And the word of the LORD
came unto me, saying
,
Son of man
, set
thy face
toward Jerusalem
, and drop
thy word toward the holy places
, and prophesy
against the land
of Israel
,
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
.
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
:
That all flesh may know
that I the LORD
have drawn forth
my sword
out of his sheath
: it shall not return
any more.
Sigh therefore, thou son
of man
, with the breaking
of thy loins
; and with bitterness
sigh
before their eyes
.
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
.
Again the word of the LORD
came unto me, saying
,
Son of man
, prophesy
, and say
, Thus saith
the LORD
; Say
, A sword
, a sword
is sharpened
, and also furbished
:
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
.
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
.
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
.
Because it is a trial, and what if the sword contemn
even the rod
? it shall be no more , saith
the Lord
GOD
.
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
.
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
.
Go thee one way or other, either on
the right hand
, or on the left
, whithersoever
thy face
is set
.
I will also smite mine hands
together
, and I will cause my fury
to rest
: I the LORD
have said
it .
The word of the LORD
came unto me again, saying
,
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
.
Appoint a way
, that the sword
may come
to Rabbath
of the Ammonites
, and to Judah
in Jerusalem
the defenced
.
For the king of Babylon
stood
at the parting
of the way
, at the head
of the two
ways
, to use
divination
: he made his arrows
bright
, he consulted
with images
, he looked
in the liver
.
At his right hand was the divination
for Jerusalem
, to appoint
captains
, to open
the mouth
in the slaughter
, to lift up
the voice
with shouting
, to appoint
battering rams
against the gates
, to cast
a mount
, and to build
a fort
.
And it shall be unto them as a false divination
in their sight
, to them that have sworn
oaths
: but he will call to remembrance
the iniquity
, that they may be taken
.
Therefore thus saith the Lord
GOD
; Because ye have made your iniquity
to be remembered
, in that your transgressions
are discovered
, so that in all your doings
your sins
do appear
; because, I say , that ye are come to remembrance
, ye shall be taken
with the hand
.
And thou, profane wicked
prince
of Israel
, whose day
is come
, when
iniquity
shall have an end
,
Thus saith the Lord
GOD
; Remove
the diadem
, and take off
the crown
: this shall not be the same
: exalt
him that is low
, and abase
him that is high
.
I will overturn, overturn
, overturn
, it: and it shall be
no more , until he come
whose right
it is; and I will give
it him .
And thou, son of man
, prophesy
and say
, Thus saith
the Lord
GOD
concerning the Ammonites
, and concerning their reproach
; even say
thou, The sword
, the sword
is drawn
: for the slaughter
it is furbished
, to consume
because of the glittering
:
Whiles they see vanity
unto thee, whiles they divine
a lie
unto thee, to bring
thee upon the necks
of them that are slain
, of the wicked
, whose day
is come
, when
their iniquity
shall have an end
.
Shall I cause it to return into his sheath
? I will judge
thee in the place
where thou wast created
, in the land
of thy nativity
.
And I will pour out mine indignation
upon thee, I will blow
against thee in the fire
of my wrath
, and deliver
thee into the hand
of brutish
men
, and skilful
to destroy
.
Thou shalt be for fuel to the fire
; thy blood
shall be in the midst
of the land
; thou shalt be no more remembered
: for I the LORD
have spoken
it .