Chapter
Ezekiel 21
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Book 1
Verses 32
| Reference | Verse |
|---|---|
| Ezekiel 21:1 | And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, |
| Ezekiel 21:2 | Son of man, set thy face toward Jerusalem, and drop thy word toward the holy places, and prophesy against the land of Israel, |
| Ezekiel 21:3 | And say to the land of Israel, Thus saith the LORD; Behold, I am against thee, and will draw forth my sword out of his sheath, and will cut off from thee the righteous and the wicked. |
| Ezekiel 21:4 | Seeing then that I will cut off from thee the righteous and the wicked, therefore shall my sword go forth out of his sheath against all flesh from the south to the north: |
| Ezekiel 21:5 | That all flesh may know that I the LORD have drawn forth my sword out of his sheath: it shall not return any more. |
| Ezekiel 21:6 | Sigh therefore, thou son of man, with the breaking of thy loins; and with bitterness sigh before their eyes. |
| Ezekiel 21:7 | And it shall be, when they say unto thee, Wherefore sighest thou? that thou shalt answer, For the tidings; because it cometh: and every heart shall melt, and all hands shall be feeble, and every spirit shall faint, and all knees shall be weak as water: behold, it cometh, and shall be brought to pass, saith the Lord GOD. |
| Ezekiel 21:8 | Again the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, |
| Ezekiel 21:9 | Son of man, prophesy, and say, Thus saith the LORD; Say, A sword, a sword is sharpened, and also furbished: |
| Ezekiel 21:10 | It is sharpened to make a sore slaughter; it is furbished that it may glitter: should we then make mirth? it contemneth the rod of my son, as every tree. |
| Ezekiel 21:11 | And he hath given it to be furbished, that it may be handled: this sword is sharpened, and it is furbished, to give it into the hand of the slayer. |
| Ezekiel 21:12 | Cry and howl, son of man: for it shall be upon my people, it shall be upon all the princes of Israel: terrors by reason of the sword shall be upon my people: smite therefore upon thy thigh. |
| Ezekiel 21:13 | Because it is a trial, and what if the sword contemn even the rod? it shall be no more, saith the Lord GOD. |
| Ezekiel 21:14 | Thou therefore, son of man, prophesy, and smite thine hands together, and let the sword be doubled the third time, the sword of the slain: it is the sword of the great men that are slain, which entereth into their privy chambers. |
| Ezekiel 21:15 | I have set the point of the sword against all their gates, that their heart may faint, and their ruins be multiplied: ah! it is made bright, it is wrapped up for the slaughter. |
| Ezekiel 21:16 | Go thee one way or other, either on the right hand, or on the left, whithersoever thy face is set. |
| Ezekiel 21:17 | I will also smite mine hands together, and I will cause my fury to rest: I the LORD have said it. |
| Ezekiel 21:18 | The word of the LORD came unto me again, saying, |
| Ezekiel 21:19 | Also, thou son of man, appoint thee two ways, that the sword of the king of Babylon may come: both twain shall come forth out of one land: and choose thou a place, choose it at the head of the way to the city. |
| Ezekiel 21:20 | Appoint a way, that the sword may come to Rabbath of the Ammonites, and to Judah in Jerusalem the defenced. |
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