Verse 12
Ezekiel 21:12
World English Bible, British Edition
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Cry and wail, son of man;
for it is on my people.
It is on all the princes of Israel.
They are delivered over to the sword with my people.
Therefore beat your thigh.
Original Language Text
hebrew
וְ/הָיָה֙ כִּֽי יֹאמְר֣וּ אֵלֶ֔י/ךָ עַל מָ֖ה אַתָּ֣ה נֶאֱנָ֑ח וְ/אָמַרְתָּ֡ אֶל שְׁמוּעָ֣ה כִֽי בָאָ֡ה וְ/נָמֵ֣ס כָּל לֵב֩ וְ/רָפ֨וּ כָל יָדַ֜יִם וְ/כִהֲתָ֣ה כָל ר֗וּחַ וְ/כָל בִּרְכַּ֨יִם֙ תֵּלַ֣כְנָה מַּ֔יִם הִנֵּ֤ה בָאָה֙ וְ/נִֽהְיָ֔תָה נְאֻ֖ם אֲדֹנָ֥/י יְהוִֽה
English Translation
And it shall be when they say to you, “Why are you groaning?” that you shall say to them, “Because the news has come, and every heart has melted, and every hands are weak, and every spirit is faint, and all knees are weak as water. Behold, the news has come, and it shall be a declaration of the Lord God.”
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Chapter 21 Context
1
The LORD’s word came to me, saying,
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2
“Son of man, set your face towards Jerusalem, and preach towards the
sanctuaries, and prophesy again...
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3
Tell the land of Israel, ‘The LORD says: “Behold, I am against you, and
will draw my sword out of it...
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4
Seeing then that I will cut off from you the righteous and the wicked,
therefore my sword will go ou...
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5
All flesh will know that I, the LORD, have drawn my sword out of its
sheath. It will not return any...
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6
“Therefore sigh, you son of man. You shall sigh before their eyes
with a broken heart and with bitte...
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7
It shall be, when they ask you, ‘Why do you sigh?’ that you shall say,
‘Because of the news, for it...
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8
The LORD’s word came to me, saying,
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9
“Son of man, prophesy, and say, ‘The LORD says:
“A sword! A sword!
It is sharpened,
and also polishe...
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10
It is sharpened that it may make a slaughter.
It is polished that it may be as lightning.
Should we...
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11
It is given to be polished,
that it may be handled.
The sword is sharpened.
Yes, it is polished
to g...
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12
Cry and wail, son of man;
for it is on my people.
It is on all the princes of Israel.
They are deliv...
13
“For there is a trial. What if even the rod that condemns
will be no more?” says the Lord GOD.
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14
“You therefore, son of man, prophesy,
and strike your hands together.
Let the sword be doubled the t...
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15
I have set the threatening sword against all their gates,
that their heart may melt,
and their stumb...
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16
Gather yourselves together.
Go to the right.
Set yourselves in array.
Go to the left,
wherever your...
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17
I will also strike my hands together,
and I will cause my wrath to rest.
I, the LORD, have spoken it...
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18
The LORD’s word came to me again, saying,
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19
“Also, you son of man, appoint two ways, that the sword of the king
of Babylon may come. They both w...
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20
You shall appoint a way for the sword to come to Rabbah of the children
of Ammon, and to Judah in Je...
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21
For the king of Babylon stood at the parting of the way, at the head
of the two ways, to use divinat...
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22
In his right hand was the lot for Jerusalem, to set battering rams,
to open the mouth in the slaught...
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23
It will be to them as a false divination in their sight, who have sworn
oaths to them; but he brings...
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24
“Therefore the Lord GOD says: ‘Because you have caused your
iniquity to be remembered, in that your...
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25
“‘You, deadly wounded wicked one, the prince of Israel, whose
day has come, in the time of the iniqu...
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26
the Lord GOD says: “Remove the turban, and take off the crown. This
will not be as it was. Exalt tha...
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27
I will overturn, overturn, overturn it. This also will be no more,
until he comes whose right it is;...
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28
“You, son of man, prophesy and say, ‘The Lord GOD says this
concerning the children of Ammon, and co...
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29
while they see for you false visions,
while they divine lies to you,
to lay you on the necks of the...
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30
Cause it to return into its sheath.
In the place where you were created,
in the land of your birth,...
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31
I will pour out my indignation on you.
I will blow on you with the fire of my wrath.
I will deliver...
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You will be for fuel to the fire.
Your blood will be in the middle of the land.
You will be remember...
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