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Book of Ezekiel, Chapter 21

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Ezekiel 21 NASB - New American Standard BibleEzekiel 21 NASB - New American Standard Bible

Chapter 21 of Ezekiel—New American Standard Bible (NASB)

  1. [a]And the word of the LORD came to me saying,
  2. “Son of man, 1set your face toward Jerusalem, and [b]2speak against the sanctuaries and prophesy against the land of Israel;
  3. and say to the land of Israel, ‘Thus says the LORD, “Behold, 3I am against you; and I will draw My sword out of its sheath and cut off from you the 4righteous and the wicked.
  4. Because I will cut off from you the righteous and the wicked, therefore My sword will go forth from its sheath against 5all flesh from south to north.
  5. Thus all flesh will know that I, the LORD, have drawn My sword out of its sheath. It will 6not return to its sheath again.”’
  6. As for you, son of man, groan with breaking [c]heart and bitter grief, groan in their sight.
  7. And when they say to you, ‘Why do you groan?’ you shall say, ‘Because of the 7news that is coming; and 8every heart will melt, all hands will be feeble, every spirit will [d]faint and all knees will [e]be weak as water. Behold, it comes and it will happen,’ declares the Lord [f]GOD.”
  8. ¶ Again the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
  9. “Son of man, prophesy and say, ‘Thus says the LORD.’ Say,
    ¶ ‘9A sword, a sword sharpened
    And also polished!
  10. ‘Sharpened to make a 10slaughter,
    Polished [g]to flash like lightning!’
    ¶ Or shall we rejoice, the [h]rod of My son 11despising every tree?
  11. It is given to be polished, that it may be handled; the sword is sharpened and polished, to give it into the hand of the slayer.
  12. 12Cry out and wail, son of man; for it is against My people, it is against all the 13officials of Israel. They are delivered over to the sword with My people, therefore strike your thigh.
  13. For there is a testing; and what if even the [i]rod which despises will be no more?” declares the Lord GOD.
  14. ¶ “You therefore, son of man, prophesy and clap your hands together; and let the sword be 14doubled the third time, the sword for the slain. It is the sword for the great one slain, which surrounds them,
  15. that their 15hearts may melt, and many 16fall at all their 17gates. I have given the glittering sword. Ah! It is made for striking like lightning, it is wrapped up in readiness for slaughter.
  16. [j]Show yourself sharp, go to the right; set yourself; go to the left, wherever your [k]edge is appointed.
  17. I will also clap My hands together, and I will [l]18appease My wrath; I, the LORD, have spoken.”
  18. ¶ The word of the LORD came to me saying,
  19. “As for you, son of man, [m]19make two ways for the sword of the king of Babylon to come; both of them will go out of one land. And [n]make a signpost; [o]make it at the head of the way to the city.
  20. You shall [p]mark a way for the sword to come to 20Rabbah of the sons of Ammon, and to Judah into 21fortified Jerusalem.
  21. For the king of Babylon stands at the [q]parting of the way, at the head of the two ways, to use 22divination; he 23shakes the arrows, he consults the [r]24household idols, he looks at the liver.
  22. Into his right hand came the divination, ‘Jerusalem,’ to 25set battering rams, to open the mouth [s]for slaughter, to lift up the voice with a battle cry, to set battering rams against the gates, to cast up ramps, to build a siege wall.
  23. And it will be to them like a false divination in their eyes; 26they have sworn solemn oaths. But he 27brings iniquity to remembrance, that they may be seized.
  24. ¶ “Therefore, thus says the Lord GOD, ‘Because you have made your iniquity to be remembered, in that your transgressions are uncovered, so that in all your deeds your sins appear—because you have come to remembrance, you will be seized with the hand.
  25. And you, O slain, wicked one, the prince of Israel, whose 28day has come, in the time of the [t]punishment of the end,’
  26. thus says the Lord GOD, ‘Remove the turban and take off the 29crown; this will [u]no longer be the same. 30Exalt that which is low and abase that which is high.
  27. 31A ruin, a ruin, a ruin, I will make it. This also will be no more until 32He comes whose right it is, and I will give it to Him.’
  28. ¶ “And you, son of man, prophesy and say, ‘Thus says the Lord GOD concerning the sons of Ammon and concerning their 33reproach,’ and say: ‘A sword, a sword is drawn, polished for the slaughter, to cause it [v]to 34consume, that it may be like lightning—
  29. while they see for you 35false visions, while they divine lies for you—to place you on the necks of the wicked who are slain, whose day has come, in the 36time of the [w]punishment of the end.
  30. 37Return it to its sheath. In the 38place where you were created, in the land of your origin, I will judge you.
  31. I will 39pour out My indignation on you; I will 40blow on you with the fire of My wrath, and I will give you into the hand of brutal men, [x]41skilled in destruction.
  32. You will be [y]42fuel for the fire; your blood will be in the midst of the land. You will 43not be remembered, for I, the LORD, have spoken.’”

FOOTNOTES

  1. ^ Ch 21:6 in Heb
  2. ^ Lit flow
  3. ^ Lit loins
  4. ^ Lit be dim
  5. ^ Lit flow
  6. ^ Heb YHWH, usually rendered Lord, and so throughout the ch
  7. ^ Lit lightning to be to her
  8. ^ Or scepter
  9. ^ Or scepter
  10. ^ Or Unite yourself
  11. ^ Lit face
  12. ^ Lit cause to rest
  13. ^ Or set for yourself
  14. ^ Lit cut out a hand
  15. ^ Lit cut it
  16. ^ Lit set
  17. ^ Lit mother
  18. ^ Heb teraphim
  19. ^ Lit in
  20. ^ Or iniquity
  21. ^ Lit not this
  22. ^ Lit to finish
  23. ^ Or iniquity
  24. ^ Or artisans of
  25. ^ Lit food

REFERENCES

  1. ^ Eze 20:46; 25:2; 28:21
  2. ^ Jb 29:22; Eze 20:46
  3. ^ Je 21:13; Eze 5:8; Na 2:13; 3:5
  4. ^ Is 57:1
  5. ^ Je 12:12; Eze 7:2; 20:47
  6. ^ 1Sa 3:12; Je 23:20; Eze 21:30; Na 1:9
  7. ^ Eze 7:26
  8. ^ Is 13:7; Na 2:10
  9. ^ De 32:41
  10. ^ Is 34:5, 6
  11. ^ Ps 110:5, 6; Eze 20:47
  12. ^ Eze 21:6; Jl 1:13
  13. ^ Eze 21:25; 22:6
  14. ^ Le 26:21, 24; 2Ki 24:1, 10-16; 25:1
  15. ^ Jos 2:11; 2Sa 17:10; Ps 22:14; Eze 21:7
  16. ^ Is 59:10; Je 13:16; 18:15
  17. ^ Je 17:27; Eze 21:19
  18. ^ Eze 5:13
  19. ^ Je 1:10; Eze 4:1-3
  20. ^ De 3:11; Je 49:2; Eze 25:5; Am 1:14
  21. ^ Ps 48:12, 13; 125:1, 2
  22. ^ Nu 22:7; 23:23
  23. ^ Pr 16:33
  24. ^ Ge 31:19, 30; Jg 17:5; 18:17, 20
  25. ^ Eze 4:2; 26:9
  26. ^ Eze 17:16, 18
  27. ^ Nu 5:15; Eze 21:24; 29:16
  28. ^ Ps 37:13; Eze 7:2, 3, 7
  29. ^ Je 13:18; Eze 16:12
  30. ^ Ps 75:7; Eze 17:24
  31. ^ Hg 2:21, 22
  32. ^ Ps 2:6; 72:7, 10; Je 23:5, 6; Eze 34:24; 37:24
  33. ^ Eze 36:15; Zp 2:8-10
  34. ^ Is 31:8; Je 12:12; 46:10, 14
  35. ^ Je 27:9; Eze 13:6-9; 22:28
  36. ^ Eze 21:25; 35:5
  37. ^ Je 47:6, 7
  38. ^ Eze 25:5
  39. ^ Eze 14:19; 25:7; Na 1:6
  40. ^ Ps 18:15; Is 30:33; Eze 22:20, 21; Hg 1:9
  41. ^ Je 4:7; 6:22, 23; 51:20-23; Hab 1:6, 10
  42. ^ Eze 20:47, 48; Ml 4:1
  43. ^ Eze 25:10

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Comments

  1. Kiamia DoelKiamia Doel
    Jan 9, 2025 23:00 GMT

    The NWT adds words to the text that are not in the greek Manuscripts to fit it's own doctrinal position for example

    Compare the wording of the NWT and the NKJV at Colossians 1:15-17

    NKJV says

    15 He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation. 16 For by Him all things were created that are in heaven and that are on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or principalities or powers. All things were created through Him and for Him. 17 And He is before all things, and in Him all things consist.

    NWT says

    15 He is the image of the invisible God,the firstborn OF all creation;16 because by means of him all OTHER things were created in the heavens and on the earth, the things visible and the things invisible,whether they are thrones or lordships or governments or authorities. All OTHER things have been created through him and for him. 17 Also, he is before all OTHER things,and by means of him all OTHER things were made to exist,

    The word “other” is not in the Greek but they add it Why? So they can decieve their followers into thinking that Christ was created by the Father and that he then created other things, that is not what the Greek says.

    1. SmeSme
      Feb 27, 2025 11:17 GMT

      Truth is from God and those that follow him. As for lies? John8:44

      Kiamia, I noticed you used a modern version of kjv to make your point about the nwt.

      Why didn’t you use the original kjv of col1:15?

      Is it because it disproves your point? It proves the opposite of what you wrote?

      Here is kjv col1:15 ¶” Who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn OF every creature:“

      Now I appeal to your Christian nature to correct your mistake as God is watching each of us, and let us bless the God of Jesus his father.

      Kjv 1Pe 1:3  Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ….

  2. YanekYanek
    Dec 24, 2024 22:18 GMT

    Joshua, Jehovah’s Witnesses have never denied the deity of the Messiah in his prehuman existence. While on Earth he was fully 100% human. I do not mean he was a mere human, he was not affected by Adam’s unfaithful behavior, he was sinless.

  3. David yakubuDavid yakubu
    Oct 29, 2022 08:05 GMT

    When i do read some comments and seeing that its the same people that are supposed to be called believers but are talking ill of other denominations, it hurts. Let us all remember that We should judge not

    1. jonas smithjonas smith
      Apr 23, 2023 02:57 GMT

      The bible tells us to test the spirits. Satan disguises himself as angel of light. So yes some denomination are not teaching the truth. You are responsible for judging which ones are not. You have to judge the truth at all times. this is what the bible teaches

  4. THTH
    Apr 7, 2021 00:20 GMT

    The NWT is a very good translation. Dr. Jason David BeDuhn PhD attests to that in his book Truth in Translation. drive.google.com/...5p16melHzg8/view

    1. James LernerJames Lerner
      Jul 20, 2024 09:48 GMT

      The NWT is Satanic filth to its very core.

      The JW Cult is Satanic to its very core.

      Praise Yahweh I will never be a victim of JW brainwashing. If I burn in Hell for eternity or I am ultimately annihilated so be it

      May Yahweh's curse rest on the Watchtower Society and its Satanic leadership

    2. jim mcleodjim mcleod
      Aug 22, 2021 06:16 GMT

      NWT is a false translation that takes away from the deity of Jesus !

  5. SlightlyChaoticSlightlyChaotic
    Jan 30, 2021 16:33 GMT

    Thank you for taking the time to provide this service. I like seeing the NASB on your web page in the same format as I read on paper. On other sites, the text area is smaller, and so I have to keep scrolling down to read and sometimes I lose the context. So I really appreciate the format.

    As far as the NWT, you are certainly free to do whatever you think best with your own web pages. I'd suggest that you make a note anytime you have a translation that is associated with only one denomination or church, for example:
    New World Translation (Jehovah's Witness version).

    In Jesus' parable of the wheat and the tares. the main idea seems to be that you can't easily distinguish between God's people and not-God's people on this earth, so our Lord's response is to wait until they are shown to be the kind of people they are inside. But the NWT seems like false teaching to me. So I think the warning passages from Jesus' apostles are more applicable, as in 2 Peter 3:15-16, when he talks about Paul's writings:
    "There are some things in them that are hard to understand, which the ignorant and unstable twist to their own destruction, as they do the other Scriptures."
    And we also have the positive exhortations, as in 2 Timothy 2:15:
    "Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who has no need to be ashamed, rightly handling the word of truth."

    1. BroderickBroderick
      Jan 31, 2021 00:57 GMT

      Your suggestion regarding the denominational flagging is duly noted. But I can’t help but wonder, wouldn’t a Catholic also want “Protestant versions” marked as well?

      As for the parable, I’m pretty sure the slaves were convinced in their own minds that they could tell the tares from the wheat. After all, aren’t they the ones who identified the problem in the first place? But the master obviously thought otherwise.

      Furthermore, even at the time when Jesus himself was walking the earth, not everybody who claimed fellowship actually followed him causing John to inquire at Mark 9:39, “Teacher, we saw someone casting out demons in Your name, and we tried to prevent him because he was not following us.” But Jesus said, “Do not hinder him . . . for he who is not against us is for us.”

  6. Joshua HarderJoshua Harder
    Dec 11, 2020 17:48 GMT

    Hello, question.. why have you included the NWT with other legitimate bible translations? Or why have you not atleast included a warning to readers? Don't you fear that someone could be influenced by the Watchtower's intentional heresies? Thank you.

    1. KevinKevin
      Jul 11, 2021 17:45 GMT

      en.m.wikipedia.org/..._Holy_Scriptures

      See the section critical review

    2. ChrisChris
      Jan 8, 2021 07:15 GMT

      Please site these intentional heresies. I am well versed in the watch tower outline and agree they are in many ways incorrect but i also bet i can point many out from EVERY established or main denomination. There is much to learn from them all as one who drinks milk?

      Judge not lest ye be judged, that is not to pass judgement on you either brother.

      I debate with scripture. I don't hold it to be true that Michael is Y'Shua HaMeshiach but I also firmly hold it to be true that our G-d and Heavenly Father are not the word encarnate and only begotten son.

      I love not seeing "lord" which i relate to baal. I feel the catholic church is a satanic establishment and I am aware a freemason started the hovies but there are evil in high places and our fight is also with principalities.

      What i'm saying is that in my darkest hours, those two were some of if not the only ones who would bring a Bible and eucharist and pray with me.

      We all fall short of the glory of G-d.

      Don't forget the NWT was recognized as the most accurate translation on Jeopardy.

      Lastly, this is different I noted than the NWT i have read and am very familiar with. Pull up the watchtower page and compare. I truly look forward to getting this one!

  7. julietjuliet
    Aug 17, 2022 09:36 GMT

    the sky is blue

  8. mercymercy
    Aug 12, 2022 21:23 GMT

    i am Mercy, the sky is blue what else do you need

    1. mercymercy
      Aug 12, 2022 21:25 GMT

      i am so sorry, it was a big mistake

  9. God is able to do all thingsGod is able to do all things
    May 17, 2021 17:59 GMT

    Jesus how much love calling yo name

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