Ezekiel 21:1-11 ▼

1 And the word of Jehovah will be to me, saying,

2 Son of man, set thy face to Jerusalem, and drop to the holy places, and prophesy to the land of Israel;

3 And say to the land of Israel, Thus said Jehovah: behold me against thee, and I brought forth my sword from its sheath, and I cut off from thee the just and the unjust.

4 Because that I cut off from thee the just and the unjust, for this my sword shall go forth from its sheath against all flesh, from south to north.

5 And all flesh knew that I Jehovah brought forth my sword from its sheath: it shall no more turn back.

6 And thou son of man, sigh with the breaking of the loins; and with bitterness thou shalt sigh before their eyes.

7 And it was when they shall say to thee, For what sighest thou? and say, For the report, because it came: and every heart melted and all hands were relaxed, and every spirit was weak, and all knees shall go into water: behold, it came, and it was, says the Lord Jehovah.

8 And the word of Jehovah will be to me, saying,

9 Son of man, prophesy and say, Thus said Jehovah: say, A sword, a sword was sharpened, and also polished.

10 In order to slaughter a slaughter it was sharpened; in order for lightning to be to it, it was polished; then shall we exult? the rod of my son despised, every tree.

11 And he will give it to be polished, to be taken in the hand: this sword was sharpened, and it was polished to give it into the hand of him slaying.