{"id":1663,"date":"2015-01-10T13:47:05","date_gmt":"2015-01-10T13:47:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/ezk21\/"},"modified":"2019-07-27T10:23:46","modified_gmt":"2019-07-27T14:23:46","slug":"ezk21","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/ezk21\/","title":{"rendered":"Ezekiel 21"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"main\">\r\n <div class=\"chapterlabel\"><a name=\"V0\"> 21<\/a><\/div><div class=\"p\">\r\n <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V1\">1\u00a0<\/a><\/span>And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V2\">2\u00a0<\/a><\/span>Son of man, set thy face toward Jerusalem, and drop <span class=\"add\">thy word<\/span> toward the holy places, and prophesy against the land of Israel,  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V3\">3\u00a0<\/a><\/span>And say to the land of Israel, Thus saith the LORD; Behold, I <span class=\"add\">am<\/span> against thee, and will draw forth my sword out of his sheath, and will cut off from thee the righteous and the wicked.  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V4\">4\u00a0<\/a><\/span>Seeing then that I will cut off from thee the righteous and the wicked, therefore shall my sword go forth out of his sheath against all flesh from the south to the north:  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V5\">5\u00a0<\/a><\/span>That all flesh may know that I the LORD have drawn forth my sword out of his sheath: it shall not return any more.  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V6\">6\u00a0<\/a><\/span>Sigh therefore, thou son of man, with the breaking of <span class=\"add\">thy<\/span> loins; and with bitterness sigh before their eyes.  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V7\">7\u00a0<\/a><\/span>And it shall be, when they say unto thee, Wherefore sighest thou? that thou shalt answer, For the tidings; because it cometh: and every heart shall melt, and all hands shall be feeble, and every spirit shall faint, and all knees shall be weak <span class=\"add\">as<\/span> water: behold, it cometh, and shall be brought to pass, saith the Lord GOD. <\/div><div class=\"p\"> <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V8\">8\u00a0<\/a><\/span>Again the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V9\">9\u00a0<\/a><\/span>Son of man, prophesy, and say, Thus saith the LORD; Say, A sword, a sword is sharpened, and also furbished:  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V10\">10\u00a0<\/a><\/span>It is sharpened to make a sore slaughter; it is furbished that it may glitter: should we then make mirth? it contemneth the rod of my son, <span class=\"add\">as<\/span> every tree.  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V11\">11\u00a0<\/a><\/span>And he hath given it to be furbished, that it may be handled: this sword is sharpened, and it is furbished, to give it into the hand of the slayer.  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V12\">12\u00a0<\/a><\/span>Cry and howl, son of man: for it shall be upon my people, it <span class=\"add\">shall be<\/span> upon all the princes of Israel: terrors by reason of the sword shall be upon my people: smite therefore upon <span class=\"add\">thy<\/span> thigh.  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V13\">13\u00a0<\/a><\/span>Because <span class=\"add\">it is<\/span> a trial, and what if <span class=\"add\">the sword<\/span> contemn even the rod? it shall be no <span class=\"add\">more,<\/span> saith the Lord GOD.  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V14\">14\u00a0<\/a><\/span>Thou therefore, son of man, prophesy, and smite <span class=\"add\">thine<\/span> hands together, and let the sword be doubled the third time, the sword of the slain: it <span class=\"add\">is<\/span> the sword of the great <span class=\"add\">men that are<\/span> slain, which entereth into their privy chambers.  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V15\">15\u00a0<\/a><\/span>I have set the point of the sword against all their gates, that <span class=\"add\">their<\/span> heart may faint, and <span class=\"add\">their<\/span> ruins be multiplied: ah! <span class=\"add\">it is<\/span> made bright, <span class=\"add\">it is<\/span> wrapped up for the slaughter.  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V16\">16\u00a0<\/a><\/span>Go thee one way or other, <span class=\"add\">either<\/span> on the right hand, <span class=\"add\">or<\/span> on the left, whithersoever thy face <span class=\"add\">is<\/span> set.  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V17\">17\u00a0<\/a><\/span>I will also smite mine hands together, and I will cause my fury to rest: I the LORD have said <span class=\"add\">it. <\/span>  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V18\">18\u00a0<\/a><\/span>The word of the LORD came unto me again, saying,  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V19\">19\u00a0<\/a><\/span>Also, thou son of man, appoint thee two ways, that the sword of the king of Babylon may come: both twain shall come forth out of one land: and choose thou a place, choose <span class=\"add\">it<\/span> at the head of the way to the city.  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V20\">20\u00a0<\/a><\/span>Appoint a way, that the sword may come to Rabbath of the Ammonites, and to Judah in Jerusalem the defenced.  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V21\">21\u00a0<\/a><\/span>For the king of Babylon stood at the parting of the way, at the head of the two ways, to use divination: he made <span class=\"add\">his<\/span> arrows bright, he consulted with images, he looked in the liver.  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V22\">22\u00a0<\/a><\/span>At his right hand was the divination for Jerusalem, to appoint captains, to open the mouth in the slaughter, to lift up the voice with shouting, to appoint <span class=\"add\">battering<\/span> rams against the gates, to cast a mount, <span class=\"add\">and<\/span> to build a fort.  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V23\">23\u00a0<\/a><\/span>And it shall be unto them as a false divination in their sight, to them that have sworn oaths: but he will call to remembrance the iniquity, that they may be taken.  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V24\">24\u00a0<\/a><\/span>Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Because ye have made your iniquity to be remembered, in that your transgressions are discovered, so that in all your doings your sins do appear; because, <span class=\"add\">I say,<\/span> that ye are come to remembrance, ye shall be taken with the hand. <\/div><div class=\"p\"> <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V25\">25\u00a0<\/a><\/span>And thou, profane wicked prince of Israel, whose day is come, when iniquity <span class=\"add\">shall have<\/span> an end,  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V26\">26\u00a0<\/a><\/span>Thus saith the Lord GOD; Remove the diadem, and take off the crown: this <span class=\"add\">shall<\/span> not <span class=\"add\">be<\/span> the same: exalt <span class=\"add\">him that is<\/span> low, and abase <span class=\"add\">him that is<\/span> high.  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V27\">27\u00a0<\/a><\/span>I will overturn, overturn, overturn, it: and it shall be no <span class=\"add\">more,<\/span> until he come whose right it is; and I will give it <span class=\"add\">him. <\/span> <\/div><div class=\"p\"> <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V28\">28\u00a0<\/a><\/span>And thou, son of man, prophesy and say, Thus saith the Lord GOD concerning the Ammonites, and concerning their reproach; even say thou, The sword, the sword <span class=\"add\">is<\/span> drawn: for the slaughter <span class=\"add\">it is<\/span> furbished, to consume because of the glittering:  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V29\">29\u00a0<\/a><\/span>Whiles they see vanity unto thee, whiles they divine a lie unto thee, to bring thee upon the necks of <span class=\"add\">them that are<\/span> slain, of the wicked, whose day is come, when their iniquity <span class=\"add\">shall have<\/span> an end.  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V30\">30\u00a0<\/a><\/span>Shall I cause <span class=\"add\">it<\/span> to return into his sheath? I will judge thee in the place where thou wast created, in the land of thy nativity.  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V31\">31\u00a0<\/a><\/span>And I will pour out mine indignation upon thee, I will blow against thee in the fire of my wrath, and deliver thee into the hand of brutish men, <span class=\"add\">and<\/span> skilful to destroy.  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V32\">32\u00a0<\/a><\/span>Thou shalt be for fuel to the fire; thy blood shall be in the midst of the land; thou shalt be no <span class=\"add\">more<\/span> remembered: for I the LORD have spoken <span class=\"add\">it.<\/span> <\/div><hr \/><\/div>\r\n\r\n  <div class=\"chapters\">\r\n    <h3>Ezekiel Chapters<\/h3>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/ezk01\">1<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/ezk02\">2<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/ezk03\">3<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/ezk04\">4<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/ezk05\">5<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/ezk06\">6<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/ezk07\">7<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/ezk08\">8<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/ezk09\">9<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/ezk10\">10<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/ezk11\">11<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/ezk12\">12<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/ezk13\">13<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/ezk14\">14<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/ezk15\">15<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/ezk16\">16<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/ezk17\">17<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/ezk18\">18<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/ezk19\">19<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/ezk20\">20<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/ezk21\">21<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/ezk22\">22<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/ezk23\">23<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/ezk24\">24<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/ezk25\">25<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/ezk26\">26<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/ezk27\">27<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/ezk28\">28<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/ezk29\">29<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/ezk30\">30<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/ezk31\">31<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/ezk32\">32<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/ezk33\">33<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/ezk34\">34<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/ezk35\">35<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/ezk36\">36<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/ezk37\">37<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/ezk38\">38<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/ezk39\">39<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/ezk40\">40<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/ezk41\">41<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/ezk42\">42<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/ezk43\">43<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/ezk44\">44<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/ezk45\">45<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/ezk46\">46<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/ezk47\">47<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/ezk48\">48<\/a>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>21 1\u00a0And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, 2\u00a0Son of man, set thy face toward Jerusalem, and drop thy word toward the holy places, and prophesy against the land of Israel, 3\u00a0And say to the land of Israel, Thus saith the LORD; Behold, I am against thee, and will draw forth my sword out of his sheath, and will cut off from thee the righteous and the wicked. 4\u00a0Seeing then that I will cut off from thee the righteous and the wicked, therefore shall my sword go forth out of his sheath against all flesh from the south to the north: 5\u00a0That all flesh may know that I the LORD have drawn forth my sword out of his sheath: it shall not return any more. 6\u00a0Sigh therefore, thou son of man, with the breaking of thy loins; and with bitterness sigh before their eyes. 7\u00a0And it shall be, when they say unto thee, Wherefore sighest thou? that thou shalt answer, For the tidings; because it cometh: and every heart shall melt, and all hands shall be feeble, and every spirit shall faint, and all knees shall be weak as water: behold, it cometh, and shall be brought to pass, saith the Lord GOD. 8\u00a0Again the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, 9\u00a0Son of man, prophesy, and say, Thus saith the LORD; Say, A sword, a sword is sharpened, and also furbished: 10\u00a0It is sharpened to make a sore slaughter; it is furbished that it may glitter: should we then make mirth? it contemneth the rod of my son, as every tree. 11\u00a0And he hath given it to be furbished, that it may be handled: this sword is sharpened, and it is furbished, to give it into the hand of the slayer. 12\u00a0Cry and howl, son&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[27],"class_list":["post-1663","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-ezekiel"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1663","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1663"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1663\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3237,"href":"https:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1663\/revisions\/3237"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1663"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1663"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1663"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}