Ezekiel - Ferrar Fenton Bible Translation page 567
The Books of the Prophets
do they not say he talks in euigmas? ' Qznnuucing il): §in¤ uf israel. Again the command of the EVER- L1v1NG came to me to say: ‘ Son of Adam! Set your face to-
wards jerusalem, and let it trip to the Sanctuaries, and preach against the soil of Israel, and say to the soil of Israel, Thus says the Lord: ‘ I am against you! and will draw My sword from its sheath,and cutoff from you the righteous and the wicked ! Then when I have cut off from you the righteous and the wicked, My sword shall pro- ceed against every person from the south to the north! when every person will learn that I, the EvER·L1V1NG, having drawn My sword from its sheath, will never return it.’ ‘Conseqnently you, Son of Adam,
sigh !—·-sigh with shaking waist, and bitterness;—-sigh in their sight, And then if they say to you, ‘ For what do you sigh ? ’ you must reply, ‘ At the re- port that has come.’ So let every heart sink, and all hands weaken, and every spirit faint, and all knees tremble like water! for the event will come to says the Misery Loan. @17lyz §inm·h nf the Suit nf ®¤h. T he command of the EvER·L1v1NG
Son of Adam, proclaim and say, ‘ Thus says the EvnR—1.1vmc I Exclaim, a sword ! A sword! Sharp and bright. It is sharpened for slaughter! That it may be destructive lightning! or the gleamingsceptre of My Son that melts every tree! It is endowed with bril- liancy to be held in His hand; it is a sharp sword,—-it is bright;-—it is given to the hand of slaughter! Shriek and howl, Son of Adam,
for it will come to My People! It will reach all the princes of Israel! My People will be terrified by that sword ! Therefore slap your thigh, because of the trial. And what if even the Gleaming Sceptre cannot endure it ? ’ the Mionrv Loan asks. ‘ But you, Son of Adam, preach,
strike hand on hand, and triplicate the sword twice! The murderous that penetrates to them! For terror of heart, and the furious attacks on all their gates, I will fix the threaten- ing sword point. I will make it like lightning dashing to slaughter ! Rush to the right hand! Turn to the left! Come! Fix your face! Yet I also will clap My hands, and satisfy My indignatien,—- I, the Evmz—1.1v11v<;, have said it! ®;z!tizl ®rnzr2h in make ¤ may 20 2X 22 nf the Zine sf @arr!; uf the §ing nf Quin!. The command of the EvER—L1v1NG came again to me to say : ‘ And now, Son of Adam! appoint
for yourself two ways; sketch for yourself two ways for the entrance of the sword of the King of Babel. Let them both start from the same district, and when depicting it, depict a city at the end of the roads. You must depict the route ofthe sword to Rabath of the Beni—Amon, and to judah, to besiege jerusalem. Then depict the King of Babel at the Head of the two ways deciding which is the road to take,·—-by the shaking of arrows; asking of the Terephim; looking at the liver ! Let the decision come on his right hand, for jeru- salem! to erect batteries, to break her side,-~to slaughter on the hills, to shout with roarings;-——to tix
batteries against her gates,~——to heap up an embankment, to construct ramparts. Yet it will be a silly tale in the sight of those who swore the oaths. Yet he remembers their fault and will seize it. thus says the
because you have called your fault to remembrance, by publishing your sins, and displaying your offences, in all your proceedings, because you have reminded about yourselves, you will be caught. But for you, wicked, wounded
Prince of Israel, whose day has come, with the time of this last ··—the MIGHTY LORD declares I will remove your turban, and take off your crown. He shall not be himself! I will throw down the high, and lift up the low! Alas! Alas! Alas! I will overthrow this city! It shall never be revived until its rightful Owmsn comes,-—·when I sword !·—~the mighty,murderous sword, l will give it to Him! #:6*1 24 M ; 8
