15 that their hearts may melt, and many stumble.[a] At all their gates I have given the glittering sword. Ah, it is made like lightning; (A)it is taken up[b] for slaughter.

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 21:15 Hebrew many stumbling blocks
  2. Ezekiel 21:15 The meaning of the Hebrew word rendered taken up is uncertain

15 So that hearts may melt with fear(A)
    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.(B)

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 21:15 Septuagint; the meaning of the Hebrew for this word is uncertain.

15 I have set the point of the sword against all their gates, that their heart may faint, and their ruins be multiplied: ah! it is made bright, it is wrapped up for the slaughter.

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28 “And you, (A)son of man, prophesy, and say, Thus says the Lord God (B)concerning the Ammonites and concerning their reproach; say, (C)A sword, a sword (D)is drawn for the slaughter. (E)It is polished to consume and to flash like lightning—

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28 “And you, son of man, prophesy and say, ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says about the Ammonites(A) and their insults:

“‘A sword,(B) a sword,
    drawn for the slaughter,
polished to consume
    and to flash like lightning!

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28 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 is drawn: for the slaughter it is furbished, to consume because of the glittering:

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