Ezekiel 21 :: Legacy Standard Bible (LSB)

The Prophesy of Yahweh’s Sword

[fn]And the word^H1697 of Yahweh^H3068 came^H1961 to me, saying^H559,

Eze 21:2“Son of man, set your face toward Jerusalem and speak, dripping out words against the sanctuaries and prophesy against the land of Israel

Eze 21:3

Eze 21:3and say to the land of Israel, ‘Thus says Yahweh, “Behold, I am against you; and I will bring out My sword from its sheath and cut off from you the righteous and the wicked.

Eze 21:4

Eze 21:4“Because I will cut off from you the righteous and the wicked, therefore My sword will go out from its sheath against all flesh from south to north.

Eze 21:5

Eze 21:5“Thus all flesh will know that I, Yahweh, have brought out My sword from its sheath. It will not return to its sheath again.”’

Eze 21:6

Eze 21:6“Now as for you, son of man, groan with breaking [fn]heart and bitter grief, groan in their sight.

Eze 21:7

Eze 21:7“And it will be that when they say to you, ‘Why do you groan?’ you shall say, ‘Because of the report that is coming; and every heart will melt, all hands will fall limp, every spirit will [fn]faint, and all knees will [fn]be weak as water. Behold, it is coming, and it will happen,’ declares Lord Yahweh.”

Eze 21:8

Again the word^H1697 of Yahweh^H3068 came^H1961 to me, saying^H559,

Eze 21:9

Eze 21:9“Son of man, prophesy and say, ‘Thus says [fn]the Lord.’ Say,

‘A sword^H2719, a sword^H2719 sharpened^H2300

And also^H1571 polished^H4803!

Eze 21:10

‘Sharpened^H2300 to make^H2873 a slaughter^H2874,

Polished^H4803 [fn]to flash^H1300 like lightning^H1300!’

Or^H176 shall we [fn]rejoice^H7797 in the [fn]scepter^H7626 of My son^H1121? The sword despises^H3988 every^H3605 tree^H6086.

Eze 21:11

Eze 21:11“It is given to be polished, that it may be seized by the [fn]hand; the sword is sharpened and polished, to give it into the hand of the one who kills.

Eze 21:12

Eze 21:12“Cry out and wail, son of man; for it is against My people; it is against all the princes of Israel. They are delivered over to the sword with My people; therefore slap your thigh.

Eze 21:13

Eze 21:13“For there is a testing; and what if even the [fn]scepter [fn]which the sword despises will be no more?” declares Lord Yahweh.

Eze 21:14

“You therefore, son^H1121 of man^H120, prophesy^H5012 and strike^H5221 your hands^H3709 together^H413^H3709; and let the sword^H2719 be doubled^H3717 the third^H7992 time^H7992, the sword^H2719 for the slain^H2491. It is the sword^H2719 for the great^H1419 one^H1419 slain^H2491, which surrounds^H2314 them,

Eze 21:15

Eze 21:15that their hearts may melt, and many will be stumbling blocks at all their gates. I have given the glittering sword. Ah! It is made for striking like lightning, it is wrapped up in readiness for slaughter.

Eze 21:16

Eze 21:16“[fn]Show yourself sharp, go to the right; set yourself; go to the left, wherever your [fn]edge is appointed.

Eze 21:17

Eze 21:17“And I will also strike My hands together, and I will [fn]cause My wrath to be at rest; I, Yahweh, have spoken.”

A Sword for Slaughter

Eze 21:18

And the word^H1697 of Yahweh^H3068 came^H1961 to me saying^H559,

Eze 21:19

Eze 21:19“Now as for you, son of man, [fn]make two ways for the sword of the king of Babylon to come; both of them will go out of one land. And [fn]make a signpost; [fn]make it at the head of the way to the city.

Eze 21:20

Eze 21:20“You shall [fn]mark a way for the sword to come to Rabbah of the sons of Ammon and to Judah into fortified Jerusalem.

Eze 21:21

Eze 21:21“For the king of Babylon stands at the [fn]parting of the way, at the head of the two ways, to use divination; he shakes the arrows; he asks the [fn]household idols; he looks at the liver.

Eze 21:22

Eze 21:22“Into his right hand came the divination, ‘Jerusalem,’ to set battering rams, to open the mouth [fn]for killing, to lift up the voice with a shout of war, to set battering rams against the gates, to cast up ramps, to build a siege wall.

Eze 21:23

Eze 21:23“And it will be to them like a worthless divination in their eyes; they have sworn solemn oaths. But he brings iniquity to remembrance, that they may be seized.

Eze 21:24

“Therefore^H3651, thus^H3541 says^H559 Lord^H136 Yahweh^H3068, ‘Because^H3282 you have made^H2142 your iniquity^H5771 to^H2142 be^H2142 remembered^H2142, in that your transgressions^H6588 are uncovered^H1540, so that in all^H3605 your deeds^H5949 your sins^H2403 appear^H7200—because^H3282 you have come^H2142 to^H2142 remembrance^H2142, you will be seized^H8610 with the hand^H3709.

Eze 21:25

Eze 21:25‘And you, O slain, wicked one, the prince of Israel, whose day has come, in the time of the iniquity of the end,’

Eze 21:26

Eze 21:26thus says Lord Yahweh, ‘Remove the turban and take off the crown; this will [fn]no longer be the same. Make high that which is low and make low that which is high.

Eze 21:27

Eze 21:27‘A ruin, a ruin, a ruin, I will make it. This also will be no more until He comes to whom the legal judgment belongs, and I will give it to Him.’

Eze 21:28

“Now as for you, son^H1121 of man^H120, prophesy^H5012 and say^H559, ‘Thus^H3541 says^H559 Lord^H136 Yahweh^H3068 concerning^H413 the sons^H1121 of Ammon^H5983 and concerning^H413 their reproach^H2781,’ and say^H559: ‘A sword^H2719, a sword^H2719 is drawn^H6605, polished^H4803 for the slaughter^H2874, to cause it [fn]to consume^H398, that it may be like lightning^H1300—

Eze 21:29

Eze 21:29while they behold for you worthless visions, while they divine lies for you—to place you on the necks of the wicked who are slain, whose day has come, in the time of the iniquity of the end.

Eze 21:30

Eze 21:30‘Return it to its sheath. In the place where you were created, in the land of your origin, I will judge you.

Eze 21:31

Eze 21:31‘And I will pour out My indignation on you; I will blow on you with the fire of My fury, and I will give you into the hand of brutal men, craftsmen of destruction.

Eze 21:32