Ezekiel 21:1-32 - A Vision Of The Avenging Sword Of Yahweh
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6 “But you, son of man, groan! Groan bitterly with a broken heart
8 The word of the Lord came to me: 9 “Son of man, prophesy: This is what the Lord says! You are to proclaim:
and also polished.
polished to flash like lightning!
Should we rejoice?
The scepter of My son,
the sword despises every tree.
to be grasped in the hand.
It is sharpened, and it is polished,
to be put in the hand of the slayer.
for it is against My people.
It is against all the princes of Israel!
They are given over to the sword with My people.
Therefore strike your thigh in grief.
And what if the sword despises even the scepter?
The scepter will not continue.
This is the declaration of the Lord God.
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and clap your hands together.
Let the sword strike two times, even three.
It is a sword for massacre,
a sword for great massacre—
it surrounds
at all their gates,
so that their hearts may melt
and many may stumble.
Yes! It is ready to flash like lightning;
it is drawn
turn to the left—
wherever your blade is directed.
and I will satisfy My wrath.
I, Yahweh, have spoken.”
18 Then the word of the Lord came to me: 19 “Now you, son of man, mark out two roads that the sword of Babylon’s king can take. Both of them should originate from the same land. And make a signpost at the fork in the road to each city. 20 Mark out a road that the sword can take to Rabbah of the Ammonites
24 “Therefore, this is what the Lord God says: Because you have drawn attention to your guilt, exposing your transgressions, so that your sins are revealed in all your actions, since you have done this, you will be captured by them.
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the day has come
for your punishment.”
26 This is what the Lord God says:
Things will not remain as they are;
exalt the lowly and bring down the exalted.
I will make it a ruin!
Yet this will not happen
until He comes;
I have given the judgment to Him.
28 “Now prophesy, son of man, and say: This is what the Lord God says concerning the Ammonites and their contempt. You are to proclaim:
is drawn for slaughter,
polished to consume,
and lying divinations about you,
the time has come to put you
to the necks of the profane wicked ones;
the day has come
for your punishment.
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in the place where you were created,
in the land of your origin.
I will blow the fire of My fury on you.
I will hand you over to brutal men,
skilled at destruction.
Your blood will be spilled in the land.
You will not be remembered,
for I, Yahweh, have spoken.”