< Ezekiel 21 >
1 and to be word LORD to(wards) me to/for to say
And the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
2 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
“Son of man, set your face against Jerusalem and preach against the sanctuaries. Prophesy against the land of Israel
3 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
and tell her that this is what the LORD says: ‘I am against you, and I will draw My sword from its sheath and cut off from you both the righteous and the wicked.
4 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
Because I will cut off both the righteous and the wicked, My sword will be unsheathed against everyone from south to north.
5 and to know all flesh for I LORD to come out: send sword my from razor her not to return: return still
Then all flesh will know that I, the LORD, have taken My sword from its sheath, not to return it again.’
6 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
But you, son of man, groan! Groan before their eyes with a broken heart and bitter grief.
7 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
And when they ask, ‘Why are you groaning?’ you are to say, ‘Because of the news that is coming. Every heart will melt, and every hand will go limp. Every spirit will faint, and every knee will turn to water.’ Yes, it is coming and it will surely happen, declares the Lord GOD.”
8 and to be word LORD to(wards) me to/for to say
Again the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
9 son: child man to prophesy and to say thus to say Lord to say sword sword be sharp and also to smooth
“Son of man, prophesy and tell them that this is what the Lord says: ‘A sword, a sword, sharpened and polished—
10 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
it is sharpened for the slaughter, polished to flash like lightning! Should we rejoice in the scepter of My son? The sword despises every such stick.
11 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
The sword is appointed to be polished, to be grasped in the hand. It is sharpened and polished, to be placed in the hand of the slayer.
12 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
Cry out and wail, O son of man, for the sword is wielded against My people; it is against all the princes of Israel! They are tossed to the sword with My people; therefore strike your thigh.
13 for to test and what? if also tribe: staff to reject not to be utterance Lord YHWH/God
Surely testing will come! And what if even the scepter, which the sword despises, does not continue?’
14 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
‘So then, son of man, prophesy and strike your hands together. Let the sword strike two times, even three. It is a sword that slays, a sword of great slaughter closing in on every side!
15 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
So that their hearts may melt and many may stumble, I have appointed at all their gates a sword for slaughter. Yes, it is ready to flash like lightning; it is drawn for slaughter.
16 to go either way to go right to set: make to go left where? face your to appoint
Slash to the right; set your blade to the left— wherever your blade is directed.
17 and also I to smite palm my to(wards) palm my and to rest rage my I LORD to speak: speak
I too will strike My hands together, and I will satisfy My wrath.’
18 and to be word LORD to(wards) me to/for to say
Then the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
19 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
“Now you, son of man, mark out two roads for the sword of the king of Babylon to take, both starting from the same land. And make a signpost where the road branches off to each city.
20 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
Mark out one road for the sword to come against Rabbah of the Ammonites, and another against Judah into fortified Jerusalem.
21 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
For the king of Babylon stands at the fork in the road, at the junction of the two roads, to seek an omen: He shakes the arrows, he consults the idols, he examines the liver.
22 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
In his right hand appears the portent for Jerusalem, where he is to set up battering rams, to call for the slaughter, to lift a battle cry, to direct the battering rams against the gates, to build a ramp, and to erect a siege wall.
23 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
It will seem like a false omen to the eyes of those who have sworn allegiance to him, but it will draw attention to their guilt and take them captive.
24 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
Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Because you have drawn attention to your guilt, exposing your transgressions, so that your sins are revealed in all your deeds—because you have come to remembrance—you shall be taken in hand.
25 and you(m. s.) profaned wicked leader Israel which to come (in): come day his in/on/with time iniquity: punishment end
And you, O profane and wicked prince of Israel, the day has come for your final punishment.’
26 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
This is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Remove the turban, and take off the crown. Things will not remain as they are: Exalt the lowly and bring low the exalted.
27 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
A ruin, a ruin, I will make it a ruin! And it will not be restored until the arrival of Him to whom it belongs, to whom I have assigned the right of judgment.’
28 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
Now prophesy, son of man, and declare that this is what the Lord GOD says concerning the Ammonites and their contempt: ‘A sword! A sword is drawn for slaughter, polished to consume, to flash like lightning—
29 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
while they offer false visions for you and lying divinations about you— to be placed on the necks of the wicked who are slain, whose day has come, the time of their final punishment.
30 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
Return the sword to its sheath! In the place where you were created, in the land of your origin, I will judge you.
31 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
I will pour out My anger upon you; I will breathe the fire of My fury against you; I will hand you over to brutal men, skilled in destruction.
32 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
You will be fuel for the fire. Your blood will stain your own land. You will not be remembered, for I, the LORD, have spoken.’”