And the word of the LORD came to
me, saying,
And the word of the LORD came unto
me, saying,
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Ezekiel 21
32 aligned verses; 32 with wording or punctuation differences .
Verse
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Berean Standard Bible
KJV
King James Version
“
Son of man, set your
face against
Jerusalem and preach
against
the sanctuaries.
Prophesy against the land of Israel
Son of man, set thy
face toward
Jerusalem ,
and drop
thy
word
toward
the holy
places,
and
prophesy against the land of Israel ,
and tell
her
that
this
is
what
the LORD says:
‘
I am against you
, and I
will draw My sword from
its
sheath and cut off from you
both
the righteous and the wicked.
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.
Because
I will cut off both
the righteous and the wicked, My sword will
be
unsheathed
against everyone
from south to north .
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 :
Then
all flesh will
know that I ,
the LORD ,
have taken
My sword from
its
sheath ,
not to
return it
again
. ’
That
all flesh may
know that I the LORD have drawn
forth
my sword out
of
his
sheath :
it
shall
not return any
more
.
But
you
, son of man, groan!
Groan
before their eyes with
a
broken
heart
and
bitter
grief
.
Sigh
therefore
, thou
son of man, with
the
breaking
of
thy
loins;
and
with
bitterness
sigh
before their eyes.
And when they ask
, ‘Why
are
you
groaning
? ’
you
are
to
say
, ‘Because
of
the news
that
is
coming.
Every heart will
melt, and every
hand
will
go
limp.
Every spirit will
faint, and every
knee
will
turn
to
water .’
Yes
, it is
coming
and it
will
surely
happen
, declares
the Lord GOD. ”
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 to
me, saying,
Again the word of the LORD came unto
me, saying,
“
Son of man, prophesy and tell
them
that
this
is
what
the Lord says:
‘
A sword, a sword ,
sharpened and polished—
Son of man, prophesy ,
and say,
Thus
saith
the LORD ;
Say,
A sword, a sword is
sharpened ,
and also
furbished:
it is sharpened for
the
slaughter,
polished
to flash
like
lightning!
Should we rejoice
in
the scepter
of My son ?
The
sword
despises
every such
stick
.
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
.
The
sword
is
appointed
to be polished
, to
be
grasped
in
the
hand.
It is sharpened and polished
, to be
placed
in
the hand of the slayer.
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 out
and wail
, O
son of man ,
for the
sword
is
wielded
against
My people ;
it is
against
all the princes of Israel !
They
are
tossed
to
the sword with
My people ;
therefore strike
your
thigh.
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.
Surely
testing
will
come!
And what if even
the scepter,
which
the
sword despises,
does
not
continue
? ’
declares
the Lord GOD.
Because
it
is
a
trial,
and what if the sword contemn
even
the
rod
? it
shall
be
no
more,
saith
the Lord GOD.
‘So
then
, son of man, prophesy and strike
your
hands together. Let the sword strike
two
times
, even
three.
It is a
sword
that
slays,
a
sword of great slaughter
closing
in
on
every
side!
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.
So
that
their
hearts
may
melt
and
many
may
stumble,
I have appointed
at
all their gates a
sword
for
slaughter.
Yes
, it is ready
to
flash
like
lightning;
it is drawn
for slaughter.
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.
Slash
to
the right ;
set
your
blade
to
the left —
wherever
your
blade
is directed
.
Go
thee
one
way
or
other,
either
on
the right hand,
or
on
the left ,
whithersoever
thy
face
is set
.
I too
will strike
My
hands together, and I will satisfy
My wrath.’
I ,
the LORD ,
have spoken
. ”
I will also
smite
mine
hands together, and I will cause
my fury
to
rest:
I the LORD have said
it
.
Then
the word of the LORD came to
me, saying,
The word of the LORD came unto
me again
, saying,
“Now
you
, son of man, mark
out
two roads
for
the sword of the king of Babylon to
take,
both starting
from
the
same
land .
And make
a signpost
where
the road
branches
off
to each
city.
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.
Mark
out
one
road
for
the sword to
come against
Rabbah
of the Ammonites, and another
against
Judah into
fortified
Jerusalem.
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 stands
at the fork
in
the road
, at the junction
of the two roads
, to seek
an
omen
: He shakes
the
arrows, he consults
the
idols
, he examines
the liver.
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.
In
his right hand appears
the portent
for Jerusalem, where
he
is
to set
up
battering
rams
, to call
for
the slaughter, to lift a
battle
cry
, to direct
the
battering rams against the gates, to build
a ramp
, and to erect
a siege
wall
.
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
.
It will
seem
like
a false omen
to the
eyes
of
those
who
have sworn allegiance
to
him,
but it
will draw
attention
to their
guilt
and
take
them
captive
.
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 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 deeds—
because you
have
come to remembrance —you
shall be taken in
hand.
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 you
, O
profane and
wicked prince of Israel, the
day has
come for
your
final
punishment.’
And thou
, profane wicked prince of Israel, whose
day is
come ,
when
iniquity
shall
have
an
end,
This
is
what
the Lord GOD says:
‘
Remove the turban
, and take off the crown .
Things
will
not remain
as
they
are
: Exalt the
lowly
and
bring
low the
exalted
.
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
.
A
ruin,
a
ruin,
I will make
it a
ruin!
And it will
not
be restored
until the
arrival
of
Him
to
whom
it belongs,
to
whom
I have
assigned
the
right
of
judgment
. ’
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
.
Now
prophesy
, son of man, and declare
that
this
is
what
the Lord GOD says
concerning the Ammonites and their contempt:
‘A
sword !
A
sword is drawn for slaughter, polished
to consume ,
to
flash
like
lightning—
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:
while
they offer
false
visions
for
you
and
lying
divinations
about
you—
to be
placed
on
the necks of the
wicked
who
are slain, whose day has
come, the
time
of
their final
punishment
.
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
.
Return
the
sword
to its
sheath !
In the place where you
were
created, in the land of your
origin,
I
will
judge
you
.
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
.
I will pour out My
anger
upon you;
I will breathe
the fire of My fury
against
you;
I
will
hand you
over
to
brutal
men, skilled
in
destruction
.
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
.
You
will
be fuel
for the fire .
Your
blood will
stain
your
own
land .
You
will
not
be remembered ,
for I ,
the LORD ,
have spoken. ’”
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
.
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