<vn='1'>And the <sn="1697">word</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="1961">came</s><sn="413">unto</s> me, <sn="559">saying</s>, </v>
<vn='2'><sn="1121">Son</s> of <sn="120">man</s>, <sn="7760">set</s> thy <sn="6440">face</s><sn="413">toward</s><sn="3389">Jerusalem</s>, and <sn="5197">drop</s> thy word <sn="413">toward</s> the holy <sn="4720">places</s>, and <sn="5012">prophesy</s><sn="413">against</s> the <sn="127">land</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s>, </v>
<vn='3'>And <sn="559">say</s> to the <sn="127">land</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s>, <sn="3541">Thus</s><sn="559">saith</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s>; <sn="2009">Behold</s>, I am <sn="413">against</s> thee, and will draw <sn="3318">forth</s> my <sn="2719">sword</s> out of his <sn="4480 8593">sheath</s>, and will cut <sn="3772">off</s><sn="4480">from</s> thee the <sn="6662">righteous</s> and the <sn="7563">wicked</s>. </v>
<vn='4'>Seeing <sn="3282">then</s><sn="834">that</s> I will cut <sn="3772">off</s><sn="4480">from</s> thee the <sn="6662">righteous</s> and the <sn="7563">wicked</s>, <sn="3651">therefore</s> shall my <sn="2719">sword</s> go <sn="3318">forth</s> out of his <sn="4480 8593">sheath</s><sn="413">against</s><sn="3605">all</s><sn="1320">flesh</s> from the <sn="4480 5045">south</s> to the <sn="6828">north</s>: </v>
<vn='5'>That <sn="3605">all</s><sn="1320">flesh</s> may <sn="3045">know</s><sn="3588">that</s><sn="589">I</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s> have drawn <sn="3318">forth</s> my <sn="2719">sword</s> out of his <sn="4480 8593">sheath</s>: it shall <sn="3808">not</s><sn="7725">return</s> any <sn="5750">more</s>. </v>
<vn='6'><sn="584">Sigh</s> therefore, <sn="859">thou</s><sn="1121">son</s> of <sn="120">man</s>, with the <sn="7670">breaking</s> of thy <sn="4975">loins</s>; and with <sn="4814">bitterness</s><sn="584">sigh</s> before their <sn="5869">eyes</s>. </v>
<vn='7'>And it shall <sn="1961">be</s>, <sn="3588">when</s> they <sn="559">say</s><sn="413">unto</s> thee, <sn="5921 4100">Wherefore</s><sn="584">sighest</s><sn="859">thou</s>? that thou shalt <sn="559">answer</s>, <sn="413">For</s> the <sn="8052">tidings</s>; <sn="3588">because</s> it <sn="935">cometh</s>: and <sn="3605">every</s><sn="3820">heart</s> shall <sn="4549">melt</s>, and <sn="3605">all</s><sn="3027">hands</s> shall be <sn="7503">feeble</s>, and <sn="3605">every</s><sn="7307">spirit</s> shall <sn="3543">faint</s>, and <sn="3605">all</s><sn="1290">knees</s> shall be <sn="1980">weak</s> as <sn="4325">water</s>: <sn="2009">behold</s>, it <sn="935">cometh</s>, and shall be brought to <sn="1961">pass</s>, <sn="5002">saith</s> the <sn="136">Lord</s><sn="3069">GOD</s>. </v>
<vn='8'>Again the <sn="1697">word</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="1961">came</s><sn="413">unto</s> me, <sn="559">saying</s>, </v>
<vn='9'><sn="1121">Son</s> of <sn="120">man</s>, <sn="5012">prophesy</s>, and <sn="559">say</s>, <sn="3541">Thus</s><sn="559">saith</s> the <sn="136">LORD</s>; <sn="559">Say</s>, A <sn="2719">sword</s>, a <sn="2719">sword</s> is <sn="2300">sharpened</s>, and <sn="1571">also</s><sn="4803">furbished</s>: </v>
<vn='10'>It is <sn="2300">sharpened</s><sn="4616">to</s> make a sore <sn="2873 2874">slaughter</s>; it is <sn="4803">furbished</s><sn="4616">that</s> it may <sn="1961 1300">glitter</s>: should we <sn="176">then</s> make <sn="7797">mirth</s>? it <sn="3988">contemneth</s> the <sn="7626">rod</s> of my <sn="1121">son</s>, as <sn="3605">every</s><sn="6086">tree</s>. </v>
<vn='11'>And he hath <sn="5414">given</s> it to be <sn="4803">furbished</s>, that it may be <sn="8610 3709">handled</s>: <sn="1931">this</s><sn="2719">sword</s> is <sn="2300">sharpened</s>, and <sn="1931">it</s> is <sn="4803">furbished</s>, to <sn="5414">give</s> it into the <sn="3027">hand</s> of the <sn="2026">slayer</s>. </v>
<vn='12'><sn="2199">Cry</s> and <sn="3213">howl</s>, <sn="1121">son</s> of <sn="120">man</s>: <sn="3588">for</s><sn="1931">it</s> shall <sn="1961">be</s> upon my <sn="5971">people</s>, <sn="1931">it</s> shall be upon <sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="5387">princes</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s>: <sn="4048">terrors</s> by reason <sn="413">of</s> the <sn="2719">sword</s> shall <sn="1961">be</s><sn="854">upon</s> my <sn="5971">people</s>: <sn="5606">smite</s><sn="3651">therefore</s><sn="413">upon</s> thy <sn="3409">thigh</s>. </v>
<vn='13'><sn="3588">Because</s> it is a <sn="974">trial</s>, and <sn="4100">what</s><sn="518">if</s> the sword <sn="3988">contemn</s><sn="1571">even</s> the <sn="7626">rod</s>? it shall <sn="1961">be</s><sn="3808">no</s> more, <sn="5002">saith</s> the <sn="136">Lord</s><sn="3069">GOD</s>. </v>
<vn='14'><sn="859">Thou</s> therefore, <sn="1121">son</s> of <sn="120">man</s>, <sn="5012">prophesy</s>, and smite thine hands <sn="5221 3709 413 3709">together</s>, and let the <sn="2719">sword</s> be <sn="3717">doubled</s> the third <sn="7992">time</s>, the <sn="2719">sword</s> of the <sn="2491">slain</s>: <sn="1931">it</s> is the <sn="2719">sword</s> of the <sn="1419">great</s> men that are <sn="2491">slain</s>, which entereth into their privy <sn="2314">chambers</s>. </v>
<vn='15'>I have <sn="5414">set</s> the <sn="19">point</s> of the <sn="2719">sword</s><sn="5921">against</s><sn="3605">all</s> their <sn="8179">gates</s>, <sn="4616">that</s> their <sn="3820">heart</s> may <sn="4127">faint</s>, and their <sn="4383">ruins</s> be <sn="7235">multiplied</s>: <sn="253">ah</s>! it is made <sn="6213 1300">bright</s>, it is wrapped <sn="4593">up</s> for the <sn="2874">slaughter</s>. </v>
<vn='16'>Go thee one way or <sn="258">other</s>, either on the right <sn="3231">hand</s>, or on the <sn="8041">left</s>, <sn="575">whithersoever</s> thy <sn="6440">face</s> is <sn="3259">set</s>. </v>
<vn='17'><sn="589">I</s> will <sn="1571">also</s><sn="5221">smite</s> mine hands <sn="3709 413 3709">together</s>, and I will cause my <sn="2534">fury</s> to <sn="5117">rest</s>: <sn="589">I</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s> have <sn="1696">said</s> it. </v>
<vn='18'>The <sn="1697">word</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="1961">came</s><sn="413">unto</s> me again, <sn="559">saying</s>, </v>
<vn='19'>Also, <sn="859">thou</s><sn="1121">son</s> of <sn="120">man</s>, <sn="7760">appoint</s> thee <sn="8147">two</s><sn="1870">ways</s>, that the <sn="2719">sword</s> of the <sn="4428">king</s> of <sn="894">Babylon</s> may <sn="935">come</s>: both <sn="8147">twain</s> shall come <sn="3318">forth</s> out of one <sn="4480 776 259">land</s>: and <sn="1254">choose</s> thou a <sn="3027">place</s>, <sn="1254">choose</s> it at the <sn="7218">head</s> of the <sn="1870">way</s> to the <sn="5892">city</s>. </v>
<vn='20'><sn="7760">Appoint</s> a <sn="1870">way</s>, that the <sn="2719">sword</s> may <sn="935">come</s><sn="854">to</s><sn="7237">Rabbath</s> of the <sn="1121 5983">Ammonites</s>, and <sn="854">to</s><sn="3063">Judah</s> in <sn="3389">Jerusalem</s> the <sn="1219">defensed</s>. </v>
<vn='21'><sn="3588">For</s> the <sn="4428">king</s> of <sn="894">Babylon</s><sn="5975">stood</s><sn="413">at</s> the <sn="517">parting</s> of the <sn="1870">way</s>, at the <sn="7218">head</s> of the <sn="8147">two</s><sn="1870">ways</s>, to <sn="7080">use</s><sn="7081">divination</s>: he made his arrows <sn="7043 2671">bright</s>, he <sn="7592">consulted</s> with <sn="8655">images</s>, he <sn="7200">looked</s> in the <sn="3516">liver</s>. </v>
<vn='22'>At his right <sn="3225">hand</s><sn="1961">was</s> the <sn="7081">divination</s> for <sn="3389">Jerusalem</s>, to <sn="7760">appoint</s><sn="3733">captains</s>, to <sn="6605">open</s> the <sn="6310">mouth</s> in the <sn="7524">slaughter</s>, to lift <sn="7311">up</s> the <sn="6963">voice</s> with <sn="8643">shouting</s>, to <sn="7760">appoint</s> battering <sn="3733">rams</s><sn="5921">against</s> the <sn="8179">gates</s>, to <sn="8210">cast</s> a <sn="5550">mount</s>, and to <sn="1129">build</s> a <sn="1785">fort</s>. </v>
<vn='23'>And it shall <sn="1961">be</s> unto them as a <sn="7723">false</s><sn="7080">divination</s> in their <sn="5869">sight</s>, to them that have <sn="7650">sworn</s><sn="7621">oaths</s>: but <sn="1931">he</s> will call to <sn="2142">remembrance</s> the <sn="5771">iniquity</s>, that they may be <sn="8610">taken</s>. </v>
<vn='24'><sn="3651">Therefore</s><sn="3541">thus</s><sn="559">saith</s> the <sn="136">Lord</s><sn="3069">GOD</s>; <sn="3282">Because</s> ye have made your <sn="5771">iniquity</s> to be <sn="2142">remembered</s>, in that your <sn="6588">transgressions</s> are <sn="1540">discovered</s>, so that in <sn="3605">all</s> your <sn="5949">doings</s> your <sn="2403">sins</s> do <sn="7200">appear</s>; <sn="3282">because</s>, I say, that ye are come to <sn="2142">remembrance</s>, ye shall be <sn="8610">taken</s> with the <sn="3709">hand</s>. </v>
<vn='25'>And <sn="859">thou</s>, <sn="2491">profane</s><sn="7563">wicked</s><sn="5387">prince</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s>, <sn="834">whose</s><sn="3117">day</s> is <sn="935">come</s>, <sn="6256">when</s><sn="5771">iniquity</s> shall have an <sn="7093">end</s>, </v>
<vn='26'><sn="3541">Thus</s><sn="559">saith</s> the <sn="136">Lord</s><sn="3069">GOD</s>; <sn="5493">Remove</s> the <sn="4701">diadem</s>, and take <sn="7311">off</s> the <sn="5850">crown</s>: <sn="2063">this</s> shall <sn="3808">not</s> be the <sn="2063">same</s>: <sn="1361">exalt</s> him that is <sn="8217">low</s>, and <sn="8213">abase</s> him that is <sn="1364">high</s>. </v>
<vn='27'>I <sn="7760">will</s><sn="5754">overturn</s>, <sn="5754">overturn</s>, <sn="5754">overturn</s>, it: <sn="1571">and</s><sn="2063">it</s> shall <sn="1961">be</s><sn="3808">no</s> more, <sn="5704">until</s> he <sn="935">come</s><sn="834">whose</s><sn="4941">right</s> it is; and I will <sn="5414">give</s> it him. </v>
<vn='28'>And <sn="859">thou</s>, <sn="1121">son</s> of <sn="120">man</s>, <sn="5012">prophesy</s> and <sn="559">say</s>, <sn="3541">Thus</s><sn="559">saith</s> the <sn="136">Lord</s><sn="3069">GOD</s><sn="413">concerning</s> the <sn="1121 5983">Ammonites</s>, and <sn="413">concerning</s> their <sn="2781">reproach</s>; even <sn="559">say</s> thou, The <sn="2719">sword</s>, the <sn="2719">sword</s> is <sn="6605">drawn</s>: for the <sn="2874">slaughter</s> it is <sn="4803">furbished</s>, to <sn="3557">consume</s> because <sn="4616">of</s> the <sn="1300">glittering</s>: </v>
<vn='29'>While they <sn="2372">see</s><sn="7723">vanity</s> unto thee, while they <sn="7080">divine</s> a <sn="3577">lie</s> unto thee, to <sn="5414">bring</s> thee <sn="413">upon</s> the <sn="6677">necks</s> of them that are <sn="2491">slain</s>, of the <sn="7563">wicked</s>, <sn="834">whose</s><sn="3119">day</s> is <sn="935">come</s>, <sn="6256">when</s> their <sn="5771">iniquity</s> shall have an <sn="7093">end</s>. </v>
<vn='30'>Shall I cause it to <sn="7725">return</s><sn="413">into</s> his <sn="8593">sheath</s>? I will <sn="8199">judge</s> thee in the <sn="4725">place</s><sn="834">where</s> thou wast <sn="1254">created</s>, in the <sn="776">land</s> of thy <sn="4351">nativity</s>. </v>
<vn='31'>And I will pour <sn="8210">out</s> mine <sn="2195">indignation</s><sn="5921">upon</s> thee, I will <sn="6315">blow</s><sn="5921">against</s> thee in the <sn="784">fire</s> of my <sn="5678">wrath</s>, and <sn="5414">deliver</s> thee into the <sn="3027">hand</s> of <sn="1197">brutish</s><sn="376">men</s>, and <sn="2796">skillful</s> to <sn="4889">destroy</s>. </v>
<vn='32'>Thou shalt <sn="1961">be</s> for <sn="402">fuel</s> to the <sn="784">fire</s>; thy <sn="1818">blood</s> shall <sn="1961">be</s> in the <sn="8432">midst</s> of the <sn="776">land</s>; thou shalt be <sn="3808">no</s> more <sn="2142">remembered</s>: <sn="3588">for</s><sn="589">I</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s> have <sn="1696">spoken</s> it. </v>