Verse
BSB
Berean Standard Bible
YLT
Young's Literal Translation
And the
word of the
LORD
came
to
me, saying,
And there
is
a
word of Jehovah
unto
me, saying,
“
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 unto
Jerusalem ,
and prophesy
unto
the holy
places,
and
prophesy unto
the ground
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 thou
hast
said
unto
the ground
of
Israel
: Thus
said
Jehovah:
Lo,
I `
am '
against thee
, And have
brought
out
My sword from its scabbard,
And have
cut off from thee
righteous and wicked.
Because I will
cut off both
the
righteous and the
wicked, My sword will
be
unsheathed
against
everyone
from south to north.
Because that
I have
cut off from
thee
righteous and wicked, Therefore
go
out
doth
My sword from its
scabbard,
Unto
all
flesh,
from
south to north.
Then
all flesh will
know
that I, the
LORD
, have taken
My sword from its sheath
, not
to
return
it again
. ’
And
known
have
all flesh that I, Jehovah
, Have brought
out
My sword from its scabbard
, It doth
not
turn
back
any
more
.
But
you
, son of man, groan!
Groan
before their eyes with
a
broken
heart
and
bitter
grief.
And
thou
, son of man, sigh
with
breaking
of
loins,
yea,
with
bitterness
thou
dost
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
hath
come
to
pass,
when they say unto
thee
, For
what
art
thou
sighing?
that
thou
hast
said:
Because of the report,
for
it
is coming ,
And
melted
hath
every heart, And feeble
hath
been
all
hands,
And
weak
is
every spirit, And all
knees
go
--
waters
, Lo,
it is coming ,
yea,
it hath
been
, An
affirmation
of
the Lord Jehovah
. '
Again
the
word of the
LORD
came
to
me, saying,
And
there
is
a
word of Jehovah
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 thou
hast
said,
Thus
said
Jehovah,
say
: A sword, a sword is
sharpened ,
and also
polished .
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
.
So
as
to
slaughter
a
slaughter
it is sharpened .
So
as
to have
brightness
it
is
polished,
Desire
hath
rejoiced
the sceptre
of my son ,
It
is
despising
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
giveth
it
for
polishing
, For
laying
hold
of
by
the hand. It is sharpened --
the
sword
--
and polished, To give
it
into
the hand of a
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
hath
been
among
My people ,
It `
is '
among
all the princes of Israel ,
Cast
unto
the sword have
been
My people .
Therefore strike on
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
trier,
And what if even the sceptre
it
is
despising
? It
shall
not
be,
an
affirmation
of
the Lord Jehovah
.
‘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!
And
thou
, son of man, prophesy ,
And smite
hand
on
hand,
And
bent
is
the sword a
third
time
, The
sword
of
the
wounded!
It `
is '
the
sword of the
wounded
--
the
great one,
That
is
entering
the
inner
chamber
to
them.
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.
To
melt the
heart,
and to
multiply
the
ruins
, By
all their gates I
have
set
the
point
of
a sword. Ah
, it is made
for brightness,
Wrapt
up
for
slaughter.
Slash
to
the right ;
set
your
blade
to
the left —
wherever
your
blade
is directed
.
Take
possession
of
the right ,
place
thyself
at
the left ,
Whither
thy
face
is appointed
.
I too
will
strike
My hands
together
, and I
will
satisfy
My wrath.’
I, the
LORD
, have spoken. ”
And
I also,
I
smite
My hand
on
my
hand
, And have
caused
My fury
to
rest;
I, Jehovah
, have spoken. '
Then
the
word of the
LORD
came
to
me, saying,
And
there
is
a
word of Jehovah
unto
me, 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.
`And
thou
, son of man, appoint
for
thee
two ways,
for the coming
in
of
the
sword of the king of Babylon ;
from one
land they
come
forth,
both
of
them,
and a station
prepare
thou,
at
the top
of
the
way
of
the
city prepare
`it'
.
Mark
out
one
road
for the sword to
come
against
Rabbah
of the Ammonites
, and another
against
Judah into
fortified
Jerusalem.
A
way
appoint
for the coming
of
the
sword ,
Unto
Rabbath
of the sons
of
Ammon
, And to
Judah ,
in
Jerusalem --
the
fenced
.
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 stood
hath
the king of Babylon at the head
of
the way
, At the top
of the two ways
, to use
divination,
He hath
moved
lightly
with
the arrows, He hath
asked
at
the teraphim
, He hath
looked
on
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 hath
been
the divination
--
Jerusalem, To place
battering -
rams, To open
the mouth
with
slaughter, To lift up
a voice
with
shouting
, To place
battering -
rams against the gates, To pour
out
a mount
, to build
a fortification
.
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 hath
been
to
them
as
a false divination
in
their
eyes ,
Who have sworn oaths
to them
, And he
is
causing
iniquity
to
be
remembered
to
be
caught
.
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
said
the Lord Jehovah
: Because of
your causing
your
iniquity
to
be
remembered
, In
your transgressions being
revealed
, For
your sins being
seen,
in all your doings,
Because of
your
being
remembered,
By
the
hand ye
are
caught
.
And you
, O
profane
and
wicked prince of Israel, the
day has
come for
your
final
punishment.’
And thou
, wounded,
wicked one,
Prince of Israel, whose
day hath
come ,
In
the
time
of
the
iniquity
of
the
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
said
the Lord Jehovah
: Turn
aside
the mitre
, and bear
away
the crown ,
This
--
not this
--
the low make
high,
And
the high
make
low
.
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. ’
An
overturn
, overturn
, overturn,
I make it ,
Also
this
hath
not been
till
the coming
of Him, Whose
`is'
the judgment ,
and
I
have
given
it
.
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 thou
hast
said:
Thus
said
the Lord Jehovah
concerning the sons
of
Ammon,
and concerning
their reproach
: and
thou
hast
said:
A sword ,
a sword ,
open
for slaughter, Polished to the
utmost
for
brightness!
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
.
In
the
seeing
for thee
of
a
vain
thing,
In
the
divining
for
thee
of
a
lie,
To put
thee
on the necks of the wounded
of
the
wicked, whose day hath
come, In
the time of the
iniquity
of
the
end
.
Return
the
sword
to
its sheath!
In the place where you
were
created
, in the land of your
origin,
I will
judge you
.
Turn
`it'
back
unto
its scabbard,
In the place where thou
wast
produced
, In the land of thy
birth
I do
judge thee
.
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 have
poured
on
thee
Mine
indignation,
With
fire of My wrath
I blow
against
thee,
And
have
given
thee
into
the
hand of
brutish
men --
artificers
of
destruction.
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 .’”
To
the fire thou
art
for
fuel,
Thy
blood is
in
the
midst
of
the
land ,
Thou
art
not remembered, For I, Jehovah
, have spoken !'
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