Verse
YLT
Young's Literal Translation
BSB
Berean Standard Bible
And there
is
a
word of Jehovah
unto
me, saying,
And the
word of the
LORD
came
to
me, saying,
`
Son of man, set thy
face unto
Jerusalem ,
and prophesy
unto
the holy
places,
and
prophesy unto
the ground
of Israel ;
“
Son of man, set your
face against
Jerusalem and preach
against
the sanctuaries.
Prophesy against
the land
of Israel
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.
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.
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.
Because I will
cut off both
the
righteous and the
wicked, My sword will
be
unsheathed
against
everyone
from south to north.
And
known
have
all flesh that I, Jehovah
, Have brought
out
My sword from its scabbard
, It
doth
not turn
back
any
more
.
Then
all flesh will
know
that I, the
LORD
, have taken
My sword from its sheath
, not to
return
it
again
. ’
And
thou
, son of man, sigh
with
breaking
of
loins,
yea,
with
bitterness
thou
dost
sigh
before their eyes ,
But
you
, son of man, groan!
Groan
before their eyes with
a
broken
heart
and
bitter
grief.
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
. '
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
there
is
a
word of Jehovah
unto
me, saying,
Again
the
word of the
LORD
came
to
me, saying,
`
Son of man, prophesy ,
and thou
hast
said,
Thus
said
Jehovah,
say
: A sword, a sword is
sharpened
, and also
polished .
“
Son of man, prophesy and tell
them
that
this
is
what
the
Lord
says
: ‘
A sword, a sword, sharpened
and polished —
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
.
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
.
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.
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.
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 ,
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 .
Because
`it
is'
a
trier,
And what if even the sceptre
it
is
despising?
It
shall
not
be
, an
affirmation
of
the Lord Jehovah
.
Surely
testing
will
come!
And what if even the scepter
, which
the sword
despises,
does
not
continue?’
declares
the
Lord GOD
.
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
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!
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.
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.
Take
possession
of
the right ,
place
thyself
at
the left ,
Whither
thy
face
is appointed
.
Slash
to
the right ;
set
your
blade
to
the left —
wherever
your
blade
is directed
.
And
I also,
I
smite
My
hand
on
my hand
, And have
caused
My fury
to
rest;
I, Jehovah
, have spoken. '
I too
will
strike
My hands
together
, and I
will
satisfy
My wrath.’
I, the
LORD
, have spoken. ”
And
there
is
a
word of Jehovah
unto
me, saying,
Then
the
word of the
LORD
came
to
me, saying,
`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'
.
“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.
A
way
appoint
for the coming
of
the
sword ,
Unto
Rabbath
of the sons
of
Ammon
, And to
Judah ,
in
Jerusalem --
the
fenced
.
Mark
out
one
road
for the sword to
come
against
Rabbah
of the Ammonites
, and another
against
Judah into
fortified
Jerusalem.
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.
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.
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
.
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
.
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
.
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
.
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
.
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.
And thou,
wounded
, wicked one,
Prince of Israel, whose
day hath
come ,
In
the
time
of
the
iniquity
of
the
end!
And you
, O
profane
and
wicked prince of Israel, the
day has
come for
your
final
punishment.’
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.
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
.
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
.
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
. ’
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!
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—
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
.
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
.
Turn
`it'
back
unto
its scabbard,
In the place where thou
wast
produced
, In the land of thy
birth
I do
judge thee
.
Return
the
sword
to
its sheath!
In the place where you
were
created
, in the land of your
origin,
I will
judge you
.
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.
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.
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 !'
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 .’”
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