3andsayH559to thelandH6440of Israel,ThusH3541saith theLORDH3068:BeholdH2005, I amagainstH6440thee, and will drawforthH8085my swordoutH6440ofitsH3605sheath, and will cutoffH398from thee the righteous and the wicked.
4SeeingH7200then that I will cut off from thee the righteous and the wicked, therefore shall my swordgoH3518forthoutH7200ofitsH3605sheathagainstH3605allH3605fleshH1320from the south to the north:
5and all flesh shall know that I theLORDH136have drawn forth my sword out ofitsH3808sheath; it shallnotH3808returnanyH3808moreH3808.
6Sigh therefore, thou son of man; with the breaking of thy loins and with bitterness shalt thou sighbeforeאֵלַ֥י'e.LaiH413their eyes.
7And it shall be, when theysayH3478unto thee, Wherefore sighest thou? that thou shaltsayH3478,Becauseפָּנֶ֙יךָ֙pa.Nei.khaH6440of the tidings, for 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 it shall be done, saith the LordGODH413.
9Son ofmanוְרָשָׁ֑עve.ra.Sha'H7563, prophesy, and say,Thusלָ֠כֵןLa.khenH3651saith theLORDצַדִּ֣יקtza.DikH6662: Say, AswordH2719, aswordH2719, it is sharpened, and also furbished:
10it is sharpened that it maymakeH3045a slaughter; it is furbished that it may be as lightning: shallweכִּ֚יkiH3588thenmakeH3045mirth? the rod of my son, it contemnetheveryH3605tree.
11And it is given to be furbished, that it may be handled: the sword, it is sharpened, yea, it is furbished, to give it into the hand of the slayer.
12Cry and howl, son ofmanH3605: for it isuponH5921mypeopleH3820, it isuponH5921allH3605the princes of Israel: they aredeliveredיָדַ֜יִםya.Da.yimH3027over to the sword with mypeopleH3820: smite thereforeuponH5921thy thigh.
13For there is a trial; andwhatדְבַר־de.var-H1697ifH1961even the rod that contemneth shall be no more? saith theLordH3068GODH3068.
14Thou therefore,sonH1121ofmanH120,prophesyH5012, and smite thine handstogetherוְגַם־ve.gam-H1571; and let theswordחֶ֥רֶבChe.revH2719be doubled the third time, theswordחֶ֛רֶבChe.revH2719of the deadly wounded: it is theswordחֶ֤רֶבChe.revH2719of the great one that is deadly wounded,whichחֶ֣רֶבChe.revH2719enterethintoחֶ֚רֶבChe.revH2719their chambers.
15I have set thepointבָּ֖רָקBa.rokH1300of the swordagainstכָּל־kol-H3605allכָּל־kol-H3605their gates, that their heart may melt, and their stumblings be multiplied: ah! it ismadeהֱיֵה־he.yeh-H1961aslightningלְבָרָ֖קle.va.RakH1300, it is pointed forslaughterH2874.
16Gather thee together, go to the right;setH5414thyself in array, go to theleftH5414; whithersoever thy face issetH5414.
17I will also smite mine handstogetherזְעַ֤קze.'AkH2199, and I will satisfy my fury: I the LORD havespokenH413it.
19Also, thousonH1121ofmanH120, appoint theetwoוְהַ֖ךְve.HakhH5221ways, that theswordH2719of the king of Babylon may come; they twain shall come forthoutH413of one land: and markoutH413a place, mark itoutH413at the head of the way to thecityהִ֗יאHi'H1931.
20Thou shaltappointנָתַ֖תִּיna.Ta.tiH5414awayכָּל־kol-H3605, for theswordH2719to come to Rabbah of the children of Ammon, and to Judah inJerusalemלְמַ֣עַן׀le.Ma.'anH4616the defenced.
21For the king of Babylon stood at the parting of thewayH6440, at theheadH6440of the two ways, to use divination: he shook the arrows to and fro, he consulted the teraphim, he looked in the liver.
22In hisrightוְגַם־ve.gam-H1571handH3709was the divination for Jerusalem, tosetH5117battering rams, to open the mouth in theslaughterאַכֶּ֤ה'a.KehH5221, to liftupH413the voice with shouting, tosetH5117battering ramsagainstH413the gates, tocastH5117upH413mounts, to build forts.
23And it shall be unto them as a vain divination in their sight,whichדְבַר־de.var-H1697have sworn oaths unto them: but he bringeth iniquity to remembrance, that they may betakenH1961.
24Therefore thus saith the LordGODH3027:BecauseH3027ye havemadeשִׂים־sim-H7760your iniquity to be remembered, in that your transgressions are discovered,soH3318that inallאֶחָ֖ד'e.ChadH259your doings your sinsdoH3318appear;becauseH3027that ye arecomeלָבוֹא֙la.Vo'H935to remembrance, ye shall betakenH3318with thehandH3027.
25And thou, O deadly wounded wicked one, the prince of Israel,whoseבְּנֵֽי־be.nei-H1121day iscomeH935, in the time of the iniquity of the end;
26thus saith the LordGODאֶל־'el-H413: Remove the mitre, andtakeרָאָ֖הra.'AhH7200offבְּרֹ֛אשׁbe.RoshH7218the crown: this shall be nomoreכִּֽי־ki-H3588the same: exalt that which is low, and abase that which is high.
27I will overturn, overturn, overturn it: this also shall be nomoreH5921,untilH5921hecomeH1961whoserightבִּֽימִינ֞וֹbi.mi.NoH3225it is; and I willgiveH7760it him.
28And thou, son of man, prophesy, and say,ThusH1961saith the Lord GOD concerning the children of Ammon, and concerning their reproach; and say thou, A sword, a sword is drawn, for the slaughter it is furbished, tocauseH1961it to devour, that it may be as lightning:
29whiles theyseeH7200vanity unto thee, whiles they divine lies unto thee, tolayבְּהִגָּל֣וֹתbe.hi.ga.LotH1540theeuponH7200the necks of the wicked that are deadly wounded,whoseבְּכֹ֖לbe.KholH3605day iscomeH2142, in the time of theiniquityH5771of the end.
30Cause it toreturnH935intoH935itsH935sheath. In theplaceH935whereH834thou wast created, in the land of thy birth, will I judge thee.
31And I will pour out mine indignation upon thee; I will blow upon thee with the fire of my wrath: and I will deliver theeintoהָסִיר֙ha.SirH5493the hand of brutishmenאָמַר֙'a.MarH559, skilful to destroy.
32Thou shalt be for fuel to the fire; thy blood shall be in the midst of the land; thou shalt benoלֹ֣אlo'H3808moreלֹ֣אlo'H3808remembered: for I the LORD havespokenבֹּ֛אbo'H935it.
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