Ezekiel · Noah Webster's Bible (1833)
Ezekiel 21 Noah Webster's Bible (1833)
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1 And the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
1 Yahweh’s word came to me, saying,
2 Son of man, set thy face towards Jerusalem, and drop [thy word] towards the holy places, and prophesy against the land of Israel,
2 “Son of man, set your face toward Jerusalem, and preach toward the sanctuaries, and prophesy against the land of Israel.
3 And say to the land of Israel, Thus saith the LORD; Behold, I [am] against thee, and will draw forth my sword out of its sheath, and will cut off from thee the righteous and the wicked.
3 Tell the land of Israel, ‘Yahweh 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 Seeing then that I will cut off from thee the righteous and the wicked, therefore shall my sword go forth from its sheath against all flesh from the south to the north:
4 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 That all flesh may know that I the LORD have drawn my sword out of its sheath: it shall not return any more.
5 All flesh will know that I, Yahweh, have drawn my sword out of its sheath. It will not return any more.”’
6 Sigh therefore, thou son of man, with the breaking of [thy] loins; and with bitterness sigh before their eyes.
6 “Therefore sigh, you son of man. You shall sigh before their eyes with a broken heart and with bitterness.
7 And it shall be, when they say to thee, Why sighest thou? that thou shalt answer, For the tidings; because it cometh: and every heart shall melt, and all hands shall be feeble, and every spirit shall faint, and all knees shall be weak [as] water: behold, it cometh, and shall be brought to pass, saith the Lord GOD.
7 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 Yahweh.’”
8 Again the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
8 Yahweh’s word came to me, saying,
9 Son of man, prophesy, and say, Thus saith the LORD; Say, A sword, a sword is sharpened, and also furbished:
9 “Son of man, prophesy, and say, ‘Yahweh says: “A sword! A sword! It is sharpened, and also polished.
10 It is sharpened to make a grievous slaughter; it is furbished that it may glitter: should we then make mirth? it contemneth the rod of my son, [as] every tree.
10 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 he hath given it to be furbished, that it may be handled: the sword is sharpened, and it is furbished, to give it into the hand of the slayer.
11 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 Cry and howl, son of man: for it shall be upon my people, it [shall be] upon all the princes of Israel: terrors by reason of the sword shall be upon my people: smite therefore upon [thy] thigh.
12 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 Because [it is] a trial, and what if [the sword] contemneth even the rod? it shall be no [more] , saith the Lord GOD.
13 “For there is a trial. What if even the rod that condemns will be no more?” says the Lord Yahweh.
14 Thou therefore, son of man, prophesy, and smite [thy] hands together, and let the sword be doubled the third time, the sword of the slain: it [is] the sword of the great [men that are] slain, which entereth into their private chambers.
14 “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 I have set the point of the sword against all their gates, that [their] heart may faint, and [their] ruins be multiplied: ah! [it is] made bright, [it is] sharpened for the slaughter.
15 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 Go thee one way or other, [either] on the right hand, [or] on the left, whithersoever thy face [is] set.
16 Gather yourselves together. Go to the right. Set yourselves in array. Go to the left, wherever your face is set.
17 I will also smite my hands together, and I will cause my fury to rest: I the LORD have said [it] .
17 I will also strike my hands together, and I will cause my wrath to rest. I, Yahweh, have spoken it.”
18 The word of the LORD came to me again, saying,
18 Yahweh’s word came to me again, saying,
19 Also, thou son of man, appoint thee two ways, that the sword of the king of Babylon may come: both [ways] shall come forth from one land: and choose thou a place, choose [it] at the head of the way to the city.
19 “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 Appoint a way, that the sword may come to Rabbah of the Ammonites, and to Judah in Jerusalem the fortified.
20 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 the king of Babylon stood at the parting of the way, at the head of the two ways, to use divination; he made [his] arrows bright, he consulted with images, he looked in the liver.
21 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 At his right hand was the divination for Jerusalem, to appoint captains, to open the mouth in the slaughter, to lift up the voice with shouting, to appoint [battering] rams against the gates, to cast a mount, [and] to build a fort.
22 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 it shall be to them as a false divination in their sight, to them that have sworn oaths: but he will call to remembrance the iniquity, that they may be taken.
23 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 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Because ye have made your iniquity to be remembered, in that your transgressions are disclosed, so that in all your doings your sins do appear; because, [I say] , that ye are come to remembrance, ye shall be taken with the hand.
24 “Therefore the Lord Yahweh 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 thou, profane wicked prince of Israel, whose day is come, when iniquity [shall have] an end,
25 “‘You, deadly wounded wicked one, the prince of Israel, whose day has come, in the time of the iniquity of the end,
26 Thus saith the Lord GOD; Remove the diadem, and take off the crown: this [shall] not [be] the same: exalt [him that is] low, and abase [him that is] high.
26 the Lord Yahweh 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 I will overturn, overturn, overturn it: and it shall be no [more] , until he cometh whose right it is; and I will give it [him] .
27 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 thou, son of man, prophesy and say, Thus saith the Lord GOD concerning the Ammonites, and concerning their reproach; even say thou, The sword, the sword [is] drawn: for the slaughter [it is] furbished, to consume because of the glittering:
28 “You, son of man, prophesy and say, ‘The Lord Yahweh 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 While they see vanity to thee, while they divine a lie to thee, to bring thee upon the necks of [them that are] slain, of the wicked, whose day is come, when their iniquity [shall have] an end.
29 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 Shall I cause [it] to return into its sheath? I will judge thee in the place where thou wast created, in the land of thy nativity.
30 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 I will pour out my indignation upon thee, I will blow against thee in the fire of my wrath, and deliver thee into the hand of brutish men, [and] skillful to destroy.
31 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, skillful to destroy.
32 Thou shalt be for fuel to the fire; thy blood shall be in the midst of the land; thou shalt be no [more] remembered: for I the LORD have spoken [it] .
32 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, Yahweh, have spoken it.”’”
Cross references (29)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 2 Ezekiel 20:46; Ezekiel 4:7; Ezekiel 28:21; Ezekiel 25:2; Ephesians 6:19
- 3 Job 9:22; Ezekiel 5:8; Jeremiah 21:13; Ezekiel 14:21; Ezekiel 5:12
- 4 Ezekiel 20:47; Ezekiel 7:2; Ezekiel 6:11–14
- 5 Ezekiel 21:30; Nahum 1:9; Jeremiah 23:20; 1 Samuel 3:12; Ezekiel 20:48
- 6 Isaiah 22:4; Ezekiel 6:11; Isaiah 16:11; Ezekiel 21:12; Habakkuk 3:16
- 7 Ezekiel 7:17; Jeremiah 50:43; Isaiah 13:7; Nahum 2:10; Hebrews 12:12
- 9 Isaiah 34:5–6; Ezekiel 21:28; Ezekiel 21:3; Job 20:25; Isaiah 27:1
- 10 Psalm 110:5–6; Ezekiel 20:47; Luke 21:34–35; Revelation 2:27; Ezekiel 21:25–27
- 11 Ezekiel 21:19; Jeremiah 25:33; Jeremiah 51:20–23; Jeremiah 25:9
- 12 Ezekiel 21:6; Joel 1:13; Jeremiah 25:34; Ezekiel 6:11; Jeremiah 31:12
- 13 Ezekiel 21:10; 2 Corinthians 8:2; Ezekiel 21:25; Job 9:23
- 14 2 Kings 24:1; Numbers 24:10; 2 Kings 24:10–16; Leviticus 26:24; Ezekiel 6:11
- 15 Jeremiah 17:27; Ezekiel 21:10; 2 Samuel 17:10; Ezekiel 21:22; Ezekiel 21:28
- 16 Ezekiel 21:4; Ezekiel 16:46; Ezekiel 14:17; Genesis 13:9; Ezekiel 21:20
- 17 Ezekiel 5:13; Ezekiel 21:14; Zechariah 6:8; Ezekiel 22:13; Ezekiel 16:42
- 19 Jeremiah 1:10; Ezekiel 4:1–3; Ezekiel 5:1–17
- 20 Amos 1:14; Jeremiah 49:2; Deuteronomy 3:11; Ezekiel 25:5; Psalm 125:1–2
- 21 Proverbs 16:33; Judges 17:5; Judges 18:20; Genesis 31:19; Genesis 31:30
- 22 Ezekiel 4:2; Ezekiel 26:9; Joshua 6:20; Joshua 6:10; Jeremiah 52:4
- 23 Numbers 5:15; Ezekiel 21:24; Ezekiel 29:16; Ezekiel 17:13–19; Jeremiah 52:3–11
- 24 Hosea 4:2; Jeremiah 3:2; Ezekiel 16:16–22; Ezekiel 22:3–12; Jeremiah 8:12
- 25 Ezekiel 35:5; Ezekiel 17:19; Jeremiah 52:2; 2 Chronicles 36:13; Ezekiel 21:29
- 26 Ezekiel 17:24; Psalm 75:7; Jeremiah 13:18; Jeremiah 52:31–34; Jeremiah 52:9–11
- 27 Micah 5:2; Jeremiah 23:5–6; Luke 1:32; Zechariah 9:9; Psalm 2:6
- 28 Ezekiel 21:20; Ezekiel 21:9–10; Zephaniah 2:8–10; Ezekiel 25:2–7; Jeremiah 49:1–5
- 29 Ezekiel 21:25; Ezekiel 22:28; Jeremiah 27:9; Psalm 37:13; Lamentations 2:14
- 30 Ezekiel 16:38; Jeremiah 47:6–7; Genesis 15:14; Ezekiel 28:15; Ezekiel 28:13
- 31 Psalm 18:15; Ezekiel 7:8; Nahum 1:6; Jeremiah 4:7; Isaiah 30:33
- 32 Ezekiel 25:10; Malachi 4:1; Ezekiel 20:47–48; Zephaniah 2:9; Matthew 3:10
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