1	And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying# ,
			2	Son of man, set# thy face toward Jerusalem, and drop# thy word toward the holy places, and prophesy# against the land of Israel,
			3	And say# to the land of Israel, Thus saith# the LORD; Behold, I am against thee, and will draw forth# my sword out of his sheath, and will cut off# from thee the righteous and the wicked.
			4	Seeing then that I will cut off# from thee the righteous and the wicked, therefore shall my sword go forth# out of his sheath against all flesh from the south to the north:
			5	That all flesh may know# that I the LORD have drawn forth# my sword out of his sheath: it shall not return# any more.
			6	Sigh# therefore, thou son of man, with the breaking of thy loins; and with bitterness sigh# before their eyes.
			7	And it shall be, when they say# unto thee, Wherefore sighest# thou? that thou shalt answer# , For the tidings; because it cometh# : and every heart shall melt# , and all hands shall be feeble# , and every spirit shall faint# , and all knees shall be weak# as water: behold, it cometh# , and shall be brought to pass# , saith# the Lord GOD. [shall be weak...: Heb. shall go into water]
			8	Again the word of the LORD came unto me, saying# ,
			9	Son of man, prophesy# , and say# , Thus saith# the LORD; Say# , A sword, a sword is sharpened# , and also furbished# :
			10	It is sharpened# to make a sore slaughter# ; it is furbished# that it may glitter: should we then make mirth# ? it contemneth# the rod of my son, as every tree. [it contemneth...: or, it is the rod of my son, it despiseth every tree]
			11	And he hath given# it to be furbished# , that it may be handled# # : this sword is sharpened# , and it is furbished# , to give# it into the hand of the slayer# .
			12	Cry# and howl# , son of man: for it shall be upon my people, it shall be upon all the princes of Israel: terrors# by reason of the sword shall be upon my people: smite# therefore upon thy thigh. [terrors...: or, they are thrust down to the sword with my people]
			13	Because it is a trial# , and what if the sword contemn# even the rod? it shall be no more , saith# the Lord GOD. [Because...: or, When the trial hath been, what then? shall they not also belong to the despising rod?]
			14	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# . [hands...: Heb. hand to hand]
			15	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. [point: or, glittering, or, fear] [wrapped up: or, sharpened]
			16	Go thee one way or other# , either on# the right hand# , or on the left# , whithersoever thy face is set# . [or on...: Heb. set thyself, take the left hand]
			17	I will also smite# mine hands together, and I will cause my fury to rest# : I the LORD have said# it .
			18	The word of the LORD came unto me again, saying# ,
			19	Also, thou son of man, appoint# thee two ways, that the sword of the king of Babylon may come# : both twain shall come forth# out of one land: and choose# thou a place, choose# it at the head of the way to the city.
			20	Appoint# a way, that the sword may come# to Rabbath of the Ammonites# , and to Judah in Jerusalem the defenced# .
			21	For the king of Babylon stood# at the parting of the way, at the head of the two ways, to use# divination: he made his arrows bright# , he consulted# with images, he looked# in the liver. [parting of: Heb. mother of] [arrows: or, knives] [images: Heb. teraphim]
			22	At his right hand was the divination for Jerusalem, to appoint# captains, to open# the mouth in the slaughter, to lift up# the voice with shouting, to appoint# battering rams against the gates, to cast# a mount, and to build# a fort. [captains: or, battering rams: Heb. rams]
			23	And it shall be unto them as a false divination# in their sight, to them that have sworn# oaths: but he will call to remembrance# the iniquity, that they may be taken# . [to them...: or, for the oaths made unto them]
			24	Therefore thus saith# the Lord GOD; Because ye have made your iniquity to be remembered# , in that your transgressions are discovered# , so that in all your doings your sins do appear# ; because, I say , that ye are come to remembrance# , ye shall be taken# with the hand.
			25	And thou, profane wicked prince of Israel, whose day is come# , when iniquity shall have an end,
			26	Thus saith# the Lord GOD; Remove# the diadem, and take off# the crown: this shall not be the same: exalt# him that is low, and abase# him that is high.
			27	I will overturn, overturn, overturn, it: and it shall be# no more , until he come# whose right it is; and I will give# it him . [I will overturn...: Heb. Perverted, perverted, perverted, will I make it]
			28	And thou, son of man, prophesy# and say# , Thus saith# the Lord GOD concerning the Ammonites# , and concerning their reproach; even say# thou, The sword, the sword is drawn# : for the slaughter it is furbished# , to consume# because of the glittering:
			29	Whiles they see# vanity unto thee, whiles they divine# a lie unto thee, to bring# thee upon the necks of them that are slain, of the wicked, whose day is come# , when their iniquity shall have an end.
			30	Shall I cause it to return# into his sheath? I will judge# thee in the place where thou wast created# , in the land of thy nativity. [Shall...: or, Cause it to return]
			31	And I will pour out# mine indignation upon thee, I will blow# against thee in the fire of my wrath, and deliver# thee into the hand of brutish# men, and skilful to destroy. [brutish: or, burning]
			32	Thou shalt be for fuel to the fire; thy blood shall be in the midst of the land; thou shalt be no more remembered# : for I the LORD have spoken# it .