Ezekiel 21
1 and to be word LORD to(wards) me to/for to say
The LORD’s word 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 towards Jerusalem, and preach towards the sanctuaries, and 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
Tell the land of Israel, ‘The LORD says: “Behold, I am against you, and will draw my sword out of its sheath, and will cut off from you 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
Seeing then that I will cut off from you the righteous and the wicked, therefore my sword will go out of its sheath against all flesh 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
All flesh will know that I, the LORD, have drawn my sword out of its sheath. It will not return any more.”’
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 sigh, you son of man. You shall sigh before their eyes with a broken heart and with bitterness.
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
It shall be, when they ask you, ‘Why do you sigh?’ that you shall say, ‘Because of the news, for it comes! Every heart will melt, all hands will be feeble, every spirit will faint, and all knees will be weak as water. Behold, it comes, and it shall be done, says the Lord GOD.’”
8 and to be word LORD to(wards) me to/for to say
The LORD’s word 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 say, ‘The LORD says: “A sword! A sword! It is sharpened, and also 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 that it may make a slaughter. It is polished that it may be as lightning. Should we then make mirth? The rod of my son condemns every tree.
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
It is given to be polished, that it may be handled. The sword is sharpened. Yes, it is polished to give it into the hand of the killer.”’
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 and wail, son of man; for it is on my people. It is on all the princes of Israel. They are delivered over to the sword with my people. Therefore beat your thigh.
13 for to test and what? if also tribe: staff to reject not to be utterance Lord YHWH/God
“For there is a trial. What if even the rod that condemns will be no more?” says the Lord GOD.
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
“You therefore, son of man, prophesy, and strike your hands together. Let the sword be doubled the third time, the sword of the fatally wounded. It is the sword of the great one who is fatally wounded, which enters into their rooms.
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
I have set the threatening sword against all their gates, that their heart may melt, and their stumblings be multiplied. Ah! It is made as lightning. It is pointed for slaughter.
16 to go either way to go right to set: make to go left where? face your to appoint
Gather yourselves together. Go to the right. Set yourselves in array. Go to the left, wherever your face is set.
17 and also I to smite palm my to(wards) palm my and to rest rage my I LORD to speak: speak
I will also strike my hands together, and I will cause my wrath to rest. I, the LORD, have spoken it.”
18 and to be word LORD to(wards) me to/for to say
The LORD’s word came to me again, 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
“Also, you son of man, appoint two ways, that the sword of the king of Babylon may come. They both will come out of one land, and mark out a place. Mark it out at the head of the way to the 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
You shall appoint a way for the sword to come to Rabbah of the children of Ammon, and to Judah in Jerusalem the fortified.
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 stood at the parting of the way, at the head of the two ways, to use divination. He shook the arrows back and forth. He consulted the teraphim. He looked in 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 was the lot for Jerusalem, to set battering rams, to open the mouth in the slaughter, to lift up the voice with shouting, to set battering rams against the gates, to cast up mounds, and to build forts.
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 be to them as a false divination in their sight, who have sworn oaths to them; but he brings iniquity to memory, that they may be taken.
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 the Lord GOD says: ‘Because you have caused your iniquity to be remembered, in that your transgressions are uncovered, so that in all your doings your sins appear; because you have come to memory, you will be taken with the hand.
25 and you(m. s.) profaned wicked leader Israel which to come (in): come day his in/on/with time iniquity: punishment end
“‘You, deadly wounded wicked one, the prince of Israel, whose day has come, in the time of the iniquity of the end,
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
the Lord GOD says: “Remove the turban, and take off the crown. This will not be as it was. Exalt that which is low, and humble that which is high.
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
I will overturn, overturn, overturn it. This also will be no more, until he comes whose right it is; and I will give 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
“You, son of man, prophesy and say, ‘The Lord GOD says this concerning the children of Ammon, and concerning their reproach: “A sword! A sword is drawn! It is polished for the slaughter, to cause it to devour, that it may be as 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 see for you false visions, while they divine lies to you, to lay you on the necks of the wicked who are deadly wounded, whose day has come in the time of the iniquity of the end.
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
Cause it to return into its sheath. In the place where you were created, in the land of your birth, 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 indignation on you. I will blow on you with the fire of my wrath. I will deliver you into the hand of brutish men, skilful to destroy.
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 for fuel to the fire. Your blood will be in the middle of the land. You will be remembered no more; for I, the LORD, have spoken it.”’”
