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Ezekiel 21:13-15
Evangelical Heritage Version
Ezekiel 21:13-15
Evangelical Heritage Version
13 Yes, testing is sure to come.
What if the scepter, which the sword despises, is no more?[a]
This is the declaration of the Lord God.
14 Now you, son of man, prophesy.
Clap your hands together.[b]
Let the sword strike two times or even three.
It is a sword for those who are to be slain,
a sword for great slaughter,[c]
a sword that pursues even to the inner room,[d]
15 so that hearts melt,
and those who stumble will be many.
At all their gates I have placed the point[e] of the sword.
Yes, it is made to flash like lightning,
unsheathed for slaughter.
Footnotes
- Ezekiel 21:13 The verse is difficult, and the meaning is uncertain. It seems to be asking, “When the kings of Judah have been destroyed, how can the promise to David come true?” See verse 10 and verse 27.
- Ezekiel 21:14 Apparently a signal to begin the slaughter. Compare 21:17.
- Ezekiel 21:14 Or to slaughter the great
- Ezekiel 21:14 The meaning of this line is uncertain.
- Ezekiel 21:15 The meaning of this word is uncertain.
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