Ezekiel 21
1 A message from the Lord came to me, saying,
and to be word LORD to(wards) me to/for to say
2 “Son of man, face towards Jerusalem and condemn their places of worship. Prophesy against the people living in Israel
son: child man to set: make face your to(wards) Jerusalem and to drip/prophesy to(wards) sanctuary and to prophesy to(wards) land: soil Israel
3 and tell them that this is what the Lord says: Watch out, because I'm going to attack you! I'm going to take out my sword and destroy you, both the good and the bad.
and to say to/for land: soil Israel thus to say LORD look! I to(wards) you and to come out: send sword my from razor her and to cut: eliminate from you righteous and wicked
4 Because I'm going to destroy both the good and the bad, I will attack everyone from the north to the south.
because which to cut: eliminate from you righteous and wicked to/for so to come out: send sword my from razor her to(wards) all flesh from south north
5 Then the whole world will know that I, the Lord, have taken out my sword, and won't put it back again.
and to know all flesh for I LORD to come out: send sword my from razor her not to return: return still
6 You, son of man, you are to groan. Groan as if you're broken up inside, showing terrible sadness while they watch you.
and you(m. s.) son: child man to sigh in/on/with breaking loin and in/on/with bitterness to sigh to/for eye their
7 When they ask, ‘What are you groaning for?’ you are to tell them, ‘Because of the news that's coming. All of you will lose your courage and you'll be paralyzed with fear. All of you will be weak with worry—you won't be able to stand up!’ Watch out, because it's coming! It's going to happen! declares the Lord God.”
and to be for to say to(wards) you upon what? you(m. s.) to sigh and to say to(wards) tidings for to come (in): come and to melt all heart and to slacken all hand and to grow dim all spirit and all knee to go: continue water behold to come (in): come and to be utterance Lord YHWH/God
8 Another message from the Lord came to me, saying,
and to be word LORD to(wards) me to/for to say
9 “Son of man, prophesy! Tell them this is what the Lord says: There's a sword, a sword that's being sharpened and polished.
son: child man to prophesy and to say thus to say Lord to say sword sword be sharp and also to smooth
10 It's sharpened for killing and polished so it will flash like lightning! (Are we to be happy, saying, ‘The scepter of my son despises every other stick’?)
because to slaughter slaughter be sharp because to be to/for her lightning to smooth or to rejoice tribe: staff son: child my to reject all tree: wood
11 The sword is being polished right now, ready to be used. It's sharp and polished, ready to be handed over to the killer.
and to give: give [obj] her to/for to smooth to/for to capture in/on/with palm he/she/it be sharp sword and he/she/it to smooth to/for to give: give [obj] her in/on/with hand: power to kill
12 Weep and wail, son of man, and slap your thigh in grief, for the sword is going to be used to attack my people, to attack all the leaders of Israel! They will be thrown away, killed by the sword along with my people.
to cry out and to wail son: child man for he/she/it to be in/on/with people my he/she/it in/on/with all leader Israel to cast to(wards) sword to be with people my to/for so to slap to(wards) thigh
13 They will be tested. What if the scepter that despises others doesn't continue? declares the Lord God.
for to test and what? if also tribe: staff to reject not to be utterance Lord YHWH/God
14 So son of man, prophesy and clap your hands. The sword will attack twice, and then a third time. It is a sword of death, killing many people by coming at them from every direction.
and you(m. s.) son: child man to prophesy and to smite palm to(wards) palm and to double sword third sword slain: killed he/she/it sword slain: killed [the] great: large [the] to surround to/for them
15 I have placed a sword at all the gates of their city so that they may lose their courage, and many may fall. Oh no! It's made to flash like lightning and used to kill.
because to/for to melt heart and to multiply [the] stumbling upon all gate their to give: give slaughter sword ah! to make to/for lightning sharp to/for slaughter
16 Slash right and left, whichever way you're facing.
to go either way to go right to set: make to go left where? face your to appoint
17 I will also clap my hands, and then my anger will be over. I, the Lord, have spoken.”
and also I to smite palm my to(wards) palm my and to rest rage my I LORD to speak: speak
18 Another message from the Lord came to me, saying,
and to be word LORD to(wards) me to/for to say
19 “Son of man, mark the two roads that the king of Babylon's army could take, beginning from the same country. Make a signpost where the road forks, leading to two different cities.
and you(m. s.) son: child man to set: make to/for you two way: road to/for to come (in): come sword king Babylon from land: country/planet one to come out: come two their and hand: monument to create in/on/with head: top way: road city to create
20 Have one sign point down the road for an attack on the Ammonite city of Rabbah, and another to attack Judah and the fortified city of Jerusalem.
way: road to set: make to/for to come (in): come sword [obj] Rabbah son: descendant/people Ammon and [obj] Judah in/on/with Jerusalem to gather/restrain/fortify
21 The king of Babylon is standing at the fork in the road where the two roads meet looking for a prophetic sign: he casts lots using arrows, he asks advice from idols, and he examines the liver of sacrificial animals.
for to stand: stand king Babylon to(wards) mother [the] way: road in/on/with head two [the] way: road to/for to divine divination to lighten in/on/with arrow to ask in/on/with teraphim to see: see in/on/with liver
22 He holds the sign for Jerusalem in his right hand. This is where he is going to set up battering rams, to give the command to attack, to shout the war-cry. There he will order the battering rams to smash the gates, set up an attack ramp, and build a siege wall.
in/on/with right his to be [the] divination Jerusalem to/for to set: make ram to/for to open lip in/on/with shattering to/for to exalt voice in/on/with shout to/for to set: make ram upon gate to/for to pour: build siege mound mound to/for to build siegework
23 To those who have sworn to be loyal to Nebuchadnezzar this will look like a false sign, but it will reveal their guilt and they will be taken prisoner.
and to be to/for them (like/as to divine *Q(k)*) vanity: false in/on/with eye: appearance their to swear oath to/for them and he/she/it to remember iniquity: guilt to/for to capture
24 So this is what the Lord God says: Because you have revealed your guilt and demonstrated your rebellion, showing your sins in everything you've done, now that you've made all this clear, you will be taken prisoner.
to/for so thus to say Lord YHWH/God because to remember you iniquity: guilt your in/on/with to reveal: reveal transgression your to/for to see: see sin your in/on/with all wantonness your because to remember you in/on/with palm to capture
25 As for you, you unclean, wicked prince of Israel, the time has come to complete your punishment.
and you(m. s.) profaned wicked leader Israel which to come (in): come day his in/on/with time iniquity: punishment end
26 This is what the Lord God says: Take off your turban, and your crown. Things won't continue as they were. Give power to the common people and bring down the powerful!
thus to say Lord YHWH/God to turn aside: remove [the] turban and to exalt [the] crown this not this [the] low to exult and [the] high to abase
27 I'm going to destroy everything, make it all a ruin! It won't be restored until its owner arrives, the one I've given the authority to judge.
ruin ruin ruin to set: make her also this not to be till to come (in): come which to/for him [the] justice: judgement and to give: give him
28 Prophesy, son of man, and announce that this is what the Lord God says about the Ammonites and their insults: A sword! A sword is ready for killing, polished to destroy, to flash like lightning,
and you(m. s.) son: child man to prophesy and to say thus to say Lord YHWH/God to(wards) son: descendant/people Ammon and to(wards) reproach their and to say sword sword to open to/for slaughter to smooth to/for to sustain because lightning
29 even as your prophets give you false visions and prophecies that are lies. This sword will cut the necks of the wicked, killing them—those whose day has come for their punishment to be completed.
in/on/with to see to/for you vanity: false in/on/with to divine to/for you lie to/for to give: put [obj] you to(wards) neck profaned wicked which to come (in): come day their in/on/with time iniquity: punishment end
30 Sword, go back to where you came from! I'm going to judge you right where you were created, in your homeland.
to return: return to(wards) razor her in/on/with place which to create in/on/with land: country/planet origin your to judge [obj] you
31 I will deal with you in my anger; I will breathe my fire of anger on you; I will hand you over to cruel men who are experts in destruction.
and to pour: pour upon you indignation my in/on/with fire fury my to breathe upon you and to give: pay you in/on/with hand: power human be brutish artificer destruction
32 You will be burned up like firewood. Your blood will be shed where you live. You will be forgotten, for I, the Lord, have spoken.”
to/for fire to be to/for food blood your to be in/on/with midst [the] land: country/planet not to remember for I LORD to speak: speak
