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Ezekiel 21:15-17
Revised Standard Version
Ezekiel 21:15-17
Revised Standard Version
15 that their hearts may melt, and many fall at all their gates. I have given the glittering sword; ah! it is made like lightning, it is polished[a] for slaughter. 16 Cut sharply to right[b] and left where your edge is directed. 17 I also will clap my hands, and I will satisfy my fury; I the Lord have spoken.”
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- Ezekiel 21:15 Tg: Heb wrapped up
- Ezekiel 21:16 Gk Syr Vg: Heb right, set
Ezekiel 21:15-17
New International Version
Ezekiel 21:15-17
New International Version
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)
16 Slash to the right, you sword,
then to the left,
wherever your blade is turned.
17 I too will strike my hands(C) together,
and my wrath(D) will subside.
I the Lord have spoken.(E)”
Footnotes
- Ezekiel 21:15 Septuagint; the meaning of the Hebrew for this word is uncertain.
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