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6 And the word of Jehovah was to▵ me, saying,
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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,
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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.
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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.
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10 And all flesh shall know that I◦, Jehovah, have brought··out My sword from its sheath; it shall not return any··more.
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11 And sigh, thou◦ son of man, with the breaking of thy loins; and with bitterness sigh before▫ their eyes.
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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*.
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13 And the word of Jehovah was unto▵ me, saying,
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14 Son of man, prophesy, and say, Thus says Jehovah: say, A sword, a sword is sharpened◦, and also is··furbished;
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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.
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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.
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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.
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18 For◦ it is a test; and what if the sword reject even the scepter? It shall not be, says◦ the Lord Jehovih.
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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.
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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!
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21 Unite thyself to turn··right; set thyself to turn··left, wherever▵ thy faces congregate.
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22 And even I◦ will smite My palm to▵ my palm, and I will cause My fury to rest; I◦, Jehovah, have spoken.
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23 And the word of Jehovah was unto▵ me, saying,
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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30 And thou◦, the slain wicked one, the chief of Israel, whose day has come, in the time of iniquity it is the end.
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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.
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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.
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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;
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
