Dual Panel1The word <01697> of the Lord <03068> came <01961> to <0413> me:
2“Son <01121> of man <0120>, turn <07760> toward <0413> Jerusalem <03389> and speak <05197> out against <0413> the sanctuaries <04720>. Prophesy <05012> against <0413> the land <0127> of Israel <03478>
3and say <0559> to them <03478> <0127>, ‘This is what <03541> the Lord <03068> says <0559>: Look <02005>, I am against <0413> you. I will draw <03318> my sword <02719> from its sheath <08593> and cut off <03772> from <04480> you both the righteous <06662> and the wicked <07563>.
4Because <03282> I will cut off <03772> from <04480> you both the righteous <06662> and the wicked <07563>, my sword <02719> will go out <03318> from its sheath <08593> against <0413> everyone <01320> <03605> from the south <05045> to the north <06828>.
5Then everyone <01320> <03605> will know <03045> that <03588> I <0589> am the Lord <03068>, who drew <03318> my sword <02719> from its sheath <08593>– it will not <03808> be sheathed <07725> again <05750>!’
6“And you <0859>, son <01121> of man <0120>, groan <0584> with an aching <07670> heart <04975> and bitterness <04814>; groan <0584> before their eyes <05869>.
7When <03588> they ask <0559> you, ‘Why <04100> are you <0859> groaning <0584>?’ you will reply <0559>, ‘Because <0413> of the report <08052> that <03588> has come <0935>. Every <03605> heart <03820> will melt <04549> with fear <07503> and every <03605> hand <03027> will be limp <03543>; everyone <07307> <03605> will faint and every <03605> knee <01290> will be wet <01980> with urine <04325>.’ Pay attention <02009>– it is coming <0935> and it will happen <01961>, declares <05002> the sovereign <0136> Lord <03069>.”
8The word <01697> of the Lord <03068> came <01961> to <0413> me:
9“Son <01121> of man <0120>, prophesy <05012> and say <0559>: ‘This is <03541> what the Lord <0136> says <0559>: “‘A sword <02719>, a sword <02719> is sharpened <02300>, and also <01571> polished <04803>.
10It is sharpened <02300> for <04616> slaughter <02873> <02874>, it is polished <04803> to <04616> flash like lightning <01300>! “‘Should we rejoice <07797> in the scepter <07626> of my son <01121>? No! The sword despises <03988> every <03605> tree <06086>!
11“‘He gave <05414> it to be polished <04803>, to be grasped <08610> in the hand <03709>– the sword <02719> is sharpened <02300>, it <01931> is polished <04803>– giving <05414> it into the hand <03027> of the executioner <02026>.
12Cry out <02199> and moan <03213>, son <01121> of man <0120>, for <03588> it <01931> is wielded <01961> against my people <05971>; against all <03605> the princes <05387> of Israel <03478>. They are delivered up <04048> to <0413> the sword <02719>, along with <0854> my people <05971>. Therefore <03651>, strike <05606> your thigh <03409>.
13“‘For <03588> testing <0974> will come, and what <04100> will happen <01961> when the scepter <07626>, which the sword despises <03988>, is no <03808> more? declares <05002> the sovereign <0136> Lord <03069>.’
14“And you <0859>, son <01121> of man <0120>, prophesy <05012>, and clap <05221> your hands together <03709> <0413> <03709>. Let the sword <02719> strike twice <03717>, even three times <07992>! It <01931> is a sword <02719> for slaughter <02491>, a sword <02719> for the great <01419> slaughter <02491> surrounding <02314> them.
15So <04616> hearts <03820> melt <04127> with fear and many <07235> stumble <04383>. At <05921> all <03605> their gates <08179> I have stationed <05414> the sword <02719> for slaughter <019>. Ah <0253>! It is made <06213> to flash <01300>, it is drawn <04593> for slaughter <02875>!
16Cut sharply <0258> on the right <03231>! Swing <07760> to the left <08041>, wherever your edge <06440> is appointed <03259> to strike.
17I <0589> too <01571> will clap <05221> my hands <03709> together <03709> <0413>, I will exhaust <05117> my rage <02534>; I <0589> the Lord <03068> have spoken <01696>.”
18The word <01697> of the Lord <03068> came <01961> to <0413> me:
19“You <0859>, son <01121> of man <0120>, mark out <07760> two <08147> routes <01870> for the king <04428> of Babylon’s <0894> sword <02719> to take <03318>; both <08147> of them will originate <0935> in a single <0259> land <0776>. Make <01254> a signpost <03027> and put it at the beginning <07218> of the road <01870> leading to the city <05892>.
20Mark out <07760> the routes <01870> for the sword <02719> to take <0935>: “Rabbah <07237> of the Ammonites <05983> <01121>” and “Judah <03063> with Jerusalem <03389> in it <01219>.”
21For <03588> the king <04428> of Babylon <0894> stands <05975> at <0413> the fork <0517> in the road <01870> at the head <07218> of the two <08147> routes <01870>. He looks for <07080> omens <07081>: He shakes <07043> arrows <02671>, he consults <07592> idols <08655>, he examines <07200> animal livers <03516>.
22Into his right hand <03225> comes <01961> the portent <07081> for Jerusalem <03389>– to set up <07760> battering rams <03733>, to give <06605> the signal <06310> for slaughter <07524>, to shout out <07311> the battle cry <08643> <06963>, to set up <07760> battering rams <03733> against <05921> the gates <08179>, to erect a siege <08210> ramp <05550>, to build <01129> a siege wall <01785>.
23But those in Jerusalem will view <05869> it as a false <07080> omen <07080>. They have sworn solemn <07650> oaths <07621>, but the king <01931> of Babylon will accuse <02142> them of violations <05771> in order to seize <08610> them.
24“Therefore <03651> this is what <03541> the sovereign <0136> Lord <03069> says <0559>: ‘Because <03282> you have brought up <02142> your own guilt <05771> by uncovering <01540> your transgressions <06588> and revealing <07200> your sins <02403> through all <03605> your actions <05949>, for this <03282> reason <02142> you will be taken <08610> by force <03709>.
25“‘As for you <0859>, profane <02491> and wicked <07563> prince <05387> of Israel <03478>, whose <0834> day <03117> has come <0935>, the time <06256> of final <07093> punishment <05771>,
26this is what <03541> the sovereign <03068> Lord <0136> says <0559>: Tear off <05493> the turban <04701>, take off <07311> the crown <05850>! Things <02063> <03808> <02063> must change <02063> <03808> <02063>! Exalt <01361> the lowly <08217>, bring down <08213> the proud <01364>!
27A total <05754> <05754> ruin <05754> I will make <07760> it! It will come <01961> to an end <05704> <03808> when the one arrives <0935> to whom <0834> I have assigned <05414> judgment <04941>.’
28“As for you <0859>, son <01121> of man <0120>, prophesy <05012> and say <0559>, ‘This is <03541> what the sovereign <03069> Lord <0136> says <0559> concerning <0413> the Ammonites <05983> <01121> and their coming humiliation <02781>; say <0559>: “‘A sword <02719>, a sword <02719> drawn <06605> for slaughter <02874>, polished <04803> to consume <0398>, to flash like lightning <01300>–
29while seeing <02372> false visions <07723> for you and reading <07080> lying <03577> omens <07080> for you– to place <05414> that sword on <0413> the necks <06677> of the profane <02491> wicked <07563>, whose <0834> day <03117> has come <0935>, the time <06256> of final <07093> punishment <05771>.
30Return <07725> it to <0413> its sheath <08593>! In the place <04725> where <0834> you were created <01254>, in your native <04351> land <0776>, I will judge <08199> you.
31I will pour out <08210> my anger <02195> on <05921> you; the fire <0784> of my fury <05678> I will blow <06315> on <05921> you. I will hand <03027> <05414> you over <03027> <05414> to brutal <01197> men <0376>, who are skilled <02796> in destruction <04889>.
32You will become <01961> fuel <0402> for the fire <0784>– your blood <01818> will stain <01961> the middle <08432> of the land <0776>; you will no <03808> longer be remembered <02142>, for <03588> I <0589>, the Lord <03068>, have spoken <01696>.’”