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Prophesy against the land of Israel","footnotes":[]},{"type":"verse","number":3,"text":"and tell her that this is what the LORD says: ‘I am against you, and I will draw My sword from its sheath and cut off from you both the righteous and the wicked.","footnotes":[]},{"type":"verse","number":4,"text":"Because I will cut off both the righteous and the wicked, My sword will be unsheathed against everyone from south to north.","footnotes":[]},{"type":"verse","number":5,"text":"Then all flesh will know that I, the LORD, have taken My sword from its sheath, not to return it again.’","footnotes":[]},{"type":"line_break"},{"type":"verse","number":6,"text":"But you, son of man, groan! Groan before their eyes with a broken heart and bitter grief.","footnotes":[]},{"type":"verse","number":7,"text":"And 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.”","footnotes":[]},{"type":"line_break"},{"type":"verse","number":8,"text":"Again the word of the LORD came to me, saying,","footnotes":[]},{"type":"verse","number":9,"text":"“Son of man, prophesy and tell them that this is what the Lord says:\n‘A sword, a sword,\nsharpened and polished—","footnotes":[],"poem":[{"start":69,"end":87,"level":1},{"start":88,"end":111,"level":2}]},{"type":"verse","number":10,"text":"it is sharpened for the slaughter,\npolished to flash like lightning!\nShould we rejoice in the scepter of My son?\nThe sword despises every such stick.","footnotes":[],"poem":[{"start":0,"end":34,"level":1},{"start":35,"end":68,"level":2},{"start":69,"end":112,"level":1},{"start":113,"end":149,"level":2}]},{"type":"verse","number":11,"text":"The sword is appointed to be polished,\nto be grasped in the hand.\nIt is sharpened and polished,\nto be placed in the hand of the slayer.","footnotes":[],"poem":[{"start":0,"end":38,"level":1},{"start":39,"end":65,"level":2},{"start":66,"end":95,"level":1},{"start":96,"end":135,"level":2}]},{"type":"line_break"},{"type":"verse","number":12,"text":"Cry out and wail,\nO son of man,\nfor the sword is wielded against My people;\nit is against all the princes of Israel!\nThey are tossed to the sword with My people;\ntherefore strike your thigh.","footnotes":[{"noteId":46,"offset":190,"text":"Or beat your breast","caller":"+"}],"poem":[{"start":0,"end":17,"level":1},{"start":18,"end":31,"level":2},{"start":32,"end":75,"level":1},{"start":76,"end":116,"level":2},{"start":117,"end":161,"level":1},{"start":162,"end":190,"level":2}]},{"type":"verse","number":13,"text":"Surely testing will come!\nAnd what if even the scepter,\nwhich the sword despises,\ndoes not continue?’declares the Lord GOD.","footnotes":[],"poem":[{"start":0,"end":25,"level":1},{"start":26,"end":55,"level":2},{"start":56,"end":81,"level":1},{"start":82,"end":101,"level":2}]},{"type":"verse","number":14,"text":"‘So then, son of man,\nprophesy and strike your hands together.\nLet the sword strike two times,\neven three.\nIt is a sword that slays,\na sword of great slaughter\nclosing in on every side!","footnotes":[],"poem":[{"start":0,"end":21,"level":1},{"start":22,"end":62,"level":2},{"start":63,"end":94,"level":1},{"start":95,"end":106,"level":2},{"start":107,"end":132,"level":1},{"start":133,"end":159,"level":2},{"start":160,"end":185,"level":2}]},{"type":"line_break"},{"type":"verse","number":15,"text":"So that their hearts may melt\nand many may stumble,\nI have appointed at all their gates\na sword for slaughter.\nYes, it is ready to flash like lightning;\nit is drawn for slaughter.","footnotes":[],"poem":[{"start":0,"end":29,"level":1},{"start":30,"end":51,"level":2},{"start":52,"end":87,"level":1},{"start":88,"end":110,"level":2},{"start":111,"end":152,"level":1},{"start":153,"end":179,"level":2}]},{"type":"verse","number":16,"text":"Slash to the right;\nset your blade to the left—\nwherever your blade is directed.","footnotes":[],"poem":[{"start":0,"end":19,"level":1},{"start":20,"end":47,"level":2},{"start":48,"end":80,"level":2}]},{"type":"line_break"},{"type":"verse","number":17,"text":"I too will strike My hands together,\nand I will satisfy My wrath.’I, the LORD, have spoken.”","footnotes":[],"poem":[{"start":0,"end":36,"level":1},{"start":37,"end":66,"level":2}]},{"type":"line_break"},{"type":"verse","number":18,"text":"Then the word of the LORD came to me, saying,","footnotes":[]},{"type":"verse","number":19,"text":"“Now you, son of man, mark out two roads for the sword of the king of Babylon to take, both starting from the same land. And make a signpost where the road branches off to each city.","footnotes":[]},{"type":"verse","number":20,"text":"Mark out one road for the sword to come against Rabbah of the Ammonites, and another against Judah into fortified Jerusalem.","footnotes":[]},{"type":"line_break"},{"type":"verse","number":21,"text":"For the king of Babylon stands at the fork in the road, at the junction of the two roads, to seek an omen: He shakes the arrows, he consults the idols, he examines the liver.","footnotes":[]},{"type":"line_break"},{"type":"verse","number":22,"text":"In 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.","footnotes":[]},{"type":"verse","number":23,"text":"It will seem like a false omen to the eyes of those who have sworn allegiance to him, but it will draw attention to their guilt and take them captive.","footnotes":[]},{"type":"line_break"},{"type":"verse","number":24,"text":"Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Because you have drawn attention to your guilt, exposing your transgressions, so that your sins are revealed in all your deeds—because you have come to remembrance—you shall be taken in hand.","footnotes":[]},{"type":"line_break"},{"type":"verse","number":25,"text":"And you, O profane and wicked prince of Israel,\nthe day has come for your final punishment.’","footnotes":[],"poem":[{"start":0,"end":47,"level":1},{"start":48,"end":92,"level":2}]},{"type":"line_break"},{"type":"verse","number":26,"text":"This is what the Lord GOD says:\n‘Remove the turban,\nand take off the crown.\nThings will not remain as they are:\nExalt the lowly\nand bring low the exalted.","footnotes":[],"poem":[{"start":32,"end":51,"level":1},{"start":52,"end":75,"level":2},{"start":76,"end":111,"level":1},{"start":112,"end":127,"level":2},{"start":128,"end":154,"level":2}]},{"type":"verse","number":27,"text":"A ruin, a ruin,\nI will make it a ruin!\nAnd it will not be restored\nuntil the arrival of Him to whom it belongs,\nto whom I have assigned the right of judgment.\n’","footnotes":[{"noteId":47,"offset":158,"text":"Or of Him to whom it rightfully belongs, to whom I have given it.","caller":"+"}],"poem":[{"start":0,"end":15,"level":1},{"start":16,"end":38,"level":2},{"start":39,"end":66,"level":1},{"start":67,"end":111,"level":2},{"start":112,"end":158,"level":2},{"start":159,"end":160,"level":2}]},{"type":"line_break"},{"type":"verse","number":28,"text":"Now prophesy, son of man, and declare that this is what the Lord GOD says concerning the Ammonites and their contempt:\n‘A sword! 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