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And the word[H1697] of the LORD[H3068] came unto me, saying[H559],
2Son[H1121] of man[H120], set[H7760] thy face[H6440] toward Jerusalem[H3389], and drop[H5197] thy word toward the holy places[H4720], and prophesy[H5012] against the land[H127] of Israel[H3478],
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And say[H559] to the land[H127] of Israel[H3478], Thus saith[H559] the LORD[H3068]; Behold, I am against thee, and will draw forth[H3318] my sword[H2719] out of his sheath[H8593], and will cut off[H3772] from thee the righteous[H6662] and the wicked[H7563].
4Seeing[H3282] then that I will cut off[H3772] from thee the righteous[H6662] and the wicked[H7563], therefore shall my sword[H2719] go forth[H3318] out of his sheath[H8593] against all flesh[H1320] from the south[H5045] to the north[H6828]:
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That all flesh[H1320] may know[H3045] that I the LORD[H3068] have drawn forth[H3318] my sword[H2719] out of his sheath[H8593]: it shall not return[H7725] any more.
6Sigh[H584] therefore, thou son[H1121] of man[H120], with the breaking[H7670] of thy loins[H4975]; and with bitterness[H4814]sigh[H584] before their eyes[H5869].
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And it shall be, when they say[H559] unto thee, Wherefore sighest[H584] thou? that thou shalt answer[H559], For the tidings[H8052]; because it cometh[H935]: and every heart[H3820] shall melt[H4549], and all hands[H3027] shall be feeble[H7503], and every spirit[H7307] shall faint[H3543], and all knees[H1290] shall be weak[H3212] as water[H4325]: behold, it cometh[H935], and shall be brought to pass[H1961], saith[H5002] the Lord[H136]GOD[H3069].
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Again the word[H1697] of the LORD[H3068] came unto me, saying[H559],
9Son[H1121] of man[H120], prophesy[H5012], and say[H559], Thus saith[H559] the LORD[H3068]; Say[H559], A sword[H2719], a sword[H2719] is sharpened[H2300], and also furbished[H4803]:
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It is sharpened[H2300] to make a sore[H2874]slaughter[H2873]; it is furbished[H4178] that it may glitter[H1300]: should[H176] we then make mirth?[H7797] it contemneth[H3988] the rod[H7626] of my son[H1121], as every tree[H6086].
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And he hath given[H5414] it to be furbished[H4803], that it may be handled[H3709]: this sword[H2719] is sharpened[H2300], and it is furbished[H4178], to give[H5414] it into the hand[H3027] of the slayer[H2026].
12Cry[H2199] and howl[H3213], son[H1121]of[H413]man[H120]: for it shall be upon my people[H5971], it shall be upon all the princes[H5387]of[H413]Israel[H3478]: terrors[H4048] by reason of[H413] the sword[H2719] shall be upon my people[H5971]: smite[H5606] therefore upon thy thigh[H3409].
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Because it is a trial[H974], and what if the sword contemn[H3988] even the rod?[H7626] it shall be no more, saith[H5002] the Lord[H136]GOD[H3069].
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Thou therefore, son[H1121] of man[H120], prophesy[H5012], and smite[H5221] thine hands[H3709]together[H5221], and let the sword[H2719] be doubled[H3717] the third[H7992] time, the sword[H2719] of the slain[H2491]: it is the sword[H2719] of the great[H1419] men that are slain[H2491], which entereth into their privy chambers[H2314].
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I have set[H5414] the point[H19] of the sword[H2719] against all their gates[H8179], that their heart[H3820] may faint[H4127], and their ruins[H4383] be multiplied[H7235]: ah[H253]! it is made[H6213]bright[H1300], it is wrapped up[H4593] for the slaughter[H2874].
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Go thee one way or other[H258], either on[H7760] the right hand[H3231], or on[H7760] the left[H8041], whithersoever[H575] thy face[H6440] is set[H3259].
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I will also smite[H5221] mine hands[H3709]together[H3709], and I will cause my fury[H2534] to rest[H5117]: I the LORD[H3068] have said[H1696] it.
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The word[H1697] of the LORD[H3068] came unto me again, saying[H559],
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Also, thou son[H1121] of man[H120], appoint[H7760] thee two[H8147]ways[H1870], that the sword[H2719] of the king[H4428] of Babylon[H894] may come[H935]: both twain[H8147] shall come[H935]forth[H3318] out of one[H259]land[H776]: and choose[H1254] thou a place[H3027], choose[H1254] it at the head[H7218] of the way[H1870] to the city[H5892].
20Appoint[H7760] a way[H1870], that the sword[H2719] may come[H935] to Rabbath[H7237] of the Ammonites[H1121], and to Judah[H3063] in Jerusalem[H3389] the defenced[H1219].
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For the king[H4428] of Babylon[H894]stood[H5975] at the parting[H517] of the way[H1870], at the head[H7218] of the two[H8147]ways[H1870], to use[H7080]divination[H7081]: he made his arrows[H2671]bright[H7043], he consulted[H7592] with images[H8655], he looked[H7200] in the liver[H3516].
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At his right hand[H3225] was the divination[H7081] for Jerusalem[H3389], to appoint[H7760]captains[H3733], to open[H6605] the mouth[H6310] in the slaughter[H7524], to lift up[H7311] the voice[H6963] with shouting[H8643], to appoint[H7760] battering rams[H3733] against the gates[H8179], to cast[H8210] a mount[H5550], and to build[H1129] a fort[H1785].
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And it shall be unto them as a false[H7723]divination[H7080] in their sight[H5869], to them that have sworn[H7650]oaths[H7621]: but he will call to remembrance[H2142] the iniquity[H5771], that they may be taken[H8610].
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Therefore thus saith[H559] the Lord[H136]GOD[H3069]; Because ye have made your iniquity[H5771] to be remembered[H2142], in that your transgressions[H6588] are discovered[H1540], so that in all your doings[H5949] your sins[H2403] do appear[H7200]; because, I say, that ye are come to remembrance[H2142], ye shall be taken[H8610] with the hand[H3709].
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And thou, profane[H2491]wicked[H7563]prince[H5387] of Israel[H3478], whose day[H3117] is come[H935], when[H6256]iniquity[H5771] shall have an end[H7093],
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Thus saith[H559] the Lord[H136]GOD[H3069]; Remove[H5493] the diadem[H4701], and take off[H7311] the crown[H5850]: this shall not be the same[H2063]: exalt[H1361] him that is low[H8217], and abase[H8213] him that is high[H1364].
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I will overturn[H5754], overturn[H5754], overturn[H5754], it: and it shall be[H7760] no more, until he come[H935] whose right[H4941] it is; and I will give[H5414] it him.
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And thou, son[H1121] of man[H120], prophesy[H5012] and say[H559], Thus saith[H559] the Lord[H136]GOD[H3069] concerning the Ammonites[H1121], and concerning their reproach[H2781]; even say[H559] thou, The sword[H2719], the sword[H2719] is drawn[H6605]: for the slaughter[H2874] it is furbished[H4803], to consume[H398] because of the glittering[H1300]:
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Whiles they see[H2372]vanity[H7723] unto thee, whiles they divine[H7080] a lie[H3577] unto thee, to bring[H5414] thee upon the necks[H6677] of them that are slain[H2491], of the wicked[H7563], whose day[H3117] is come[H935], when[H6256] their iniquity[H5771] shall have an end[H7093].
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Shall I cause it to return[H7725] into his sheath?[H8593] I will judge[H8199] thee in the place[H4725] where thou wast created[H1254], in the land[H776] of thy nativity[H4351].
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And I will pour out[H8210] mine indignation[H2195] upon thee, I will blow[H6315] against thee in the fire[H784] of my wrath[H5678], and deliver[H5414] thee into the hand[H3027] of brutish[H1197]men[H582], and skilful[H2796] to destroy[H4889].
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Thou shalt be for fuel[H402] to the fire[H784]; thy blood[H1818] shall be in the midst[H8432] of the land[H776]; thou shalt be no more remembered[H2142]: for I the LORD[H3068] have spoken[H1696] it.