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Ezekiel 21:13-15
New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
Ezekiel 21:13-15
New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
13 For consider: What! If you despise the rod, will it not happen?[a] says the Lord God.
14 And you, mortal, prophesy;
strike hand to hand.
Let the sword fall twice, thrice;
it is a sword for killing.
A sword for great slaughter—
it surrounds them;
15 therefore hearts melt
and many stumble.
At all their gates I have set
the point[b] of the sword.
Ah! It is made for flashing,
it is polished[c] for slaughter.
Footnotes
- Ezekiel 21:13 Meaning of Heb uncertain
- Ezekiel 21:15 Meaning of Heb uncertain
- Ezekiel 21:15 Tg: Heb wrapped up
Ezekiel 21:13-15
New International Version
Ezekiel 21:13-15
New International Version
13 “‘Testing will surely come. And what if even the scepter, which the sword despises, does not continue? declares the Sovereign Lord.’
14 “So then, son of man, prophesy
and strike your hands(A) together.
Let the sword strike twice,
even three times.
It is a sword for slaughter—
a sword for great slaughter,
closing in on them from every side.(B)
15 So that hearts may melt with fear(C)
and the fallen be many,
I have stationed the sword for slaughter[a]
at all their gates.
Look! It is forged to strike like lightning,
it is grasped for slaughter.(D)
Footnotes
- Ezekiel 21:15 Septuagint; the meaning of the Hebrew for this word is uncertain.
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