American Standard Version (ASV) With Strong Codes

1. And the word[H1697] of Jehovah[H3068] came unto me[H559], saying,

2. Son[H1121] of man[H120], set[H7760] thy face[H6440] toward Jerusalem[H3389], and drop[H5197] thy word toward the sanctuaries[H4720], and prophesy[H5012] against the land[H127] of Israel[H3478];

3. and say[H559] to the land[H127] of Israel[H3478], Thus saith[H559] Jehovah[H3068]: Behold[H3318], I am against thee, and will draw forth my sword[H2719] out of its sheath[H8593], and will cut off[H3772] from thee the righteous[H6662] and the wicked[H7563].

4. Seeing[H3282] then that I will cut off[H3772] from thee the righteous[H6662] and the wicked[H7563], therefore shall my sword[H2719] go forth[H3318] out of its sheath[H8593] against all flesh[H1320] from the south[H5045] to the north[H6828]:

5. and all flesh[H1320] shall know[H3045] that I[H3068], Jehovah, have drawn forth[H3318] my sword[H2719] out of its sheath[H8593]; it shall not return any more[H7725].

6. Sigh[H584] therefore[H1121], thou son of man[H120]; with the breaking[H7670] of thy loins[H4975] and with bitterness[H4814] shalt thou sigh[H584] before their eyes[H5869].

7. And it shall be[H559], when they say unto thee[H584], Wherefore sighest thou[H559]? that thou shalt say, Because of the tidings[H8052], for it cometh[H935]; and every heart[H3820] shall melt[H4549], and all hands[H3027] shall be feeble[H7503], and every spirit[H7307] shall faint[H3543], and all knees[H1290] shall be weak[H3212] as water[H4325]: behold[H935], it cometh, and it shall be done[H1961], saith[H5002] the Lord[H136] Jehovah[H3069].

8. And the word[H1697] of Jehovah[H3068] came unto me[H559], saying,

9. Son[H1121] of man[H120], prophesy[H5012], and say[H559], Thus saith[H559] Jehovah[H3068]: Say[H559], A sword[H2719], a sword[H2719], it is sharpened[H2300], and also furbished[H4803];

10. it is sharpened[H2300] that it may make a[H2874] slaughter[H2873]; it is furbished[H4178] that it may be as lightning[H1300]: shall[H176] we then make mirth[H7797]? the rod[H7626] of my son[H1121], it contemneth[H3988] every tree[H6086].

11. And it is given[H5414] to be furbished[H4803], that it may be handled[H3709]: the sword[H2719], it is sharpened[H2300], yea[H4178], it is furbished, to give[H5414] it into the hand[H3027] of the slayer[H2026].

12. Cry[H2199] and wail[H3213], son[H1121] of man[H120]; for it is upon my people[H5971], it is upon all the princes[H5387] of Israel[H3478]: they are delivered[H4048] over to[H413] the sword[H2719] with my people[H5971]; smite[H5606] therefore upon thy thigh[H3409].

13. For there is a trial[H974]; and what if even the rod[H7626] that contemneth[H3988] shall be no more[H5002]? saith the Lord[H136] Jehovah[H3069].

14. Thou therefore[H1121], son of man[H120], prophesy[H5012], and smite[H5221] thy hands[H3709] together[H5221]; and let the sword[H2719] be doubled[H3717] the third[H7992] time[H2719], the sword of the deadly wounded[H2491]: it is the sword[H2719] of the great[H1419] one that is deadly wounded[H2491], which entereth into their chambers[H2314].

15. I have set[H5414] the threatening[H19] sword[H2719] against all their gates[H8179], that their heart[H3820] may melt[H4127], and their stumblings[H4383] be multiplied[H7235]: ah[H253]! it is made[H6213] as lightning[H1300], it is pointed[H4593] for slaughter[H2874].

16. Gather thee together[H258], go to[H7760] the right[H3231], set thyself in array[H8041], go to the left, whithersoever[H575] thy face[H6440] is set[H3259].

17. I will also smite[H5221] my hands[H3709] together[H3709], and I will cause my wrath[H2534] to rest[H5117]: I[H3068], Jehovah, have spoken it[H1696].

18. The word[H1697] of Jehovah[H3068] came unto me again[H559], saying,

19. Also[H1121], thou son of man[H120], appoint[H7760] thee two[H8147] ways[H1870], that the sword[H2719] of the king[H4428] of Babylon[H894] may come[H935]; they twain[H8147] shall come forth[H3318] out of one[H259] land[H776]: and mark out[H1254] a place[H3027], mark it out[H1254] at the head[H7218] of the way[H1870] to the city[H5892].

20. Thou shalt appoint[H7760] a way[H1870] for the sword[H2719] to come[H935] to Rabbah[H7237] of the children of Ammon[H1121], and to Judah[H3063] in Jerusalem[H3389] the fortified[H1219].

21. For the king[H4428] of Babylon[H894] stood[H5975] at the parting[H517] of the way[H1870], at the head[H7218] of the two[H8147] ways[H1870], to use[H7080] divination[H7081]: he shook[H7043] the arrows[H2671] to and fro[H7592], he consulted the teraphim[H8655], he looked[H7200] in the liver[H3516].

22. In his right hand[H3225] was the divination[H7081] for Jerusalem[H3389], to set[H7760] battering rams[H3733], to open[H6605] the mouth[H6310] in the slaughter[H7524], to lift up[H7311] the voice[H6963] with shouting[H8643], to set[H7760] battering rams[H3733] against the gates[H8179], to cast[H8210] up mounds[H5550], to build[H1129] forts[H1785].

23. And it shall be unto them as a false[H7723] divination[H7080] in their sight[H5869], who have sworn[H7650] oaths[H7621] unto them[H5771]; but he bringeth iniquity to remembrance[H2142], that they may be taken[H8610].

24. Therefore thus saith[H559] the Lord[H136] Jehovah[H136]: Because ye have made your iniquity[H5771] to be remembered[H2142], in that your transgressions[H6588] are uncovered[H1540], so that in all your doings[H5949] your sins[H2403] do appear[H7200]; because that ye are come to remembrance[H2142], ye shall be taken[H8610] with the hand[H3709].

25. And thou[H2491], O deadly wounded wicked[H7563] one[H5387], the prince of Israel[H3478], whose day[H3117] is come[H935], in the time[H3117] of the iniquity[H5771] of the end[H7093],

26. thus saith[H559] the Lord[H136] Jehovah[H3069]: Remove[H5493] the mitre[H4701], and take off[H7311] the crown[H5850]; this shall be no more the same[H2063]; exalt[H1361] that which is low[H8217], and abase[H8213] that which is high[H1364].

27. I will overturn[H5754], overturn[H5754], overturn[H5754] it[H7760]: this also shall be no more[H935], until he come whose right[H4941] it is[H5414]; and I will give it him.

28. And thou[H1121], son of man[H120], prophesy[H5012], and say[H559], Thus saith[H559] the Lord[H136] Jehovah[H3069] concerning the children of Ammon[H1121], and concerning their reproach[H2781]; and say[H559] thou[H2719], A sword, a sword[H2719] is drawn[H6605], for the slaughter[H2874] it is furbished[H4803], to cause it to devour[H398], that it may be as lightning[H1300];

29. while they see[H2372] for thee false visions[H7080], while they divine lies[H3577] unto thee[H6677], to lay thee upon the necks of the wicked[H7563] that are deadly wounded[H3117], whose day is come[H935] in the time[H3117] of the iniquity[H5771] of the end[H7093].

30. Cause it to return[H7725] into its sheath[H8593]. In the place[H4725] where thou wast created[H1254], in the land[H776] of thy birth[H4351], will I judge thee[H8199].

31. And I will pour out[H8210] mine indignation[H2195] upon thee[H6315]; I will blow upon thee with the fire[H784] of my wrath[H5678]; and I will deliver[H5414] thee into the hand[H3027] of brutish[H1197] men[H582], skilful[H2796] to destroy[H4889].

32. Thou shalt be for fuel[H402] to the fire[H784]; thy blood[H1818] shall be in the midst[H8432] of the land[H776]; thou shalt be no more remembered[H2142]: for I[H3068], Jehovah, have spoken it[H1696].