Ezekiel 21:11

Bible in Basic English (1941)

And I have given it to the polisher so that it may be taken in the hand: he has made the sword sharp, he has had it polished, to put it into the hand of him who gives death.

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  • Ezek 21:19 : 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:
  • Jer 25:9 : 9 See, I will send and take all the families of the north, says the Lord, and Nebuchadrezzar, king of Babylon, my servant, and make them come against this land, and against its people, and against all these nations on every side; and I will give them up to complete destruction, and make them a cause of fear and surprise and a waste place for ever.
  • Jer 25:33 : 33 And at that day, the bodies of those whom the Lord has put to death will be seen from one end of the earth even to the other end of the earth: there will be no weeping for them, their bodies will not be taken up or put to rest in the earth; they will be like waste on the face of the land.
  • Jer 51:20-23 : 20 You are my fighting axe and my instrument of war: with you the nations will be broken; with you kingdoms will be broken; 21 With you the horse and the horseman will be broken; with you the war-carriage and he who goes in it will be broken; 22 With you man and woman will be broken; with you the old man and the boy will be broken; with you the young man and the virgin will be broken; 23 With you the keeper of sheep with his flock will be broken, and with you the farmer and his oxen will be broken, and with you captains and rulers will be broken.

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    8 And the word of the Lord came to me, saying,

    9 Son of man, say as a prophet, These are the words of the Lord: Say, A sword, a sword which has been made sharp and polished:

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  • Ezek 21:12-15
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    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.

    13 ...

    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.

    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.

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    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:

    29 Your vision is to no purpose, your use of secret arts gives a false answer, to put it on the necks of evil-doers who are wounded to death, whose day has come, in the time of the last punishment.

    30 Go back into your cover. In the place where you were made, in the land from which you were taken, I will be your judge.

    31 And I will let loose my burning passion on you, breathing out on you the fire of my wrath: and I will give you up into the hands of men like beasts, trained to destruction.

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    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.

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    11 For this is what the Lord has said: The sword of the king of Babylon will come on you.

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    24 He may go in flight from the iron spear, but the arrow from the bow of brass will go through him;

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    5 For my sword in heaven is full of wrath: see, it is coming down on Edom, in punishment on the people of my curse.

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