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Ezekiel 21:15

So that their hearts may melt and many may stumble, I have appointed at all their gates a sword for slaughter. Yes, it is ready to flash like lightning; it is drawn for slaughter.

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ASV

I have set the threatening sword against all their gates, that their heart may melt, and their stumblings be multiplied: ah! it is made as lightning, it is pointed for slaughter.

KJV

I have set the point of the sword against all their gates, that their heart may faint, and their ruins be multiplied: ah! it is made bright, it is wrapped up for the slaughter.

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16 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
לְמַ֣עַן׀le.Ma.'anso asH4616 →
לָמ֣וּגla.Mugto meltH4127 →
לֵ֗בLeva heartH3820 →
וְהַרְבֵּה֙ve.har.Behand [may be] manyH7235 →
הַמִּכְשֹׁלִ֔יםha.mikh.sho.Limthe stumblingsH4383 →
עַ֚ל'alatH5921 →
כָּל־kol-allH3605 →
שַׁ֣עֲרֵיהֶ֔םsha.'a.rei.Hemgates theirH8179 →
נָתַ֖תִּיna.Ta.tiI have setH5414 →
אִבְחַת־'iv.chat-a slaughter ofH19 →
חָ֑רֶבCha.reva swordH2719 →
אָ֛ח'achalas!H253 →
עֲשׂוּיָ֥ה'a.su.YahmadeH6213 →
לְבָרָ֖קle.va.Rakfor lightningH1300 →
מְעֻטָּ֥הme.'u.TahwrappedH4593 →
לְטָֽבַח׃le.Ta.vachfor slaughteringH2874 →

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Ezekiel 21:10it is sharpened for the slaughter, polished to flash like lightning! Should we rejoice in the scepter of My son? The sword despises every such stick.Jeremiah 17:27But if you do not listen to Me to keep the Sabbath day holy by not carrying a load while entering the gates of Jerusalem on the Sabbath day, then I will kindle an unquenchable fire in its gates to consume the citadels of Jerusalem.’”Leviticus 26:36As for those of you who survive, I will send a faintness into their hearts in the lands of their enemies, so that even the sound of a windblown leaf will put them to flight. And they will flee as one flees the sword, and fall when no one pursues them.Ezekiel 21:7And when they ask, ‘Why are you groaning?’ you are to say, ‘Because of the news that is coming. Every heart will melt, and every hand will go limp. Every spirit will faint, and every knee will turn to water.’ Yes, it is coming and it will surely happen, declares the Lord GOD.”Ezekiel 20:47Say to the forest of the Negev: Hear the word of the LORD! This is what the Lord GOD says: I am about to ignite in you a fire, and it will devour all your trees, both green and dry. The blazing flame will not be quenched, and by it every face from south to north will be scorched.2 Samuel 17:10Then even the most valiant soldier with the heart of a lion will melt with fear, because all Israel knows that your father is a mighty man who has valiant men with him.Ezekiel 15:7And I will set My face against them. Though they may have escaped the fire, yet another fire will consume them. And when I set My face against them, you will know that I am the LORD.Ezekiel 21:22In his right hand appears the portent for Jerusalem, where he is to set up battering rams, to call for the slaughter, to lift a battle cry, to direct the battering rams against the gates, to build a ramp, and to erect a siege wall.Psalms 22:14I am poured out like water, and all my bones are disjointed. My heart is like wax; it melts away within me.Ezekiel 21:28Now prophesy, son of man, and declare that this is what the Lord GOD says concerning the Ammonites and their contempt: ‘A sword! A sword is drawn for slaughter, polished to consume, to flash like lightning—Ezekiel 21:9“Son of man, prophesy and tell them that this is what the Lord says: ‘A sword, a sword, sharpened and polished—Lamentations 5:17Because of this, our hearts are faint; because of these, our eyes grow dim—Leviticus 26:31I will reduce your cities to rubble and lay waste your sanctuaries, and I will refuse to smell the pleasing aroma of your sacrifices.

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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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