Verse 3

Ezekiel 21:3

Darby Translation

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3 and say to the land of Israel, Thus saith Jehovah: Behold, I am against thee, and I will draw forth my sword out of its sheath, and will cut off from thee the righteous and the wicked.

Original Language Text

hebrew

וְ/אָֽמַרְתָּ֙ לְ/יַ֣עַר הַ/נֶּ֔גֶב שְׁמַ֖ע דְּבַר יְהוָ֑ה כֹּֽה אָמַ֣ר אֲדֹנָ֣/י יְהוִ֡ה הִנְ/נִ֣י מַֽצִּית בְּ/ךָ֣ אֵ֡שׁ וְ/אָכְלָ֣ה בְ/ךָ֣ כָל עֵֽץ לַח֩ וְ/כָל עֵ֨ץ יָבֵ֤שׁ לֹֽא תִכְבֶּה֙ לַהֶ֣בֶת שַׁלְהֶ֔בֶת וְ/נִצְרְבוּ בָ֥/הּ כָּל פָּנִ֖ים מִ/נֶּ֥גֶב צָפֽוֹנָ/ה

English Translation

And you shall say to the forest of the Negev, "Hear the word of the Lord; thus says my Lord, the Lord: Behold, I am kindling a fire in you, and it will consume every moist tree and all dry tree; it shall not be quenched by the flame, and all faces shall burn in it from the south to the north."

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Chapter 21 Context

1 And the word of Jehovah came unto me, saying, Focus ↗

2 Son of man, set thy face against Jerusalem, and drop [words] against the holy places, and prophesy a... Focus ↗

3 and say to the land of Israel, Thus saith Jehovah: Behold, I am against thee, and I will draw forth...

4 Seeing that I will cut off from thee the righteous and the wicked, therefore shall my sword go forth... Focus ↗

5 and all flesh shall know that I Jehovah have drawn forth my sword out of its sheath: it shall not re... Focus ↗

6 Sigh then, thou son of man; with breaking of the loins, and with bitterness sigh before their eyes. Focus ↗

7 And it shall be, when they say unto thee, Wherefore dost thou sigh? that thou shalt say, Because of... Focus ↗

8 And the word of Jehovah came unto me, saying, Focus ↗

9 Son of man, prophesy, and say, Thus saith Jehovah: Say, A sword, a sword is sharpened, and also furb... Focus ↗

10 It is sharpened for sore slaughter, it is furbished that it may glitter. Shall we then make mirth, [... Focus ↗

11 And he hath given it to be furbished that it may be handled. The sword, it is sharpened, and it is f... Focus ↗

12 Cry and howl, son of man; for it shall be against my people, it shall be against all the princes of... Focus ↗

13 For the trial [is made]; and what if even the contemning sceptre shall be no [more]? saith the Lord... Focus ↗

14 And thou, son of man, prophesy, and smite thy hands together; for [the strokes of] the sword shall b... Focus ↗

15 In order that the heart may melt, and the stumbling-blocks be multiplied, I have set the threatening... Focus ↗

16 Gather up [strength], go to the right hand, turn thee, go to the left, whithersoever thy face is app... Focus ↗

17 And I myself will smite my hands together, and I will satisfy my fury: I Jehovah have spoken [it]. Focus ↗

18 And the word of Jehovah came unto me, saying, Focus ↗

19 And thou, son of man, set thee two ways, by which the sword of the king of Babylon may come out of o... Focus ↗

20 Appoint a way for the coming of the sword to Rabbah of the children of Ammon, and to Judah at the fe... Focus ↗

21 For the king of Babylon standeth at the parting of the way, at the head of the two ways, to use divi... Focus ↗

22 In his right hand is the lot of Jerusalem to appoint battering-rams, to open the mouth for bloodshed... Focus ↗

23 And this shall be a false divination in their sight, for them that have sworn oaths; but he will cal... Focus ↗

24 Therefore thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Because ye make your iniquity to be remembered in that your t... Focus ↗

25 And thou, profane, wicked prince of Israel, whose day is come, at the time of the iniquity of the en... Focus ↗

26 thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Remove the mitre and take off the crown; what is shall be no [more]. Ex... Focus ↗

27 I will overturn, overturn, overturn it! This also shall be no [more], until he come whose right it i... Focus ↗

28 And thou, son of man, prophesy and say, Thus speaketh the Lord Jehovah concerning the children of Am... Focus ↗

29 whilst they see vanity for thee, whilst they divine a lie unto thee, to lay thee upon the necks of t... Focus ↗

30 Restore [it] to its sheath. I will judge thee in the place where thou wast created, in the land of t... Focus ↗

31 And I will pour out mine indignation upon thee, I will blow upon thee the fire of my wrath, and give... Focus ↗

32 Thou shalt be for fuel to the fire; thy blood shall be in the midst of the land; thou shalt not be r... Focus ↗

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Book: Ezekiel
Chapter: Chapter 21 (32 verses)
Version: Darby Translation

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