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Ezekiel 21

3 He threateneth the ſworde, and deſtruction to Ieruſalém. 25 He ſheweth the fall of King Zedekiáh. 28 He is cōmanded to prophecie the deſtruction of the children of Ammon. 30 The Lord threateneth to deſtroye Nebuchad-nezzár.
1.THe worde of the Lord came to me againe, ſaying,
2.Sonne of man, ſet thy face towarde Ieruſalém, & droppe thy worde toward y holy places, & prophecie agaīſt y lād of Iſraél,
3.And ſay to the lād of Iſraél, Thus ſaith y Lord, Beholde, I come againſt thee, and wil drawe my ſworde out of his ſheath, & cut of from thee bothe the righteous and the wicked.
4.Seing thē that I wil cut of frō thee bothe the righteous and wicked, therefore ſhal any ſworde go out of his ſheath againſt all fleſh from the South to the North,
5.That all fleſh may knowe that I the Lord haue drawen my ſworde out of his ſheath, & it ſhal not returne anie more.
6.Mourne therefore, thou ſonne of man, as in the paine of thy reines, & mourne bitterly before them.
7.And if they ſay vnto thee, Wherefore mourneſt thou? then anſwer, Becauſe of the brute: for it cometh, and euerie heart ſhal melt, and all hands ſhalbe weake, and all mindes ſhal faint, and all knees ſhal fall away as water: beholde, it cometh, and ſhal be done, faith the Lord God.
8.¶ Againe, the worde of the Lord came vnto me, ſaying,
9.Sonne of man, prophecie, and ſay, Thus faith the Lord God, ſay, A ſworde, a ſworde bothe ſharpe, and fourbiſhed,
10.It is ſharpened to make a ſore ſlaughter, & it is fourbiſhed that it may glitter: how ſhal we reioyce? for it contemneth the rod of my ſonne, as all other trees.
11.And he hathe giuen it to be fourbiſhed, that he may handle it: this ſworde is ſharpe, and is fourbiſhed, that he may giue it into the hand of the ſlayer.
12.Crye, and houle, ſonne of man: for this ſhal come to my people, and it ſhal come vnto all the princes of Iſraél: the terrours of the ſworde ſhalbe vpon my people: ſmite therefore vpon thy thigh.
13.For it is a tryal, and what ſhal this be, if the ſworde contemne euen the rod? It ſhal be no more, faith the Lord God.
14.Thou therefore, ſonne of man, prophecie, and ſmite hand to hand, and let the ſworde be doubled: let the ſworde that hathe killed, returne the thirde time: it is the ſworde of the great ſlaughter entring into their priuie chambers.
15.I haue broght the feare of the ſworde into all their gates to make their heart to faint, and to multiplie their ruines. Ah it is made bright, & it is dreſſed for the ſlaughter.
16.Get thee alone: go to the right hand, or get thy ſelf to the left hãd, whether ſoeuer thy face turneth.
17.I wil alſo ſmite mine hands together, & wil cauſe my wrath to ceaſe. I the Lord haue ſaid it.
18.¶ The worde of the Lord came vnto me againe, ſaying,
19.Alſo thou ſonne of man, appoint thee two wayes, that the ſworde of the King of Babél may come: bothe twaine ſhal come out of one land, and chuſe a place, and chuſe it in the corner of the way of ye citie.
20.Appoint a way, that the ſworde may come to Rabbáth of the Ammonites, and to Iudáh in Ieruſalém the ſtrong citie.
21.And ye King of Babél ſtode at the parting of the way, at the head of the two wayes, conſulting by diuinatió, and made his arrowes bright: he conſulted with idoles, and loked in the liuer.
22.At his right hand was the diuination for Ieruſalém to appoint captaines, to open their mouthe in the ſlaughter, and to lift vp their voyce with ſhouting, to lay engines of warre againſt the gates, to caſt a mount, and to buyld a fortres.
23.And it ſhalbe vnto them as a falſe diuination in their ſight for the othes made vnto them: but he wil call to remẽbrance their iniquitie, to the intent they ſhulde be taken.
24.Therefore thus faith the Lord God, Becauſe ye haue made your iniquitie to be remembred, in diſcouering your rebellion, yt in all your workes your ſinnes might appeare: becauſe, I ſay, that ye are come to remẽbrãce, ye ſhalbe taken with the hand.
25.And thou prince of Iſraél polluted, & wicked, whoſe day is come, when iniquitie ſhal haue an end,
26.Thus faith the Lord God, I wil take away the diademe, & take of the crowne: this ſhalbe no more the ſame: I wil exalt the humble, and wil abaſe him that is hie.
27.I wil ouertuirne, ouerturne, ouerturne it, and it ſhalbe no more vntil he come, whoſe right it is, and I wil giue it him.
28.¶ And thou, ſonne of man, prophecie, and ſay, Thus ſaith the Lord God to the children of Ammón, and to their blaſphemie: ſay thou, I ſay, The ſworde, the ſworde is drawé forthe, & fourbiſhed to the ſlaughter, to conſume, becauſe of the glittering.
29.Whiles they ſe vanitie vnto thee, and prophecied a lye vnto thee to bring thee vpon the neckes of the wicked that are ſlaine, whoſe day is come when their iniquitie ſhal haue an end.
30.Shal I cauſe it to returne into his ſheathe? I wil iudge thee in the place where thou waſt created, euen in the land of thine habitation.
31.And I wil powre out mine indignacion vpõ thee, & wil blowe againſt thee in the fyre of my wrath, & deliuer thee into the hand of beaſtlie mẽ, & ſkilful to deſtroy.
32.Thou ſhalt be in ye fyre to be deuoured: thy blood ſhalbe in the middes of the lãd and thou ſhalt be no more remembred: for I the Lord haue ſpoken it.

Notes

2:a.
Speake ſenſibly, that all may vnderſtād.
3:b.
That is, ſuche which ſeme to haue an outward ſhew of righteouſnes, by obſeruation of the ceremonies of the Law.
4:e.
Meaning, through all the land.
6:f.
As thogh ye were in extreme anguiſh.
7:g.
Becauſe of the great noiſe of the armie of the Caldeans.
10:h.
And ſo cauſe a feare.
10:i.
Meaning, the ſceptre: ſhewing, that it wil not ſpare the King who ſhulde be as the ſonne of God, and in his place.
10:k.
That is, the reſt of the people.
11:l.
To wit, vnto the armie of ye Caldeans.
12:m.
Read Iere. 31, 19.
13:n.
Ezekiél moned with compaſſion, thus complaineth fearing the deſtruction of the kingdome, wc God had confirmed to Dauid, and his poſteritie by promeſſe: wc promes God performed, althogh here it ſemeth to mans eye yt it ſhulde vtterly periſh.
14:o.
That is, incourage the ſworde.
16:p.
Prouide for thy ſelf: for ye ſhalt ſe Gods plague of all partes on this country.
19:q.
This was ſpoken, becauſe that when Nebuchad-nezzar came againſt Iudáh, his purpoſe was alſo to go againſt ye Ammonites: but douting in the way, which enterpriſe to vnderdake firſt, he conſulted with his ſothſaiers, and ſo went againſt Iudáh.
20:r.
That is, to ye tribe of Iudáh, that kept the ſelues in Ieruſalém.
21:s.
To knowe whether he ſhulde go againſt the Ammonites or the of Ieruſalém.
21:t.
He vſed coniuring & ſorcerie.
23:u.
Becauſe there was a league betwene ye Iewes, and the Babylonians, they of Ieruſalém ſhal thinke nothing leſſe then that this thing ſhulde come to paſſe.
23:v.
That is, Nebuchad-nezzár wil remember the rebellion of Zedekiáh, and ſo come vpon them.
25:w.
Meaning, Zedekiáh, who practiſed with the Egyptians to make him ſelf hie, and able to reſiſt the Babylonians.
26:x.
Some referre this to the Prieſts attire: for Iehozadék the Prieſt wẽt into captiuitie with the King.
27:y.
That is, vnto the cõming of Meſsiah: for thogh ye Iewes had ſome ſigne of gouernemẽt afterward vnder the Perſians, Grekes, and Romains, yet this reſtitucion was not til Chriſts coming, and at length ſhulde be accompliſhed, as was promiſed, Gen. 49, 10.
29:z.
Thogh the Iewes and Ammonites wolde not beleue, yt thou, to wit, the ſworde, ſhuldeſt come vpõ them and ſaid that the Prophets, which threatned, ſpake lies, yet ye ſhalt as ſurely come as thogh thou wereſt alreadie vpon their neckes.