^{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 Yahweh said to Noah, "Come with all of your household into the ship, for I have seen your righteousness before me in this generation.

² You shall take seven pairs of every clean animal with you, the male and his female. Of the animals that are not clean, take two, the male and his female.

³ Also of the birds of the sky, seven and seven, male and female, to keep seed alive on the surface of all the earth.

⁴ In seven days, I will cause it to rain on the earth for forty days and forty nights. Every living thing that I have made, I will destroy from the surface of the ground."

⁵ Noah did everything that Yahweh commanded him.

⁶ Noah was six hundred years old when the flood of waters came on the earth.

⁷ Noah went into the ship with his sons, his wife, and his sons' wives, because of the waters of the flood.

⁸ Clean animals, animals that are not Clean, birds, and everything that creeps on the ground

⁹ went by pairs to Noah into the ship, male and female, as God commanded Noah.

¹⁰ It happened after the seven days, that the waters of the flood came on the earth.

¹¹ In the six hundredth year of Noah's life, in the second month, on the seventeenth day of the month, on the same day all the fountains of the great deep were burst open, and the sky's windows were opened.

¹² The rain was on the earth forty days and forty nights.

¹³ In the same day Noah, and Shem, Ham, and Japheth, the sons of Noah, and Noah's wife, and the three wives of his sons with them, entered into the ship;

¹⁴ they, and every animal after its kind, all the livestock after their kind, every creeping thing that creeps on the earth after its kind, and every bird after its kind, every bird of every sort.

¹⁵ They went to Noah into the ship, by pairs of all flesh with the breath of life in them.

¹⁶ Those who went in, went in male and female of all flesh, as God commanded him; and Yahweh shut him in.

¹⁷ The flood was forty days on the earth. The waters increased, and lifted up the ship, and it was lifted up above the earth.

¹⁸ The waters prevailed, and increased greatly on the earth; and the ship floated on the surface of the waters.

¹⁹ The waters prevailed exceedingly on the earth. All the high mountains that were under the whole sky were covered.

²⁰ The waters prevailed fifteen cubits upward, and the mountains were covered.

²¹ All flesh died that moved on the earth, including birds, livestock, animals, every creeping thing that creeps on the earth, and every man.

²² All in whose nostrils was the breath of the spirit of life, of all that was on the dry land, died.

²³ Every living thing was destroyed that was on the surface of the ground, including man, livestock, creeping things, and birds of the sky. They were destroyed from the earth. Only Noah was left, and those who were with him in the ship.

²⁴ The waters prevailed on the earth one hundred fifty days.