^{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.