Ezekiel 21:8
And the word of the Lord came to me, saying,
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Deuteronomy 4:14
And the Lord gave me orders at that time to make clear to you these laws and decisions, so that you might do them in the land to which you are going, and which is to be your heritage.
Ezekiel 21:6
Make sounds of grief, son of man; with body bent and a bitter heart make sounds of grief before their eyes.
Ezekiel 21:12
Give loud cries and make sounds of grief, O son of man: for it has come on my people, it has come on all the rulers of Israel: fear of the sword has come on my people: for this cause give signs of grief.
Ezekiel 21:14
So then, son of man, be a prophet, and put your hands together with a loud sound, and give two blows with the sword, and even three; it is the sword of those who are wounded, even the sword of the wounded; the great sword which goes round about them.
Ezekiel 21:15
In order that hearts may become soft, and the number of those who are falling may be increased, I have sent death by the sword against all their doors: you are made like a flame, you are polished for death.
Ezekiel 21:16
Be pointed to the right, to the left, wherever your edge is ordered.
Ezekiel 21:17
And I will put my hands together with a loud sound, and I will let my wrath have rest: I the Lord have said it.
Ezekiel 21:18
And the word of the Lord came to me again, saying,
Ezekiel 21:28
And you, son of man, say as a prophet, This is what the Lord has said about the children of Ammon and about their shame: Say, A sword, even a sword let loose, polished for death, to make it shining so that it may be like a flame:
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Psalms 105:44
And gave them the lands of the nations; and they took the work of the peoples for a heritage;
Psalms 105:45
So that they might keep his orders, and be true to his laws. Give praise to the Lord.
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Ezekiel 18:1
The word of the Lord came to me again, saying,
Ezekiel 21:1
And the word of the Lord came to me, saying,
Ezekiel 21:2
Son of man, let your face be turned to Jerusalem, let your words be dropped in the direction of her holy place, and be a prophet against the land of Israel;
Ezekiel 21:3
And say to the land of Israel, These are the words of the Lord: See, I am against you, and I will take my sword out of its cover, cutting off from you the upright and the evil.
Ezekiel 21:4
Because I am going to have the upright and the evil cut off from you, for this cause my sword will go out from its cover against all flesh from the south to the north:
Ezekiel 21:5
And all flesh will see that I the Lord have taken my sword out of its cover: and it will never go back.
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Ezekiel 21:19
And you, son of man, have two ways marked out, so that the sword of the king of Babylon may come; let the two of them come out of one land: and let there be a pillar at the top of the road:
Ezekiel 21:20
Put a pillar at the top of the road for the sword to come to Rabbah in the land of the children of Ammon, and to Judah and to Jerusalem in the middle of her.
Ezekiel 21:21
For the king of Babylon took his place at the parting of the ways, at the top of the two roads, to make use of secret arts: shaking the arrows this way and that, he put questions to the images of his gods, he took note of the inner parts of dead beasts.
Ezekiel 21:22
At his right hand was the fate of Jerusalem, to give orders for destruction, to send up the war-cry, to put engines of war against the doors, lifting up earthworks, building walls.
Ezekiel 21:23
And this answer given by secret arts will seem false to those who have given their oaths and have let them be broken: but he will keep the memory of evil-doing so that they may be taken.
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