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Ezekiel 21 Parallel Bible Translations
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| 1 | And the word of the Lord came to me, saying: | The word of the LORD came to me: | The word of the LORD came to me: | |
| 2 | Son of man, set thy face toward Jerusalem, and let thy speech flow towards the holy places, and prophesy against the land of Israel: | “Son of man, set your face toward Jerusalem and preach against the sanctuaries. Prophesy against the land of Israel | “Son of man, set your face against Jerusalem and preach against the sanctuary. Prophesy against the land of Israel | |
| 3 | And say to the land of Israel: Thus saith the Lord God: Behold I come against thee, and I will draw forth my sword out of its sheath, and will cut off in thee the just, and the wicked. | and say to the land of Israel, Thus says the LORD: Behold, I am against you and will draw my sword from its sheath and will cut off from you both righteous and wicked. | and say to her: ‘This is what the LORD says: I am against you. I will draw my sword from its sheath and cut off from you both the righteous and the wicked. | |
| 4 | And forasmuch as I have cut off in thee the just, and the wicked, therefore shall my sword go forth out of its sheath against all flesh, from the south even to the north. | Because I will cut off from you both righteous and wicked, therefore my sword shall be drawn from its sheath against all flesh from south to north. | Because I am going to cut off the righteous and the wicked, my sword will be unsheathed against everyone from south to north. | |
| 5 | That all flesh may know that I the Lord have drawn my sword out of its sheath not to be turned back. | And all flesh shall know that I am the LORD. I have drawn my sword from its sheath; it shall not be sheathed again. | Then all people will know that I the LORD have drawn my sword from its sheath; it will not return again.’ | |
| 6 | And thou, son of man, mourn with the breaking of thy loins, and with bitterness sigh before them. | “As for you, son of man, groan; with breaking heart and bitter grief, groan before their eyes. | “Therefore groan, son of man! Groan before them with broken heart and bitter grief. | |
| 7 | And when they shall say to thee: Why mournest thou? thou shalt say: For that which I hear: because it cometh, and every heart shall melt, and all hands shall be made feeble, and every spirit shall faint, and water shall run down every knee: behold it cometh, and it shall be done, saith the Lord God. | And when they say to you, ‘Why do you groan?’ you shall say, ‘Because of the news that it is coming. Every heart will melt, and all hands will be feeble; every spirit will faint, and all knees will be weak as water. Behold, it is coming, and it will be fulfilled,’” declares the Lord GOD. | And when they ask you, ‘Why are you groaning?’ you shall say, ‘Because of the news that is coming. Every heart will melt with fear and every hand go limp; every spirit will become faint and every leg will be wet with urine.’ It is coming! It will surely take place, declares the Sovereign LORD.” | |
| 8 | And the word of the Lord came to me, saying: | And the word of the LORD came to me: | The word of the LORD came to me: | |
| 9 | Son of man, prophesy, and say: Thus saith the Lord God: Say: The sword, the sword is sharpened, and furbished. | “Son of man, prophesy and say, Thus says the Lord, say: “A sword, a sword is sharpened and also polished, | “Son of man, prophesy and say, ‘This is what the Lord says: “’A sword, a sword, sharpened and polished— | |
| 10 | It is sharpened to kill victims: it is furbished that it may glitter: thou removest the sceptre of my son, thou hast cut down every tree. | sharpened for slaughter, polished to flash like lightning! (Or shall we rejoice? You have despised the rod, my son, with everything of wood.) | sharpened for the slaughter, polished to flash like lightning! “’Shall we rejoice in the scepter of my royal son? The sword despises every such stick. | |
| 11 | And I have given it to be furbished, that it may be handled: this sword is sharpened, and it is furbished, that it may be in the hand of the slayer. | So the sword is given to be polished, that it may be grasped in the hand. It is sharpened and polished to be given into the hand of the slayer. | “’The sword is appointed to be polished, to be grasped with the hand; it is sharpened and polished, made ready for the hand of the slayer. | |
| 12 | Cry, and howl, 0 son of man, for this sword is upon my people, it is upon all the princes of Israel, that are fled: they are delivered up to the sword with my people, strike therefore upon thy thigh, | Cry out and wail, son of man, for it is against my people. It is against all the princes of Israel. They are delivered over to the sword with my people. Strike therefore upon your thigh. | Cry out and wail, son of man, for it is against my people; it is against all the princes of Israel. They are thrown to the sword along with my people. Therefore beat your breast. | |
| 13 | Because it is tried: and that when it shall overthrow the sceptre, and it shall not be, saith the Lord God. | For it will not be a testing—what could it do if you despise the rod?” declares the Lord GOD. | “’Testing will surely come. And what if even the scepter, which the sword despises, does not continue? declares the Sovereign LORD.’ | |
| 14 | Thou therefore, O son of man, prophesy, and strike thy hands together, and let the sword be doubled, and let the sword of the slain be tripled: this is the sword of a great slaughter, that maketh them stand amazed, | “As for you, son of man, prophesy. Clap your hands and let the sword come down twice, yes, three times, the sword for those to be slain. It is the sword for the great slaughter, which surrounds them, | “So then, son of man, prophesy and strike your hands together. Let the sword strike twice, even three times. It is a sword for slaughter— a sword for great slaughter, closing in on them from every side. | |
| 15 | And languish in heart, and that multiplieth ruins. In all their gates I have set the dread of the sharp sword, the sword that is furbished to glitter, that is made ready for slaughter. | that their hearts may melt, and many stumble. At all their gates I have given the glittering sword. Ah, it is made like lightning; it is taken up for slaughter. | So that hearts may melt with fear and the fallen be many, I have stationed the sword for slaughter at all their gates. Look! It is forged to strike like lightning, it is grasped for slaughter. | |
| 16 | Be thou sharpened, go to the right hand, or to the left, which way soever thou hast a mind to set thy face. | Cut sharply to the right; set yourself to the left, wherever your face is directed. | Slash to the right, you sword, then to the left, wherever your blade is turned. | |
| 17 | And I will clap my hands together, and will satisfy my indignation: I the Lord have spoken. | I also will clap my hands, and I will satisfy my fury; I the LORD have spoken.” | I too will strike my hands together, and my wrath will subside. I the LORD have spoken.” | |
| 18 | And the word of the Lord came to me, saying: | The word of the LORD came to me again: | The word of the LORD came to me: | |
| 19 | And thou son of man, set thee two ways, for the sword of the king of Babylon to come: both shall come forth out of one land: and with his hand he shall draw lots, he shall consult at the head of the way of the city. | “As for you, son of man, mark two ways for the sword of the king of Babylon to come. Both of them shall come from the same land. And make a signpost; make it at the head of the way to a city. | “Son of man, mark out two roads for the sword of the king of Babylon to take, both starting from the same country. Make a signpost where the road branches off to the city. | |
| 20 | Thou shalt make a way that the sword may come to Rabbath of the children of Ammon, and to Juda unto Jerusalem the strong city. | Mark a way for the sword to come to Rabbah of the Ammonites and to Judah, into Jerusalem the fortified. | Mark out one road for the sword to come against Rabbah of the Ammonites and another against Judah and fortified Jerusalem. | |
| 21 | For the king of Babylon stood in the highway, at the head of two ways, seeking divination, shuffling arrows: he inquired of the idols, and consulted entrails. | For the king of Babylon stands at the parting of the way, at the head of the two ways, to use divination. He shakes the arrows; he consults the teraphim; he looks at the liver. | For the king of Babylon will stop at the fork in the road, at the junction of the two roads, to seek an omen: He will cast lots with arrows, he will consult his idols, he will examine the liver. | |
| 22 | On his right hand was the divination for Jerusalem, to set battering rams, to open the mouth in slaughter, to lift up the voice in howling, to set engines against the gates, to cast up a mount, to build forts. | Into his right hand comes the divination for Jerusalem, to set battering rams, to open the mouth with murder, to lift up the voice with shouting, to set battering rams against the gates, to cast up mounds, to build siege towers. | Into his right hand will come the lot for Jerusalem, where he is to set up battering rams, to give the command to slaughter, to sound the battle cry, to set battering rams against the gates, to build a ramp and to erect siege works. | |
| 23 | And he shall be in their eyes as one consulting the oracle in vain, and imitating the leisure of sabbaths: but he will call to remembrance the iniquity that they may be taken. | But to them it will seem like a false divination. They have sworn solemn oaths, but he brings their guilt to remembrance, that they may be taken. | It will seem like a false omen to those who have sworn allegiance to him, but he will remind them of their guilt and take them captive. | |
| 24 | Therefore thus saith the Lord God: Because you have remembered your iniquity, and have discovered your prevarications, and your sins have appeared in all your devices: because, I say, you have remembered, you shall be taken with the hand. | “Therefore thus says the Lord GOD: Because you have made your guilt to be remembered, in that your transgressions are uncovered, so that in all your deeds your sins appear—because you have come to remembrance, you shall be taken in hand. | “Therefore this is what the Sovereign LORD says: ‘Because you people have brought to mind your guilt by your open rebellion, revealing your sins in all that you do—because you have done this, you will be taken captive. | |
| 25 | But thou profane wicked prince of Israel, whose day is come that hath been appointed in the time of iniquity: | And you, O profane wicked one, prince of Israel, whose day has come, the time of your final punishment, | “’You profane and wicked prince of Israel, whose day has come, whose time of punishment has reached its climax, | |
| 26 | Thus saith the Lord God: Remove the diadem, take off the crown: is it not this that hath exalted the low one, and brought down him that was high? | thus says the Lord GOD: Remove the turban and take off the crown. Things shall not remain as they are. Exalt that which is low, and bring low that which is exalted. | this is what the Sovereign LORD says: Take off the turban, remove the crown. It will not be as it was: The lowly will be exalted and the exalted will be brought low. | |
| 27 | I will shew it to be iniquity, iniquity, iniquity: but this was not done till he came to whom judgment belongeth, and I will give it him. | A ruin, ruin, ruin I will make it. This also shall not be, until he comes, the one to whom judgment belongs, and I will give it to him. | A ruin! A ruin! I will make it a ruin! The crown will not be restored until he to whom it rightfully belongs shall come; to him I will give it.’ | |
| 28 | And thou son of man, prophesy, and say: Thus saith the Lord God concerning the children of Ammon, and concerning their reproach, and thou shalt say: sword, O sword, come out of the scabbard to kill, be furbished to destroy, and to glitter, | “And you, son of man, prophesy, and say, Thus says the Lord GOD concerning the Ammonites and concerning their reproach; say, A sword, a sword is drawn for the slaughter. It is polished to consume and to flash like lightning— | “And you, son of man, prophesy and say, ‘This is what the Sovereign LORD says about the Ammonites and their insults: “’A sword, a sword, drawn for the slaughter, polished to consume and to flash like lightning! | |
| 29 | Whilst they see vain things in thy regard, and they divine lies: to bring thee upon the necks of the wicked that are wounded, whose appointed day is come in the time of iniquity. | while they see for you false visions, while they divine lies for you—to place you on the necks of the profane wicked, whose day has come, the time of their final punishment. | Despite false visions concerning you and lying divinations about you, it will be laid on the necks of the wicked who are to be slain, whose day has come, whose time of punishment has reached its climax. | |
| 30 | Return into thy sheath. I will judge thee in the place wherein thou wast created, in the land of thy nativity. | Return it to its sheath. In the place where you were created, in the land of your origin, I will judge you. | “’Let the sword return to its sheath. In the place where you were created, in the land of your ancestry, I will judge you. | |
| 31 | And I will pour out upon thee my indignation: in the fire of my rage will I blow upon thee, and will give thee into the hands of men that are brutish and contrive thy destruction. | And I will pour out my indignation upon you; I will blow upon you with the fire of my wrath, and I will deliver you into the hands of brutish men, skillful to destroy. | I will pour out my wrath on you and breathe out my fiery anger against you; I will deliver you into the hands of brutal men, men skilled in destruction. | |
| 32 | Thou shalt be fuel for the fire, thy blood shall be in the midst of the land, thou shalt be forgotten: for I the Lord have spoken it. | You shall be fuel for the fire. Your blood shall be in the midst of the land. You shall be no more remembered, for I the LORD have spoken.” | You will be fuel for the fire, your blood will be shed in your land, you will be remembered no more; for I the LORD have spoken.’” | |
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