Rotherham(i)
1 Then came the word of Yahweh unto me, saying:
2 Son of man, Set thy face against Jerusalem, And drop [thy word] against the holy places, And prophesy against the soil of Israel.
3 Thou shalt say then to the soil of Israel, Thus, saith Yahweh, Behold me against thee, Therefore will I bring forth my sword out of its sheath,––and will cut off from thee, the righteous and the lawless.
4 Because I have cut off from thee, the righteous and the lawless, Therefore, shall my sword go forth out of its sheath against all flesh, from south to north:
5 So shall all flesh know, that, I, Yahweh, have brought forth my sword, out of its sheath,––it shall not return any more.
6 Thou, therefore, O son of man, sigh,––In the sharp pain of thy loins and in bitterness, shalt thou sigh, before their eyes.
7 And it shall come to pass, when they shall say unto thee, Wherefore art thou, sighing? that thou shalt say, For the report, because it cometh, When every heart, shall melt, And all hands, be unnerved, And every spirit, shall become faint, And, all knees, shall be weak as water, Lo! it cometh, and shall be brought to pass, Saith My Lord, Yahweh.
8 And the word of Yahweh came unto me, saying: 9 Son of man, Prophesy, and thou shalt say, Thus, saith My Lord,––Say, A sword! a sword! Sharpened, moreover also furbished: 10 To make a slaughter, is it sharpened, That it may flash as lightning, is it furbished. Or shall we flourish the royal rod of my son, which despiseth every tree? 11 It hath, however, been given to be furbished, that it may be grasped by the hand: The same, is a sword, sharpened, Yea, the same, is furbished, Ready to be given into the hand of the slayer. 12 Make an outcry and howl, son of man, For, the same, hath come against my people, The same, is against all the princes of Israel,––Who are, thrown to the sword, with my people, Therefore, smite thou upon thy thigh. 13 For trial hath been made, What then, even though the royal rod despiseth, shall it not be? Demandeth My Lord, Yahweh. 14 Thou, therefore, son of man, Prophesy, and smite thy hands together, And let the sword smite twice, thrice, the sword of the slain! The same, is the great sword of the slain, that which hemmeth them in. 15 That the heart, may melt, And the overthrow be multiplied, at all their gates, I have recompensed a slaying by the sword: Surely it hath been made ready to flash like lightning, keen for slaughter. 16 One firm stroke to the right, Turn to the left,––Whithersoever thine edge is directed, 17 Yea, even I myself, will smite my hands together, And will cause mine indignation to find rest,––I, Yahweh, have spoken.
18 Then came the word of Yahweh unto me, saying: 19 Thou, therefore, son of man, Appoint thee two ways, For the sword of the king of Babylon to enter, Out of one land shall those two [ways] come,––And, a hand, engrave thou, At the head of the way to the city, engrave it. 20 A way, shalt thou appoint, for the sword, to enter, Even to Rabbah of the sons of Ammon,––And to Judah, against Jerusalem, the defenced, 21 For the king of Babylon, hath come to a stand, At the parting of the way, At the head of the two ways, To divine a divination: He hath shaken with arrows, He hath asked of the household gods, He hath inspected the liver. 22 On his right hand, hath come the divination––Jerusalem! To plant battering–rams. To open a hole by breach, To lift up the voice, with a war–shout,––To plant battering–rams against the gates, To cast up an earth–work, To build a siege–wall. 23 Though it will become to them a veritably false, divination in their eyes, even when bound by oaths to them, Yet, he, calling to mind iniquity, [will determine] that it shall be captured.
8 And the word of Yahweh came unto me, saying: 9 Son of man, Prophesy, and thou shalt say, Thus, saith My Lord,––Say, A sword! a sword! Sharpened, moreover also furbished: 10 To make a slaughter, is it sharpened, That it may flash as lightning, is it furbished. Or shall we flourish the royal rod of my son, which despiseth every tree? 11 It hath, however, been given to be furbished, that it may be grasped by the hand: The same, is a sword, sharpened, Yea, the same, is furbished, Ready to be given into the hand of the slayer. 12 Make an outcry and howl, son of man, For, the same, hath come against my people, The same, is against all the princes of Israel,––Who are, thrown to the sword, with my people, Therefore, smite thou upon thy thigh. 13 For trial hath been made, What then, even though the royal rod despiseth, shall it not be? Demandeth My Lord, Yahweh. 14 Thou, therefore, son of man, Prophesy, and smite thy hands together, And let the sword smite twice, thrice, the sword of the slain! The same, is the great sword of the slain, that which hemmeth them in. 15 That the heart, may melt, And the overthrow be multiplied, at all their gates, I have recompensed a slaying by the sword: Surely it hath been made ready to flash like lightning, keen for slaughter. 16 One firm stroke to the right, Turn to the left,––Whithersoever thine edge is directed, 17 Yea, even I myself, will smite my hands together, And will cause mine indignation to find rest,––I, Yahweh, have spoken.
18 Then came the word of Yahweh unto me, saying: 19 Thou, therefore, son of man, Appoint thee two ways, For the sword of the king of Babylon to enter, Out of one land shall those two [ways] come,––And, a hand, engrave thou, At the head of the way to the city, engrave it. 20 A way, shalt thou appoint, for the sword, to enter, Even to Rabbah of the sons of Ammon,––And to Judah, against Jerusalem, the defenced, 21 For the king of Babylon, hath come to a stand, At the parting of the way, At the head of the two ways, To divine a divination: He hath shaken with arrows, He hath asked of the household gods, He hath inspected the liver. 22 On his right hand, hath come the divination––Jerusalem! To plant battering–rams. To open a hole by breach, To lift up the voice, with a war–shout,––To plant battering–rams against the gates, To cast up an earth–work, To build a siege–wall. 23 Though it will become to them a veritably false, divination in their eyes, even when bound by oaths to them, Yet, he, calling to mind iniquity, [will determine] that it shall be captured.