Ezekiel 21
1 and to be word LORD to(wards) me to/for to say
Yahweh gave me another message. [He said, ]
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
“You human, turn toward Jerusalem. Preach about what will happen to the temple [there]. Preach about what will happen to the Israeli people.
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
Say to them, ‘This is what Yahweh says: I am opposed to you.
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
[what I will do to you will be as though] [MET] I will pull my sword from its sheath [and strike you]. I will kill everyone, including righteous people and wicked people [DOU]. I will get rid of everyone, from the south to the 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 everyone will know [it is as though] I, Yahweh, have struck people with my sword, and I will not put it back in its sheath 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
Therefore, you human, groan! Groan in front of the Israeli people very sadly and sorrowfully [IDM, DOU].
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 you, ‘Why are you groaning?’ tell them, ‘Because of the news that they soon will hear. Everyone will be very fearful [IDM], and their knees will become as weak as [SIM] water. [A great disaster] will soon occur. That is what Yahweh the Lord is promising.’”
8 and to be word LORD to(wards) me to/for to say
Yahweh gave me another message. [He said],
9 son: child man to prophesy and to say thus to say Lord to say sword sword be sharp and also to smooth
“You human, prophesy and say [to them], ‘This is what Yahweh says: I have sharpened my sword and polished it.
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 in order that I can [many people with it]; it is polished so that it will flash like lightning. The people of Judah will not [their being punished like this], but they did not repent [I only struck them] with a 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
A sword should be polished, and be grasped [in someone’s hand]. It should be sharpened and polished, ready for someone to use it to kill people.
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
[So, ] you human, cry and wail, because I will use my sword to kill my people, including the leaders of Israel. They and all the other people, my people, will be killed by swords, so beat your [to show that you are sad].
13 for to test and what? if also tribe: staff to reject not to be utterance Lord YHWH/God
I am about to test my people, and the kings [MTY] of Judah will not escape being punished. That is what I, Yahweh the Lord, say.
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, you human, prophesy; clap your [to show that you are very happy about what is going to happen]. My sword will strike them again and again; it is a sword for slaughtering many people, while I attack them from 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
In order that people will be very much afraid [IDM] and many people will be killed, I have [soldiers holding] my swords at every [city] gate, ready to slaughter people. Those swords will flash like lightning, as the [soldiers] grasp them to slaughter people.
16 to go either way to go right to set: make to go left where? face your to appoint
Their swords [APO] will slash to the right and [then] to the left, whichever way they turn the blades.
17 and also I to smite palm my to(wards) palm my and to rest rage my I LORD to speak: speak
Then I will clap my [triumphantly]; and [then] I will no longer be angry. [That will surely happen because] I, Yahweh, have said it.’”
18 and to be word LORD to(wards) me to/for to say
Yahweh gave me another message. [He said, ]
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
“You human, [a map], and on it mark two roads for the King of Babylonia to march [along with his army, carrying] their swords. When they depart from their country, they will come to a sign post where the road divides.
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
[If they continue on the one road, ] they will attack [city], the capital of the Ammon people-group. [If they continue on the other road, ] they will come to Judah and to Jerusalem, [a city] with walls around it.
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
[When the army of] Babylonia comes to where the road divides, [they will stop], and the king will perform magic rituals [to decide which road to go on]. He will throw arrows; [then] consult his [about which road to go on], and he will (examine/look at) the [of a sheep].
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
With his right hand he will pick up the arrow marked ‘Jerusalem’. He will [command his soldiers to go to Jerusalem. When they arrive there, they] will set up (rams/devices to [down the walls], ) and [then] the king will give the command for them to slaughter [the people]. They will shout [a battle-cry], and they will set up the rams against the [city] gates. They will build a dirt ramp [against the walls around the city], and set up things to bash those walls.
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
The [in Jerusalem] who had promised [to be loyal to the King of Babylonia will think that those rituals must be wrong. They will think that his army should not be attacking them]. But he will remind them of the sins [MTY] that they had committed, [his army] will capture them.
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, [tell the Israeli people that] this is what Yahweh the Lord says: ‘You people have allowed everyone to see that you are openly [against the King of Babylonia], and by doing that you have shown that everything that you do is sinful. Therefore you will be captured and [to Babylonia].’
25 and you(m. s.) profaned wicked leader Israel which to come (in): come day his in/on/with time iniquity: punishment end
Also, say, ‘You very wicked [DOU] king of Israel, it is your [to die]. It is the time for you to be punished.’
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
And this is what Yahweh the Lord says [to you soldiers from Babylonia]: ‘Take off [the king’s] turban and his crown, because now things will be different than they were [before]. [in Jerusalem] who had no authority will now be given authority, and those who had authority will have their authority taken from them.
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
[Jerusalem] will be completely ruined. I will cause it to be ruined, and it will not be rebuilt/restored until the king to whom the city truly belongs comes; I will give it to [to rule it].’”
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
“And, you human, prophesy and say [this]: 'This is what Yahweh the Lord says about the Ammon people-group, and about what they have said to insult [Israel]: [“The King of Babylon says, ] ‘[My soldiers have] swords’ [APO]; they have pulled out those swords to slaughter many people. They have polished them in order to kill people, and to make those swords 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
[Your prophets] have given you false visions about [what will happen to] you, and they have given you messages that are not true. So swords will strike the necks of those wicked people; it is time for them to be killed; it is the day when they will be [for their sins].
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
You must put your swords back in their sheaths [because the days for you to slaughter your enemies are ended]. I will judge those people in the country where they were born.
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 punishment [MTY] on them. Because I am very angry with them, my breath on them will scorch them [like] fire [MET]. I will allow brutal men to capture them, men who are experts in killing people.
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 [like] fuel [MET] [that is burned] in a fire. Your blood will be shed in your own land. No one will remember you any more. [That will surely happen because] I, Yahweh, have said it.” '”
