7</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-582-1" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-582-1" class="extract"></div></div></div></div></div><div><div><div class="item collapsible marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/26/21/582/1" data-extract-id="categorizedMarginal-583-1"><div class="header"><span class="icon"></span><span class="source"><span class="scalableui">Ezek. 21:25</span></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">2Ch 36:11, 13; Jer 24:8; 52:1, 2; Eze 17:19</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-583-1" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-583-1" class="extract"></div></div></div></div></div><div><div><div class="item collapsible marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/26/21/583/1" data-extract-id="categorizedMarginal-584-1"><div class="header"><span class="icon"></span><span class="source"><span class="scalableui">Ezek. 21:26</span></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">2Ki 25:5-7; Jer 52:8, 11; Eze 12:12, 13</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-584-1" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-584-1" class="extract"></div></div></div></div></div><div><div><div class="item collapsible marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/26/21/584/1" data-extract-id="categorizedMarginal-585-1"><div class="header"><span class="icon"></span><span class="source"><span class="scalableui">Ezek. 21:26</span></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Eze 21:13</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-585-1" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-585-1" class="extract"></div></div></div></div></div><div><div><div class="item collapsible marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/26/21/585/1" data-extract-id="categorizedMarginal-586-1"><div class="header"><span class="icon"></span><span class="source"><span class="scalableui">Ezek. 21:26</span></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Ps 75:7; Da 4:17</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-586-1" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-586-1" class="extract"></div></div></div></div></div><div><div><div class="item collapsible marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/26/21/586/1" data-extract-id="categorizedMarginal-587-1"><div class="header"><span class="icon"></span><span class="source"><span class="scalableui">Ezek. 21:26</span></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Da 4:37; Lu 21:24</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-587-1" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-587-1" class="extract"></div></div></div></div></div><div><div><div class="item collapsible marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/26/21/587/1" data-extract-id="categorizedMarginal-588-1"><div class="header"><span class="icon"></span><span class="source"><span class="scalableui">Ezek. 21:27</span></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Ge 49:10; Ps 89:3, 4; 110:1; Isa 9:6; 11:10; Lu 1:32, 33; Re 5:5</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-588-1" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-588-1" class="extract"></div></div></div></div></div><div><div><div class="item collapsible marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/26/21/588/1" data-extract-id="categorizedMarginal-589-1"><div class="header"><span class="icon"></span><span class="source"><span class="scalableui">Ezek. 21:27</span></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Ps 2:6, 8; Da 7:13, 14; Lu 22:29</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-589-1" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-589-1" class="extract"></div></div></div></div></div><div><div><div class="item collapsible marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/26/21/589/1" data-extract-id="categorizedMarginal-590-1"><div class="header"><span class="icon"></span><span class="source"><span class="scalableui">Ezek. 21:31</span></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Eze 25:5</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-590-1" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-590-1" class="extract"></div></div></div></div></div><div><div><div class="item collapsible marginalExpander collapsed" 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dir-ltr includeSecondaryNav" lang="en" data-lang="E" dir="ltr" role="article"> <div class="scalableui"> <header> <h1>Ezekiel</h1> </header> <p id="p185" data-pid="185" class="sb"><span id="v26-21-1-1" class="v"><a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070130/21061" class="cl vx vp"><strong>21</strong> </a>The word of Jehovah again came to me, saying: </span><span id="v26-21-2-1" class="v"><a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070130/21062" class="vl vx vp">2 </a>“Son of man, turn your face toward Jerusalem, and make a proclamation against the holy places, and prophesy against the land of Israel. </span><span id="v26-21-3-1" class="v"><a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070130/21063" class="vl vx vp">3 </a>Say to the land of Israel, ‘This is what Jehovah says: “Here I am against you, and I will bring my sword out of its sheath<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070130/563" data-bid="564-1" class="b">+</a> and cut off from you both the righteous and the wicked. </span><span id="v26-21-4-1" class="v"><a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070130/21064" class="vl vx vp">4 </a>Because I will cut off from you the righteous and the wicked, my sword will be drawn from its sheath against all flesh,<a id="footnotesource153" data-fnid="153" class="fn" href="/en/wol/fn/r1/lp-e/1001070130/152">*</a> from south to north. </span><span id="v26-21-5-1" class="v"><a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070130/21065" class="vl vx vp">5 </a>All people will have to know that I myself, Jehovah, have drawn my sword from its sheath. It will not go back again.”’<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070130/564" data-bid="565-1" class="b">+</a></span></p> <p id="p186" data-pid="186" class="sb"><span id="v26-21-6-1" class="v"><a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070130/21066" class="vl vx vp">6 </a>“And you, son of man, sigh while you<a id="footnotesource154" data-fnid="154" class="fn" href="/en/wol/fn/r1/lp-e/1001070130/153">*</a> tremble, yes, sigh bitterly before them.<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070130/565" data-bid="566-1" class="b">+</a> </span><span id="v26-21-7-1" class="v"><a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070130/21067" class="vl vx vp">7 </a>And if they say to you, ‘Why are you sighing?’ you will say, ‘Because of a report.’ For it will certainly come, and every heart will melt with fear and every hand will hang limp and every spirit will become dejected and every knee will drip with water.<a id="footnotesource155" data-fnid="155" class="fn pr" href="/en/wol/fn/r1/lp-e/1001070130/154">*</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070130/566" data-bid="567-1" class="b">+</a> ‘Look! It will certainly come—it will take place,’ declares the Sovereign Lord Jehovah.”</span></p> <p id="p187" data-pid="187" class="sb"><span id="v26-21-8-1" class="v"><a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070130/21068" class="vl vx vp">8 </a>The word of Jehovah again came to me, saying: </span><span id="v26-21-9-1" class="v"><a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070130/21069" class="vl vx vp">9 </a>“Son of man, prophesy and say, ‘This is what Jehovah says: “Say, ‘A sword! A sword<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070130/567" data-bid="568-1" class="b">+</a> is sharpened, and it is polished. </span><span id="v26-21-10-1" class="v"><a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070130/21070" class="vl vx vp">10 </a>It is sharpened to inflict a great slaughter; it is polished to flash like lightning.’”’”</span></p> <p id="p188" data-pid="188" class="sb"><span id="v26-21-10-2" class="v">“Should we not rejoice?”</span></p> <p id="p189" data-pid="189" class="sb"><span id="v26-21-10-3" class="v">“‘Will it<a id="footnotesource156" data-fnid="156" class="fn" href="/en/wol/fn/r1/lp-e/1001070130/155">*</a> reject the scepter of my own son,<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070130/568" data-bid="569-1" class="b">+</a> as it does every tree?</span></p> <p id="p190" data-pid="190" class="sb"><span id="v26-21-11-1" class="v"><a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070130/21071" class="vl vx vp">11 </a>“‘It is given to be polished and to be wielded with the hand. This sword is sharpened and polished, to be put into the hand of an executioner.<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070130/569" data-bid="570-1" class="b">+</a></span></p> <p id="p191" data-pid="191" class="sb"><span id="v26-21-12-1" class="v"><a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070130/21072" class="vl vx vp">12 </a>“‘Cry out and wail,<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070130/570" data-bid="571-1" class="b">+</a> son of man, for it has come against my people; it is against all the chieftains of Israel.<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070130/571" data-bid="572-1" class="b">+</a> These will be victims of the sword along with my people. So strike your thigh in grief. </span><span id="v26-21-13-1" class="v"><a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070130/21073" class="vl vx vp">13 </a>For an examination has been made,<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070130/572" data-bid="573-1" class="b">+</a> and what will happen if the sword rejects the scepter? It<a id="footnotesource157" data-fnid="157" class="fn" href="/en/wol/fn/r1/lp-e/1001070130/156">*</a> will cease to exist,’<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070130/573" data-bid="574-1" class="b">+</a> declares the Sovereign Lord Jehovah.</span></p> <p id="p192" data-pid="192" class="sb"><span id="v26-21-14-1" class="v"><a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070130/21074" class="vl vx vp">14 </a>“And you, son of man, prophesy and clap your hands and repeat ‘A sword!’ three times. It is the sword of the slain victims, the sword of great slaughter, that surrounds them.<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070130/574" data-bid="575-1" class="b">+</a> </span><span id="v26-21-15-1" class="v"><a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070130/21075" class="vl vx vp">15 </a>Their hearts will melt with fear<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070130/575" data-bid="576-1" class="b">+</a> and many will fall at their city gates; I will inflict a slaughter by the sword. Yes, it flashes like lightning and is polished for a slaughter! </span><span id="v26-21-16-1" class="v"><a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070130/21076" class="vl vx vp">16 </a>Cut sharply to the right! Swing to the left! Go wherever your blade is directed! </span><span id="v26-21-17-1" class="v"><a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070130/21077" class="vl vx vp">17 </a>I will also clap my hands and satisfy my rage.<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070130/576" data-bid="577-1" class="b">+</a> I myself, Jehovah, have spoken.”</span></p> <p id="p193" data-pid="193" class="sb"><span id="v26-21-18-1" class="v"><a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070130/21078" class="vl vx vp">18 </a>And the word of Jehovah again came to me, saying: </span><span id="v26-21-19-1" class="v"><a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070130/21079" class="vl vx vp">19 </a>“As for you, son of man, mark out two ways for the sword of the king of Babylon to come. Both of them will originate from the same land, and a signpost<a id="footnotesource158" data-fnid="158" class="fn" href="/en/wol/fn/r1/lp-e/1001070130/157">*</a> should be set up where the road branches off to the two cities. </span><span id="v26-21-20-1" class="v"><a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070130/21080" class="vl vx vp">20 </a>You should mark out one way for the sword to come against Rabʹbah<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070130/577" data-bid="578-1" class="b">+</a> of the Amʹmon·ites, and the other way against fortified Jerusalem<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070130/578" data-bid="579-1" class="b">+</a> in Judah. </span><span id="v26-21-21-1" class="v"><a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070130/21081" class="vl vx vp">21 </a>For the king of Babylon stops to use divination at the fork in the road, where the two roads branch off. He shakes the arrows. He consults his idols;<a id="footnotesource159" data-fnid="159" class="fn" href="/en/wol/fn/r1/lp-e/1001070130/158">*</a> he examines the liver. </span><span id="v26-21-22-1" class="v"><a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070130/21082" class="vl vx vp">22 </a>The divination in his right hand is pointed toward Jerusalem, to set up battering rams, to give the word for slaughter, to sound the battle cry, to set battering rams against the gates, to throw up a siege rampart, to build a siege wall.<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070130/579" data-bid="580-1" class="b">+</a> </span><span id="v26-21-23-1" class="v"><a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070130/21083" class="vl vx vp">23 </a>But it will seem like false divination in the eyes of those<a id="footnotesource160" data-fnid="160" class="fn" href="/en/wol/fn/r1/lp-e/1001070130/159">*</a> who had sworn oaths to them.<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070130/580" data-bid="581-1" class="b">+</a> But he remembers their guilt and will capture them.<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070130/581" data-bid="582-1" class="b">+</a></span></p> <p id="p194" data-pid="194" class="sb"><span id="v26-21-24-1" class="v"><a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070130/21084" class="vl vx vp">24 </a>“Therefore this is what the Sovereign Lord Jehovah says: ‘You have caused your own guilt to be remembered by exposing your transgressions and causing your sins to be seen in all your actions. Now that you have been remembered, you will be taken by force.’<a id="footnotesource161" data-fnid="161" class="fn" href="/en/wol/fn/r1/lp-e/1001070130/160">*</a></span></p> <p id="p195" data-pid="195" class="sb"><span id="v26-21-25-1" class="v"><a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070130/21085" class="vl vx vp">25 </a>“But your day has come, O fatally wounded, wicked chieftain of Israel,<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070130/582" data-bid="583-1" class="b">+</a> the time of your final punishment. </span><span id="v26-21-26-1" class="v"><a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070130/21086" class="vl vx vp">26 </a>This is what the Sovereign Lord Jehovah says: ‘Remove the turban, and take off the crown.<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070130/583" data-bid="584-1" class="b">+</a> This will not remain the same.<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070130/584" data-bid="585-1" class="b">+</a> Raise up the low one,<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070130/585" data-bid="586-1" class="b">+</a> and bring low the high one.<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070130/586" data-bid="587-1" class="b">+</a> </span><span id="v26-21-27-1" class="v"><a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070130/21087" class="vl vx vp">27 </a>A ruin, a ruin, a ruin I will make it. And it will not belong to anyone until the one who has the legal right comes,<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070130/587" data-bid="588-1" class="b">+</a> and I will give it to him.’<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070130/588" data-bid="589-1" class="b">+</a></span></p> <p id="p196" data-pid="196" class="sb"><span id="v26-21-28-1" class="v"><a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070130/21088" class="vl vx vp">28 </a>“And you, son of man, prophesy and say, ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord Jehovah says about the Amʹmon·ites and about their insults.’ Say, ‘A sword! A sword is drawn for a slaughter; it is polished to devour and to flash like lightning. </span><span id="v26-21-29-1" class="v"><a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070130/21089" class="vl vx vp">29 </a>Despite the false visions and lying divination about you, you will be piled up on the slain,<a id="footnotesource162" data-fnid="162" class="fn" href="/en/wol/fn/r1/lp-e/1001070130/161">*</a> the wicked men whose day has come, the time of their final punishment. </span><span id="v26-21-30-1" class="v"><a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070130/21090" class="vl vx vp">30 </a>Return it to its sheath. I will judge you in the place that you were created, in the land of your origin. </span><span id="v26-21-31-1" class="v"><a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070130/21091" class="vl vx vp">31 </a>I will pour out my indignation on you. 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