Ezekiel 21:1-23
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And the word H1697 of the LORD H3068 came H1961 to me, saying, H559
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Son H1121 of man, H120 set H7760 your face H6440 toward H413 Jerusalem, H3389 and drop H5197 your word toward H413 the holy H4720 places, and prophesy H5012 against H413 the land H127 of Israel, H3478
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And say H559 to the land H127 of Israel, H3478 Thus H3541 said H559 the LORD; H3068 Behold, H2005 I am against H413 you, and will draw H3318 forth H3318 my sword H2719 out of his sheath, H8593 and will cut H3772 off from you the righteous H6662 and the wicked. H7563
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Seeing H3282 then that I will cut H3772 off from you the righteous H6662 and the wicked, H7563 therefore shall my sword H2719 go H3318 forth H3318 out of his sheath H8593 against H413 all H3605 flesh H1320 from the south H5045 to the north: H6828
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That all H3605 flesh H1320 may know H3045 that I the LORD H3068 have drawn H3318 forth H3318 my sword H2719 out of his sheath: H8593 it shall not return H7725 any more. H5750
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Sigh H584 therefore, you son H1121 of man, H120 with the breaking H7670 of your loins; H4975 and with bitterness H4814 sigh H584 before their eyes. H5869
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And it shall be, when H3588 they say H559 to you, Why H5981 H4100 sigh H584 you? that you shall answer, H559 For the tidings; H8052 because H3588 it comes: H935 and every H3605 heart H3820 shall melt, H4549 and all H3605 hands H3027 shall be feeble, H7503 and every H3605 spirit H7307 shall faint, H3543 and all H3605 knees H1290 shall be weak H3212 as water: H4325 behold, H2009 it comes, H935 and shall be brought H1961 to pass, said H5002 the Lord H136 GOD. H3069
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Again the word H1697 of the LORD H3068 came H1961 to me, saying, H559
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Son H1121 of man, H120 prophesy, H5012 and say, H559 Thus H3541 said H559 the LORD; H3068 Say, H559 A sword, H2719 a sword H2719 is sharpened, H2300 and also H1571 furbished: H4803
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It is sharpened H2300 to make a sore slaughter; H2873 it is furbished H4803 that it may glitter: H1300 should we then H176 make mirth? H7797 it scorns H3988 the rod H7626 of my son, H1121 as every H3605 tree. H6086
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And he has given H5414 it to be furbished, H4803 that it may be handled: H8610 H3709 this H1931 sword H2719 is sharpened, H2300 and it is furbished, H4803 to give H5414 it into the hand H3027 of the slayer. H2026
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Cry H2199 and howl, H3213 son H1121 of man: H120 for it shall be on my people, H5971 it shall be on all H3605 the princes H5387 of Israel: H3478 terrors H4048 by reason H413 of the sword H2719 shall be on my people: H5971 smite H5606 therefore on your thigh. H3409
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Because H3588 it is a trial, H974 and what H4100 if H518 the sword scorn H3988 even H1571 the rod? H7626 it shall be no H3808 more, said H5002 the Lord H136 GOD. H3069
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You therefore, son H1121 of man, H120 prophesy, H5012 and smite H5221 your hands H3709 together. 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 enters into their privy H2314 chambers. H2315
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I have set H5414 the point H19 of the sword H2719 against H5921 all H3605 their gates, H8179 that their heart H3820 may faint, H4127 and their ruins H4383 be multiplied: H7235 ah! H253 it is made bright, H1300 it is wrapped H4593 up for the slaughter. H2874
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Go H258 you one way or other, either on the right H3231 hand, H3231 or on the left, H8041 wherever H575 your face H6440 is set. H3259
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I will also H1571 smite H5221 my hands H3709 together, 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 H1961 to me again, saying, H559
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Also, you son H1121 of man, H120 appoint H7760 you two H8147 ways, H1870 that the sword H2719 of the king H4428 of Babylon H894 may come: H935 both two H8147 shall come H3318 forth H3318 out of one H259 land: H776 and choose H1254 you a place, H3027 choose H1254 it at the head H7218 of the way H1870 to the city. H5892
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Appoint H7760 a way, H1870 that the sword H2719 may come H935 to Rabbath H7237 of the Ammonites, H1121 H5984 and to Judah H3063 in Jerusalem H3389 the defended. H1219
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For the king H4428 of Babylon H894 stood H5975 at H413 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 H3225 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 H7311 up the voice H6963 with shouting, H8643 to appoint H7760 battering rams H3733 against H5921 the gates, H8179 to cast H8210 a mount, H5550 and to build H1129 a fort. H1785
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And it shall be to them as a false H7723 divination H7080 in their sight, H5869 to them that have sworn H7650 oaths: H7621 but he will call H2142 to remembrance H2142 the iniquity, H5771 that they may be taken. H8610
Psalm 105:44
And gave H5414 them the lands H776 of the heathen: H1471 and they inherited H3423 the labor H5999 of the people; H3816
Psalm 105:45
That they might observe H8104 his statutes, H2706 and keep H5341 his laws. H8451 Praise H1984 you the LORD. H3050