Ezekiel 21
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And the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
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a "Son of man, set your face toward Jerusalem, b preach against the holy places, and prophesy against the land of Israel;
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"and say to the land of Israel, 'Thus says the LORD: "Behold, I am c against you, and I will draw My sword out of its sheath and cut off both d righteous and wicked from you.
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"Because I will cut off both righteous and wicked from you, therefore My sword shall go out of its sheath against all flesh e from south to north,
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"that all flesh may know that I, the LORD, have drawn My sword out of its sheath; it f shall not return anymore." '
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g "Sigh therefore, son of man, with a breaking heart, and sigh with bitterness before their eyes.
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"And it shall be when they say to you, 'Why are you sighing?' that you shall answer, 'Because of the news; when it comes, every heart will melt, h all hands will be feeble, every spirit will faint, and all knees will be weak as water. Behold, it is coming and shall be brought to pass,' says the Lord GOD."
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Again the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
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"Son of man, prophesy and say, 'Thus says the LORD!' Say:
i 'A sword, a sword is sharpened
And also polished!
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Sharpened to make a dreadful slaughter,
Polished to flash like lightning!
Should we then make mirth?
It despises the scepter of My son,
As it does all wood.
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And He has given it to be polished,
That it may be handled;
This sword is sharpened, and it is polished
To be given into the hand of j the slayer.'
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"Cry and wail, son of man;
For it will be against My people,
Against all the princes of Israel.
Terrors including the sword will be against My people;
Therefore k strike your thigh.
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"Because it is l a testing,
And what if the sword despises even the scepter?
m The scepter shall be no more,"
says the Lord GOD.
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"You therefore, son of man, prophesy,
And n strike your hands together.
The third time let the sword do double damage.
It is the sword that slays,
The sword that slays the great men,
That enters their o private chambers.
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I have set the point of the sword against all their gates,
That the heart may melt and many may stumble.
Ah! p It is made bright;
It is grasped for slaughter:
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"Swords q at the ready!
Thrust right!
Set your blade!
Thrust left -
Wherever your edge is ordered!
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"I also will r beat My fists together,
And s I will cause My fury to rest;
I, the LORD, have spoken."
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The word of the LORD came to me again, saying:
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"And son of man, appoint for yourself two ways for the sword of the king of Babylon to go; both of them shall go from the same land. Make a sign; put it at the head of the road to the city.
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"Appoint a road for the sword to go to t Rabbah of the Ammonites, and to Judah, into fortified Jerusalem.
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"For the king of Babylon stands at the parting of the road, at the fork of the two roads, to use divination: he shakes the arrows, he consults the images, he looks at the liver.
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"In his right hand is the divination for Jerusalem: to set up battering rams, to call for a slaughter, to u lift the voice with shouting, v to set battering rams against the gates, to heap up a siege mound, and to build a wall.
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"And it will be to them like a false divination in the eyes of those who w have sworn oaths with them; but he will bring their iniquity to remembrance, that they may be taken.
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"Therefore thus says the Lord GOD: 'Because you have made 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 remembrance, you shall be taken in hand.
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'Now to you, O x profane, wicked prince of Israel, y whose day has come, whose iniquity shall end,
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'thus says the Lord GOD:
"Remove the turban, and take off the crown;
Nothing shall remain the same.
z Exalt the humble, and humble the exalted.
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Overthrown, overthrown,
I will make it overthrown!
a It shall be no longer,
Until He comes whose right it is,
And I will give it to b Him." '
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"And you, son of man, prophesy and say, 'Thus says the Lord GOD c concerning the Ammonites and concerning their reproach,' and say:
'A sword, a sword is drawn,
Polished for slaughter,
For consuming, for flashing -
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While they d see false visions for you,
While they divine a lie to you,
To bring you on the necks of the wicked, the slain
e Whose day has come,
Whose iniquity shall end.
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'Return f it to its sheath.
g I will judge you
In the place where you were created,
h In the land of your nativity.
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I will i pour out My indignation on you;
I will j blow against you with the fire of My wrath,
And deliver you into the hands of brutal men who are skillful to k destroy.
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You shall be fuel for the fire;
Your blood shall be in the midst of the land.
l You shall not be remembered,
For I the LORD have spoken.' "
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Ezekiel 20:46
Son of man, set your face toward the south; preach against the south and prophesy against the forest land, the South.
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Amos 7:16
Now therefore, hear the word of the LORD: You say, 'Do not prophesy against Israel, And do not spout against the house of Isaac.
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Jeremiah 21:13
"Behold, I am against you, O inhabitant of the valley, And rock of the plain," says the LORD, "Who say, 'Who shall come down against us? Or who shall enter our dwellings?'
Ezekiel 5:8
Therefore thus says the Lord GOD: 'Indeed I, even I, am against you and will execute judgments in your midst in the sight of the nations.
Nahum 2:13
"Behold, I am against you," says the LORD of hosts, "I will burn your chariots in smoke, and the sword shall devour your young lions; I will cut off your prey from the earth, and the voice of your messengers shall be heard no more."
Nahum 3:5
Behold, I am against you," says the LORD of hosts; "I will lift your skirts over your face, I will show the nations your nakedness, And the kingdoms your shame.
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Job 9:22
It is all one thing; Therefore I say, 'He destroys the blameless and the wicked.
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Jeremiah 12:12
The plunderers have come On all the desolate heights in the wilderness, For the sword of the LORD shall devour From one end of the land to the other end of the land; No flesh shall have peace.
Ezekiel 20:47
And say to the forest of the South, 'Hear the word of the LORD! Thus says the Lord GOD: "Behold, I will kindle a fire in you, and it shall devour every green tree and every dry tree in you; the blazing flame shall not be quenched, and all faces from the south to the north shall be scorched by it.
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Isaiah 45:23
I have sworn by Myself; The word has gone out of My mouth in righteousness, And shall not return, That to Me every knee shall bow, Every tongue shall take an oath.
Isaiah 55:11
So shall My word be that goes forth from My mouth; It shall not return to Me void, But it shall accomplish what I please, And it shall prosper in the thing for which I sent it.
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Isaiah 22:4
Therefore I said, "Look away from me, I will weep bitterly; Do not labor to comfort me Because of the plundering of the daughter of my people.
Jeremiah 4:19
O my soul, my soul! I am pained in my very heart! My heart makes a noise in me; I cannot hold my peace, Because you have heard, O my soul, The sound of the trumpet, The alarm of war.
Luke 19:41
Now as He drew near, He saw the city and wept over it.
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Ezekiel 7:17
Every hand will be feeble, And every knee will be as weak as water.
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Deuteronomy 32:41
If I whet My glittering sword, And My hand takes hold on judgment, I will render vengeance to My enemies, And repay those who hate Me.
Ezekiel 5:1
And you, son of man, take a sharp sword, take it as a barber's razor, and pass it over your head and your beard; then take scales to weigh and divide the hair.
Ezekiel 21:15
I have set the point of the sword against all their gates, That the heart may melt and many may stumble. Ah! It is made bright; It is grasped for slaughter:
Ezekiel 21:28
And you, son of man, prophesy and say, 'Thus says the Lord GOD concerning the Ammonites and concerning their reproach,' and say: 'A sword, a sword is drawn, Polished for slaughter, For consuming, for flashing -
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Ezekiel 21:19
And son of man, appoint for yourself two ways for the sword of the king of Babylon to go; both of them shall go from the same land. Make a sign; put it at the head of the road to the city.
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Jeremiah 31:19
Surely, after my turning, I repented; And after I was instructed, I struck myself on the thigh; I was ashamed, yes, even humiliated, Because I bore the reproach of my youth.
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Job 9:23
If the scourge slays suddenly, He laughs at the plight of the innocent.
2 Corinthians 8:2
That in a great trial of affliction the abundance of their joy and their deep poverty abounded in the riches of their liberality.
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Ezekiel 21:27
Overthrown, overthrown, I will make it overthrown! It shall be no longer, Until He comes whose right it is, And I will give it to Him."
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Numbers 24:10
Then Balak's anger was aroused against Balaam, and he struck his hands together; and Balak said to Balaam, "I called you to curse my enemies, and look, you have bountifully blessed them these three times!
Ezekiel 6:11
Thus says the Lord GOD: "Pound your fists and stamp your feet, and say, 'Alas, for all the evil abominations of the house of Israel! For they shall fall by the sword, by famine, and by pestilence.
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1 Kings 20:30
But the rest fled to Aphek, into the city; then a wall fell on twenty-seven thousand of the men who were left. And BenHadad fled and went into the city, into an inner chamber.
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Ezekiel 21:10
Sharpened to make a dreadful slaughter, Polished to flash like lightning! Should we then make mirth? It despises the scepter of My son, As it does all wood.
Ezekiel 21:28
And you, son of man, prophesy and say, 'Thus says the Lord GOD concerning the Ammonites and concerning their reproach,' and say: 'A sword, a sword is drawn, Polished for slaughter, For consuming, for flashing -
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Ezekiel 14:17
Or if I bring a sword on that land, and say, 'Sword, go through the land,' and I cut off man and beast from it.
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Ezekiel 22:13
Behold, therefore, I beat My fists at the dishonest profit which you have made, and at the bloodshed which has been in your midst.
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Ezekiel 5:13
Thus shall My anger be spent, and I will cause My fury to rest upon them, and I will be avenged; and they shall know that I, the LORD, have spoken it in My zeal, when I have spent My fury upon them.
Ezekiel 16:42
So I will lay to rest My fury toward you, and My jealousy shall depart from you. I will be quiet, and be angry no more.
Ezekiel 24:13
In your filthiness is lewdness. Because I have cleansed you, and you were not cleansed, You will not be cleansed of your filthiness anymore, Till I have caused My fury to rest upon you.
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Deuteronomy 3:11
For only Og king of Bashan remained of the remnant of the giants. Indeed his bedstead was an iron bedstead. ( Is it not in Rabbah of the people of Ammon?) Nine cubits is its length and four cubits its width, according to the standard cubit.
Jeremiah 49:2
Therefore behold, the days are coming," says the LORD, "That I will cause to be heard an alarm of war In Rabbah of the Ammonites; It shall be a desolate mound, And her villages shall be burned with fire. Then Israel shall take possession of his inheritance," says the LORD.
Ezekiel 25:5
"And I will make Rabbah a stable for camels and Ammon a resting place for flocks. Then you shall know that I am the LORD."
Amos 1:14
But I will kindle a fire in the wall of Rabbah, And it shall devour its palaces, Amid shouting in the day of battle, And a tempest in the day of the whirlwind.
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Jeremiah 51:14
The LORD of hosts has sworn by Himself: "Surely I will fill you with men, as with locusts, And they shall lift up a shout against you.
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Ezekiel 4:2
Lay siege against it, build a siege wall against it, and heap up a mound against it; set camps against it also, and place battering rams against it all around.
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Ezekiel 17:16
As I live,' says the Lord GOD, 'surely in the place where the king dwells who made him king, whose oath he despised and whose covenant he broke - with him in the midst of Babylon he shall die.
Ezekiel 17:18
'Since he despised the oath by breaking the covenant, and in fact gave his hand and still did all these things, he shall not escape.'"
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2 Chronicles 36:13
And he also rebelled against King Nebuchadnezzar, who had made him swear an oath by God; but he stiffened his neck and hardened his heart against turning to the LORD God of Israel.
Jeremiah 52:2
He also did evil in the sight of the LORD, according to all that Jehoiakim had done.
Ezekiel 12:10
"Say to them, 'Thus says the Lord GOD: "This burden concerns the prince in Jerusalem and all the house of Israel who are among them."'
Ezekiel 17:19
Therefore thus says the Lord GOD: " As I live, surely My oath which he despised, and My covenant which he broke, I will recompense on his own head.
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Ezekiel 21:29
While they see false visions for you, While they divine a lie to you, To bring you on the necks of the wicked, the slain Whose day has come, Whose iniquity shall end.
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Luke 1:52
He has put down the mighty from their thrones, And exalted the lowly.
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Genesis 49:10
The scepter shall not depart from Judah, Nor a lawgiver from between his feet, Until Shiloh comes; And to Him shall be the obedience of the people.
Luke 1:32
He will be great, and will be called the Son of the Highest; and the Lord God will give Him the throne of His father David.
Luke 1:33
"And He will reign over the house of Jacob forever, and of His kingdom there will be no end."
John 1:49
Nathanael answered and said to Him, "Rabbi, You are the Son of God! You are the King of Israel!
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Psalms 2:6
"Yet I have set My King On My holy hill of Zion."
Psalms 72:7
In His days the righteous shall flourish, And a...
Psalms 72:10
The kings of Tarshish and of the isles Will bri...
Jeremiah 23:5
Behold, the days are coming," says the LORD, "T...
Jeremiah 23:6
In His days Judah will be saved, And Israel wil...
Ezekiel 34:24
And I, the LORD, will be their God, and My serv...
Ezekiel 37:24
David My servant shall be king over them, and t...
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Jeremiah 25:21
Edom, Moab, and the people of Ammon.
Jeremiah 49:1 - 6
Against the Ammonites. Thus says the LORD: "Has Israel no sons? Has he no heir? Why then does Milcom inherit Gad, And his people dwell in its cities?
Ezekiel 25:1 - 7
The word of the LORD came to me, saying.
Amos 1:13
Thus says the LORD: "For three transgressions of the people of Ammon, and for four, I will not turn away its punishment, Because they ripped open the women with child in Gilead, That they might enlarge their territory.
Zephaniah 2:8 - 11
I have heard the reproach of Moab, And the insults of the people of Ammon, With which they have reproached My people, And made arrogant threats against their borders.
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Jeremiah 27:9
'Therefore do not listen to your prophets, your diviners, your dreamers, your soothsayers, or your sorcerers, who speak to you, saying, "You shall not serve the king of Babylon."
Ezekiel 12:24
For no more shall there be any false vision or flattering divination within the house of Israel.
Ezekiel 13:6 - 9
They have envisioned futility and false divination, saying, 'Thus says the LORD!' But the LORD has not sent them; yet they hope that the word may be confirmed.
Ezekiel 22:28
Her prophets plastered them with untempered mortar, seeing false visions, and divining lies for them, saying, 'Thus says the Lord GOD,' when the LORD had not spoken.
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Job 18:20
Those in the west are astonished at his day, As...
Psalms 37:17
For the arms of the wicked shall be broken, But...
Isaiah 10:3
What will you do in the day of punishment, And ...
Ezekiel 7:2
And you, son of man, thus says the Lord GOD to ...
Ezekiel 7:3
Now the end has come upon you, And I will send ...
Ezekiel 7:7
Doom has come to you, you who dwell in the land...
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Jeremiah 47:6
O you sword of the LORD, How long until you are quiet? Put yourself up into your scabbard, Rest and be still!
Jeremiah 47:7
How can it be quiet, Seeing the LORD has given it a charge Against Ashkelon and against the seashore? There He has appointed it.
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Genesis 15:14
And also the nation whom they serve I will judge; afterward they shall come out with great possessions.
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Ezekiel 16:3
And say, 'Thus says the Lord GOD to Jerusalem: "Your birth and your nativity are from the land of Canaan; your father was an Amorite and your mother a Hittite.
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Ezekiel 7:8
Now upon you I will soon pour out My fury, And spend My anger upon you; I will judge you according to your ways, And I will repay you for all your abominations.
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Psalms 18:15
Then the channels of the sea were seen, The foundations of the world were uncovered At Your rebuke, O LORD, At the blast of the breath of Your nostrils.
Isaiah 30:33
For Tophet was established of old, Yes, for the king it is prepared. He has made it deep and large; Its pyre is fire with much wood; The breath of the LORD, like a stream of brimstone, Kindles it.
Ezekiel 22:20
As men gather silver, bronze, iron, lead, and tin into the midst of a furnace, to blow fire on it, to melt it; so I will gather you in My anger and in My fury, and I will leave you there and melt you.
Ezekiel 22:21
Yes, I will gather you and blow on you with the fire of My wrath, and you shall be melted in its midst.
Haggai 1:9
You looked for much, but indeed it came to little; and when you brought it home, I blew it away. Why?" says the LORD of hosts. "Because of My house that is in ruins, while every one of you runs to his own house.
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Jeremiah 6:22
Thus says the LORD: "Behold, a people comes from the north country, And a great nation will be raised from the farthest parts of the earth.
Jeremiah 6:23
They will lay hold on bow and spear; They are cruel and have no mercy; Their voice roars like the sea; And they ride on horses, As men of war set in array against you, O daughter of Zion.
Jeremiah 51:20
You are My battle-ax and weapons of war: For with you I will break the nation in pieces; With you I will destroy kingdoms.
Jeremiah 51:21
With you I will break in pieces the horse and its rider; With you I will break in pieces the chariot and its rider.
Habakkuk 1:6 - 10
For indeed I am raising up the Chaldeans, A bitter and hasty nation Which marches through the breadth of the earth, To possess dwelling places that are not theirs.
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Ezekiel 25:10
To the men of the East I will give it as a possession, together with the Ammonites, that the Ammonites may not be remembered among the nations.
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