^{1 6} And the word of Jehovah was to^▵ me, saying,

^{2 7} Son of man, set thy face toward^▵ Jerusalem, and cause thy word to drop·​·down toward^▵ the sanctuaries, and prophesy to^▵ the ground of Israel,

^{3 8} and say to the ground of Israel, Thus says Jehovah; Behold, I^◦ am against^▵ thee, and will bring·​·out My sword from its sheath, and will cut·​·off from thee the just and the wicked.

^{4 9} Because I will cut·​·off from thee the just and the wicked, therefore shall My sword go·​·out from its sheath to^▵ all flesh from south to north.

^{5 10} And all flesh shall know that I^◦, Jehovah, have brought·​·out My sword from its sheath; it shall not return any·​·more.

^{6 11} And sigh, thou^◦ son of man, with the breaking of thy loins; and with bitterness sigh before^▫ their eyes.

^{7 12} And it shall be, that they shall say to^▵ thee, Over what dost thou^◦ sigh? And thou shalt say, For^◦ the report, that it comes; and every heart shall melt, and all hands shall be·​·slack, and every spirit shall be·​·dim, and all knees shall go as water: behold, it comes, and shall be, says^◦ the Lord Jehovih^*.

^{8 13} And the word of Jehovah was unto^▵ me, saying,

^{9 14} Son of man, prophesy, and say, Thus says Jehovah: say, A sword, a sword is sharpened^◦, and also is·​·furbished;

^{10 15} so·​·that it is sharpened^◦ to butcher a butchering; so·​·that it is furbished so·​·that it may have^◦ lightning; or we have·​·joy in the scepter of My son, rejecting every tree.

^{11 16} And He has given it to be·​·furbished, to lay·​·hold of in the palm of the hand; this^◦ sword is sharpened^◦, and it^◦ is furbished, to give it into the hand of the killer.

^{12 17} Cry and howl, son of man; for^◦ it^◦ shall be upon^◦ My people, it^◦ shall be upon^◦ all the chiefs of Israel: hurlings to^▵ the sword shall be with^◦ My people; slap therefore upon the thigh.

^{13 18} For^◦ it is a test; and what if the sword reject even the scepter? It shall not be, says^◦ the Lord Jehovih.

^{14 19} And thou^◦, son of man, prophesy, and smite palm to^▵ palm^*, and let the sword be doubled the third time, the sword of the slain; it^◦ is the sword of the great who are slain, penetrating^* to them in their chambers.

^{15 20} In·​·order·​·to dissolve the heart and to multiply the stumblingblocks, against all their gates I have given the point^◦ of the sword. Ah, it is made into^◦ lightning, sharpened^▵ for the butchering!

^{16 21} Unite thyself to turn·​·right; set thyself to turn·​·left, wherever^▵ thy faces congregate.

^{17 22} And even I^◦ will smite My palm to^▵ my palm, and I will cause My fury to rest; I^◦, Jehovah, have spoken.

^{18 23} And the word of Jehovah was unto^▵ me, saying,

^{19 24} And thou^◦ son of man, set for thee two ways for the sword of the king of Babylon to come; from one land shall the two of them go·​·out: and cut·​·down a space, at the head of the way of the city, cut· it ·down.

^{20 25} Thou shalt set a way for the sword to come to Rabbath of the sons of Ammon, and to Judah into Jerusalem the fortified.

^{21 26} For the king of Babylon stood at^▵ the parting^* of the way, at the head of the two ways, to divine with divination; he was·​·swift with his arrows, asking of the teraphim, he saw into the liver.

^{22 27} At his right·​·hand was the divination for Jerusalem, to set rams^▫, to open the mouth with murder, to lift·​·up^◦ the voice with shouting, to set rams^▫ against the gates, to pour·​·out an embankment, to build a ramp.

^{23 28} And it shall be to them as vain divining in their eyes of those who have promised promises to them; but He^◦ will bring·​·to·​·remembrance the iniquity of^◦ those who are caught.

^{24 29} Therefore thus says the Lord Jehovih: Because you have caused your iniquity to be remembered, in that your transgressions are revealed, so that in all your actions your sins are seen; because, I say, that you are remembered, you shall be caught in the palm of the hand.

^{25 30} And thou^◦, the slain wicked one, the chief of Israel, whose day has come, in the time of iniquity it is the end.

^{26 31} Thus says the Lord Jehovih, Remove the miter, and lift·​·up^◦ the crown; this shall not be this; the low shall be made·​·lofty, and the lofty shall be made·​·low.

^{27 32} Upside·​·down, upside·​·down, upside·​·down, I will set it; even this shall not be, until He come who has^◦ the judgment; and I will give it.

^{28 33} And thou^◦, son of man, prophesy and say, Thus says the Lord Jehovih to^▵ the sons of Ammon, and to^▵ their reproach; and say, The sword, the sword is exposed^◦, it is·​·furbished for the butchering, to eat·​·up for the sake^◦ of the lightning;

^{29 34} when they behold vanity for thee, when they divine a lie unto thee, to put^◦ thee upon the necks of the slain, of the wicked, whose day is come; in the time of their iniquity it is the end.

^{30 35} Shall I cause it to return into^▵ its sheath? I will judge thee in the place where^▵ thou wast created, in the land of thy negotiations.

^{31 36} And I will spill·​·out My indignation upon thee, I will puff against thee in the fire of My wrath, and give thee into the hand of burning men^◦, craftsmen of corruption.

^{32 37} Thou shalt be for food for the fire; thy blood shall be in the midst of the land; thou shalt not be remembered; for I^◦, Jehovah, have spoken.

¹ In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.

² Now the earth was formless and empty. Darkness was on the surface of the deep. God's Spirit was hovering over the surface of the waters.

³ God said, "Let there be light," and there was light.

⁴ God saw the light, and saw that it was good. God divided the light from the darkness.

⁵ God called the light "day," and the darkness he called "night." There was evening and there was morning, one day.

⁶ God said, "Let there be an expanse in the middle of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters."

⁷ God made the expanse, and divided the waters which were under the expanse from the waters which were above the expanse; and it was so.

⁸ God called the expanse "sky." There was evening and there was morning, a second day.

⁹ God said, "Let the waters under the sky be gathered together to one place, and let the dry land appear;" and it was so.

¹⁰ God called the dry land "earth," and the gathering together of the waters he called "seas." God saw that it was good.

¹¹ God said, "Let the earth put forth grass, herbs yielding seed, and fruit trees bearing fruit after their kind, with its seed in it, on the earth;" and it was so.

¹² The earth brought forth grass, herbs yielding seed after their kind, and trees bearing fruit, with its seed in it, after their kind; and God saw that it was good.

¹³ There was evening and there was morning, a third day.

¹⁴ God said, "Let there be lights in the expanse of sky to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days and years;

¹⁵ and let them be for lights in the expanse of sky to give light on the earth;" and it was so.

¹⁶ God made the two great lights: the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night. He also made the stars.

¹⁷ God set them in the expanse of sky to give light to the earth,

¹⁸ and to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness. God saw that it was good.

¹⁹ There was evening and there was morning, a fourth day.

²⁰ God said, "Let the waters swarm with swarms of living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth in the open expanse of sky."

²¹ God created the large sea creatures, and every living creature that moves, with which the waters swarmed, after their kind, and every winged bird after its kind. God saw that it was good.

²² God blessed them, saying, "Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let birds multiply on the earth."

²³ There was evening and there was morning, a fifth day.

²⁴ God said, "Let the earth bring forth living creatures after their kind, livestock, creeping things, and animals of the earth after their kind;" and it was so.

²⁵ God made the animals of the earth after their kind, and the livestock after their kind, and everything that creeps on the ground after its kind. God saw that it was good.

²⁶ God said, "Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the birds of the sky, and over the livestock, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth."

²⁷ God created man in his own image. In God's image he created him; male and female he created them.

²⁸ God blessed them. God said to them, "Be fruitful, multiply, fill the earth, and subdue it. Have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the sky, and over every living thing that moves on the earth."

²⁹ God said, "Behold, I have given you every herb yielding seed, which is on the surface of all the earth, and every tree, which bears fruit yielding seed. It will be your food.

³⁰ To every animal of the earth, and to every bird of the sky, and to everything that creeps on the earth, in which there is life, I have given every green herb for food;" and it was so.

³¹ God saw everything that he had made, and, behold, it was very good. There was evening and there was morning, a sixth day.