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Ezekiel 21:14

‘So then, son of man, prophesy and strike your hands together. Let the sword strike two times, even three. It is a sword that slays, a sword of great slaughter closing in on every side!

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ASV

Thou therefore, son of man, prophesy, and smite thy hands together; and let the sword be doubled the third time, the sword of the deadly wounded: it is the sword of the great one that is deadly wounded, which entereth into their chambers.

KJV

Thou therefore, son of man, prophesy, and smite thine hands together, and let the sword be doubled the third time, the sword of the slain: it is the sword of the great men that are slain, which entereth into their privy chambers.

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19 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וְאַתָּ֣הve.'a.Tahand youH859 →
בֶן־ven-O son ofH1121 →
אָדָ֔ם'a.DamhumankindH120 →
הִנָּבֵ֕אhi.na.Ve'prophesyH5012 →
וְהַ֖ךְve.Hakhand strikeH5221 →
כַּ֣ףkafpalmH3709 →
אֶל־'el-toH413 →
כָּ֑ףKafpalmH3709 →
וְתִכָּפֵ֞לve.ti.ka.Felso it may be doubledH3717 →
חֶ֤רֶבChe.reva swordH2719 →
שְׁלִישִׁ֙תָה֙she.li.Shi.taha thirdH7992 →
חֶ֣רֶבChe.reva sword ofH2719 →
חֲלָלִ֔יםcha.la.Lim[those] slainH2491 →
הִ֗יאHi'itH1931 →
חֶ֚רֶבChe.rev[is] a sword ofH2719 →
חָלָ֣לcha.Lal[the] slainH2491 →
הַגָּד֔וֹלha.ga.Dol<the> greatH1419 →
הַחֹדֶ֖רֶתha.cho.De.retwhich surroundsH2314 →
לָהֶֽם׃la.Hem<to> them

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Numbers 24:10Then Balak’s anger burned against Balaam, and he struck his hands together and said to Balaam, “I summoned you to curse my enemies, but behold, you have persisted in blessing them these three times.2 Kings 24:1During Jehoiakim’s reign, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon invaded. So Jehoiakim became his vassal for three years, until he turned and rebelled against Nebuchadnezzar.Leviticus 26:21If you walk in hostility toward Me and refuse to obey Me, I will multiply your plagues seven times, according to your sins.2 Kings 24:10–16At that time the servants of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon marched up to Jerusalem, and the city came under siege.Leviticus 26:24then I will act with hostility toward you, and I will strike you sevenfold for your sins.Ezekiel 6:11This is what the Lord GOD says: Clap your hands, stomp your feet, and cry out “Alas!” because of all the wicked abominations of the house of Israel, who will fall by sword and famine and plague.Ezekiel 22:13Now look, I strike My hands together against your unjust gain and against the blood you have shed in your midst.1 Kings 22:25Micaiah replied, “You will soon see, on that day when you go and hide in an inner room.”Daniel 3:19At this, Nebuchadnezzar was filled with rage, and the expression on his face changed toward Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego. He gave orders to heat the furnace seven times hotter than usual,Amos 9:2Though they dig down to Sheol, from there My hand will take them; and though they climb up to heaven, from there I will pull them down.2 Kings 25:1–7So in the ninth year of Zedekiah’s reign, on the tenth day of the tenth month, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon marched against Jerusalem with his entire army. They encamped outside the city and built a siege wall all around it.1 Kings 20:30The rest of them fled into the city of Aphek, where the wall fell on twenty-seven thousand of the remaining men. Ben-hadad also fled to the city and hid in an inner room.Ezekiel 21:17I too will strike My hands together, and I will satisfy My wrath.’ I, the LORD, have spoken.”Ezekiel 8:12“Son of man,” He said to me, “do you see what the elders of the house of Israel are doing in the darkness, each at the shrine of his own idol? For they are saying, ‘The LORD does not see us; the LORD has forsaken the land.’”2 Kings 11:15And Jehoiada the priest ordered the commanders of hundreds in charge of the army, “Bring her out between the ranks, and put to the sword anyone who follows her.” For the priest had said, “She must not be put to death in the house of the LORD.”Ezekiel 21:12Cry out and wail, O son of man, for the sword is wielded against My people; it is against all the princes of Israel! They are tossed to the sword with My people; therefore strike your thigh.

About Ezekiel

The Prophet Ezekiel — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
The Prophet Ezekiel — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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