Book 14 : NEVIIM - EZEKIEL - Chapter 021
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And the word of HaShem came unto me, saying
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'Son of man, set thy face toward the South, and preach
toward the South, and prophesy against the forest of the field in the South
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and say to the forest of the South: Hear the word of HaShem:
Thus saith the L-rd GOD: Behold, I will kindle a fire in thee, and it shall
devour every green tree in thee, and every dry tree, it shall not be quenched,
even a flaming flame; and all faces from the south to the north shall be seared
thereby
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And all flesh shall see that I HaShem have kindled it; it
shall not be quenched.
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Then said I: 'Ah L-rd GOD! they say of me: Is he not a
maker of parables?
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Then the word of HaShem came unto me, saying
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'Son of man, set thy face toward Jerusalem, and preach
toward the sanctuaries, and prophesy against the land of Israel
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and say to the land of Israel: Thus saith HaShem: 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
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Seeing then that I will cut off from thee the righteous and
the wicked, therefore shall My sword go forth out of its sheath against all
flesh from the south to the north
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and all flesh shall know that I HaShem have drawn forth My
sword out of its sheath; it shall not return any more
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Sigh therefore, thou son of man; with the breaking of thy
loins and with bitterness shalt thou sigh before their eyes
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And it shall be, when they say unto thee: Wherefore
sighest thou? that thou shalt say: Because of the tidings, for it cometh; and
every heart shall melt, and all hands shall be slack, and every spirit shall be
faint, and all knees shall drip with water; behold, it cometh, and it shall be
done, saith the L-rd GOD.
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And the word of HaShem came unto me, saying
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'Son of man, prophesy, and say: Thus saith HaShem: Say: A
sword, a sword, it is sharpened, and also furbished
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It is sharpened that it may make a sore slaughter, it is
furbished that it may glitter--or shall we make mirth? --against the rod of My
son, contemning every tree
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And 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
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Cry and wail, son of man; for it is upon My people, it is
upon all the princes of Israel; they are thrust down to the sword with My
people; smite therefore upon thy thigh
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For there is a trial; and what if it contemn even the rod?
It shall be no more, saith the L-rd GOD
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Thou therefore, son of man, prophesy, and smite thy hands
together; and let the sword be doubled the third time, the sword of those to be
slain; it is the sword of the great one that is to be slain, which compasseth
them about
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I have set the point of the sword against all their gates,
that their heart may melt, and their stumblings be multiplied; ah! it is made
glittering, it is sharpened for slaughter
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Go thee one way to the right, or direct thyself to the
left; whither is thy face set
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I will also smite My hands together, and I will satisfy My
fury; I HaShem have spoken it.
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And the word of HaShem came unto me, saying
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'Now, thou son of man, make thee two ways, that the sword
of the king of Babylon may come; they twain shall come forth out of one land;
and mark a signpost, mark it clear at the head of the way to the city
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Thou shalt make a way, that the sword may come to Rabbah
of the children of Ammon, and to Judah in Jerusalem the fortified
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For the king of Babylon standeth at the parting of the
way, at the head of the two ways, to use divination; he shaketh the arrows to
and fro, he inquireth of the teraphim, he looketh in the liver
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In his right hand is the lot Jerusalem, to set battering
rams, to open the mouth for the slaughter, to lift up the voice with shouting,
to set battering rams against the gates, to cast up mounds, to build forts
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And it shall be unto them as a false divination in their
sight, who have weeks upon weeks! but it bringeth iniquity to remembrance, that
they may be taken
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Therefore thus saith the L-rd GOD: Because ye have made
your iniquity to be remembered, in that your transgressions are uncovered, so
that your sins do appear in all your doings; because that ye are come to
remembrance, ye shall be taken with the hand
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And thou, O wicked one, that art to be slain, the prince
of Israel, whose day is come, in the time of the iniquity of the end
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thus saith the L-rd GOD: The mitre shall be removed, and
the crown taken off; this shall be no more the same: that which is low shall be
exalted, and that which is high abased
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A ruin, a ruin, a ruin, will I make it; this also shall be
no more, until he come whose right it is, and I will give it him
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And thou, son of man, prophesy, and say: Thus saith the
L-rd GOD concerning the children of Ammon, and concerning their taunt; and say
thou: O sword, O sword keen-edged, furbished for the slaughter, to the
uttermost, because of the glitterings
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While they see falsehood unto thee, while they divine lies
unto thee, to lay thee upon the necks of the wicked that are to be slain, whose
day is come, in the time of the iniquity of the end
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Cause it to return into its sheath! --In the place where
thou wast created, in the land of thine origin, will I judge thee
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And I will pour out My indignation upon thee, I will blow
upon thee with the fire of My wrath; and I will deliver thee into the hand of
brutish men, skilful to destroy
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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 HaShem have
spoken it.
Book 14 : NEVIIM - EZEKIEL - Chapter 021
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