Verse 28

Ezekiel 21:28

Literal Standard Version

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28 And you, son of man, prophesy, and you have said, Thus said Lord YHWH concerning the sons of Ammon, and concerning their reproach, and you have said: A sword, a sword, open for slaughter, || Polished to the utmost for brightness!

Original Language Text

hebrew

וְ/הָיָ֨ה לָ/הֶ֤ם כ/קסום כִּ/קְסָם שָׁוְא֙ בְּ/עֵ֣ינֵי/הֶ֔ם שְׁבֻעֵ֥י שְׁבֻע֖וֹת לָ/הֶ֑ם וְ/הֽוּא מַזְכִּ֥יר עָוֺ֖ן לְ/הִתָּפֵֽשׂ

English Translation

And it will be like a deceptive charm in their eyes, a swearing of oaths for them, and it will remind of iniquity to be taken hold of.

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Chapter 21 Context

1 And there is a word of YHWH to me, saying, Focus ↗

2 “Son of man, set your face toward Jerusalem, and prophesy to the holy places, and prophesy to the gr... Focus ↗

3 and you have said to the ground of Israel, Thus said YHWH: Behold, I am against you, || And have bro... Focus ↗

4 Because that I have cut off righteous and wicked from you, || Therefore My sword goes out from its s... Focus ↗

5 And all flesh has known that I, YHWH, || Have brought out My sword from its scabbard, || It does not... Focus ↗

6 And you, son of man, sigh with breaking of loins, indeed, sigh before their eyes with bitterness, Focus ↗

7 and it has come to pass, when they say to you, Why are you sighing? That you have said: Because of t... Focus ↗

8 And there is a word of YHWH to me, saying, Focus ↗

9 “Son of man, prophesy, and you have said, Thus said YHWH: Say, A sword, a sword is sharpened, and al... Focus ↗

10 It is sharpened so as to slaughter a slaughter. It is polished so as to have brightness, || Or do we... Focus ↗

11 And He gives it for polishing, || For laying hold of by the hand. It is sharpened—the sword—and poli... Focus ↗

12 Cry and howl, son of man, || For it has been among My people, || It is among all the princes of Isra... Focus ↗

13 Because it is a trier, || And what if it is even despising the scepter? It will not be, a declaratio... Focus ↗

14 And you, son of man, prophesy, || And strike hand on hand, || And the sword is bent a third time, ||... Focus ↗

15 To melt the heart, and to multiply the ruins, || I have set the point of a sword by all their gates.... Focus ↗

16 Take possession of the right, place yourself at the left, || To where your face is appointed. Focus ↗

17 And I also, I strike My hand on My hand, || And have caused My fury to rest; I, YHWH, have spoken.” Focus ↗

18 And there is a word of YHWH to me, saying, Focus ↗

19 “And you, son of man, appoint two ways for yourself, for the coming in of the sword of the king of B... Focus ↗

20 Appoint a way for the coming of the sword, || To Rabbath of the sons of Ammon, || And to Judah, in f... Focus ↗

21 For the king of Babylon has stood at the head of the way, || At the top of the two ways, to use divi... Focus ↗

22 The divination for Jerusalem has been at his right, || To place battering-rams, || To open the mouth... Focus ↗

23 And it has been to them as a false divination in their eyes, || Who have sworn oaths to them, || But... Focus ↗

24 Therefore, thus said Lord YHWH: Because of your causing your iniquity to be remembered, || In your t... Focus ↗

25 And you, wounded, wicked one, || Prince of Israel, whose day has come, || In the time of the iniquit... Focus ↗

26 Thus said Lord YHWH: Turn aside the turban, and carry away the crown, || This—not this—make high the... Focus ↗

27 An overturn, overturn, overturn, I make it, || Also this has not been until the coming of Him, || Wh... Focus ↗

28 And you, son of man, prophesy, and you have said, Thus said Lord YHWH concerning the sons of Ammon,...

29 In seeing a vain thing for you, || In divining a lie for you, || To put you on the necks of the woun... Focus ↗

30 Turn it back to its scabbard; I judge you || In the place where you were produced, || In the land of... Focus ↗

31 And I have poured My indignation on you, || I blow against you with the fire of My wrath, || And hav... Focus ↗

32 You are fuel for the fire, || Your blood is in the midst of the land, || You are not remembered, ||... Focus ↗

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Book: Ezekiel
Chapter: Chapter 21 (32 verses)
Version: Literal Standard Version

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