Ezekiel 21:8-27

8And the word of Jehovah cameH3318 unto me, sayingH559,

9Son of man, prophesy, and say, ThusH3651 saith Jehovah: Say, A swordH2719, a swordH2719 is sharpened, and also furbished.

10It is sharpened for sore slaughter, it is furbished that it may glitter. Shall we then makeH3045 mirth, [saying,] The sceptre of my son contemneth all wood?

11And he hath given it to be furbished that it may be handled. The sword, — it is sharpened, and it is furbished to give it into the hand of the slayer.

12Cry and howl, son of man; for it shall beH1961 against my people, it shall beH1961 against all the princes of Israel: they are given up to the sword along with my people: smite therefore upon the thigh.

13For the trial [is made]; and what if even the contemning sceptre shall beH1961 no [more]? saith the Lord Jehovah.

14And thou, sonH1121 of manH120, prophesyH5012, and smite thy hands together; for [the strokes of] the swordH2719 shall be doubled the third time: it is the swordH2719 of the slain, the swordH2719 that hath slain the great one, which encompasseth them privily.

15In order that the heart may melt, and the stumbling-blocks beH1961 multiplied, I have set the threatening sword against all their gates: ah! it is made glittering, it is whetted for the slaughterH2874.

16Gather up [strength], go to the right handH3027, turn thee, go to the left, whithersoever thy face is appointed.

17And I myself will smite my hands togetherH2199, and I will satisfy my fury: I Jehovah have spoken [it].

18And the word of Jehovah came unto me, saying,

19And thou, sonH1121 of manH120, set thee two ways, by which the swordH2719 of the king of Babylon may come — out of one land shall they both come — and make thee a signpost, make it at the head of the way to the city.

20Appoint a way for the coming of the swordH2719 to Rabbah of the children of Ammon, and to Judah at the fenced [city] of Jerusalem.

21For the king of Babylon standeth at the parting of the way, at the head of the two ways, to use divination: he shaketh [his] arrows, he inquireth of the teraphim, he looketh in the liver.

22In his right handH3709 is the lot of Jerusalem to appoint battering-rams, to open the mouth for bloodshed, to lift up the voice with shouting, to appoint battering-rams against the gates, to cast mounds, to build siege-towers.

23And this shall beH1961 a false divination in their sight, for them that have sworn oaths; but he will call to remembrance the iniquity, that they may beH1961 taken.

24Therefore thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Because ye makeH7760 your iniquity to be remembered in that your transgressions are discovered, so that in all your doings your sins appear; because ye are comeH935 to remembrance, ye shall be taken with the handH3027.

25And thou, profane, wicked prince of Israel, whose day is comeH935, at the time of the iniquity of the end,

26— thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Remove the mitre and take off the crown; what is shall be no [more]. Exalt that which is low, and abase that which is high.

27I will overturn, overturn, overturn it! This also shall beH1961 no [more], until he come whose rightH3225 it is; and I will give it [to him].